Ann Marie Farrell

Joachim Trier, Danish-Norwegian filmmaker, who won an Oscar, "The world is at a moment where we are getting more information ever about the wrongdoings made towards children, with several wars going on at the moment" "I have two small kids, and to be personal for a moment" "Me and most of the people around me have been crying a lot, weekly, daily, feeling incapable of doing stuff" "Because we're seeing Palestinian children suffer" "We're seeing people in Ukraine suffer" "People in Sudan suffer" "There doesn't seem to be any accountability at the moment" "I can mention many other conflicts" "Any child that dies at war is a responsibility for all adults that elect politicians" "Dictatorships. We're in a time of strong men. What happened during the Holocaust during WWII" "My grandfather was a resistance fighter during the war" "When you're young, you think these things are far away in time, but actually, they happened quite recently and it happens again and again" "As an artist, I'm not a politician, but I do believe that we need to be more collaborative about how we protect children in conflict situations and in society in general"

This is a collegial, positive, inspiring event for #HigherEducation colleagues engaging with very large class cohorts. @IUAofficial @TeachingandL @TeachinginHE @QQI_connect @HEA_NI @DCU @IrishUniReview

#HigherEducation colleagues, see below for CfP for the 7th PHELC Symposium Of interest to those teaching and supporting large class cohorts in HE Please circulate to your colleagues and networks

Delighted to announce the 7th PHELC Symposium. Of interest to those in #HigherEducation working with large class cohorts. More information to follow next week

Calling all St Patrick's College Class of 2000 Graduates! Join your classmates on October 11 for a night of reminiscing on St Patrick's Campus! Buy your ticket here: dcualumni.myshopify.com/products/alumn…

This is bad news. This is very bad news. The US government has stopped the funding of PubMed, the most comprehensive database of biomedical literature. Why would you do this? This database it literally a matter of life and death.

Parents, Teachers & SNAs join us for our WEBINAR on digital upskilling of B/VI students. We will discuss the skills needed & Edel from @Vision_Irl will explain Learning Media Assessments & how it will help your child have the correct technology for them eventbrite.ie/e/feach-suppor…

DCU staff and students have organised a weekly 15 minute vigil for Gaza each Wednesday on the Glasnevin and St Pat's campuses. Open to all in our DCU community.

@MarcD_Weegem It's a beautiful photo, she chose well when she asked you to do that. Many condolences to you all on your loss. ❤️

It’s been a month now since Catherine passed away. I was honoured the family chose this photo to remember her by. She came to me at her 90th Birthday & asked me to quietly capture her in the centre of things without them noticing. It was a moment with weight. And she knew it. 🙏

@FeachIreland @DCU @GraceMurphy0810 @MaireadODM @DCU_IoE @dcu_incl_spe Guest speaker panels align with the Multiple Means of Representation pillar of #UDL especially important in a module like #EDP1115 which explores contested concepts & terms. Panels provide multiple perspectives provoke students to think #HigherEducation udlguidelines.cast.org

@FeachIreland @DCU Thank you for sharing your time & expertise with our BEd4 students. Tks also to @GraceMurphy0810 @MaireadODM Eileen & Catríona for telling your stories. Panels like this provide opportunity for large classes to engage deeply with ideas & concept #EDP1115 @DCU_IoE @dcu_incl_spe

Delighted to speak with 4th Year B.Ed students in @DCU St.Pats. Thank you @AnnMFarrell for inviting Niamh. It's a wonderful panel where final year trainee primary teachers get to hear the POV and past experience of parents whose children have additional needs. #edchatie

@RobLooseCannon Mam insisted I accompany her to see him lying in state-presume also in the pro? I was 7; in my childhood memory, we queued for hours with 1000s of others. She told me about the WoI & my grandfathers' involvement. Didn't fully understand, but knew it was momentous day.

Today in 1975, Éamon de Valera died peacefully in Linden Convalescent Home, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, aged 92. It was the passing of a man who had lived long enough to become the last surviving commandant of the 1916 Rising, and with his death the revolutionary generation itself seemed to pass into history. De Valera had been at the centre of Irish public life for over half a century. He had led from the front as President of the Executive Council, then Taoiseach, and finally President of Ireland, steering the state through independence, neutrality, and the establishment of the Republic. By the late 1960s he was almost completely blind, and after leaving Áras an Uachtaráin in 1973 he retired quietly to Blackrock. His final years were marked by personal sorrow: his wife, Sinéad, died on 7 January 1975, aged 96, the day before what would have been their 65th wedding anniversary. The news of his death reverberated far beyond Ireland. His successor in the presidency, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, drove to Blackrock to pay his respects. He spoke of de Valera as “one of the towering figures in Irish history” who had “answered the last call, with a smile upon his lips.” Around the world, tributes flowed in. In the United States, where de Valera had been born in New York in 1882, President Gerald Ford declared, “We are proud that this son of the United States became the father of modern Ireland. Our sense of loss is heightened by the intimate ties of friendship and kinship between our peoples.” On the 2nd of September 1975, Ireland laid him to rest with a state funeral, a national day of mourning marking the occasion. His grandson, Fr Seán Ó Cuív, said the Mass at Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral. Outside, more than 200,000 people lined the streets to watch the funeral cortège move slowly towards Glasnevin Cemetery, where he was buried among comrades and rivals alike, within sight of the graves of Michael Collins and other architects of independence. For some he remained divisive, a man whose long shadow had defined not only the freedoms but also the limits of modern Ireland. For others he was simply the statesman who had outlasted them all, carrying the memory of revolution and the reality of statecraft into the late twentieth century. Either way, on that August day in 1975, Ireland closed a chapter of our history.

Are you set for #CultureNight? Join us at our St Patrick’s Campus in Drumcondra on Friday, September 19th, 4:30pm-9pm. We have a number of events planned throughout the evening. All are welcome to attend! Find out more here: launch.dcu.ie/culturenight20… @CultureNight @CultureNightDub

This will be an excellent talk. Rebecca also speaks to our BEd primary students and is highly impactful. @DCU @DCU_IoE @dcu_incl_spe

Culture Night at DCU takes place on September 19th! We have a number of events planned throughout the evening on St Patrick's Campus. All are welcome to attend! View our full line-up of events: launch.dcu.ie/culturenight20… #CultureNight #OneNightForAll #OícheChultúir #OícheDarSaol

Collaborating @Angeleyes_ni sharing resources, knowledge & experience has doubled the courses impact. The challanges students with vision loss face in 2 different education systems is remarkable. We cannot wait to have staff come together to learn & support each other

We are really looking forward to running this workshop for teachers/SNA's/CA's supporting students with vision impairment in education. This program is sponsored by @dfatirl through the Shared Island Civic Society Fund.

Congratulations Caroline. Great to see your work impacting already. @DeafEdIreland @logananna11 @DCU_IoE @dcu_incl_spe

@logananna11 @CarolineMcTweet @ICED_2025 @DCU_IoE @DeafEdIreland Echoing Anna's good wishes. Send photos!

@CarolineMcTweet @ICED_2025 @DCU_IoE @AnnMFarrell @DeafEdIreland Wishing you well with your presentation Caroline. I know that your study and emerging findings will be of great interest to many delegates

In Rome for the @ICED_2025. Fantastic accessible set up in the main auditorium with captions, IS and LIS interpreters on screen. Looking forward to showcasing my research on Thursday! @DCU_IoE @AnnMFarrell @logananna11 @DeafEdIreland