Mary Gilmartin, Professor, Department of Geography, Maynooth University Clíodhna Murphy, Associate Professor, School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University Most of us are granted citizenship automatically based on where we are born or who our parents are. Because of this, we often do not realise the rights that come with citizenship: rights that are not
On Wednesday, 30 September 2026, we officially launched the report ‘Supporting Ukrainians in Ireland: A Preliminary Analysis’. Since March 2022, communities across Ireland have mobilised to support Ukrainians arriving in Ireland following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Based on interviews with more than 50 people, this preliminary report by Dr Nataliia Boiko and Professor Mary
Mary Gilmartin attended the Nordic Geographers Meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, from 22-25 June 2026, on behalf of the MobiliseCare team. Mary gave a presentation on ‘Solidarity and Care’ (co-authored with Zoe O’Reilly) in a session on ‘Geographies of solidarity and geographers in solidarity I’, organised by Zinaïda Sluijs from Uppsala University in Sweden. Mary also was
The MobiliseCare team attended and participated in the Conference of Irish Geographers, held at University College Cork from 6-8 May 2026. The theme of the conference was ‘Connected Environments: Integration and Rebellion’, and MobiliseCare team members engaged with this theme through conference presentations, discussions and workshops. Full details of contributions are below. Conference details are
Mary Gilmartin recently published a new Working Paper as part of the MUSSI series. It presents data on migration to and from Ireland in the period from 2011 to 2024. You can read the paper here. An earlier Working Paper, which covers the period from 2000 to 2012, is available here.
