@maryjguy
Researcher & Translator. She/her. Research Interests: EU, Ireland & UK healthcare law & policy. Languages: French/German/Dutch-Eng. Co-convenor @EUHealthGov.bsky.social www.maryguy.com May also post on other topics!
Love ‘News From Nowhere’!
Photograph of Wooden floor with hexagonal tessellation pattern found at Trinity College Dublin
Photo of a Lino block with hexagonal tessellation pattern carved in, along with lines to represent wood texture
Photo of monochrome Linoprints on Fabriano and Japanese papers
Photo of monochrome Lino print (black/white contrast) of hexagonal tessellated wooden floor at TCD
Outside work work-in-progress
Really enjoyed the discussions of the recent @euhealthgov.bsky.social webinar (and also contributing to the Symposium!)
Webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHmj...
Write-up: healthgovernance.ideasoneurope.eu/2026/02/27/s...
February reading
My institutional profile now exists!
peoplefinder.tcd.ie/Profile?User...
Check out this great JCMS article by Guderjan & Kölling on the EU’s Recovery & Resilience Facility. It shows how the RRF drove COVID-19 recovery and green/digital reforms while limiting parliamentary and local input.
Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#EU #RRF #PublicPolicy
Lá Fhéile Bríde / St Brigid’s Day 2026
Blue sky with pink clouds over a street in central Dublin which includes a “Winter in Dublin” sign about 20 minutes after a lot of rain stopped
Blue sky with pink clouds over a street in central Dublin
Blue sky with pink clouds over a street in central Dublin by St Stephen’s Green
Blue sky with pink clouds over a street in central Dublin
When Dublin January rain lets up….
#blueskymonday
Fantastic to see the amazing @sainsburycentre.bsky.social feature in this listing of best museums in England!
www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/bes...
Rediscovering non-work reading courtesy of Dublin libraries
It might help if the “social care” added into the Departmental and Ministerial titles were backed up by a clearer mandate in statute - as happens in Northern Ireland. It wouldn’t solve everything by any means, but could signal more serious intent.
www.maryguy.com/occasional-b...
I’ve recently updated my personal landing site, so if you’re interested in what I do as regards Irish, EU and UK health law and policy – do take a look.
www.maryguy.com
Learning something new every day…
Happy Nollaig na mBan!
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
This is great!
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.” T.S. Eliot.
May the turning of the year offer time for reflection, and the opportunity for better things for all in 2026.
“Reframing Women Printmakers” by P.L. Henderson, and “The Love Object - Selected Stories” by Edna O’ Brien.
End of year reading
A belated happy birthday!
“I always forget how important the empty days are, how important it may be sometimes not to expect to produce anything, even a few lines in a journal. A day when one has not pushed oneself to the limit seems a damaged, damaging day, a sinful day. Not so! The most valuable thing one can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room.” May Sarton
Love this week for the possibility of “empty days”…
A collection of mostly linocut prints with designs for baubles by Mary, some are green against a white background and others are white against a black background. All arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree - the print at the top is a silver bauble collograph.
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas!
Excellent piece on Broadcasting House yesterday about the need to include "and Social Care" when introducing / discussing the (UK) Secretary of State for Health...
Some thoughts on this disconnect in law, and how the UK approach can learn from Northern Ireland...
www.maryguy.com/occasional-b...
Signing off for 2025 with thanks to all our followers, presenters and blog post contributors!
Check out the link for what our 2025 looked like - and also our call for papers for hashtag#UACES2026.
Best wishes for a restful winter break, and see you in 2026!
euhealthgov.org/updates/
Enjoy the break - best wishes for 2026!
Good news!
“I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December.
A magical thing
And sweet to remember.
‘We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September’,
I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December”
- Oliver Herford
Happy to share that I’ve joined @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Health Policy & Management as a Research Fellow working on #Sláintecare reform and health system resilience
Sad news to hear that Dorothy Vogel has passed away - such an inspirational woman who, together with her husband Herb amassed an incredible art collection (for the right reasons).
“Herb and Dorothy” is well worth watching (also the follow-up, “Herb and Dorothy 50x50”)
youtu.be/eiyLAlWR95M?...
