Brilliant day of events at TU Dublin today as part of the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @bgormley.bsky.social #dublinbookfestival

Today’s talk - a key takeaway for me from John Gibbons’ brilliant event about his book “The Lie of the Land” at @tudublinsustain.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social - “We’re facing into a future which is intensely local.”

I've just signed this petition to save Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford. Will you sign your name too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie

How about Jim O' Callaghan and all govt TDs/bodies/orgs get off X. Start with that. Like that would be one easy and simple step that would have instant effect.

I repaired my sweater today (jumper to those who speak traditional English).

Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do

It’s been a good week, and was topped off by @tudublinsustain.bsky.social and our brilliant students and staff winning four awards at the @theeauc.bsky.social Green Gown Awards. It was lovely to see such fantastic people getting recognised for all their hard work on climate action & social justice.

Today I endeavoured to speak for the rivers, to provide a counter balance to the lobbyist's narrative on the polluting nitrates derogation. Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...

GALWAY TO MAYO RAIL LINK FUNDED Some good news for Galway's railway. The Minister of State for Transport Seán Canney announced that funding for the reopenning of the Athenry <-> Claremorris railway will be included in the National Development Plan. www.independent.ie/regionals/ma...

I defy anyone to claim they haven’t considered this at some point.

So delighted that ReFridge - the @tudublin.bsky.social Food Pantry has won the Creating Impact award at the @theeauc.bsky.social Green Gown Awards in Birmingham. Congrats to Charlie Beaudelot who collected the prize!

“Ireland experienced the warmest spring & summer on record this year. It has been exceptionally mild for early November with temperatures in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, reaching 17.2 degrees on Thursday; 6.8 degrees above the average maximum.” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Good luck to our six project finalists at the @greengown.bsky.social awards tonight in Birmingham: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

TALK: From the Bog to the Cloud: A Critical Conversation on Ireland’s Green Transition. Join a thought-provoking evening with the authors. How does Ireland’s green transition intersect with monopoly tech, digital infrastructure, and postcolonial politics? www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Join us at the National Climate March Saturday 15 November at 1pm Garden of Remembrance, Dublin We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social #stopclimatechaos #climateactionnow #endfossilfuels #climatejustice

Doom scrolling: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right

“The EU could fairly ask why one of its wealthiest members, and one of its biggest per-capita polluters, should be granted exceptions, when poorer countries are making greater efforts to cut emissions?” Ouch!! 😝 Scathing analysis by @hannahdaly.ie here 👌🏻 www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

A showcase of over 170 projects funded through the EU Just Transition Fund is taking place in the midlands.

A little more than ten years ago, the US and China's joint commitment to combat climate change paved the way for the Paris Agreement. Now, the US has turned its back on climate policy while China forges ahead with renewables.

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Yesterday, we welcomed George Marshall to University College Dublin for Earth Institute's public event on how to talk about climate change. Today, George joins my EPA Ireland project team to launch our Community of Practice Using Worldview to Inspire & Scale Climate Action (UWISCA).

I think Mary Shelley was *nineteen* when she wrote it. It's an amazing achievement for any writer, but for a nineteen-year-old, it's nothing short of fucking astonishing. All the more significant considering how tragic her life would be. I hope she'd have approved of Del Toro's masterpiece. 8/8

Nature is amazing. This post is from exactly a year ago, and now it’s another beautiful calm night, and there’s another big migration of Redwing over Dublin! Go outside now and listen to the skies . . .

Bird flu is being painted as a problem wild birds are inflicting on the poultry industry, but it's precisely the reverse. Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms? share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...

Great launch to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social hosted by @rickoshea.bsky.social live on Arena this evening. Great show!

Really unhappy that @RTE continues to push people to X as a platform (story has X embedded) www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

The FOURTH full house of the day with @miseanja.bsky.social and Éanna Ní Lámhna with @dublinbookfest.bsky.social in @tudublin.bsky.social. I’ve been advised by John Gibbons @thinkorswim.bsky.social not to say that he “sold out” (but his event was completely booked out). Great to see the interest!

Full house for Catherine Cleary and Randall Plunkett for the Rewilding talk at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social @tudublinsustain.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social

A big day today in @tudublin.bsky.social as we host @dublinbookfest.bsky.social and welcome authors with a focus on biodiversity, climate and social justice. Delighted that we’re expecting full houses for all events. @thinkorswim.bsky.social @tudublinsustain.bsky.social

It's no surprise that people in Ireland have taken such an interest in the New York mayoral race; as the Dublin Citizens' Assembly showed us 3 years ago the vast majority of people here want a directly-elected mayor with executive powrrs #spéirgorm

What’s a community of mushrooms called? Douglas Community Park, Cork 🇮🇪 #photography #nature #landscape #autumn #fungi #mushroom #EastCoastKin #speirghorm #PhotoHour 🐕 🚶 📷 📱 📸 🌳 🍂 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Great cover! Hadn’t seen this before. Nice to hear the lyrics. You cry out in your sleep, all my failings exposed There's a taste in my mouth as desperation takes hold

Oh wow! Can’t wait for this. Loved the book, and loved it even more after seeing Helen McDonald speak at Borris Festival. And Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson are two of my favourite actors. What a treat!

Carla Ward says World Cup qualifying opponents are ‘beatable’ as Ireland avoid group of death

The call for abstracts for the 25th Irish Learning Technology Association's EdTech 2026 Conference is now open. Join us in Dublin in June 2025! See more on ilta.ie/edtech-2026/ #Highered #edchatie #edusky #Heie #edtech26

Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration

It's upsetting to see a chart like this. A radical overhaul of Ireland's approach to road safety is needed, centred on education, enforcement, and design #spéirgorm

Their emissions grew last year by 9% to 16 million tonnes of CO2, the most polluting airline in Europe. Media organisations make a choice to highlight their financials, but not their destruction of our stable climate.

Yes but Ireland goes up to 11

Good morning. I don't know who did this, but I love you.

Final LOI MPD league table. Bohs finish 4th with UEFA Conference League qualification depending on the result of next weekend's FAI Cup Final.

The cost of redeveloping Dublin's Dalymount Park has more than trebled since Dublin City Council bought the stadium a decade ago, with the council now needing to borrow €34 million to fund the modernisation of the league of Ireland ground

UCL and its catering partners, Food at UCL (Gather & Gather), have been announced as proud finalists in this year’s Green Gown Awards in the Campus Health, Food & Drink category. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

🌱 @manchester.ac.uk is a finalist for two Green Gown Awards for transforming the Old Quad into a climate-resilient green space and for its Furniture4Reuse scheme. Find out more: www.socialresponsibility.manchester.ac.uk/all-news/uni...

Sister Stanislaus Kennedy, a longtime campaigner for the poor, the homeless and immigrants, has died aged 86. She has been remembered as "a powerful voice for compassion, equality, and systemic change". jrnl.ie/6862996

Better to be a hobbit than a fascist ketamine junkie who enjoys hating people.

I again pay tribute to @ria.ie for ceasing to use ‘X’ www.ria.ie/2025/05/01/t... And AGAIN ask why the hell Irish universities continue to do so?! Please @ucddublin.bsky.social @orlafeely.bsky.social give us some leadership here?

Every Irish politician needs to get off this racist’s website *immediately*. There is no excuse. #speirgorm

Off The Ball: Alan Reynolds sums up his side's season after beating Drogheda United 4-1 on the final day of the season 1/2 🧵

Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - Nov 2 [Updating]