Visiting home after my first 3 months in Sweden. The bridge knows where I'm going!!! #Cork #Dublin

Carved turnips look even scarier a few days after Halloween!

My attempt at a traditional Samhain turnip lantern (ironically with a Swede!). #Ireland #Sweden #Samhain

Great to see, but progress has been slower than a 220 on Western Road. #Cork

Finished reading The Lie of the Land by @thinkorswim.bsky.social this morning. I'd highly recommend this to anyone trying to wrap their head around the climate crisis, and what Ireland can do to mitigate and adapt to it. The book does a brilliant job at making the overwhelming understandable.

The fact that you can't even use contactless or an app (without a physical Leap Card) to pay for the bus shows how neglected Ireland's public transport is. Only one issue in a long list of ways Ireland decides to keep doing transport worse than most of Europe.

Bus Éireann would be a fantastic contestant on the Traitors - being able to lie about everything without ever being held accountable for it. Waiting 40+ minutes for a service that’s supposed to be every 15, when there’s no traffic at all to delay it, is simply unacceptable. Cork deserves better.

As there are no Centra delis in Sweden, I finally made my own DIY hot chicken roll! #Ireland

I love how a 24 hour train ticket to Malmö (same price as return from Lund) includes all buses and trains in both cities. Makes it so easy to go on a long walk along the beach, take the bus to Ikea for meatballs, and then back to the city centre before my train home to Lund. #Sweden

Typical Bus Eireann having delays. One thing I certainly don't miss from Cork! www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...?

Can't believe I've already been in Sweden for 2 months! Lund looking extremely well in the Autumn 🍂

Beautiful Stockholm. 🇸🇪 #Sweden

I love finding map shops in different cities across Europe. Kartbutiken in Stockholm passes the test of having a map of Cork! #Maps #Cork

Pictures from my scavenger hunt to find Irish Nobel laureates at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm! 🇮🇪 Such an inspirational place to visit. #Stockholm #Ireland #Sweden

Great to see. Hopefully the Cork Luas won't take as long!

Lund 🇸🇪

One of my favourite things about Lund 🇸🇪 is how pleasant it is to walk through the suburbs. The city has a wide network of cycle/footpaths surrounded by trees and green spaces. There's underpasses under many busy roads, making journeys even safer. Ireland has a lot to learn. #Lund #Cork

The Straight Road cycle lane is awful and leaves people stranded while trying to cross a busy road. Meanwhile, the same road (N22) has light segregation, an inner kerb, and a toucan x'ing a few km away. Please sign this petition to call for safer cycling to Bcollig. chng.it/FqrR59rysZ

Went hiking in Kullaberg, Skåne over the weekend. If you told me this was somewhere in West Cork, I'd believe it! #Sweden #Cork

Delivery to Sweden from @kennysbookshop.bsky.social. Great to support Irish businesses (and learn about what Ireland can do in the climate crisis) even when living abroad. Looking forward to reading @thinkorswim.bsky.social.

Even in Sweden, I can never escape the 220! #Cork

"Stone walls and the grass is green" (in Sweden)

Finally found the greatest use of AI

Being from one myself (Cork), I always love visiting the second largest cities in different countries. Today Gothenburg did not disappoint, can highly recommend! #Sweden

Jakriborg, Hjärup. Located on the train line between the Swedish cities of Lund and Malmö, it looks like a historic medieval village. In reality construction began in the 1990s! A fascinating experiment in urban planning. Do all new neighbourhoods always need to look "new"? #Sweden #Urbanism

Lund, Sweden. Where walking to the shop looks like this...

Something you'd never see in Ireland: a bicycle traffic jam! Very common across Copenhagen.

Excited to start living in Lund, Sweden, where I'll be doing a masters for the next 2 years. #LundUniversity

Never has a transport project in Ireland been as analysed, appraised, criticised and debated as much as this... my contribution to @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social this morning www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Great video. Showing the ambition Cork needs and deserves.

🚍 Public transport use Ireland use is rising 📈 Journeys up 11% in 2024 to a record 343.6 million trips made. 🟢 Thanks to Green investment in buses, trains & fare cuts, more people are choosing sustainable travel every day.

Transport should support and enable healthy lifestyles, but in Dublin, it doesn’t. Cities like Paris and Copenhagen have transformed their transport systems to prioritise people and their health, not cars. Dublin keeps falling further behind. #ReimagineDublin

Team fell asleep in the second half and never woke up. Not the fitting conclusion that this great year of Cork hurling deserved. Hopefully the drought can end after 21 years...

Finished the book last night. Fascinating from start to finish, a thrilling blend of science and storytelling. It's incredible how far mammals have come, an evolutionary story even more epic than that of the dinosaurs.

Great to see, even though the pace of improvements to the bus network is slower than a 220 on Western Road.

I propose an upgrade to Croke Park to accommodate the demand from Cork hurling supporters. (Made with AI) #Cork #hurling #GAA

Recently started reading The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by @stevebrusatte.bsky.social. I really enjoyed his first book about dinosaurs and the sequel so far seems to be just as good, if not better. Evolution is truly fascinating to learn about.

Lehenagh Beg has to be one of the worst suburbs of #Cork in terms of planning. Large housing estates on a hill with no footpaths down it. Cars constantly flying up and down the twisting road, making walking extremely dangerous. There's no shops or services to walk to. (1/3)

It's been a long time since I've had one of these! ☀️ #Cork

Forget Kilkenny vs Tipperary. The greatest rivalry on TV today was during the ad break at half time. Denny Ham ad followed instantly by Brady Family Ham ad saying "what you need is a REAL ham". Absolutely brutal 🤣 #hurling #GAA

What a win for the rebels this evening. Croke Park painted red. All-Ireland Final here we come! 🟥⬜ #Cork

I've lived in Cork all my life, but only this morning I went to Ballybrack Woods (the Mangala) in Douglas for the first time. Lovely bit of nature in the city. #Cork

Spotted a British navy vessel in the city this evening. Anyone know why it's here? #Cork

It took until the very end of my 4 years in UCC to finally spot an otter! (I have seen them in Ballincollig before but never in the city centre) #Cork @saveourbrideotters.bsky.social

The 2050 Luas map has been circulating for a little while now, but only the Finglas, Poolbeg, Lucan & Bray extensions are within the 2042 GDA transport Plan We need far more ambition to deliver new Luas lines in Dublin to meet growing demand

New Lord Mayor welcomed by Cork City Council - 42 years after his dad got the job

Really impressive artwork of the sun "Helios" in St Finbarr's Cathedral for the Cork Midsummer Festival. A sequel to the moon in MTU (2016), and the earth "Gaia" in Cobh (2022). I believe tomorrow is the last day to see it. #Cork

Mahonpoint Shopping Centre have announced major expansion plans, including approx 1/3 increase in retail space, offices and apartments, along with a multi-storey car park to replace lost car spaces.

Cork and other Irish cities could learn a lot from Lund. 🇸🇪 This small Swedish university city has a strong cycling culture, light rail, abundant green spaces, and a people-focused city centre that is enjoyable to walk around without too many cars.