Colm Byrne
@colmpbyrne.bsky.social
Geriatrician. Research into Air Pollution and Stroke. Frailty at the Front Door. Active travel. Lilywhite. Member of Social Democrats. All views my own. He/him.
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DART+ SW has been "paused" with no inflationary increase in active travel budgets yet more roads are going to be built in a health and climate crisis. Make it make sense.
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
DART+ SW has been "paused" with no inflationary increase in active travel budgets yet more roads are going to be built in a health and climate crisis. Make it make sense.
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DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.
This is disgraceful. The trains are already overcrowded with a whole load of housing being built on the basis of the rail upgrade. At this stage it is a health and safety issue at the stations and on the trains with the existing volumes of passengers.
DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is disgraceful. The trains are already overcrowded with a whole load of housing being built on the basis of the rail upgrade. At this stage it is a health and safety issue at the stations and on the trains with the existing volumes of passengers.
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Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
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BREAKING: Documents reviewed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
Jeffrey Epstein Had Access to Trump's Inner Circle, While Working With Steve Bannon
Emails and text messages reveal Jeffrey Epstein had a direct line into Donald Trump’s inner circle while Bannon worked to rehabilitate him in the hours before his arrest
bylinetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
BREAKING: Documents reviewed by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
show Jeffrey Epstein received real-time internal White House info in 2019 from Trump's inner circle - while working with Steve Bannon to rebuild his public image by filming on Epstein's private island bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/j...
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Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.
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The amount of tax-payer money that these same people have handed to greyhound racing in the last few years would pay for this hospice for children with life-limiting conditions. The existence of one is contingent on private charity, the other has it's existence guaranteed by the state. Priorities.
A fundraising campaign has been launched to finance the first purpose-built children's hospice outside Dublin
Fundraiser for first children's hospice outside Dublin
A fundraising campaign has been launched to finance the first purpose-built children's hospice outside Dublin.
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The amount of tax-payer money that these same people have handed to greyhound racing in the last few years would pay for this hospice for children with life-limiting conditions. The existence of one is contingent on private charity, the other has it's existence guaranteed by the state. Priorities.
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Ireland's World Cup dream is alive and well after a remarkable, come-from-behind victory in Budapest, beating Hungary 3-2 at the Puskas Arena
Remarkable Parrott hat-trick earns World Cup play-off
Ireland's World Cup dream is alive and well after a remarkable, come-from-behind victory in Budapest, beating Hungary 3-2 at the Puskas Arena.
www.rte.ie
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ireland's World Cup dream is alive and well after a remarkable, come-from-behind victory in Budapest, beating Hungary 3-2 at the Puskas Arena
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This may be the best thing ive read yet on AI in higher ed, and its written by a Yale undergrad. Highly recommend.
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI | The New Journal
Amid ChatGPT's rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when eve...
thenewjournalatyale.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This may be the best thing ive read yet on AI in higher ed, and its written by a Yale undergrad. Highly recommend.
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In 2015, a NYTimes reporter received an email from Jeffrey Epstein, notorious sex trafficker of teen girls, with pictures of Trump & young women in Epstein’s home, claiming that he “gave” a 20-year-old girlfriend to Trump after 2 years, once he was done with her. and this…was not deemed newsworthy?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In 2015, a NYTimes reporter received an email from Jeffrey Epstein, notorious sex trafficker of teen girls, with pictures of Trump & young women in Epstein’s home, claiming that he “gave” a 20-year-old girlfriend to Trump after 2 years, once he was done with her. and this…was not deemed newsworthy?
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Peston is aghast that @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs a sporting boycott of Israel, saying, its a democracy!
Israel has been engaged in a brutal occupation & apartheid for decades & denies millions under its control their basic civil rights. Was apartheid South Africa a democracy too?
Israel has been engaged in a brutal occupation & apartheid for decades & denies millions under its control their basic civil rights. Was apartheid South Africa a democracy too?
October 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Peston is aghast that @zackpolanski.bsky.social backs a sporting boycott of Israel, saying, its a democracy!
Israel has been engaged in a brutal occupation & apartheid for decades & denies millions under its control their basic civil rights. Was apartheid South Africa a democracy too?
Israel has been engaged in a brutal occupation & apartheid for decades & denies millions under its control their basic civil rights. Was apartheid South Africa a democracy too?
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The right wing xenophobes want you not to vote.
It really is up to you and your friends.
Pick a candidate and vote.
#Áras25 #aras25 #TonightVMTV
It really is up to you and your friends.
Pick a candidate and vote.
#Áras25 #aras25 #TonightVMTV
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The right wing xenophobes want you not to vote.
It really is up to you and your friends.
Pick a candidate and vote.
#Áras25 #aras25 #TonightVMTV
It really is up to you and your friends.
Pick a candidate and vote.
#Áras25 #aras25 #TonightVMTV
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the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate
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Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.
If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.
Read this in @bloomberg.com👇
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.
Read this in @bloomberg.com👇
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.
If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.
Read this in @bloomberg.com👇
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.
Read this in @bloomberg.com👇
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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No knock on the Journal, who have journalistic rights and duties, but someone supplied them with this information and that data transfer seems to me to be in want of a legal basis under either Art 6 or Art 9 GDPR.
October 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
No knock on the Journal, who have journalistic rights and duties, but someone supplied them with this information and that data transfer seems to me to be in want of a legal basis under either Art 6 or Art 9 GDPR.
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Deputy Whitmore asking the question we all want to know the answer to.
Although they didn't say it, it seems the answer to the question about when the EPA pull the plug on a non-compliant discharge licence is never. They never have to date.
Polluters can do their thing and still get licenced.
Although they didn't say it, it seems the answer to the question about when the EPA pull the plug on a non-compliant discharge licence is never. They never have to date.
Polluters can do their thing and still get licenced.
How many chances should be given to get it right?
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
October 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Deputy Whitmore asking the question we all want to know the answer to.
Although they didn't say it, it seems the answer to the question about when the EPA pull the plug on a non-compliant discharge licence is never. They never have to date.
Polluters can do their thing and still get licenced.
Although they didn't say it, it seems the answer to the question about when the EPA pull the plug on a non-compliant discharge licence is never. They never have to date.
Polluters can do their thing and still get licenced.
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How many chances should be given to get it right?
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
How many chances should be given to get it right?
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
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People have been able to get nominated in previous elections, those tended to have a record of doing something in the community or are known. So the process works.
It just doesn't work if you're an extremist or have no record of doing anything positive for the community. #aras25
It just doesn't work if you're an extremist or have no record of doing anything positive for the community. #aras25
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
People have been able to get nominated in previous elections, those tended to have a record of doing something in the community or are known. So the process works.
It just doesn't work if you're an extremist or have no record of doing anything positive for the community. #aras25
It just doesn't work if you're an extremist or have no record of doing anything positive for the community. #aras25
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“She is a person of principle. When she speaks you know that it is honest and from the heart. I think that she would make a fantastic president.”
- John MacDonagh, Labour Party, Galway.
#Spéirghorm #IrishNeutrality @catherinegalway.bsky.social
- John MacDonagh, Labour Party, Galway.
#Spéirghorm #IrishNeutrality @catherinegalway.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“She is a person of principle. When she speaks you know that it is honest and from the heart. I think that she would make a fantastic president.”
- John MacDonagh, Labour Party, Galway.
#Spéirghorm #IrishNeutrality @catherinegalway.bsky.social
- John MacDonagh, Labour Party, Galway.
#Spéirghorm #IrishNeutrality @catherinegalway.bsky.social
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2003: Michael D with Catherine Connolly (and her two sons out of pic) in a protest against the disastrous war on Iraq.
📸 Joe Shaughnessy #Áras25
📸 Joe Shaughnessy #Áras25
September 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
2003: Michael D with Catherine Connolly (and her two sons out of pic) in a protest against the disastrous war on Iraq.
📸 Joe Shaughnessy #Áras25
📸 Joe Shaughnessy #Áras25
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Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
Homelessness on the Rise in Finland - Y-Säätiö
Asunnottomien ihmisten määrä on kääntynyt kasvuun. Nyt asunnottomien määrä kasvoi Helsingissä, vaikka asunnottomia asutettiin vuoden aikana vaikuttava määrä.
ysaatio.fi
September 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, & homelessness is now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if political ideology doesn’t stand in the way.
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
ysaatio.fi/en/news/home...
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A few hours ago the Familia boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla was struck in Tunisian waters.
It’s yet to be confirmed if this was an attack by Israel. Although this flotilla has already been directly threatened by Israel.
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It’s yet to be confirmed if this was an attack by Israel. Although this flotilla has already been directly threatened by Israel.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A few hours ago the Familia boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla was struck in Tunisian waters.
It’s yet to be confirmed if this was an attack by Israel. Although this flotilla has already been directly threatened by Israel.
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It’s yet to be confirmed if this was an attack by Israel. Although this flotilla has already been directly threatened by Israel.
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