Conor Harkin
@conorharkin.bsky.social
Doctor/ex-Venture Capital guy in #MedTech. Co-founder @Proverum.bsky.social Interests; tech, healthcare, politics, house music and pub quizzes
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Here’s a way to curb those +44 robocalls.
iPhones and Pixels can now ‘screen’ calls from unknown numbers for you — getting them to identify themselves before connecting you to the call.
You can turn it on in settings — the attached pic shows how.
More: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
iPhones and Pixels can now ‘screen’ calls from unknown numbers for you — getting them to identify themselves before connecting you to the call.
You can turn it on in settings — the attached pic shows how.
More: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
December 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Here’s a way to curb those +44 robocalls.
iPhones and Pixels can now ‘screen’ calls from unknown numbers for you — getting them to identify themselves before connecting you to the call.
You can turn it on in settings — the attached pic shows how.
More: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
iPhones and Pixels can now ‘screen’ calls from unknown numbers for you — getting them to identify themselves before connecting you to the call.
You can turn it on in settings — the attached pic shows how.
More: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
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“Ireland’s security services have found that the drones at Dublin Airport were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack.”
From which we are undefended.
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
From which we are undefended.
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Ireland’s security services have found that the drones at Dublin Airport were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack.”
From which we are undefended.
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
From which we are undefended.
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
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NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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Dublin medtech ProVerum has closed an $80m Series B equity financing round led by MVM Partners. The 2016-founded Trinity College Dublin spin-out is behind ProVee, a minimally invasive solution for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Dublin’s ProVerum bags $80m for its enlarged prostate solution
The 2016-founded Trinity College Dublin spin-out is behind ProVee, a minimally invasive solution for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia.
www.siliconrepublic.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Dublin medtech ProVerum has closed an $80m Series B equity financing round led by MVM Partners. The 2016-founded Trinity College Dublin spin-out is behind ProVee, a minimally invasive solution for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia.
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Irish medtech ProVerum raises €68m to launch novel prostate treatment
Irish medtech ProVerum raises €68m to launch novel prostate treatment
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August 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Irish medtech ProVerum raises €68m to launch novel prostate treatment
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This is such a beautiful way of presenting data
It is #ShowYourStripes Day! Warming stripes for Memphis, TN are below. Each stripe represents the annual average temperature anomaly from 1850-2024. You can create your own at the website below. 1/2 🧪
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
June 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is such a beautiful way of presenting data
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A journalist / media request…
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me [email protected] will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me [email protected] will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
April 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A journalist / media request…
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me [email protected] will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
📕 launching my book in 2 weeks
🎤 Happy to do interviews / podcasts etc
🐕 Can talk dogs / mental health / depression etc
My dream is to get the book to number 1 for Tina.
Mail me [email protected] will do as many as I can 🙏🥰
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This is so grim and indicative of how appalling the housing crisis is. When I was 25 (in 2000/2001) I think I knew just one person who still lived with their parents.
What’s it like to be 25 in Ireland today? 70% live at home with their parents, CSO finds
Read more: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
Read more: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...
January 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is so grim and indicative of how appalling the housing crisis is. When I was 25 (in 2000/2001) I think I knew just one person who still lived with their parents.
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If you’re struggling to mute/block all the model bots & obviously inauthentic accounts, this list may help you a lot:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you’re struggling to mute/block all the model bots & obviously inauthentic accounts, this list may help you a lot:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky: