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Mary McKenna
@mmarymckenna.bsky.social
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Co-founder and Chair of @AwakenHub group, entrepreneur, pollinator, people collector, MC, connector, non exec, cheerleader, investor, mentor, Donegal border dweller
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Full circle moment - I was back at Magee campus at @ulsteruni.bsky.social on Friday as the @royalsociety.org EIR attached to the UU Business School - our event was a couple of buildings over from where Learning Pool started out almost 20 years ago
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Registration for UKGovCamp 2026 is closing soon!

Public sector professionals and enthusiasts, join us on 17 January 2026 at Birmingham City Council for a free, community-led unconference.

Everyone is welcome. Register today: forms.gle/tL5q1ZBHYxAq...
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Our next annual in-person event is: free to attend, in Birmingham, on Saturday 17 January 2026. Please note: Registration does not guarantee a ticket because: the event is always oversubscribed, we…
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Listening to lawyers on Radio 4 Today trying to make a case for human lawyers in an AI world … #ticktock
If you need to spell your company name out loud for people, you probably need to change it …
Full circle moment - I was back at Magee campus at @ulsteruni.bsky.social on Friday as the @royalsociety.org EIR attached to the UU Business School - our event was a couple of buildings over from where Learning Pool started out almost 20 years ago
VW Corrado your only man …
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🪹 | Seabirds that survived recent bird flu outbreaks have continued to reproduce, although overall breeding performance remains notably low, according to a new study.

The study has looked at breeding success in Northern Gannets at two locations during 2023.

🔗 orlo.uk/44CaS

📸 Dave Pressland
'Angel investing as a way to keep the ecosystem growing is far more interesting to me than just making money.' Entrepreneur, mentor and angel investor @MMaryMcKenna on why backing women founders is a winner, her best mistakes and having boundaries businesspost.ie/connected/mary…
https://businesspost.ie/connected/mary…
Nice commute to work this morning #Vilnius
For an instrument of war, the 17thC cannons really are very pretty
Makes life worth living on a long bus journey 🙏
Great to catch up with Marty Neill yesterday at #BarCampBelfast as part of #BelfastTechWeek in Oh Yeah Music - love that casual talk format - stayed on to hear Tina Calder’s very interesting talk
Hate that we can no longer access @mickeyundertone.bsky.social’s wonderful Friday night radio show in Donegal - our Saturday mornings have been ruined … boo to BBC Radio Foyle
Today … 9 hours spent answering emails :-(
14 Sept & that’s the first fire of the autumn lit … ah well … I guess we had 3 months or so off
This week Edinburgh, Belfast & Galway … in that order … looking forward to the craic (work has to be fun!)
Great to hear the good work of @policyinpractice.bsky.social being amplified this morning on BBC Radio 4
I love these wee cottage ornaments that appear in many forms in Irish gardens across this island
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Sketching little stints and curlew sandpipers on Teeside, September 9th.

A blog at jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com
This week Dublin & also Belfast … looking forward … nice to get out & about to see people in real life
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The Royal Society's Lisa Jardine Grant Scheme is still open for applications. This scheme offers early-career scholars the opportunity to use history of science collections, including our own, as part of their research. Find out more:

#RSGrants

https://royalsociety.org/grants/lisa-jardine/