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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 10h

Having same issue myself now, rejected by online system, wonder what the burden on admin staff has been/ will be with all mature students with expiring leapcards now looking for letters

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 11h

Apparently they are no longer accepting a photo of your student ID as evidence of enrollment. So every student whose card is expiring has to find someone to write a letter stating how many hours a week classes they take. Not sure how this applies to PhD students who don't take classes #phdsky

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 14h

If you wonder why we are failing to reduce our transport emissions and why we have a dysfunctional car-centric transport system. This is why. This is who are invited to aa Oireachtas committee to discuss transport and climate targets...

The mind boggles.

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 12h

18457 children murdered by a genocidal regime.
And that's just up to the end of July.
Imagine if every married couple with kids in Kerry had a child murdered-beyond comprehension-yet whole families are being slaughtered in Gaza with complete impunity #speirgorm 💔
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Katherine Nolan @dochara.com · 3d

Also Caitriona Graham, Chris Andrews, Colm Byrne, Cormac O’Daly, Diarmuid MacDubhghlais, Donna Schwarz, Louise Heaney, Maureen Almai, Michael Fix, Paddy Kelly, Patrick O’Donovan, Sarah Clancy, Tara O’Grady, Tara Sheehy and Thomas McCune

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed people’s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So there’s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 3d

Saw your original post @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social but its now showing as blocked ... this happening for anyone else? I wonder if he reported it 🤔

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 4d

Sure, will have a look at it tomorrow - is it just a matter of uploading clip or is there a form to fill too?

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 5d

Seven hours in 30 seconds: time-lapse of #StormAmy in wild West Kerry. Hard to tell #MountBrandon exists! Unfortunately the camera just doesn't do justice to the rainfall and spray blowing from the sea. Plenty of seaweed on the other window from earlier! #speirgorm
#WildAtlanticWay #dinglepeninsula

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 5d

Such a huge loss to Ireland, Irish culture, Irish nature, agus an teanga #Gaeilge
Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís ☹️
#speirgorm

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 5d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 5d

Refreshing to see a politician call out the root cause of current rise in populism, focus on hope rather than fear, and propose policies that will have a positive outcome for the whole of society!
Read @zackpolanski.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#hopenothate

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 6d

☀️ New column! ☀️

Optimism on climate is hard to find, but solar power's meteoric rise is one very bright trend.

"Solar is fast becoming the world’s new energy superpower"

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Let the sun shine: solar is fast becoming the world’s new energy superpower

Solar power is reshaping economies, industrial systems and geopolitics

www.irishtimes.com

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Ali Sheridan @alisheridan.bsky.social · 6d

‘Solar power is reshaping economies, industrial systems and geopolitics, largely under the radar of mainstream debate. We are living through an energy transition that, for once, feels exponential rather than incremental.’

@hannahdaly.ie

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Let the sun shine: solar is fast becoming the world’s new energy superpower

Solar power is reshaping economies, industrial systems and geopolitics

www.irishtimes.com

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 6d

Great thread by @hannahdaly.ie on the problems and (a few) positives of the Irish farming lobby approach to decarbonisation #speirgorm #climatechange

Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 6d

The Irish Farmers' Association submission to the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy makes for interesting reading:

www.ifa.ie/farm-sectors...

Effective Climate Action Must be Fair and Practical - Irish Farmers' Association

Addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy on the key barriers that may prevent Ireland from meeting its 2026 – 2030 climate change targets, IFA Environment & Rural Aff...

www.ifa.ie

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7d

The Global Sumud Flotilla says its fleet of over 50 ships has entered the ‘high-risk zone.’

Gaza Sumud flotilla: How Israel breaks international maritime law

The Global Sumud Flotilla says its fleet of over 50 ships has entered the ‘high-risk zone.’

bit.ly

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 7d

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.

An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 7d

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

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 8d

Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 8d

Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge

Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK

www.thetimes.com

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 9d

I'm all for grand visions of societal transformation towards sustainability, but also I suspect it leaves people paralysed and confused about what actually works.

So with @seai-ie.bsky.social, I wrote this cheat sheet - the "how and why" of the energy transition

www.seai.ie/sites/defaul...

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 9d

I got mine in person from UCC last year with no issue ... time to renew now, so fingers crossed it goes without a hitch

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 9d

Such a privilege to help represent #DinglePeninsula receiving award for Ireland's greenest place from @irishtimes.com and ESB today.To counterbalance"drowning in #climate doomerism" take hope from communities like these working to benefit local place AND planet earth- @kosull.bsky.social #speirgorm

Representatives from Dingle Peninsula receiving award for Irelands greenest place

Representatives from community groups across Ireland receiving award for Irelands greenest place

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 9d

Would this many do?!

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 9d

My friend Aidan O'Connor says he has 7 ganders for sale in Maharees if you need to source any 😁🪿🪿🪿

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 9d

Delayers and obstructionists paint decarbonisation as a threat to our way of life

They're trying to persuade people that it's better to carry on with the way things are

But maintaining our way of life isn't an option - either we change it, or climate and nature breakdown change it for us

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report

EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

www.theguardian.com

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 9d

Another damning report.

We continue to mortgage the health of both current and future generations to realise short-term economic and development gains in the present.

Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds

European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm

www.irishtimes.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 10d

Nature in Ireland is in a “very poor” state with the country’s economic growth achieved at the expense of the environment, EU analysis has found.
- @codohertynews.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds

European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm

www.irishtimes.com

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