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You were giving valuable time to someone who didn’t care if you lived or died

Flann O’Brien solved this a long time ago- he knew why some bikes didn’t fall over and some people did melhealy.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/f...

Lovely respite on a hot day #urbantrees

This article expresses great confidence in a technology, that’s not yet proven and doesnt address issue of nuclear waste Ireland banned nuclear power for a world that no longer exists www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Huge if true

I’m a journalist- I covered it for RTÉ News- BBC and other media also covering

Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions

Small anti immigration protest in Dublin this afternoon www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

An essay from Paris on 1973, arguing for what has become known as the 15 minute city- I wonder what the writer would make of the rebirth of cycling in Paris unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...

Santona, Brittany Ferries, Rosslare to Bilbao- lovely crossing, in good weather

Will be travelling on an LNG powered ferry soon, not ideal either but hopefully much better on the particulate pollution

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Still loads of work to be done- more girls driving themselves to school in Ireland than cycling in 2024 www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

4/ Concluding her speech President Connolly raises the issue of war and climate "we rarely hear about the emissions caused by warfare, notwithstanding that they are inextricably linked. The deafening silence around this issue, speaks volumes and must be called out" #dcuclimateconference

3/ President Connolly tells attendees at #dcuclimateconference "Now more than ever, we need your courage and vision to question the dominant narrative that has led us to where we are."

2/ President Connolly continues, all climate indicators are alarming and "There has to be a recognition that we cannot continue to do business as usual." #dcuclimeteconference

1/ Speaking at #dcuclimateconference President Catherine Connolly notes it is 7 years since Ireland declared a climate emergency but "unfortunately we have seen report after report confirming that transformative change is certainly not happening at the scale and speed that is required."

This could cut megatons of carbon emissions every year- India flights per capita very very low compared to Europe or US but expected to grow exponentially as wealth rises

Except Shakespeare probably spoke in an accent much closer to Irish so RP not appropriate- looking forward to the Young Offenders’ versions of Henry IV and Hamlet Why experts believe Shakespeare may have had an ‘Oirish’ accent www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

And the International Air Transport Assocation projections predict airline emissions won't peak til well after 2030- and that's a best case scenario