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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 1d

The truth is out!

Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 1d

UK Covid Inquiry (paraphrased)

We didn’t think too much about the “science” of health risks to children’s or making schools safer to protect them.. because “politics”- the government was worried about the economy & wanted the schools open

Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 1d

Q- Was there any realisation on your part that this could have profound implications for children?

A - The whole government policy - was about maintaining both the economy and schools to be open. I do not believe that significant weight was attached to scientific advise.

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 1d

Decade-long decline: Irish waterways continue to be polluted

"We now need a step change in how we manage our waters and how we manage our land and wastewater. We can’t keep doing largely the same thing and expecting a different outcome"

www.antaisce.org/news/decade-...
#WaterQuality

Decade-long decline: Irish waterways continue to be polluted

Latest Water Quality Report from the Environmental Protection Agency indicates decreases in overall ecological quality of our waters

www.antaisce.org

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 1d

“It is highly energy-efficient, costs almost nothing, reduces congestion and pollution, and obviates the need for huge car parks. Yet it is not the self-driving electric car, as tech moguls and car industry executives imagined. Rather, it is the humble bicycle.”

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Rachael Ott @rachaelott.bsky.social · 4d

For #FluorescenceFriday, α-spectrin (red) and lipid droplets (green) are shown in adipocytes 🔬 #Microscopy #CellBiology

α-spectrin (red), lipid droplets (green), and nuclei (blue) are shown in adipocytes. Scale bar is 20 μm.

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 4d

Well done in demonstrating yet again that we set up’ regulation’ to fail #LightTouchRegulation.
So which possible toxic chemical agents are suspected & which analytical lab has been mandated to ID them in the organs of selected fish?

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 4d

The haze can be seen behind the actor. It is an aerosol that drifts across the stage with little settlement of the tiny particles.

Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 4d

I was at ‘The Sound Inside’ (Pavilion Theatre) @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social & a stark set had a light haze wafting over the stage.
It was a perfect illustration of an aerosol due to the lighting set up. Lessons for #COVID19 spread.

dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/the-so...

THE SOUND INSIDE - Dublin Theatre Festival

dublintheatrefestival.ie

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent edition of @philipb-h.bsky.social's Countrywide running this morning on the Blackwater fish kill, and how it can be prevented from repeating.

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 5d

While we approve more data centres, expand aviation and long-finger tackling systems solutions in agriculture, construction and transport - we see our ability to decarbonise and reduce emissions decline. Government burying the long-term consequences for people #Spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Ireland significantly off track on 2030 climate targets

Ireland has made progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) but the rate of reduction remains insufficient to meet the targets established.

www.rte.ie

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 5d

FFG just not serious about #ClimateCrisis as they head for 'growth' at any cost to future generations. Lift Cap at DAA/Retain nitrates derogation/Transport modal-shift paltry/sea fish stocks decimated/rivers polluted/

Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 5d

These aren’t offhand remarks. They’re a pattern.

They minimise. Mock. Downplay. Delay. Ignore.

The climate crisis is here. The question is: will our leaders wake up before it’s too late.

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 5d

But in #Ireland, how many drivers both understand and accept this?

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20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 5d

Councillors were told crashes in Falmouth and Penryn, where the scheme was piloted, had reduced by 17% while road casualties had dropped by 21%, which included an elimination of fatalities.

Cornwall 20mph zones supported by most residents, report says

A report says all but one area in Cornwall is in favour of the lower speed limit zones.

bbc.in

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 5d

Taxpayers will spend a stunning €157 million next year on dealing with the failure of the livestock industry to control TB

www.rte.ie/news/budget-...

Funding for TB eradication programme doubled in Budget

A total of €2.3bn has been allocated to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for 2026.

www.rte.ie

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 6d

With leaf fall well underway & twigs/branches from storm damage lying near the edge of the road it’s time to remind drivers that bike users will be taking the lanes.
This is national #roadsafety week but our road safety agencies are silent on this hazard.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 7d

1. I've had a surprising number of conversations about Covid-19 over the past week or so, all sparked by the fact that I was, as always, wearing an FFP2 respirator. People in healthcare facilities, taxi drivers, people on trains and buses.

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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 7d

Life knows how to keep going - even if it’s freezing -15 degrees C 🥶 outside. AGU just covered our discovery of ultra resistant ice diatoms gliding into a world record! 🧪🔬Enjoy the story here:

eos.org/articles/ice...

Ice Diatoms Glide at Record-Low Temperatures - Eos

New observations reveal how microscopic organisms move through polar ice and illustrate how they may have evolved to thrive in extreme environments.

eos.org

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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 7d

These perspectives exist within ni and have more support than ppl think. I think we have to learn to live with each other, understand why believe this and understand why violence happened. Still difficult tho.Ppl who supported violence need to get why people vehemently disagree.

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Dublin Cycling Campaign @dublincycling.bsky.social · 8d

Join us for our October public meeting!

We’ll be celebrating the many ways that cycling can help volunteers to get involved in their communities. All welcome!

📆 This Thursday Oct 9
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 Academy Plaza Hotel, 10-14 Findlater Pl, off O'Connell St. D01 X2X0

www.dublincycling.com/events/octob...

October public meeting: Celebrating pedal-powered volunteers

Join us for our October public meeting where we’ll be celebrating the many ways that cycling can help volunteers to get involved in their communities.

www.dublincycling.com

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 8d

Oh, not forggetting #SeatBeltSheriff!

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 8d

National #roadsafetyweek so one might expect messaging from RSA & @garda.ie to have some focus on driver behaviour with #ActiveTravel users, considering that 40 of us did not return home so far in 2025.
Today it's tyres. Seatbelts later. Child-seats soon.
#ZeroVision
tinyurl.com/4595hx8s

Irish Road Safety Week 2025

tinyurl.com

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 10d

Teachers & health care workers showing high rates of sickness leave.

Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 10d

Where is public health? The data in the plot represents only those who were hospitalised as @hselive.bsky.social & CMO not interested in community prevalence, even though it remains a notifiable disease.
Besides Tess Finch-Lees why no health journos writing about it? #LongCOVID blighting lives.

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 10d

We have been in a steadily increasing wave of #COVID19 over the summer/autumn months as reported by @hspc.bsky.social respiratorydisease-hpscireland.hub.arcgis.com/pages/covid-19
Chart covers 26 May - 22 September.
Lots of folks in my circle ill with it (66% knew someone who had it recently).

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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 11d

'The real scandal here is not “bike shed groundhog day.” It’s the groundhog day of car dependency, subsidised at vast public expense, locking us into congestion, pollution, poor health and missed climate targets.'

Great piece from @ciarancannon.bsky.social

www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...

Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces

We have completely normalised investment in congestion, pollution and the continuation of car-first planning, writes Ciarán Cannon.

www.thejournal.ie

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Mike McKillen @mikemckillen.bsky.social · 11d

about risks and precautions – like ventilation, HEPA filters, masking, isolating and vaccination."
Where is our public health? Is it fit for purpose?

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