Aislínn Kelly
@aislinnn.bsky.social
Journalist. PhD student. Tipperary.
Writing about nature, farming, art and other things. 🌳🧚
https://aislinna.substack.com/
Writing about nature, farming, art and other things. 🌳🧚
https://aislinna.substack.com/
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Raising Railways
How I fell for trains and why Europe should too
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New Substack on my love of trains and how we can transition into a society that picks rail rather than flights!
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New Substack on an amazing kind of fungus that helps keep our fields fresh 💚
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Tiny Canons
Sheep’s Farts, Spores and Sniper Mushrooms
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December 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
New Substack on an amazing kind of fungus that helps keep our fields fresh 💚
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December 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I love this piece. I have been feeling the same. Such a beautifully written piece from Ola who captured the feeling of disillusionment and malaise in the air so well.
December 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I love this piece. I have been feeling the same. Such a beautifully written piece from Ola who captured the feeling of disillusionment and malaise in the air so well.
My mental health state report of the year (Spotify wrapped) (it’s not good)
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My mental health state report of the year (Spotify wrapped) (it’s not good)
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Struggling for inspiration, or perhaps feeling a bit lost, give @aislinnn.bsky.social's most recent Substack, 'Finding Ground' this Sunday evening! 🌱
Finding Ground
The story of how I went from being a journalist to a geography researcher
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November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Struggling for inspiration, or perhaps feeling a bit lost, give @aislinnn.bsky.social's most recent Substack, 'Finding Ground' this Sunday evening! 🌱
Why are they vulnerable?
👀 Can you see me now?
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
The importance of visibility on our roads cannot be understated, particularly for vulnerable road users including pedestrians, cyclists, e-scooter drivers and motorcyclists.
#CanYouSeeMeNow #KeepingPeopleSafe
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Why are they vulnerable?
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Funding allocations for The National Development Plan...
We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Funding allocations for The National Development Plan...
We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
Reposted by Aislínn Kelly
Americans don't know what they're missing not using Trains for travel...
New Substack on my love of trains and how we can transition into a society that picks rail rather than flights!
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
Raising Railways
How I fell for trains and why Europe should too
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Americans don't know what they're missing not using Trains for travel...
Reposted by Aislínn Kelly
Iarnród Éireann bonus points every time you shop in Tesco anyone? 🙃
New Substack on my love of trains and how we can transition into a society that picks rail rather than flights!
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
Raising Railways
How I fell for trains and why Europe should too
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Iarnród Éireann bonus points every time you shop in Tesco anyone? 🙃
New Substack on my love of trains and how we can transition into a society that picks rail rather than flights!
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
Raising Railways
How I fell for trains and why Europe should too
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
New Substack on my love of trains and how we can transition into a society that picks rail rather than flights!
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
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"To read Ledwidge today is to glimpse a lost Ireland, one that understood the deep, spiritual continuity between land, language and life".
A beautiful read by @aislinnn.bsky.social!
A beautiful read by @aislinnn.bsky.social!
The Blackbird's Poet
A song of conviction from a forgotten field of Irish history
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November 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"To read Ledwidge today is to glimpse a lost Ireland, one that understood the deep, spiritual continuity between land, language and life".
A beautiful read by @aislinnn.bsky.social!
A beautiful read by @aislinnn.bsky.social!
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"you cannot measure the soul of a nation in capital flows. It breathes in the child warmed by a public health nurse, the pensioner safe on a winter night, the worker who does not fear tomorrow. Not in airports and equity markets.”
Colin Sheridan going for the jugular today... Perfectly said
Colin Sheridan going for the jugular today... Perfectly said
"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"you cannot measure the soul of a nation in capital flows. It breathes in the child warmed by a public health nurse, the pensioner safe on a winter night, the worker who does not fear tomorrow. Not in airports and equity markets.”
Colin Sheridan going for the jugular today... Perfectly said
Colin Sheridan going for the jugular today... Perfectly said
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It's mad to think how short this section is and how much parking will be left after the plan is done.
The blue is the stretch where parking will be removed.
The yellow is the available on street parking after the works
The blue is the stretch where parking will be removed.
The yellow is the available on street parking after the works
November 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's mad to think how short this section is and how much parking will be left after the plan is done.
The blue is the stretch where parking will be removed.
The yellow is the available on street parking after the works
The blue is the stretch where parking will be removed.
The yellow is the available on street parking after the works
This week, I wrote about how a poet from Slane who died in the trenches has been a guiding influence in my life.
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
The Blackbird's Poet
A song of conviction from a forgotten field of Irish history
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This week, I wrote about how a poet from Slane who died in the trenches has been a guiding influence in my life.
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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"It’s vital that we put money behind the idea of ecological capital, which is the natural wealth of soils, water, and biodiversity that underpins our entire economy. Without acknowledging its value, we keep treating it as free and infinite, right up until it’s gone."
Paying for Life
How results-based payments protect the invisible infrastructure of agriculture.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"It’s vital that we put money behind the idea of ecological capital, which is the natural wealth of soils, water, and biodiversity that underpins our entire economy. Without acknowledging its value, we keep treating it as free and infinite, right up until it’s gone."
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We deserve a world-class fully integrated public and active transport app for Dublin!
Other European cities have had them for years: plan, pay, ride, all in one place.
My piece in @thejournal.ie this morning.
#ReimagineDublin
Other European cities have had them for years: plan, pay, ride, all in one place.
My piece in @thejournal.ie this morning.
#ReimagineDublin
Opinion: The people of Dublin deserve a proper public transport app
It’s frustrating to have to switch between different apps for one journey instead of it all being in one place, writes Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum.
www.thejournal.ie
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
We deserve a world-class fully integrated public and active transport app for Dublin!
Other European cities have had them for years: plan, pay, ride, all in one place.
My piece in @thejournal.ie this morning.
#ReimagineDublin
Other European cities have had them for years: plan, pay, ride, all in one place.
My piece in @thejournal.ie this morning.
#ReimagineDublin
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Another timely, thought provoking read by @aislinnn.bsky.social!
"Ireland can feed itself and care for its land at the same time. But to do that, we need to start paying for outcomes that secure the future of food, not just the next harvest."
"Ireland can feed itself and care for its land at the same time. But to do that, we need to start paying for outcomes that secure the future of food, not just the next harvest."
Paying for Life
How results-based payments protect the invisible infrastructure of agriculture.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Another timely, thought provoking read by @aislinnn.bsky.social!
"Ireland can feed itself and care for its land at the same time. But to do that, we need to start paying for outcomes that secure the future of food, not just the next harvest."
"Ireland can feed itself and care for its land at the same time. But to do that, we need to start paying for outcomes that secure the future of food, not just the next harvest."
Reposted by Aislínn Kelly
Or - there’s tons of money in all the state funded subsidies/tax arrangements, food industry profits, savings across all the perverse (eg health) effects of the current agri-food system to shift to an environment friendly much better approach.
There’s no real political will for the shift.
There’s no real political will for the shift.
Another timely, thought provoking read by @aislinnn.bsky.social!
"Ireland can feed itself and care for its land at the same time. But to do that, we need to start paying for outcomes that secure the future of food, not just the next harvest."
"Ireland can feed itself and care for its land at the same time. But to do that, we need to start paying for outcomes that secure the future of food, not just the next harvest."
Paying for Life
How results-based payments protect the invisible infrastructure of agriculture.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Or - there’s tons of money in all the state funded subsidies/tax arrangements, food industry profits, savings across all the perverse (eg health) effects of the current agri-food system to shift to an environment friendly much better approach.
There’s no real political will for the shift.
There’s no real political will for the shift.
Reposted by Aislínn Kelly
October in Ireland.
Apples from New Zealand.
Our food system is completely broken.
We could grow these ourselves, but instead, we ship them 18,000 km.
If we can’t grow and eat what’s in season here, how can we talk about food security?
Apples from New Zealand.
Our food system is completely broken.
We could grow these ourselves, but instead, we ship them 18,000 km.
If we can’t grow and eat what’s in season here, how can we talk about food security?
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
October in Ireland.
Apples from New Zealand.
Our food system is completely broken.
We could grow these ourselves, but instead, we ship them 18,000 km.
If we can’t grow and eat what’s in season here, how can we talk about food security?
Apples from New Zealand.
Our food system is completely broken.
We could grow these ourselves, but instead, we ship them 18,000 km.
If we can’t grow and eat what’s in season here, how can we talk about food security?
Reposted by Aislínn Kelly
“The land our ancestors fought to reclaim is once again under threat, not from a foreign empire, but from the economic forces that treat it as a commodity rather than a shared inheritance still alive beneath our feet.” - @aislinnn.bsky.social
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aislinna.substack.com/p/the-land-c...
The Land Calls Again
The fields where freedom once took root now call for protection
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October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“The land our ancestors fought to reclaim is once again under threat, not from a foreign empire, but from the economic forces that treat it as a commodity rather than a shared inheritance still alive beneath our feet.” - @aislinnn.bsky.social
aislinna.substack.com/p/the-land-c...
aislinna.substack.com/p/the-land-c...
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A recent public opinion poll from NABU shows overwhelming support for the Nature Restoration Law in Germany, with no regional or political divide.
In a time of increasing global polarisation Nature Restoration seems to be a positive unifying force for good.
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
In a time of increasing global polarisation Nature Restoration seems to be a positive unifying force for good.
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
German citizens urge politicians to do more to restore nature
A recent public opinion poll from NABU shows overwhelming support for the Nature Restoration Law.
www.birdlife.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A recent public opinion poll from NABU shows overwhelming support for the Nature Restoration Law in Germany, with no regional or political divide.
In a time of increasing global polarisation Nature Restoration seems to be a positive unifying force for good.
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
In a time of increasing global polarisation Nature Restoration seems to be a positive unifying force for good.
www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
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This sounds like something councillors could fix rather than just 'call for'.
That being said, the major issue in Dublin remains the almost complete lack of good quality, inclusive and safe active transport infrastructure.
That being said, the major issue in Dublin remains the almost complete lack of good quality, inclusive and safe active transport infrastructure.
Calls for 'Leap Card' bike-sharing system for all services in Dublin
With several bike sharing services available in Dublin city, Green Party councillors are calling for a unified system that eliminates all complications.
www.dublinlive.ie
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This sounds like something councillors could fix rather than just 'call for'.
That being said, the major issue in Dublin remains the almost complete lack of good quality, inclusive and safe active transport infrastructure.
That being said, the major issue in Dublin remains the almost complete lack of good quality, inclusive and safe active transport infrastructure.
Pretty worrying to see certain residents of the South Circular Road prioritise parking spaces over pedestrians and cyclist’s safety 🙄
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Pretty worrying to see certain residents of the South Circular Road prioritise parking spaces over pedestrians and cyclist’s safety 🙄