Jeanne Spillane
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Jeanne Spillane
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Born at 340 ppm. Pursuing a PhD in energy/ climate. Kerry woman, passionate about development, human rights, social justice, climate friendly travel. Previously moonlighted with ScotGov on energy, WFP & Irish Gov on UN/ SDGs/ Foreign Affairs. She/ her ...
Only occurred to me after I arrived at Heuston 20 minutes after my train to Tralee left that I should have tried a Dublin Bike rather than Dublin Bus. Google maps suggested 30 mins on bus, gave myself an extra 25 just in case, still wasnt enough 😒
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yeah, was thinking at an organisational level rather than individual! I put the question online at the launch of the new @ucc.ie Sustainability Institute today 🙂
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Haven't seen recent critiques-think i saw one a while back supporting using either-claimed while neither is grammatically perfect, both flag relevance to Irish audience. I go with #speirgorm purely because its shorter and my verbal diarrhoea means I often find myself short on available characters 😂
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
From an irish site?! Is it still available? I have a 50 something year old in my life who would absolutely love this!
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Also didnt know that - nice that its available online too. Though found the repeated references to slot gaming sites in the article on dictionary pretty jarring - I assume Irish Central are sponsored by them?!
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reposted by Jeanne Spillane
I wouldn't board an aircraft, a bus, a train, a ship or even get in a car that had a 5% chance of crashing. Now AMOC collapse is closing in on over 25% probability we are all being boarded to a mad future.
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM