#speirgorm

#Speirgorm #Ireland
#Stop EU-Israel trade.

We need 7 EU countries, chosen by their citizens, to get this debated in Europe. We’re getting there, lads, the numbers are creeping up, tis slow tho.

Judge who said cyclists a “nightmare” pleaded guilty to failing to take breathalyser test A Dublin-based Circuit Court judge who said that “Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin” pleaded guilty in 2012 to failing to comply with a request by a garda to use a breathalyser…

irishcycle.com/2026/01/13/j...

The headline reads “Judge, who said cyclists were a nightmare pleads guilty to failing to take breathalyser test” Image shows 4 cyclists stopped at a traffic crossing.

I was shocked to read the @irishtimes.com report on the biased judgment of Judge o’Donohue this morning www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
His hypocrisy outlined by @irishcycle.com ⬇️ on top of the lack of objectivity is unbelievable
Full story below
#SpeirGorm

Sunset over Dublin mountains, with trees in the foreground

Sunset in the distance under a bright blue sky, with sea in the foreground and the townscape of Dún Laoghaire in the middle distance.

Gorgeous sunsets over Tibradden & Three Rock this evening.
#SpéirGorm #SpéirDearg

About 50 seals lying on a pebble stone beach close to the waters edge.

A photo of a sea arch from the Glen Beach Cliff walk.

Fabulous treat to see all these grey seals at Glen beach cliff walk, outside Wicklow town today. 🤩
#SpéirGhorm

Cat hiding out (or posing) in a Christmas tree.

My favourite Christmas photo of 2025.
Neither my cat or tree 🌲 but love it anyway.
#SpéirGoirm

🙌 🙌🙌
#SpeirGorm

Today is 2025-12-13, the sun sets at 16:05:43 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 00 secs. #GrandStretch #ZeroStretch

🎉🎉🎉

Yes! 🙌

Horrendous - a huge retrograde step in terms of access to University.

This is f*cking insane & will make it next to impossible for many students to afford Uni Remember many students are already paying up to €15k to private landlords for 9 months I've also met a student paying €18k! Message is clear F*ck the students Greed rules #DerelictIreland

This is f*cking insane & will make it next to impossible for many students to afford university
Remember many students are already paying up to €15k to private landlords for 9 months
I've also met a student paying €18k!
Message is clear
F*ck the students
Greed rules
#DerelictIreland #SpeirGorm

A fantastic revelation of an additional, inadvertent, positive impact of vaccine:

“…older adults (aged 79–80) who had received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia by 2020, compared to those who hadn’t been eligible to receive it.”

#spéirghorm #Vaccine #Shingles

The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It's just part of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s continuing war on vacc

The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism. The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It’s just part of RFK Jr.'s ongoing war on vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-is-l...

Health Covid raised risk of heart issues in children more than vaccination

A recent study of 14 million children in England reported in the @newscientistnl.bsky.social shows children that were vaccinated against Covid had a two-fold *lower* risk of myocarditis than after Covid infection. There was also reduced risk of inflammatory conditions such as Kawasaki syndrome 🧪

I find it really hard to believe that that charlatan in Killaloe is still on the go
Over 20 years ago, he requested a massive fee to treat a friend with a brain tumour that would’ve required a house re-mortgage.
He has absolutely no scruples.
#spéirgorm

Open verdict returned in death of woman (83) who used alternative medicine Marlyn Hilliard attended a natural remedies practitioner, Paschal Carmody, for treatment for arthritis.

An open verdict has been returned at the inquest of an 83-year-old mother of four from Schull in West Cork who died of a cerebral haemorrhage earlier this year.
jrnl.ie/6874449

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint blockade - Nature mRNA vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2 also sensitize tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

List of funders of the research

No actually. This very cool research was funded by the US National Cancer Institute and a whole host of cancer charities. See for yourself ⬇️
Paper link below as well.

Scientists discover COVID mRNA vaccines boost cancer survival Researchers found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines significantly increased survival in lung and skin cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy. The vaccine appears to prime the immune system in a powerful, ...

This is very cool. 🧪
Covid mRNA vaccines boost survival in lung cancer and melanoma patients that are on immunotherapy.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

On one of the last #83 busses
#spéirgorm

Landscape format in ink line, watercolours and other water media on mixed media paper. View of terrace of single-storey cottages from inside a park showing grass lawn in foreground and a scots pine tree at both the left and right edges, rendered in dark greens, blues and purples, and a little brown, with sparse dark green foliage. Between them is a small baby leafless brown tree and behind the trees we see through black railings to the houses. Each cottage has a Georgian door with a fanlight above and a single narrow window to its side. From left to right the doors are red, black, grey, lilac, and blue, and each of them is up a set of stairs so we can see the top of a basement below. Their slate roofs are rendered in blue with cream chimneys that have orange pots. Sky is left blank white. A white car and a black car are parked in the right half of the picture on the road in front of the houses facing right. Signed bottom right in black ink, Liam Daly

#painting "Harold's Cross" was done on location as the sun was setting and my hands getting colder. I'd sketched in town earlier that day then cycled around Dublin 6 and its impressive houses before sitting in the tiny sliver of a park I'd always wanted to go to. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #UrbanSketching

The Global Sumud Flotilla is showing the world the effectiveness of strategic nonviolent activism in forcing a political crisis over Israel's genocide in Gaza. They are putting Israel in a corner and forcing states to get involved. These brave people deserve our full attention, solidarity & support.

The reason I'm concerned about Maria Steen being on the ballot isn't that she will win (she won't).

My worry is that if she is nominated, it will mean a month of national airtime for a hate campaign against vulnerable groups, carried by a media too scared of being sued to call it what it is

Road deaths are going down - but more cyclists and pedestrians are being killed. Why? The number of pedestrian and cyclist deaths is now at the highest level in six years.

Ireland: The number of people who are walking or cycling being killed on the road is now at the highest level in six years.

www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr... #spéirghorm #cycling #walking #dying

Message from the Treasurer and Chair and Chair-elect of the Scientific Conferences Panel: Annual Conference 2026 Ever since our founding members set out to bring groups of microbiologists together for knowledge exchange and to forge new collaborations, our conferences have been essential to the Microbiology Society’s role. Every year, we celebrate our thriving microbiology community through our Annual Conference, which provides opportunities to amplify our members’ voices and advance the understanding of microbiology and the ways it can have an impact and influence in the world. We will shortly open registrations for Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast. At the Society, we know that the scientific landscape is changing and that our members face growing challenges and pressures at all career stages.

We understand that attending events is a choice as well as a financial commitment, and that there are many meetings and conferences available to you. We believe that Annual Conference is a fantastic opportunity to meet with your community and benefit from the science, networking and professional development activities on offer. We want to make it the best it can possibly be. We have listened to your feedback following Annual Conference 2025, and in 2026, we will: Reinstate the two-day Conference rate Revise and enhance the catering with additional options on offer (we will continue to make provision for all dietary requirements) Increase the time allocated for poster sessions from two hour-long sessions to two 75-minute sessions (per poster) Introduce new content across the programme Deliver more cross-divisional symposia Offer pre-Conference workshops for training and networking We will continue to provide: Grants to attend Conference A free crèche for the duration of Conference Dedicated spaces across the venue, including quiet rooms, prayer rooms and nursing rooms Networking and social opportunities, including a session for anyone new to Conference

🧪A Society that listens to its membership and is prepared to act on feedback is a society that I’m proud to be a member of.
Congratulations @microbiologysociety.org for taking feedback on board for future Annual conferences. 🧫

The 2024 rankings of bacterial threats

Photo shows 3 people (myself and my 2 daughters) smiling in front of a sign which reads “Abra Salkantay - Alt 4600 msnm”

Delighted to have trekked in the Andes (& survived). Having spent the last few yrs studying the effects of hypoxia on bacteria, I inadvertently performed my own in vivo hypoxia expt by hiking to 4600m, ie only 11.5 - 12 % oxygen availability🫁. The highest altitude I’d trekked before - 900m 😅
#Peru