'With more and more alumni, today’s grads find themselves “much further down the socio-economic pecking order than graduates of yesteryear” leaving them bereft of status and generally fed up.'
... & housing.
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HELLO LONDON ON A TUBE STRIKE DAY!
I cycled from Farringdon to Marble Arch this morning on a Forest bike and it was BONKERS.
Here’s a video ⬇️⬇️
Sound up for an absolute tune by Raye 🎶🎶
Cyclist fatalities across the EU have only slightly fallen in a decade, whilst deaths among car occupants have dropped at four times the rate, the European Transport Safety Council reveals.
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Margo Martin @MargoMartin47 X.com Congratulations, Georgia Women's Tennis! The photo shows Trump and five white dudes in red ties standing in front of and completely blocking 10 young women
Priceless post from the official White House social media
Are you passionate about sustainability and shaping TU Dublin’s green future? We’re inviting staff and students to apply for the role of Green‑Campus Committee Co‑Chair. Application deadline Friday, 8 May.
Good to know there’s cash to spare. Perhaps @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social cd now be given the funds to expedite the installation of adequate street lighting along Richmond Hill, Rathmines (& elsewhere) so people, women & girls especially, feel safe walking in the dark. @gov.ie
'leaders make decisions based on their lived experience. If they have never experienced navigating the street with a small child, or carried the fear of violence walking alone at night, it can be difficult to have these issues at the forefront of their mind.'
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'Inside.. is everything from a music room & recording studio, huge climbing wall, arts & craft areas, gaming areas, a large sports hall, dance studios, boxing & martial arts training areas, gym, sensory room, meeting rooms, board rooms & even a space for.. baking.'
'when the vast majority of non-infectious diseases we face as a species are diet-related, preaching personal responsibility probably isn’t enough. “.. it absolves policymakers & government from the public health decisions they need to take.."'
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'Plug-in solar panels.. can be put on balconies or outdoor spaces &.. plugged directly into a mains socket to provide a home w/ free solar energy...
the [UK] Govt is.. reforming the rules & hopes retailers.. can sell them as soon as this summer.'
How about us @darraghobrientd.bsky.social @gov.ie?
Donald Trump wants to stay in power at all costs.
And his biggest obstacle is the midterm elections.
Elon Musk has big plans for Starlink. "Imagine a future in which Musk owns not only a major social network, but a large chunk of the infrastructure through which the world’s information flows," write Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian.
* Part-time Community Safety Warden (20 hours per week role until end of year, 2026 @ €20.29 per hour)
* Dublin 1 - Wolfe Tone Square, Mary Street, Henry Street, Capel Street, Parnell Street and surrounding areas
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BREAKING: Ed Miliband tells Sky’s Sophy Ridge that when he saw Mandelson had been appointed as U.S Ambassador “I was worried”. Says he told David Lammy and that “I think he was worried too”
This sounds excellent & worthwhile. 20 centres around the country with more to come. Really good news to hear about 👏
A conservation measure aimed at reversing the decline in the curlew population has yielded a breakthrough as the first recorded instance of a 'headstarted' curlew that has established a breeding territory has been identified
There is no politician - and I mean none - who is better-placed than Ed Miliband to get us through this fossil fuel-driven energy crisis.
No-one in politics understands the energy system better. That’s why the billionaire fossil press hate him
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David Attenborough takes on PHEASANTS!
“Native to Asia, but now released into our countryside on an industrial scale, over 30 million every year… eating vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day.”
Time for the Government to regulate this out-of-control industry
#SecretGarden
This is the reason the stock market is completely disconnected from the real economy.
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
EU’s energy crisis response is broader than expected: remote work mandates, heat pump subsidies, EV leasing schemes — plus electrification targets and new laws to tax electricity below fossil fuels.
“…Irreversible for hundreds to thousands of years”
“Irreversible”.
This is infinitely more consequential than Trump, oil prices, Hormuz etc. yet we continue to ignore it.
'We’re the ones paying all the bills and you’re the ones in receipt of a lot of subsidies and a lot of tax benefits that other people don’t get.'
Leo Varadkar said the idea that rural Ireland provides for urban Ireland is untrue as he discussed last week's fuel protests jrnl.ie/7016675
For those keeping track at home. The Iranians have now blockaded the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US blockading it because the Iranians had blockaded it, in response to the US attacking Iran to ensure that the Strait which was fully open at the time wasn't blockaded.
