Clean Air Advocacy Ireland
@cleanairie.bsky.social
We are a community of parents, healthcare workers, teachers, students and individuals who care about improving indoor air quality
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School absences in the news again, like this time last year.
It's all talk.
NOTHING done to prevent school acquired infections.
Sickness is the highest reason for absences.
Make schools safer = reduce absences.
#CleanTheAir AT THE VERY LEAST
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It's all talk.
NOTHING done to prevent school acquired infections.
Sickness is the highest reason for absences.
Make schools safer = reduce absences.
#CleanTheAir AT THE VERY LEAST
bsky.app/profile/clea...
Two weeks ago, when reacting to the 2022/23 school attendance report, the Minister for Education was dismissive of illness as being a factor.
Today, a separate report shows that child admissions to adult ICU *more than doubled* in 2023.
Links in next post.
Today, a separate report shows that child admissions to adult ICU *more than doubled* in 2023.
Links in next post.
![Headline from the Journal newspaper: " Admissions of children to adult intensive care units in ireland more than doubled in a year [2023]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xy6pzq73jzsyx743cejhrrly/bafkreihcdnq73zv6wmnhpctvu2ehfrispt2bvwrzrxavllqvxxpinpomee@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
School absences in the news again, like this time last year.
It's all talk.
NOTHING done to prevent school acquired infections.
Sickness is the highest reason for absences.
Make schools safer = reduce absences.
#CleanTheAir AT THE VERY LEAST
bsky.app/profile/clea...
It's all talk.
NOTHING done to prevent school acquired infections.
Sickness is the highest reason for absences.
Make schools safer = reduce absences.
#CleanTheAir AT THE VERY LEAST
bsky.app/profile/clea...
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A cardiologist explaining that Covid is a vascular disease. The European Society of Cardiologists also stated that COVID is causing heart damage to become more common. It’s also airborne and children are in school breathing this in every day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRl...
Dr Rae Duncan explains Long Covid as a vascular disease
YouTube video by Sally Bourliakas
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January 2, 2026 at 10:20 AM
A cardiologist explaining that Covid is a vascular disease. The European Society of Cardiologists also stated that COVID is causing heart damage to become more common. It’s also airborne and children are in school breathing this in every day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRl...
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Basically anyone can get #Longcovid including children who are the ones I am most concerned about because they are the least protected and most exposed group. We urgently need clean air and sensible policies of non attendance with COVID. Failure to rest when infected increases the risk of damage 🧵
January 25, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Basically anyone can get #Longcovid including children who are the ones I am most concerned about because they are the least protected and most exposed group. We urgently need clean air and sensible policies of non attendance with COVID. Failure to rest when infected increases the risk of damage 🧵
As tech billionaires push for relentless automation & algorithmic optimisation, detached from the human systems that enable it, Johanne Harrold, PhD researcher at ATU asks, what if ignoring workforce health is the real weakness?
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January 25, 2026 at 9:41 AM
As tech billionaires push for relentless automation & algorithmic optimisation, detached from the human systems that enable it, Johanne Harrold, PhD researcher at ATU asks, what if ignoring workforce health is the real weakness?
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Grateful to @togetherwemask.bsky.social for the opportunity to share our experience advocating for children in Irish schools. Ventilation (i.e. open windows/mechanical systems) and appropriately sized hepa filters are necessary to clean the air in school buildings & classrooms to reduce illness.
Millions of children have #LongCOVID. At #MaskTogetherAmerica Long COVID Defense Series II, Sinéad O'Brien, @cleanairie.bsky.social cofounder, discussed the need for #CleanAir and better sick policy in schools to reduce transmission of pathogens. Watch forum: masktogetheramerica.org/blog/long-co...
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Grateful to @togetherwemask.bsky.social for the opportunity to share our experience advocating for children in Irish schools. Ventilation (i.e. open windows/mechanical systems) and appropriately sized hepa filters are necessary to clean the air in school buildings & classrooms to reduce illness.
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Millions of children have long COVID! Are we just going to let this keep going and do nothing about it? Long COVID is the no.1 chronic illness in children!
Millions of children have #LongCOVID. At #MaskTogetherAmerica Long COVID Defense Series II, Sinéad O'Brien, @cleanairie.bsky.social cofounder, discussed the need for #CleanAir and better sick policy in schools to reduce transmission of pathogens. Watch forum: masktogetheramerica.org/blog/long-co...
January 24, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Millions of children have long COVID! Are we just going to let this keep going and do nothing about it? Long COVID is the no.1 chronic illness in children!
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Delighted to be part of this big and ambitious new project to improve air quality and protect public health across Ireland and Northern Ireland.
PEACE-Air is the first ever all-island Partnership for Evidence and Action on Clean Air.
www.ucc.ie/en/chemistry...
PEACE-Air is the first ever all-island Partnership for Evidence and Action on Clean Air.
www.ucc.ie/en/chemistry...
School of Chemistry researchers play leading role in new €6.5 Million all-island project for improving air quality | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Delighted to be part of this big and ambitious new project to improve air quality and protect public health across Ireland and Northern Ireland.
PEACE-Air is the first ever all-island Partnership for Evidence and Action on Clean Air.
www.ucc.ie/en/chemistry...
PEACE-Air is the first ever all-island Partnership for Evidence and Action on Clean Air.
www.ucc.ie/en/chemistry...
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If you know anyone who:
- Has a CO2 monitor and would like to upload readings
- Would like to view locations with lower CO2 readings, so they can plan their visits, or
- Would take the opportunity to get a discounted AirSpot
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- Has a CO2 monitor and would like to upload readings
- Would like to view locations with lower CO2 readings, so they can plan their visits, or
- Would take the opportunity to get a discounted AirSpot
Please tag them!
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AirSpot - Air Quality Map
Explore air quality readings from your community. View CO2 levels, temperature, humidity, and more on an interactive map.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM
If you know anyone who:
- Has a CO2 monitor and would like to upload readings
- Would like to view locations with lower CO2 readings, so they can plan their visits, or
- Would take the opportunity to get a discounted AirSpot
Please tag them!
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- Has a CO2 monitor and would like to upload readings
- Would like to view locations with lower CO2 readings, so they can plan their visits, or
- Would take the opportunity to get a discounted AirSpot
Please tag them!
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Amazing map and offer! Can't wait for all of us over here with CO2 monitors to get contributing and put Ireland on the map! 📍
AirSpot is excited to launch our CO₂ map!
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To redeem, click here:
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January 21, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Amazing map and offer! Can't wait for all of us over here with CO2 monitors to get contributing and put Ireland on the map! 📍
Dr. Ciara Steele, GP, CAAI representative and clinical researcher on PEACE-Air, an SEUPB funded PEACEPLUS project, attended the project launch in Letterkenny on Friday. We are so proud of her flying the flag for clean air, and healthy indoor air in particular.
#PublicHealth #CleanAirHumanRight
#PublicHealth #CleanAirHumanRight
January 21, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Dr. Ciara Steele, GP, CAAI representative and clinical researcher on PEACE-Air, an SEUPB funded PEACEPLUS project, attended the project launch in Letterkenny on Friday. We are so proud of her flying the flag for clean air, and healthy indoor air in particular.
#PublicHealth #CleanAirHumanRight
#PublicHealth #CleanAirHumanRight
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Watch discussions on #LongCOVID from Jan 15th LC Defense Series II with 🌟 Sinéad O'Brien, cofounder of @cleanairie.bsky.social 🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social 🌟 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social & @mileswgriffis.bsky.social, @thesicktimes.org cofounders
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To join the international community in fighting the erasure of Long COVlD, #MaskTogetherAmerica advocates launched their Long COVlD Defense Series on November 7, 2025. On January 15, 2026, the second....
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January 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Watch discussions on #LongCOVID from Jan 15th LC Defense Series II with 🌟 Sinéad O'Brien, cofounder of @cleanairie.bsky.social 🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social 🌟 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social & @mileswgriffis.bsky.social, @thesicktimes.org cofounders
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Our letter to WHO, signed by over 2,300, calls for respirator use in healthcare to protect patients and staff.
Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Our letter to WHO, signed by over 2,300, calls for respirator use in healthcare to protect patients and staff.
Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Covered by Kat Lay in The Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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As I read this, I felt it was a piece of BS. Its concern about absentee students is linked to increase in crime among youth. That’s what this article focusses on. Not once did it touch upon absenteeism being related to illness.
Clean the damn air. #thekidsarenotalright
Clean the damn air. #thekidsarenotalright
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
As I read this, I felt it was a piece of BS. Its concern about absentee students is linked to increase in crime among youth. That’s what this article focusses on. Not once did it touch upon absenteeism being related to illness.
Clean the damn air. #thekidsarenotalright
Clean the damn air. #thekidsarenotalright
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LC Defense Series II, Jan 15, 2026, 5pm-8pm EST features:
🌟Sinéad O'Brien, co-founder @cleanairie.bsky.social
🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social
🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders @thesicktimes.org
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌟Sinéad O'Brien, co-founder @cleanairie.bsky.social
🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social
🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders @thesicktimes.org
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
LC Defense Series II, Jan 15, 2026, 5pm-8pm EST features:
🌟Sinéad O'Brien, co-founder @cleanairie.bsky.social
🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social
🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders @thesicktimes.org
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🌟Sinéad O'Brien, co-founder @cleanairie.bsky.social
🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social @yalemedicine.bsky.social
🌟Betsy Ladyzhets & 🌟Miles W. Griffis, co-founders @thesicktimes.org
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Finally, you can read this public interest story WITHOUT a paywall -
#CleanTheAir
@drhanwell.bsky.social
@mjnabuurs.bsky.social
@onschoolsafety.bsky.social
@engineering.utoronto.ca
@amandalhu.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Finally, you can read this public interest story WITHOUT a paywall -
#CleanTheAir
@drhanwell.bsky.social
@mjnabuurs.bsky.social
@onschoolsafety.bsky.social
@engineering.utoronto.ca
@amandalhu.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Schools must improve air quality to slow spread of respiratory illness, advocates say
Proper air filtration could help mitigate the rapid spread of flu and other illnesses, say experts and parents
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Finally, you can read this public interest story WITHOUT a paywall -
#CleanTheAir
@drhanwell.bsky.social
@mjnabuurs.bsky.social
@onschoolsafety.bsky.social
@engineering.utoronto.ca
@amandalhu.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Finally, you can read this public interest story WITHOUT a paywall -
#CleanTheAir
@drhanwell.bsky.social
@mjnabuurs.bsky.social
@onschoolsafety.bsky.social
@engineering.utoronto.ca
@amandalhu.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Safe travels and a happy Christmas to everyone! ☺️ When you can't control the environment you're in, and there are lots of crowds travelling from all over, masks remain the most effective way to avoid catching and spreading infections.
“Happy to report that one week after traveling on an 11 hr flight to visit my elderly grandparents during a bad flu season, our masks kept us safe and helped us avoid spreading any airborne viruses to them, and we are able to enjoy Christmas together!”—Sinead O’Brien, @cleanairie.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Safe travels and a happy Christmas to everyone! ☺️ When you can't control the environment you're in, and there are lots of crowds travelling from all over, masks remain the most effective way to avoid catching and spreading infections.
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Reading from a hairdresser today!
✅️ Good CO2 levels
✅️ Masks required
✅️ HEPA Filter
✅️ Negative RAT required for all customers before entry
@cleanairie.bsky.social #FridayAirDay
✅️ Good CO2 levels
✅️ Masks required
✅️ HEPA Filter
✅️ Negative RAT required for all customers before entry
@cleanairie.bsky.social #FridayAirDay
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Reading from a hairdresser today!
✅️ Good CO2 levels
✅️ Masks required
✅️ HEPA Filter
✅️ Negative RAT required for all customers before entry
@cleanairie.bsky.social #FridayAirDay
✅️ Good CO2 levels
✅️ Masks required
✅️ HEPA Filter
✅️ Negative RAT required for all customers before entry
@cleanairie.bsky.social #FridayAirDay
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'John Muir, co-founder of the Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation, a UK charity campaigning for the improvement of clean indoor air, said any investment in the devices was well worth the money'.
There's a poll in this article - please vote.
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There's a poll in this article - please vote.
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Education bosses ‘missing a trick’ by failing to roll out air cleaners in schools
Northern Ireland is “missing a trick” by not rolling out air cleaners across its school estate, an industry expert has said.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
'John Muir, co-founder of the Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation, a UK charity campaigning for the improvement of clean indoor air, said any investment in the devices was well worth the money'.
There's a poll in this article - please vote.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/educati...
There's a poll in this article - please vote.
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A trio of UK-based academics say a three-pronged approach of -increasing uptake of flu vaccines,
-boosting support so people can stay home when unwell,
-and increasing ventilation and air quality would help to protect people from influenza.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
-boosting support so people can stay home when unwell,
-and increasing ventilation and air quality would help to protect people from influenza.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS must learn lessons of Covid to overcome winter flu, say experts
If not, academics say people will continue to get sick and die while schools close and hospitals are overwhelmed
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A trio of UK-based academics say a three-pronged approach of -increasing uptake of flu vaccines,
-boosting support so people can stay home when unwell,
-and increasing ventilation and air quality would help to protect people from influenza.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
-boosting support so people can stay home when unwell,
-and increasing ventilation and air quality would help to protect people from influenza.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
December 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
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Happy to support this call for cleaner and safer indoor air in schools @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
Children's wellbeing deserves the utmost attention from policymakers. Cleaner air, including from viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, can contribute significantly to better health
Children's wellbeing deserves the utmost attention from policymakers. Cleaner air, including from viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, can contribute significantly to better health
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Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
Safe Air Schools UK has sent an urgent letter to ministers in all four UK administrations backed by leading scientists, clinicians, teachers, school leaders, and public health experts.
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy to support this call for cleaner and safer indoor air in schools @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
Children's wellbeing deserves the utmost attention from policymakers. Cleaner air, including from viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, can contribute significantly to better health
Children's wellbeing deserves the utmost attention from policymakers. Cleaner air, including from viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, can contribute significantly to better health
Did you know the main route of transmission of respiratory illness is through the air?.
We call on public health to emphasise this root of transmission so people can take appropriate action to reduce spread of infection during this flu surge.
We call on public health to emphasise this root of transmission so people can take appropriate action to reduce spread of infection during this flu surge.
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Did you know the main route of transmission of respiratory illness is through the air?.
We call on public health to emphasise this root of transmission so people can take appropriate action to reduce spread of infection during this flu surge.
We call on public health to emphasise this root of transmission so people can take appropriate action to reduce spread of infection during this flu surge.
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"Cleaning the air in hospitals and having more of a culture of mask wearing among healthcare staff makes a massive difference to infection control around viruses.”
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
‘Not a pleasant Christmas for the NHS’: ‘Super flu’ mutation will further stress NI healthcare system, says biorisk expert
The early surge in a so-called ‘super flu’ strain of the influenza virus is going to “dramatically stress” the Northern Ireland healthcare service in the run-up to Christmas, a biorisk expert has said...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Cleaning the air in hospitals and having more of a culture of mask wearing among healthcare staff makes a massive difference to infection control around viruses.”
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
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In Ireland this flu surge is well underway, and we know worse is coming, but the HSE is only introducing piecemeal "restrictions" at hospitals as each one gets overwhelmed.
They should have introduced mandatory masking in ALL healthcare a few weeks ago, but they should definitely do it *RIGHT NOW*.
They should have introduced mandatory masking in ALL healthcare a few weeks ago, but they should definitely do it *RIGHT NOW*.
My wife's workplace have just reintroduced mandatory masks for staff and patients (out of hours/drop in).
Be safe folks.
Be safe folks.
NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases
Hospitals treating record numbers of flu patients but worst is yet to come as medical bosses urge people to get vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In Ireland this flu surge is well underway, and we know worse is coming, but the HSE is only introducing piecemeal "restrictions" at hospitals as each one gets overwhelmed.
They should have introduced mandatory masking in ALL healthcare a few weeks ago, but they should definitely do it *RIGHT NOW*.
They should have introduced mandatory masking in ALL healthcare a few weeks ago, but they should definitely do it *RIGHT NOW*.
As an example of a livestream school district air quality dashboard, Boston excels.
Click on the dashboard to see air quality in individual schools.
This keeps parents, school boards, public health, and teachers informed that school air quality is safe -
bostonschoolsiaq.terrabase.com
Click on the dashboard to see air quality in individual schools.
This keeps parents, school boards, public health, and teachers informed that school air quality is safe -
bostonschoolsiaq.terrabase.com
Boston Public Schools Indoor Air Quality
bostonschoolsiaq.terrabase.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
As an example of a livestream school district air quality dashboard, Boston excels.
Click on the dashboard to see air quality in individual schools.
This keeps parents, school boards, public health, and teachers informed that school air quality is safe -
bostonschoolsiaq.terrabase.com
Click on the dashboard to see air quality in individual schools.
This keeps parents, school boards, public health, and teachers informed that school air quality is safe -
bostonschoolsiaq.terrabase.com