Janis Morrissey
@janismorrissey.bsky.social
Health promotion, advocacy, current affairs, genealogy, history, climate emergency.
Dublin 💙
Dublin 💙
Pinned
Thanks to @hselive.bsky.social Health & Wellbeing for the opportunity to talk about all things Irish Heart Foundation and heart health ❤️
Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/3VldCs0
Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/3VldCs0
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Please join us on Thursday morning at 10:30am for a Rally at Leinster House with @Love30
We will be presenting the growing trends of vulnerable road deaths to the Oireachtas & calling on Government to introduce Safer National Road Speeds
We will be presenting the growing trends of vulnerable road deaths to the Oireachtas & calling on Government to introduce Safer National Road Speeds
September 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Please join us on Thursday morning at 10:30am for a Rally at Leinster House with @Love30
We will be presenting the growing trends of vulnerable road deaths to the Oireachtas & calling on Government to introduce Safer National Road Speeds
We will be presenting the growing trends of vulnerable road deaths to the Oireachtas & calling on Government to introduce Safer National Road Speeds
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We spoke to the Journal recently about the rapidly rising number of vulnerable road user deaths this year
On Oct 2nd, along with other transport & road safety groups, we’ll be presenting at the Oireachtas, calling for @Love30 to be introduced Nationally
www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...
On Oct 2nd, along with other transport & road safety groups, we’ll be presenting at the Oireachtas, calling for @Love30 to be introduced Nationally
www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...
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.
www.thejournal.ie
September 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We spoke to the Journal recently about the rapidly rising number of vulnerable road user deaths this year
On Oct 2nd, along with other transport & road safety groups, we’ll be presenting at the Oireachtas, calling for @Love30 to be introduced Nationally
www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...
On Oct 2nd, along with other transport & road safety groups, we’ll be presenting at the Oireachtas, calling for @Love30 to be introduced Nationally
www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...
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The Government rollback on commitments to reduce road speeds is quite simply shocking!
30kph speeds have been proven to reduce road accidents, injuries and fatalities but will now be left up to local Councils
We’re calling on them to recommit to #Love30
www.dublincommuters.ie/post/combine...
30kph speeds have been proven to reduce road accidents, injuries and fatalities but will now be left up to local Councils
We’re calling on them to recommit to #Love30
www.dublincommuters.ie/post/combine...
Combined call on the Dept. of Transport to recommit to the introduction of a 30 km/h default speed limit in urban areas
The Dublin Commuter Coalition, along with other transport, safety, health and environmental groups, urge the Dept. of Transport to recommit to their original plan of reducing urban speed limits from…
www.dublincommuters.ie
July 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Government rollback on commitments to reduce road speeds is quite simply shocking!
30kph speeds have been proven to reduce road accidents, injuries and fatalities but will now be left up to local Councils
We’re calling on them to recommit to #Love30
www.dublincommuters.ie/post/combine...
30kph speeds have been proven to reduce road accidents, injuries and fatalities but will now be left up to local Councils
We’re calling on them to recommit to #Love30
www.dublincommuters.ie/post/combine...
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Today’s the last day to respond to the College Green Consultation
Make sure to get your support and observations in before the deadline closes
engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
Make sure to get your support and observations in before the deadline closes
engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
Project: College Green - Dame Street Public Realm Project | Dublin City Council
The College Green - Dame Street Public Realm Project aims to transform Dublin's historic core and deliver a welcoming pedestrian-friendly space in the heart of the city.The new design will prioritise…
engage.dublincity.ie
July 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today’s the last day to respond to the College Green Consultation
Make sure to get your support and observations in before the deadline closes
engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
Make sure to get your support and observations in before the deadline closes
engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
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It's now nearly 900 people calling for the cycle path trial... Let's get it over that and towards 1,000 signees: my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...
May 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's now nearly 900 people calling for the cycle path trial... Let's get it over that and towards 1,000 signees: my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...
Time to push on for a 12 month trial of Dublin's Strand Road cycle path. Sign the petition. 👇
my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...
my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...
Trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months
I've just signed this petition calling on the council to trial a Strand Road cycle path for 12 months. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
April 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Time to push on for a 12 month trial of Dublin's Strand Road cycle path. Sign the petition. 👇
my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...
my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...
This is fun
Weird that the CSO has a feature to download a "certificate" of how many babies were born in a given year with a given name. I wonder how many people have done this?
visual.cso.ie?body=entity/...
visual.cso.ie?body=entity/...
Interactive Data Visualisations | CSO Ireland
visual.cso.ie
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is fun
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Entirely expected and almost entirely PREVENTABLE projections for food-related ill-health. Issues with causes that whole populations are exposed to need population-level solutions = policy, regulation.. government action free of undue influence from the very parties who produce those causes
New obesity epi forecasts
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
And children
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Not comfortable reading
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
And children
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Not comfortable reading
Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
No country to date has successfully curbed the rising rates of adult overweight and
obesity. Without immediate and effective intervention, overweight and obesity will
continue to increase globally. Pa...
www.thelancet.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Entirely expected and almost entirely PREVENTABLE projections for food-related ill-health. Issues with causes that whole populations are exposed to need population-level solutions = policy, regulation.. government action free of undue influence from the very parties who produce those causes
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Making cycling an easier and safer option for more people has so many multiple benefits (health, economic, environmental), there is no justification for delays or short-sighted budget cuts.
‘Dublin city cycle lane funding slashed by €16m’
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
‘Dublin city cycle lane funding slashed by €16m’
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
Dublin city cycle lane funding slashed by €16m
National Transport Authority funding ‘substantially lower’ than in previous years, council says
www.irishtimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Making cycling an easier and safer option for more people has so many multiple benefits (health, economic, environmental), there is no justification for delays or short-sighted budget cuts.
‘Dublin city cycle lane funding slashed by €16m’
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
‘Dublin city cycle lane funding slashed by €16m’
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
The dark side of FemTech
"It’s particularly egregious as a women’s health product to be deceiving about what it can and can't do and could prevent women from getting proper treatment."
#FemTech #WomensHealth #COI #CDoH
www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusf...
#FemTech #WomensHealth #COI #CDoH
www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusf...
Procter & Gamble’s Menopause Test Kit Is A ‘Fraud,’ Lawsuit Claims
A urine stick test isn’t the best way to determine a woman’s menopausal status.
www.forbes.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The dark side of FemTech
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A new study finds nearly 4 million cancers in the EU could be avoided by 2050 if targets on smoking, drinking, obesity and air pollution are met. Tobacco alone accounts for 20% of cancer deaths.
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
EU can dodge millions of cancers by hitting tobacco, alcohol reduction
Reaching EU targets on the use of tobacco and alcohol, as well as addressing unhealthy diets and air pollution could help reduce almost four million cancer cases, according to a new study.
www.euronews.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A new study finds nearly 4 million cancers in the EU could be avoided by 2050 if targets on smoking, drinking, obesity and air pollution are met. Tobacco alone accounts for 20% of cancer deaths.
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
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We are live on Blue sky! Please follow us for news and updates from the Health Promotion Research Centre at the University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We are live on Blue sky! Please follow us for news and updates from the Health Promotion Research Centre at the University of Galway @galwayhprc.bsky.social
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A good reminder that cycle lanes and footpaths don't appear congested as they (mostly) allow people to move through quickly and efficiently.
Video taken from charlemont luas stop on a rainy morning.
Video taken from charlemont luas stop on a rainy morning.
January 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A good reminder that cycle lanes and footpaths don't appear congested as they (mostly) allow people to move through quickly and efficiently.
Video taken from charlemont luas stop on a rainy morning.
Video taken from charlemont luas stop on a rainy morning.
What a curious find!
Edinburgh, 1836: some boys were searching for rabbits on Arthur’s Seat. Hidden in the side of a cliff, they found 17 tiny coffins, each containing a wooden doll wearing hand-sewn clothes…
Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5C...
Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ5C...
Edinburgh's Miniature Coffins at National Museums Scotland
YouTube video by NationalMuseumsScotland
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What a curious find!
Do better @businesspost.bsky.social than platforming this insulting industry nonsense.
More than half of deaths in Ireland are caused by just four harmful commodities: *fossil fuels*, tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods.
What about some bravery and focus on the real issues instead?
More than half of deaths in Ireland are caused by just four harmful commodities: *fossil fuels*, tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods.
What about some bravery and focus on the real issues instead?
“We foxes really have the good of the henhouse at heart”. lol.
Of all the crazy, delusional #climate denial nonsense I’ve seen in an Irish paper in last 20 years, this may be the worst.
Wow, @businesspost.bsky.social
Of all the crazy, delusional #climate denial nonsense I’ve seen in an Irish paper in last 20 years, this may be the worst.
Wow, @businesspost.bsky.social
January 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Do better @businesspost.bsky.social than platforming this insulting industry nonsense.
More than half of deaths in Ireland are caused by just four harmful commodities: *fossil fuels*, tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods.
What about some bravery and focus on the real issues instead?
More than half of deaths in Ireland are caused by just four harmful commodities: *fossil fuels*, tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods.
What about some bravery and focus on the real issues instead?
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To the incoming Irish government: Abandoning the 2:1 public/active transport investment ratio is a grave mistake.
Active and public transport saves lives, cuts emissions, improves health, and reduces healthcare costs.
Investing in roads over people is a step backwards!
Active and public transport saves lives, cuts emissions, improves health, and reduces healthcare costs.
Investing in roads over people is a step backwards!
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
To the incoming Irish government: Abandoning the 2:1 public/active transport investment ratio is a grave mistake.
Active and public transport saves lives, cuts emissions, improves health, and reduces healthcare costs.
Investing in roads over people is a step backwards!
Active and public transport saves lives, cuts emissions, improves health, and reduces healthcare costs.
Investing in roads over people is a step backwards!
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...and the line I may quote forever more to anyone who says climate reporting is too doomy:
"The problem is that the problem is so big that to even describe it factually sounds like scaremongering"
"The problem is that the problem is so big that to even describe it factually sounds like scaremongering"
January 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
...and the line I may quote forever more to anyone who says climate reporting is too doomy:
"The problem is that the problem is so big that to even describe it factually sounds like scaremongering"
"The problem is that the problem is so big that to even describe it factually sounds like scaremongering"
Deadline for applying to register for the new Higher Education Constituency is 23rd January 2025.
We are delighted to launch SeanadVoter.ie today.
Our site will provide all of the information about the new Higher Education #SeanadÉireann Constituency and has some great resources to learn more 🔍
➡️ seanadvoter.ie/indexEN.shtml
Our site will provide all of the information about the new Higher Education #SeanadÉireann Constituency and has some great resources to learn more 🔍
➡️ seanadvoter.ie/indexEN.shtml
SeanadVoter.ie
SeanadVoter.ie
December 23, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Deadline for applying to register for the new Higher Education Constituency is 23rd January 2025.
Thanks to @hselive.bsky.social Health & Wellbeing for the opportunity to talk about all things Irish Heart Foundation and heart health ❤️
Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/3VldCs0
Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/3VldCs0
December 10, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Thanks to @hselive.bsky.social Health & Wellbeing for the opportunity to talk about all things Irish Heart Foundation and heart health ❤️
Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/3VldCs0
Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/3VldCs0
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More evidence to support the plan.... now lets move to the next phase
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
Bus journey times cut by up to one third on Dublin’s Liffey quays, NTA says
Private traffic restrictions introduced last August improve bus reliability but transport body remains concerned about Dart times
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:15 PM
More evidence to support the plan.... now lets move to the next phase
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
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Ok folks, let’s get organised & use BSky’s best feature for #Election24
Some lovely soul has created a *CUSTOM FEED* for the election count - a tab on your homepage that will have all the #GE24 content -
you need to *click here & then “pin feed”* bsky.app/profile/did:...
Some lovely soul has created a *CUSTOM FEED* for the election count - a tab on your homepage that will have all the #GE24 content -
you need to *click here & then “pin feed”* bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 30, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Ok folks, let’s get organised & use BSky’s best feature for #Election24
Some lovely soul has created a *CUSTOM FEED* for the election count - a tab on your homepage that will have all the #GE24 content -
you need to *click here & then “pin feed”* bsky.app/profile/did:...
Some lovely soul has created a *CUSTOM FEED* for the election count - a tab on your homepage that will have all the #GE24 content -
you need to *click here & then “pin feed”* bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Hello Bluesky!
We've joined this platform to share news on funding opportunities and information on the range of initiatives that support vibrant and sustainable communities across Ireland.
#OurRuralFuture
We've joined this platform to share news on funding opportunities and information on the range of initiatives that support vibrant and sustainable communities across Ireland.
#OurRuralFuture
November 26, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Hello Bluesky!
We've joined this platform to share news on funding opportunities and information on the range of initiatives that support vibrant and sustainable communities across Ireland.
#OurRuralFuture
We've joined this platform to share news on funding opportunities and information on the range of initiatives that support vibrant and sustainable communities across Ireland.
#OurRuralFuture
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The global health emergency due to #climate change & nature loss meant health gains over past centuries were threatened. “This is going to undo 500 years of progress”.
My comments at yesterday’s RCSI conference, reported in the Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
My comments at yesterday’s RCSI conference, reported in the Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Irish people will die in significant numbers due to rising temperatures, HSE specialist claims
Healthcare is at climate frontline, notably in emergency departments and at primary care level, conference hears
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:36 PM
The global health emergency due to #climate change & nature loss meant health gains over past centuries were threatened. “This is going to undo 500 years of progress”.
My comments at yesterday’s RCSI conference, reported in the Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
My comments at yesterday’s RCSI conference, reported in the Irish Times
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Total disconnect between the declared climate emergency and a few token minutes with superficial soundbites. #GE24 #leadersdebate
Did anyone time the climate section?
Needs its own separate debate
Pathetic and shameful
#GE24 #leadersdebate
Needs its own separate debate
Pathetic and shameful
#GE24 #leadersdebate
November 26, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Total disconnect between the declared climate emergency and a few token minutes with superficial soundbites. #GE24 #leadersdebate
Sadly predictable that the health section of #leadersdebate made no reference to prevention.
Chronic diseases account for 76% of all deaths annually & 75% of bed days. Our health system will never cope with demand.
Chronic diseases are largely preventable if govt. tackle their root causes. #GE24
Chronic diseases account for 76% of all deaths annually & 75% of bed days. Our health system will never cope with demand.
Chronic diseases are largely preventable if govt. tackle their root causes. #GE24
November 26, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Sadly predictable that the health section of #leadersdebate made no reference to prevention.
Chronic diseases account for 76% of all deaths annually & 75% of bed days. Our health system will never cope with demand.
Chronic diseases are largely preventable if govt. tackle their root causes. #GE24
Chronic diseases account for 76% of all deaths annually & 75% of bed days. Our health system will never cope with demand.
Chronic diseases are largely preventable if govt. tackle their root causes. #GE24