Terry Connolly
@terryconnolly.bsky.social
EU Programme Manager working for a Just Transition. Searching for sustainable solutions through international collaboration 🇮🇪🇧🇷🇪🇺🌍
This is the United States' Brexit moment (economically)...it's not about looking strong and protecting jobs, it's about whether business has a stable and predictable environment in which to trade and grow, and this is not it. Look at UK stagnation today: this is the future of the US.
February 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is the United States' Brexit moment (economically)...it's not about looking strong and protecting jobs, it's about whether business has a stable and predictable environment in which to trade and grow, and this is not it. Look at UK stagnation today: this is the future of the US.
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Good evening everyone!
An old tram used to transport peat for Bord Na Mona.
#Speirgorm #Ireland #BordNaMona #Midlands #Eire
An old tram used to transport peat for Bord Na Mona.
#Speirgorm #Ireland #BordNaMona #Midlands #Eire
February 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Good evening everyone!
An old tram used to transport peat for Bord Na Mona.
#Speirgorm #Ireland #BordNaMona #Midlands #Eire
An old tram used to transport peat for Bord Na Mona.
#Speirgorm #Ireland #BordNaMona #Midlands #Eire
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“Screaming. A million mouths screaming but also laughing the sky will bleed and there shall be a great flensing a burning away of the flesh it is coming there is no way to stop what is coming.”
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“Screaming. A million mouths screaming but also laughing the sky will bleed and there shall be a great flensing a burning away of the flesh it is coming there is no way to stop what is coming.”
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"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
January 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
"I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT
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Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
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The problem is shareholder capitalism
January 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The problem is shareholder capitalism
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#vonderLeyen seeks closer economic ties across EU as #DonaldTrump II era begins."Europe has relied on the rising tide of global trade to drive its growth. It has relied on cheap energy from Russia, and EU has too often outsourced its security.Those days are gone” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Ursula von der Leyen seeks closer economic ties across EU as new Trump era begins
European Commission president tells Davos that the bloc can no longer rely on ‘rising tide of global trade’
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#vonderLeyen seeks closer economic ties across EU as #DonaldTrump II era begins."Europe has relied on the rising tide of global trade to drive its growth. It has relied on cheap energy from Russia, and EU has too often outsourced its security.Those days are gone” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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January 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Today is Blue Monday.
January is a long and difficult month for some.
Smile at someone today, they may need it.
This too shall pass. 🙏
#BlueMonday
#BeNice
January is a long and difficult month for some.
Smile at someone today, they may need it.
This too shall pass. 🙏
#BlueMonday
#BeNice
a cartoon character with glasses is laying on a blue surface with the words blue monday written above her
ALT: a cartoon character with glasses is laying on a blue surface with the words blue monday written above her
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today is Blue Monday.
January is a long and difficult month for some.
Smile at someone today, they may need it.
This too shall pass. 🙏
#BlueMonday
#BeNice
January is a long and difficult month for some.
Smile at someone today, they may need it.
This too shall pass. 🙏
#BlueMonday
#BeNice
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January 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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This public engagement is part of #CorkCityCouncil involvement in the 🇪🇺 #INTERREG North-West Europe project GreenDense - working with Dordrecht, Bremen, Stuttgart, Brest, Brugge & Mechelen plus other partners to explore new and multi-dimensional approaches to greening city centres.
#Cork #EU
#Cork #EU
They also want to improve health and social benefits for residents 🌲
Council invites people to say their say on making Cork city greener
They also want to improve health and social benefits for residents
www.corkbeo.ie
January 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This public engagement is part of #CorkCityCouncil involvement in the 🇪🇺 #INTERREG North-West Europe project GreenDense - working with Dordrecht, Bremen, Stuttgart, Brest, Brugge & Mechelen plus other partners to explore new and multi-dimensional approaches to greening city centres.
#Cork #EU
#Cork #EU
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My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
January 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
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Here’s a poem called ‘This was the year that was not the year’.
December 31, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘This was the year that was not the year’.
Older and wiser already!! Knowledge is celebrating the New Year with bubbley booze...wisdom is opening it at 11pm so it can be finished off before going to bed at 0:10am...Happy New Year #2025
December 31, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Older and wiser already!! Knowledge is celebrating the New Year with bubbley booze...wisdom is opening it at 11pm so it can be finished off before going to bed at 0:10am...Happy New Year #2025
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After hearing how eating too much sugar and carbohydrates affects the human body I’ve decided to cut back on the amount of people I listen to
December 31, 2024 at 2:05 PM
After hearing how eating too much sugar and carbohydrates affects the human body I’ve decided to cut back on the amount of people I listen to
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Nosfera mé
Nosfera tú
Nosfera sé/sí
Nosferamar
Nosfera sibh
Nosferadar
Nosferadh
Nosfera tú
Nosfera sé/sí
Nosferamar
Nosfera sibh
Nosferadar
Nosferadh
December 29, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Nosfera mé
Nosfera tú
Nosfera sé/sí
Nosferamar
Nosfera sibh
Nosferadar
Nosferadh
Nosfera tú
Nosfera sé/sí
Nosferamar
Nosfera sibh
Nosferadar
Nosferadh
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From @mrkocnnll.bsky.social in today’s @irishtimes.bsky.social: The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not
I don’t believe in the idea of being on the right side of history. The histories of the future are none of our concern. Our concern is the present
www.irishtimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:26 PM
From @mrkocnnll.bsky.social in today’s @irishtimes.bsky.social: The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
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President Michael D. Higgins has released his Christmas Message for 2024. You can watch the President's Message at youtu.be/uMn1uOhnkA8 or read it at president.ie/en/diary/det...
December 20, 2024 at 11:30 AM
President Michael D. Higgins has released his Christmas Message for 2024. You can watch the President's Message at youtu.be/uMn1uOhnkA8 or read it at president.ie/en/diary/det...
Such an eloquent and spirit lifting #Christmas message, the #SDGs must return to the heart of global discourse #Speirgorm
President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to members of the Irish Defence Forces overseas in his final Christmas message ahead of his term of office ending in November next year
President praises Defence Forces in Christmas message
President Michael D Higgins has paid tribute to members of the Irish Defence Forces overseas in his final Christmas message ahead of his term of office ending in November next year.
www.rte.ie
December 20, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Such an eloquent and spirit lifting #Christmas message, the #SDGs must return to the heart of global discourse #Speirgorm
Really inspiring visions from Ethical Tours, and CycleUp, an example of how climate solutions come from local community innovation! #EUJTF #EUinmyRegion @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
December 4, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Really inspiring visions from Ethical Tours, and CycleUp, an example of how climate solutions come from local community innovation! #EUJTF #EUinmyRegion @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
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November 30, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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This is the magic. We all saw what happened to Twitter over the decades. This place would not be as inviting as it is if they did not give us the ability to control and filter out the noise.
Free speech may "allow" you can say it... but that doesn't mean I can (or should) be forced to hear it.
Free speech may "allow" you can say it... but that doesn't mean I can (or should) be forced to hear it.
December 3, 2024 at 4:40 AM
This is the magic. We all saw what happened to Twitter over the decades. This place would not be as inviting as it is if they did not give us the ability to control and filter out the noise.
Free speech may "allow" you can say it... but that doesn't mean I can (or should) be forced to hear it.
Free speech may "allow" you can say it... but that doesn't mean I can (or should) be forced to hear it.