Brian Gormley D7
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Brian Gormley D7
@bgormley.bsky.social
Head of Sustainability Education in TU Dublin. Chairperson of Connecting Cabra. Birder, book-lover, #andacyclist. Views expressed are personal.
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CJUU Co-Chair @jenniecstephens.bsky.social gave a rousing primer on #ClimateJustice & the need for a just transformation today at a galvanising meeting with President Connolly & @antaisce.bsky.social. Through her presence & attention, it's clear our new president is committed to climate justice!
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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I visited a farm outside Monasterevin on Saturday after #StormClaudia. Met Éireann told me this area received the November monthly average of #rain in the space of five days. Full interview on #Countrywide on RTÉ Radio on Saturday.
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
At the Climate Cocktail Club in the Sugar Club tonight, with a focus on #FastFashion.
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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IRELAND has dropped 4 places in the 2025 global Climate Change Performance Index.
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Gerry “The Monk” Hutch getting his posters out of storage! #SpeirGorm
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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NEW: Paschal Donohoe is resigning as MInister for Finance, and as a TD, in order to take up a role with the World Bank in Washington. Announcement expected after this morning's Cabinet meeting. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Dublin central by-election incoming*.

(*sometime in the next 6 months)
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I did not see that coming so soon! Bye election in Dublin Central!

www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Paschal Donohoe to step down as Minister for Finance
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is to stand down today from his role in Government, to take up a role at the World Bank.
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
There are so many derelict buildings in our cities and towns...... ⬇️
You may want to support this initiative:

HouseEurope! wants to create incentives that make the renovation and transformation of existing buildings the new norm and a common path.
eci.ec.europa.eu/052/public/#...
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.

Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Based on her expertise and experience and successful exemplars elsewhere, this is what Dr @elainemcgoff.bsky.social would suggest we start the process to #SaveLadysIslandLake
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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"Grass-based systems on free draining soil one of the main drivers of nitrate pollution" @elainemcgoff.bsky.social

Cautions about the efficacy of buffer zones because the nitrate is going straight down into the soil. Useful for other issues, but not for nitrogen.
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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On one side of the screen nitrate and phosphate pollution. On the other the amount of derogation farms. A picture says a thousand words. #SaveLadysIslandLake
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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We're delighted so many people from the locality and elsewhere have joined us this evening to discuss this important issue. #SaveLadysIslandLake
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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A full house here tonight for our event with @elainemcgoff.bsky.social from @antaisce.bsky.social including two Oireachtas members: Wexford Labour TD George Lawlor and @greenpartyie.bsky.social Senator @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social which is very encouraging. We can work together to #SaveLadysIslandLake
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban

UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Killer in Coolock, Dublin
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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‣ Hibernating hedgehogs
‣ Why female mammals live longer but female birds don't
‣ Safeguarding Atlantic salmon migration
‣ Phosphate resources
‣ Misplaced fishing regulations objections
#birdsofireland Peregrine
📷 Flooded Lee Fields #Cork
@whittledaway.bsky.social @miseanja.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Good news for ground nesting birds in Co Fermanagh!

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Lapwing and curlews had a successful season on Upper Lough Erne
Efforts by conservationists and farmers pay off as breeding waders have a good summer in Fermanagh.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?

This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.

Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.

They’re for everyone.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Had a great afternoon in @booksupstairs.bsky.social today, in conversation with @whittledaway.bsky.social to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND.

Packed event, standing room only. Many thanks to Pádraic for skilfully guiding the conversation.
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Interesting look at mode share across 800 cities worldwide. City size and income tell you a lot about how people get around. And, well… Dublin doesn’t come out looking great. Not exactly a stronghold of public or active transport.
#ReimagineDublin
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Assistant Professor in Film Studies
Trinity College Dublin,

5 year Tenure track

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
Assistant Professor in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
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November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM