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Brian Kilgallen
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Just another faceless boring European civil servant.
Trying to make things a little better in the EU.
Pollinators 🦋🐝 are crucial #ForOurPlanet & for our food security. Visit the #PollinatorPark for an eye-opening experience of a 🌍 without pollinators, and a better understanding of why we really need them in our lives 👇 eu.smh.re/0bq7
Back to School with pollinators!
EU award-winning virtual reality tool Pollinator Park shows what our world would like if we lost insect pollinators.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Great to see this!

MIT researchers used AI to design two new antibiotics capable of killing drug-resistant gonorrhea and MRSA bacteria.

A generative deep learning approach to de novo antibiotic design: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A generative deep learning approach to de novo antibiotic design
A generative AI platform is developed for de novo antibiotic design, yielding lead compounds with selective antibacterial activity, distinct mechanisms of action, and in vivo efficacy against multidru...
www.cell.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Thoughtful and well-considered piece by Jack Power here.
For me, the more the dust settles, the better is the analysis in the press.

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
European unity would have broken down in a trade war with the US
France is attacking 15% tariff deal, yet like Ireland had wanted Brussels to water down retaliatory measures
www.irishtimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Discover the best of nature and outdoor activities at Natura 2000. 🏞️ #Natura2000 eu.smh.re/0awM
10 Natura 2000 Sites to Visit over Summer
Are you still undecided about what to do over summer? If you are looking for nature and outdoor activities, our Natura 2000 sites are where you need to be! And some may just be around the corner of yo...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Reposted by Brian Kilgallen
Bulgaria and Romania belong fully to the Schengen area. 

Removing internal controls at land borders is the last hurdle. 
 
I welcome the positive outcome of informal discussions in Budapest today.
 
The Council’s formal decision is next.
 
Let 2025 see Schengen become stronger.
November 22, 2024 at 11:04 AM