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Darragh Downey
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Senior lecturer of medical education at University of Manchester, Leinster exile. Neuroscience, psychiatry, EBM, biosciences and methodology. Personal views, He/Him/Dr.
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Wondering how to keep the kids entertained this weekend? 🎉The Universally Manchester Festival has you covered!

This Saturday we’ll have loads of activities on campus to explore, learn, and play 🧠🎨🕹️

📍 Uni of Manchester, Oxford Road campus
🕚 11am – 4:30pm

universallymanchester.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Under a month to go ⏰ Looking forward to seeing you all at this year's festival universallymanchester.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Title: SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING ACTIVE VOICE e.g. Our team collected samples and then we tested them. CLICKBAIT VOICE e.g. We collected some samples... You won't believe what happened next! PASSIVE VOICE e.g. Samples were collected and tested. HAIKU VOICE e.g. Quiet science lab. Workers arrive with samples. The testing begins. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE e.g. We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job. CONSPIRACY VOICE e.g. Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.
April 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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wrote about my trans friends www.theneweuropean.co.uk/marie-le-con...
April 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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"‘Point-Blank Range’: How Israel Executed 15 Medics and Rescue Workers in Gaza"

Writing for Zeteo, Diana Buttu says she had a difficult time writing this essay because she could not stop thinking about the level of evil needed to carry this out.
‘Point-Blank Range’: How Israel Executed 15 Medics and Rescue Workers in Gaza
I had a difficult time writing this essay because I could not stop thinking about the level of evil needed to carry this out.
zeteo.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
darraghdowney.bsky.social
No one in Ireland will buy our stout is basically the whole vibe of this tariff nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Black lives matter.
Gay, lesbian and trans people deserve the same rights as everyone else.
Workplaces, and their staff & customers/clients benefit when they accommodate diversity.
People should be allowed to follow their religion.
These statements reflect basic human rights and a civilised society.
March 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Lá Fheile Pádraig sona daoibh / Happy St Patrick's Day to you all

& the greatest version of Danny Boy out there

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Danny Boy
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March 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?

Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT

More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Two photos of Anna, a young white woman using an electric wheelchair, wearing a blue lab coat that fits her well with tables and dry-lab equipment in the background. Text reads: "A team of researchers and designers led by UCL is looking for wheelchair users working in wet lab environments to user-test what is believed to be the first-ever prototype of a lab coat adapted for wheelchair users."
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I do hope people see the widespread misspelling of Darragh and now know my pain
December 7, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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I didn't think my mother has ever been so proud of her choice of name for me. #stormdarragh
December 6, 2024 at 11:49 PM