@eoindonohue.bsky.social
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The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28 June 1919 https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-orpen/the-signing-of-peace-in-the-hall-of-mirrors-versailles-28-june-1919
December 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 28 June 1919 https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-orpen/the-signing-of-peace-in-the-hall-of-mirrors-versailles-28-june-1919
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A small light can push back a great deal of darkness.
My speech at the Euro-Chanukah
→ link.europa.eu/39gdfR
My speech at the Euro-Chanukah
→ link.europa.eu/39gdfR
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A small light can push back a great deal of darkness.
My speech at the Euro-Chanukah
→ link.europa.eu/39gdfR
My speech at the Euro-Chanukah
→ link.europa.eu/39gdfR
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Lighting the third candle of Hannukah at @europarl.europa.eu in Strasbourg tonight.
In solidarity, in hope and in the knowledge that even the faintest flicker of light is enough to break through the darkness.
We choose light 🕎
In solidarity, in hope and in the knowledge that even the faintest flicker of light is enough to break through the darkness.
We choose light 🕎
December 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Lighting the third candle of Hannukah at @europarl.europa.eu in Strasbourg tonight.
In solidarity, in hope and in the knowledge that even the faintest flicker of light is enough to break through the darkness.
We choose light 🕎
In solidarity, in hope and in the knowledge that even the faintest flicker of light is enough to break through the darkness.
We choose light 🕎
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Today's the feast of St Lucy, 'the year's midnight' according to John Donne's 'A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day', which was written before the Gregorian Calendar moved the feast away from the Winter Solstice. it begins:
December 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Today's the feast of St Lucy, 'the year's midnight' according to John Donne's 'A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day', which was written before the Gregorian Calendar moved the feast away from the Winter Solstice. it begins:
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The twilight of the physical letter on.ft.com/4oRJ25l | opinion
The twilight of the physical letter
End of deliveries by Denmark’s mail service bodes ill for the epistolary form
on.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The twilight of the physical letter on.ft.com/4oRJ25l | opinion
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More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
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Born on this day 1967 in Bangor, Mark McCall.
Mark played for London Irish for the 1997-1998 season before returning to Ulster.
He was capped 13 times by Ireland.
Happy birthday Mark.
#lirfc #londonirish #history
Mark played for London Irish for the 1997-1998 season before returning to Ulster.
He was capped 13 times by Ireland.
Happy birthday Mark.
#lirfc #londonirish #history
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Born on this day 1967 in Bangor, Mark McCall.
Mark played for London Irish for the 1997-1998 season before returning to Ulster.
He was capped 13 times by Ireland.
Happy birthday Mark.
#lirfc #londonirish #history
Mark played for London Irish for the 1997-1998 season before returning to Ulster.
He was capped 13 times by Ireland.
Happy birthday Mark.
#lirfc #londonirish #history
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Farmyard at Dusk’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Thank you for bringing us together at the gates of the Amazon dear @LulaOficial.
As COP30 begins, you can count on Europe's full support.
Brazil is showing great leadership.
Whether it is about putting a price tag on carbon. Or fighting for our forests.
As COP30 begins, you can count on Europe's full support.
Brazil is showing great leadership.
Whether it is about putting a price tag on carbon. Or fighting for our forests.
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Thank you for bringing us together at the gates of the Amazon dear @LulaOficial.
As COP30 begins, you can count on Europe's full support.
Brazil is showing great leadership.
Whether it is about putting a price tag on carbon. Or fighting for our forests.
As COP30 begins, you can count on Europe's full support.
Brazil is showing great leadership.
Whether it is about putting a price tag on carbon. Or fighting for our forests.
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Climate change is enabling vectors like mosquitos and ticks to emerge and even thrive in places they once couldn’t have existed - this is a huge threat for infection spread eg dengue that could have worse impacts in infection-naive individuals that are more susceptible 🧪
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Climate change is enabling vectors like mosquitos and ticks to emerge and even thrive in places they once couldn’t have existed - this is a huge threat for infection spread eg dengue that could have worse impacts in infection-naive individuals that are more susceptible 🧪
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Conservation charities estimate that 150 tonnes of mercury, used by informal miners to separate gold from sediment, are released into the Amazon basin region every year. Indigenous groups say it is slowly poisoning them. on.ft.com/4hfwAKA
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Conservation charities estimate that 150 tonnes of mercury, used by informal miners to separate gold from sediment, are released into the Amazon basin region every year. Indigenous groups say it is slowly poisoning them. on.ft.com/4hfwAKA
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Asian hornet spotted in Cork City sparks biosecurity alert for Ireland
Members of the public have been asked to report any suspected sightings through the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Alien Watch reporting portal.
Members of the public have been asked to report any suspected sightings through the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Alien Watch reporting portal.
Asian hornet spotted in Cork City sparks biosecurity alert for Ireland
The sighting in Cork is just the second-ever verified sighting of an Asian hornet in Ireland
www.irishexaminer.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Asian hornet spotted in Cork City sparks biosecurity alert for Ireland
Members of the public have been asked to report any suspected sightings through the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Alien Watch reporting portal.
Members of the public have been asked to report any suspected sightings through the National Biodiversity Data Centre’s Alien Watch reporting portal.
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This is NOT good. [How to identify below, & who to tell for Ireland/UK]
An Asian Hornet has been found and captured in Cork
It’s only the 2nd time Ireland has had a >confirmed< report of an Asian Hornet, a wasp species that poses a “significant threat to biodiversity”.
An Asian Hornet has been found and captured in Cork
It’s only the 2nd time Ireland has had a >confirmed< report of an Asian Hornet, a wasp species that poses a “significant threat to biodiversity”.
An Asian Hornet (the kind known for bullying bees) has been found and captured in Cork
It’s only the second time Ireland has had a confirmed report of an Asian Hornet, a wasp species that poses a “significant threat to biodiversity”.
www.thejournal.ie
August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is NOT good. [How to identify below, & who to tell for Ireland/UK]
An Asian Hornet has been found and captured in Cork
It’s only the 2nd time Ireland has had a >confirmed< report of an Asian Hornet, a wasp species that poses a “significant threat to biodiversity”.
An Asian Hornet has been found and captured in Cork
It’s only the 2nd time Ireland has had a >confirmed< report of an Asian Hornet, a wasp species that poses a “significant threat to biodiversity”.
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Kennedy has also tried to get one of the largest studies on the mmr vaccines retracted and the journal have rejected his request which has no scientific merit. Thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing 🧪
Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study
An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Kennedy has also tried to get one of the largest studies on the mmr vaccines retracted and the journal have rejected his request which has no scientific merit. Thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing 🧪
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Myself and @chrischirp.bsky.social write about the systematic way RFK Jr is eroding vaccine access by attacking the US vaccine infrastructure: gutting oversight committees, sowing doubt re settled science, politicising ingredient safety, limiting access to vaccines and halting funding for research.
August 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Myself and @chrischirp.bsky.social write about the systematic way RFK Jr is eroding vaccine access by attacking the US vaccine infrastructure: gutting oversight committees, sowing doubt re settled science, politicising ingredient safety, limiting access to vaccines and halting funding for research.
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And coming up in an hour, at 7:30p.m., the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth in Birtwistle's Earth Dances (which I don't know), and at 8:30, Beethoven's magnificent Eroica Symphony, all live on BBC Radio 3.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#BBCProms
#SirHenryWoodPromenadeConcerts
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#BBCProms
#SirHenryWoodPromenadeConcerts
July 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
And coming up in an hour, at 7:30p.m., the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth in Birtwistle's Earth Dances (which I don't know), and at 8:30, Beethoven's magnificent Eroica Symphony, all live on BBC Radio 3.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#BBCProms
#SirHenryWoodPromenadeConcerts
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#BBCProms
#SirHenryWoodPromenadeConcerts
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2/3 The lady chapel, Aberdeen Catholic Cathedral, with the statue of Our Lady of Aberdeen, a replica of one once in a now-lost church in Old Aberdeen. Hidden at the Reformation it eventually emerged on the continent and is now in the Church of Our Lady of Finnisterre, Brussels.
July 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
2/3 The lady chapel, Aberdeen Catholic Cathedral, with the statue of Our Lady of Aberdeen, a replica of one once in a now-lost church in Old Aberdeen. Hidden at the Reformation it eventually emerged on the continent and is now in the Church of Our Lady of Finnisterre, Brussels.
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They will perform music by Arthur Bliss, Felix Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the premiere of Errolyn Wallen's new piece The Elements.
And Lisa Batiashvili will perform one of my favourite pieces of music - the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#BBCProms
And Lisa Batiashvili will perform one of my favourite pieces of music - the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#BBCProms
BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2025, First Night of the Proms 2025
Live at the BBC Proms: Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Wallen & Vaughan Williams launch the season.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
They will perform music by Arthur Bliss, Felix Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the premiere of Errolyn Wallen's new piece The Elements.
And Lisa Batiashvili will perform one of my favourite pieces of music - the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#BBCProms
And Lisa Batiashvili will perform one of my favourite pieces of music - the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#BBCProms
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For all those watching TOTP, stop right now and switch to BBC2, where Lisa Batiashvili is playing the amazing Sibelius violin concerto.
July 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For all those watching TOTP, stop right now and switch to BBC2, where Lisa Batiashvili is playing the amazing Sibelius violin concerto.
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My very best wishes to Ukraine's new Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
As the brave people of Ukraine continue to push back against the aggressor, rest assured that Europe's support will only grow stronger.
To freedom, democracy and our common European future 🇪🇺🇺🇦
As the brave people of Ukraine continue to push back against the aggressor, rest assured that Europe's support will only grow stronger.
To freedom, democracy and our common European future 🇪🇺🇺🇦
July 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
My very best wishes to Ukraine's new Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
As the brave people of Ukraine continue to push back against the aggressor, rest assured that Europe's support will only grow stronger.
To freedom, democracy and our common European future 🇪🇺🇺🇦
As the brave people of Ukraine continue to push back against the aggressor, rest assured that Europe's support will only grow stronger.
To freedom, democracy and our common European future 🇪🇺🇺🇦
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Jane Mathison Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary worker who was killed in Auschwitz #OTD 17 July 1944. Her story deserves to be better known, I think.
www.yadvashem.org/righteous/st...
Photo: Yad Vashem
www.yadvashem.org/righteous/st...
Photo: Yad Vashem
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Jane Mathison Haining, a Church of Scotland missionary worker who was killed in Auschwitz #OTD 17 July 1944. Her story deserves to be better known, I think.
www.yadvashem.org/righteous/st...
Photo: Yad Vashem
www.yadvashem.org/righteous/st...
Photo: Yad Vashem