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Marie Smith
@maruska1.bsky.social
Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Neurovascular, with an interest in gerontology. Dublin, Ireland.
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Program highlights:
- Current evidence in AF management and treatment
- Frailty in stroke patients: WSO position statement
- Update on CAA: WSO position statement 2025
- Stroke in indigenous populations: WSO position statement
🔗 https://worldstrokecongress.org/registration/
#WSC2025 #brainhealth
September 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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There's plenty of blame to go around, incl. the failing EPA licensing system which failed to prevent the repeated pollution events which would undoubtedly have weakened the resilience of any wildlife in the river,making them more vulnerable to whatever pollutant ultimately caused the huge fish kill.
River Blackwater: "This kill will reverberate out through the system, to the birds, bats, otters & other animals which fed on fish and insects from the river, having a much greater impact than thousands of dead fish"
Dr Elaine McGoff, Head of Advocacy An Taisce

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘We took out 450 fish in an hour’: Blackwater pollution highlights decade of poor environmental compliance
Finger of blame for failures pointed at EPA, which licenses dischargers including North Cork Creameries and Munster Joinery
www.irishtimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Tune in to Prime Time on RTÉ One tonight at 10.35pm for a feature on why Ireland is lagging behind on marine protection and why this matters🦈
More here: www.rte.ie/.../1534897-....
@fairseas.ie
Image credit: Basking Shark by George Karbus
September 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Journalist Anas Al-Sharif reporting from Gaza, shortly before Israel killed him tonight:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
August 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM