Paul McNally
@paulmknally.bsky.social
PassivHaus Architect in Cork Ireland. Lecturer. Musician. Politics.
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Good.
George Clarke wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
George Clarke wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Architect George Clarke calls for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell inquiry
TV personality wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Good.
George Clarke wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
George Clarke wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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well on track for building the TortureNexus
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
well on track for building the TortureNexus
To 2015 and issue 10 of Passive House Plus for your long read, when work had just finished on architect Paul McNally's super low energy project: a three-storey building in Tipperary that had just become Ireland's first certified #passivehouse pharmacy.
mailchi.mp/passivehouse...
mailchi.mp/passivehouse...
September 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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To 2015 and issue 10 of Passive House Plus for your long read, when work had just finished on architect Paul McNally's super low energy project: a three-storey building in Tipperary that had just become Ireland's first certified #passivehouse pharmacy.
mailchi.mp/passivehouse...
mailchi.mp/passivehouse...
September 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
To 2015 and issue 10 of Passive House Plus for your long read, when work had just finished on architect Paul McNally's super low energy project: a three-storey building in Tipperary that had just become Ireland's first certified #passivehouse pharmacy.
mailchi.mp/passivehouse...
mailchi.mp/passivehouse...
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Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️
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Schools: For generations, clean air in classrooms was used to stop children catching infections
They could do it in the 1850s, there is no excuse not to in 2025 @cleanairie.bsky.social
They could do it in the 1850s, there is no excuse not to in 2025 @cleanairie.bsky.social
Our letter about poor indoor air quality in schools was published in the @irishtimes.com today.
Illness is the leading cause of school absence: To reduce the number of school-acquired infections, we must address indoor air quality as an absolute priority.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Illness is the leading cause of school absence: To reduce the number of school-acquired infections, we must address indoor air quality as an absolute priority.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Poor air quality in classrooms
‘Illness continues to be the leading cause of school absences’
www.irishtimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Schools: For generations, clean air in classrooms was used to stop children catching infections
They could do it in the 1850s, there is no excuse not to in 2025 @cleanairie.bsky.social
They could do it in the 1850s, there is no excuse not to in 2025 @cleanairie.bsky.social
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1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning
Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.
www.forbes.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
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The Woodmill and St Columba’s RC High School in Dunfermline has officially earned the prestigious Passivhaus Classic certification, solidifying its position as the largest Passivhaus education building in the world.
Dunfermline school officially world’s largest Passivhaus education building
The Woodmill and St Columba’s RC High School in Dunfermline has officially earned the prestigious Passivhaus Classic certification, solidifying its position as the largest Passivhaus education building in the world.
www.scottishconstructionnow.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Woodmill and St Columba’s RC High School in Dunfermline has officially earned the prestigious Passivhaus Classic certification, solidifying its position as the largest Passivhaus education building in the world.
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I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
May 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
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Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
May 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
@rteradio1.bsky.social Colm O Mongain, drone chips; ‘A PackAChips Now’ more like
April 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@rteradio1.bsky.social Colm O Mongain, drone chips; ‘A PackAChips Now’ more like
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An important update - we are launching a planning litigation tracker today - still in beta but as far as I am aware the only (semi) reliable source of data on planning litigation in this jurisdiction
So we are soft-launching a beta of our Planning and Environment Litigation Tracker today 🧵
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March 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
An important update - we are launching a planning litigation tracker today - still in beta but as far as I am aware the only (semi) reliable source of data on planning litigation in this jurisdiction
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Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
April 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
They aren't even bothering to hide it.
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Good read here in the business post outlining the premium that thoughtful, rigorous passive design adds to building projects
March 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Good read here in the business post outlining the premium that thoughtful, rigorous passive design adds to building projects
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Please welcome PRESIDENT @barackobama.bsky.social to BlueSky,,, working in my Flaverification,,,
the president of the united states stands at a podium
Alt: the president of the united states stands at a podium
media.tenor.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Please welcome PRESIDENT @barackobama.bsky.social to BlueSky,,, working in my Flaverification,,,
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It’s like going back (in the choice of materials) to create a better future.
A simple diagram of what designers can do to achieve net zero
Source: Sustainable Building Network
A simple diagram of what designers can do to achieve net zero
Source: Sustainable Building Network
March 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It’s like going back (in the choice of materials) to create a better future.
A simple diagram of what designers can do to achieve net zero
Source: Sustainable Building Network
A simple diagram of what designers can do to achieve net zero
Source: Sustainable Building Network
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If you’re a UCU member at Cardiff Uni, you should have ballot papers now or very soon: vote for strike action and action short of a strike .
Empower your negotiators to stop the redundancies.
If you’re not yet a member, join us.
#CUFightback
👇✊
www.ucu.org.uk/join
Empower your negotiators to stop the redundancies.
If you’re not yet a member, join us.
#CUFightback
👇✊
www.ucu.org.uk/join
March 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If you’re a UCU member at Cardiff Uni, you should have ballot papers now or very soon: vote for strike action and action short of a strike .
Empower your negotiators to stop the redundancies.
If you’re not yet a member, join us.
#CUFightback
👇✊
www.ucu.org.uk/join
Empower your negotiators to stop the redundancies.
If you’re not yet a member, join us.
#CUFightback
👇✊
www.ucu.org.uk/join
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Mass timber parking garage in Germany
Only ramps and stairs are made of concrete. Floors are timber with a layer of asphalt on top
All timber elements can be reused at end of life. Floor heights are tall enough to convert floors to apartments
www.archdaily.com/1026856/wood...
Only ramps and stairs are made of concrete. Floors are timber with a layer of asphalt on top
All timber elements can be reused at end of life. Floor heights are tall enough to convert floors to apartments
www.archdaily.com/1026856/wood...
March 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Mass timber parking garage in Germany
Only ramps and stairs are made of concrete. Floors are timber with a layer of asphalt on top
All timber elements can be reused at end of life. Floor heights are tall enough to convert floors to apartments
www.archdaily.com/1026856/wood...
Only ramps and stairs are made of concrete. Floors are timber with a layer of asphalt on top
All timber elements can be reused at end of life. Floor heights are tall enough to convert floors to apartments
www.archdaily.com/1026856/wood...
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Giod read in @businesspost.bsky.social on how comfortable passive homes can be even left without power for days @phplus.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Giod read in @businesspost.bsky.social on how comfortable passive homes can be even left without power for days @phplus.bsky.social
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Ballymore’s first Passive House development
Drumnigh Oaks, a boutique scheme of 30 four-bed houses in Portmarnock, will almost double the number of Ireland’s Passive registered homes www.businesspost.ie/property/bal...
Ballymore unveils Dublin’s first Passive House development
Drumnigh Oaks, a boutique scheme of 30 four-bed houses in Portmarnock, will almost double the number of Ireland’s Passive registered homes
www.businesspost.ie
February 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ballymore’s first Passive House development
Drumnigh Oaks, a boutique scheme of 30 four-bed houses in Portmarnock, will almost double the number of Ireland’s Passive registered homes www.businesspost.ie/property/bal...
I wish ‘discover’ mode sent me something more interesting than foxes, cute as they are!
February 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I wish ‘discover’ mode sent me something more interesting than foxes, cute as they are!
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Best speech Trudeau ever gave. Americans and Canadians should listen. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
FULL SPEECH | Trudeau says Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday that Canada will respond to Donald Trump's tariffs with 25 per cent tariffs on $155 billion of U.S. goods.
www.cbc.ca
February 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Best speech Trudeau ever gave. Americans and Canadians should listen. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
I am delighted my latest #passivhaus project has been shortlisted in the Building & Architect of the Year Awards 2025, buildingoftheyear.ie/shortlist. For more details of the project check out pmnarchitecture.ie/cork-city-pa...
Building & Architect of the Year Awards 2025 - Shortlist
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buildingoftheyear.ie
January 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I am delighted my latest #passivhaus project has been shortlisted in the Building & Architect of the Year Awards 2025, buildingoftheyear.ie/shortlist. For more details of the project check out pmnarchitecture.ie/cork-city-pa...
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Recruitment for the new CEO of @foeireland.bsky.social has begun as the indomitable @oisinc.bsky.social has decided to step down, after 20 years leading the org and making a huge impact. Big boots to fill!
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/announc...
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/announc...
Announcement: Oisín Coghlan to step down as CEO of Friends of the Earth Ireland. | Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth Board launches recruiting process for new CEO. Friends of the Earth today announces that Oisín Coghlan has decided to step down as Chief Executive, after 20 years at the helm of &...
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
January 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Recruitment for the new CEO of @foeireland.bsky.social has begun as the indomitable @oisinc.bsky.social has decided to step down, after 20 years leading the org and making a huge impact. Big boots to fill!
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/announc...
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/announc...