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Brian Gormley D7

@bgormley.bsky.social
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Head of Sustainability Education in TU Dublin. Founder member of Connecting Cabra. Board member of Green Foundation Ireland. Ecologist. Birder, book-lover. Views expressed are personal.

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Fergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 7h
This is just a sentence that gets progressively more fabulous with each word
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h
If you dislike the way traditional earbuds feel in your ears, bone-conduction headphones send sound waves through your skull directly to your inner ear, skipping the eardrum entirely. nyti.ms/46Om7Bt
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If You Hate How Earbuds Feel, Try Open-Ear Headphones
If you dislike the way traditional earbuds feel in your ears, check out these bone-conduction headphones and other open-ear designs.
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Green Collective @greencollective.io · 30/09/2026
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 72% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 81% at 04:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 31% of demand. 3% of generation was exported, 0% of demand was met by imports.
A stacked area chart of the electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland with the following fuel types: battery, pumped storage, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, oil, and gas. There is also a black line showing electricity demand.

Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Irish Cycling Campaign took part in a lovely night-time and full moon spin out to Dunsink Observatory last Friday night. Most enjoyable and educational! Full account at link below - And watch this space for our next social events! www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/dublin-cycli...
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 29/09/2026
Nice words from the Taoiseach for our departing colleague, the incomparable and irreplaceable Miriam Lord, who’s on the Press Gallery for the last time today 👏🏻
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 27/09/2026
Call to fact-check columnists after another anti-MetroLink article from Colm McCarthy A new article by economist Colm McCarthy against the planned 19km MetroLink from central Dublin to Swords has prompted a call for newspapers to fact-check their columnists....
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Call to fact-check columnists after another anti-MetroLink article from Colm McCarthy
A new article by economist Colm McCarthy against the planned 19km MetroLink from central Dublin to Swords has prompted a call for newspapers to fact-check their columnists. Councillor Feljin Jose, the Green Party's spokesperson on transport, made the call after McCarthy wrongly claimed in the Sunday Business Post today that "The only available evaluation of MetroLink’s costs and benefits was released as part of the TII’s preliminary assessment in 2022."
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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Colm McCarthy also said both the DART and the Luas would be disasters but sure look I guess he will be right about something one day.
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Derek Mooney @dsmooney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages for Sept 27th [Updated] #speirghorm derekmooney.ie/2026/09/26/i...
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Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages for Sept 27th - Derek Mooney Comms
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
World Rivers Day offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on how we can reverse these trends for good By taking action and following the best available evidence, we can create lasting solutions to pollution. Healthy rivers are essential for nature, communities & future generations. #WorldRiversDay
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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Walking Wicklow-Greystones yesterday, the speed of coastal erosion toward the railway— hastened by accelerating sea level rise—was starkly apparent vs last year. As pointed out to Irish Rail engineers, the protection plan does not account for revised SLR projection. The rail line has to move inland.
Photo looking north showing the railway and adjacent coastal erosion between Wicklow and Greystones.Photo of railway fence posts undermined by coastal erosion between Wicklow and Greystones.
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Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Over 36mm of rain in Carlow Town and some flooding now.
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 11/08/2026
Non-hydro renewables (primarily wind and solar) are on track to pass gas this year as the second largest source of electricity generation globally. The rapid over the past 10 years is pretty remarkable! Hat tip to Michael Liebreich for the plot idea.
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Derek Mooney @dsmooney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages for Sept 27th Irish Sunday newspaper front pages
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Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages for Sept 27th
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Robert Loves Photography @robertspictures.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#SundayShout-Out #Stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography The - in my very subjective eyes - most stunning photos of the week 20/9 - 26/9 among the photos published by the photography accounts who I follow and who follow me. A maximum of one photo per account. Prepare to be amazed. 1/x
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BC_Gemma @bcgemma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Glossy Ibises, West Cork - exotic visitors. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ireland vs US GDP Per Capita In 1980 vs 2025 Explanation & More Comparisons: brilliantmaps.com/usa-gdp-p...
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Want to see what climate “non-solutions” look like? Here’s a list of weak ideas and greenwashing tricks, with the science behind why they’re not such a good idea. “Not Recommended” by Project Drawdown…. drawdown.org/explorer?cla...
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Drawdown Explorer™
We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A little later than expected but Ireland and Tuvalu are to cohost an international climate conference - the 2nd transition away from fossil fuels conference - in the Pacific next July with a preconference in Ireland in the spring www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Ireland and Tuvalu to co-host international climate conference next July
Second conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels will take place on a Pacific island nation
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Why electrification is inevitable: Heating costs as of Sept. 20th in France for a 100m2 home: Heating oil - €2300 Gas - €2100 Wood pellets - €1000 Heat Pump - €800 Only one of these technologies also let's you sleep during a heatwave.
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Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Stoneybatter: a place called home. As part of #OpenHouseDublin2026 I’ll be leading a walk through the neighbourhood on Sunday 18th October. Do join me, you can book here: openhousedublin.com/locations/st...
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Marburymoths @marburybirds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just had this amazing Beetle run across the road in front of me. A Devil’s Coach-horse Ocypus olens
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Mickey Numbers @mickeynumberz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don't talk to me about it! My son goes to numerous concerts at various venues, usually booked several months in advance. Tension rises to almost unbearable levels just before leaving the house as we try to remember which app to use and what email/password combo will allow us to unlock the tickets!
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenparty.ie · 25/09/2026
The first in our new series of Women Leading Change events, looking at women’s participation in politics and public life, will take place next Tuesday at 11am-12pm. This event will be hosted by our very own @janetphorner.bsky.social and @hazelchu.bsky.social! Register today 👇 bit.ly/4z0FMu3
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And in today’s feelings - ht to insta!
Sometimes I wantto. skip the lecture but then I remember I'm the Lecturer
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The mighty Siobhán McSweeney was presented with a print of my Gráinne Mhaol piece by the very lovely Kevin McGahern for her hard work on #TraitorsIRL, after she mentioned that Ireland's pirate queen Gráinne was a big style inspiration for her incredible outfits this season. No better woman! 👑
Photo of the bould Siobhán McSweeney in a room with light blue and white patterned wallpaper and a wooden floor, holding a framed print of mine of a linocut of Gráinne Mhaol.


#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #TheTraitorsThe image of Gráinne Mhaol on the print.
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Ireland's Native Woodland Trust @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🌰 A first for Ballinakelly Wood! Our Carlow volunteers carried out the reserve's first hazel seed collection, gathering and sowing 450 hazelnuts for overwintering. Along the way we found Chicken of the woods and more fantastic finds 🌳 Interested in volunteering? 📧 volunteer@nativewoodlandtrust.ie
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Christine Dibelius 🇪🇺 @dibeliusc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yesterday in Griffith Park. The bats fly really low. So nice to watch them.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So was sitting in a hotel lobby waiting for my room and i look up and see this video board. Dublin has gone all out. 🔥🔥🔥
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 21/09/2026
Overall, how similar are Britain and Ireland? Very similar: 7% Fairly similar: 45% Fairly different: 25% Very different: 8% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#SpeirGorm
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#SpeirGorm
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Ed Moynihan @emcreative.ie · 21/09/2026
4 people dead on Irish roads in the last 24 hours, but the Irish Independent here covering the real menace on our roads.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 18/09/2026
Birds 🐦‍⬛ play a vital role in healthy ecosystems, supporting pest control, seed dispersal and nutrient cycling, while also contributing to our well-being. New data show populations have declined. Find out more in our #EEAIndicator on how declines can be reversed. www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh, this is a useful set of statistics. You can use it to assess just what sort of numbers of JOBS the Government means when it says we need the data centres in Ireland for the JOBS. You’d create more employment running a small chain of centras.
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Derek Mooney @dsmooney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages for Sept 20th [Updated] #speirghorm derekmooney.ie/2026/09/20/i...
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Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie · 19/09/2026
“What did you do about it?” A question from my son changed the direction of my life. GardeningWell, the walled garden, community, nature, autism — and eventually Nature’s Acre — all grew from there. Thanks to Emma Jane Cooke and RSVP Live for telling the story. www.rsvplive.ie/life/irish-g...
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Irish gardening expert Ciarán De Buitléar on his work life balance as an IT worker
Ciarán De Buitléar is an IT worker, but when he's not in work, he's a gardening expert at the helm of his community initiative the Gardening Well - He tells us about how he balances the two
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Colm Kavanagh @colmkavanagh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Released on this day back in 1988......one of the most sublime and utterly gorgeous pieces of vinyl I have in my collection.......the Cocteau's with "Blue Bell Knoll". Fan video here of the title track. Timeless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcH2...
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Cocteau Twins -- Blue Bell Knoll
YouTube video by Nick Perkins
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Culture Night Dublin @culturenightdub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wonderful performance by the Mongolian Khuur band at North Earl Street for Culture Night Dublin 🎻
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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Eoghan Daltun called in with a book & more importantly, a vision to rewild Ireland. 🌿 Setting the Land Free follows the people restoring bogs, forests, coastlines & native species across Ireland, Scotland and Costa Rica. It is optimistic, which is so what we need. @irishrainforest.bsky.social
Eoghan Daltun stands beside the Chapters bestseller wall holding his book, Setting the Land Free. More copies are displayed at number seven on the shelf behind him.
Author Eoghan Daltun stands outside Chapters Bookstore holding Setting the Land Free. The shop’s green Bookshop of the Year 2025 signage fills the window behind him.

Side view of Eoghan Daltun signing a copy of Setting the Land Free at the Chapters counter, with a tall stack of the book waiting beside him.
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Two weeks to go. Limited tickets still available: dublinbookfestival.com/event/naomi-... @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
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Dublin Cycling Campaign @dublincycling.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Richmond Road has been a shocking hazard for years now. Fair play to the Residents Associations.
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m really looking forward to this. Some great speakers lined up. @cosybatter.bsky.social @phibsboro.bsky.social
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TU Dublin Sustainability / OT Baile Átha Cliath Inbhuanaitheacht @tudublinsustain.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌿 Looking for a simple way to be more active this autumn? Walktober is Ireland’s annual walking challenge, encouraging people to get moving throughout October. TU Dublin staff and students can sign up here: www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou.... #TUDublinSustainability
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Ready for the Walktober step Challenge 2026
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love this! I remember the first time I saw Newgrange, my Mam asked why they had pebble-dashed the walls.
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Chapters Bookstore, Parnell St, D1 @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
These Armistead Maupin editions have arrived in Secondhand & I am ridiculously nostalgic. I owned these exact covers & felt enormously sophisticated reading about 28 Barbary Lane, San Francisco! Then I lost them all in a house move. A tragedy I have clearly not processed.
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Connecting Cabra @connectingcabra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Another Cabra Litter Pick is happening on Saturday, 26 September at 10am. A lovely way to start your weekend! @colmorourke1.bsky.social @cllrcat.bsky.social @mariesherlock.bsky.social @feljin.ie @phibsboro.bsky.social @garygannontd.bsky.social
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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New student Orientation is one of my favourite (but exhausting) events of the year in @tudublin.bsky.social. Our Student Ambassadors lead the Sustainability session in Orientation and every year I’m so impressed by their professionalism and confidence when talking to a crowd of 300+ new students.
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TU Dublin Sustainability / OT Baile Átha Cliath Inbhuanaitheacht @tudublinsustain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
6000+ students took part in Orientation last week. To support them, 20 students & Sustainability Education & Societal Engagement facilitators delivered 27 talks introducing students to the SDGs, #TUDublinsustainability activity & the ways that they can get involved. www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...
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