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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 08/05/2026

The length of time it takes to get in contact with Revenue in Ireland is absolutely ridiculous. Have tried phone and online, smoke signals next.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 29/03/2026

OR… Ireland needs more landlords that see renters as human and not cash cows. #SpeirGorm

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 02/03/2026

It’s because Incels don’t just exist in incel spaces. They’re embedded across all sectors and communities. It’s important to highlight the reach of incel subculture and how slowly jokes, slang and terminology become the norm. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream?

With the rise of influencer Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxers’, sexist language from niche memes has infiltrated official government accounts and NYT headlines

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 01/03/2026

Very sad news of more deaths this morning on Irish roads. More families and communities devastated. We can’t keep turning away from the road safety issues facing Ireland. Conversations on this issue quieten too soon after tragedies. #SpeirGorm

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 23/02/2026

“In a quantitative survey of 373 respondents, almost half of the respondents are experiencing enforced deprivation (nearly three times the national rate) and report difficulty making ends meet.” www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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The real economic stories behind the LGBTQ+ 'pink euro'

LGBTQ+ people have long been associated with economic affluence, but a new report challenges some of the financial perceptions of this group

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 05/02/2026

It very likely will. Similar to extremist/harmful digital communities - when they’re banned from sites like Reddit, for example, the members don’t evaporate. They regroup and build seedy, underground, free-for-all spaces. Places where you can buy almost anything.

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AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.

Screenshot showing that r/Conservative, noted bastion of free/awful speech, is now ranked just one above us in weekly visitor numbers.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 29/01/2026

This is a knee-jerk response that looks good on paper but will likely drive more harm via seedier, community-moderated spaces. We’ve seen this before.

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Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🇵🇸 @karsugrue.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The use of the counselling notes of victims in court cases is cruel, inhumane and abusive - it is morally and ethically abhorrent, counter to every single tenet of therapeutic practice, and a final betrayal of an already profoundly traumatised person. #counsellingnotes 1/

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We need to get real. Met Éireann is not to blame for flooding damage - poor planning, building on flood plains, not implementing over 20 years of remedial action are. We were warned decades ago winter rain would increase, but continued doing nothing and built on space needed for water #spéirghorm

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 28/01/2026

Hi @limericklive.bsky.social I’ve made contact a few times now in relation to some articles that go against national and international guidelines for reporting on suicide, but haven’t gotten a response. Is there a preferred route of contact?

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 26/01/2026

It’s all gone Pete Tong in full council meeting.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 26/01/2026

The tech discrepancies between Limerick county council meetings (Dooradoyle vs Adare-Rathkeale) is crazy. What a treat to be able to actually hear people, not to mind see them too at today’s full council meeting. What a time.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 23/01/2026

Relieved to see that after some persistent pestering, The Limerick Post have amended their article published January 16th that went directly against national and international guidelines for responsible reporting on suicide. If you see something, say something. Hold them to account.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 22/01/2026

Just saw This American Life mentioned somewhere and it fit me thinking about my favourite episodes. I still think House on Loon Lake is one of the best pieces of audio storytelling of the twenty years.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 19/01/2026

The unintended consequences of bans are often underestimated, until it’s too late.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 19/01/2026

The absolute joy of seeing everyone’s pictures of the auroras. Times like this the “trending in Ireland” option would be excellent.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 19/01/2026

Important piece of work by @theguardian.com Trans women in the US, fleeing desperate situations and seeking refugee status in the Netherlands. open.spotify.com/episode/2j0A...

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The transgender refugees fleeing the US

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 18/01/2026

“Death by suicide was the leading cause of death for both the LGB+ population and their heterosexual counterparts in the younger age groups, the study found, but the proportions were markedly higher in those identifying as LGB+.” www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/deep...

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"Deeply concerning" study shows LGB+ people's higher rates of suicide, drug & alcohol deaths - LGBTQ Nation

“There are some noticeable differences" between gay and straight deaths.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 15/01/2026

are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a... pls repost

$About the PhD: Audits and evaluation of AI systems — and the broader context that AI systems operate in — have become central to conceptualising, quantifying, measuring and understanding the operations, failures, limitations, underlying assumptions, and downstream societal implications of AI systems. Existing AI audit and evaluation efforts are fractured, done in a siloed and ad-hoc manner, and with little deliberation and reflection around conceptual rigour and methodological validity. This PhD is for a candidate that is passionate about exploring what a conceptually cogent, methodologically sound, and well-founded AI evaluation and safety research might look like. This requires grappling with questions such as: What does it mean to represent “ground truth” in proxies, synthetic data, or computational simulation? How do we reliably measure abstract and complex phenomena? What are the epistemological or methodological implications of quantification and measurement approaches we choose to employ? Particularly, what underlying presuppositions, values, or perspectives do they entail? How do we ensure the lived experiences of impacted communities play a critical role in the development and justification of measurement metrics and proxies? Through exploration of these questions, the candidate is expected to engage with core concepts in the philosophy of science, history of science, Black feminist epistemologies, and similar schools of thought to develop an in-depth understanding of existing practices with the aim of applying it to advance shared standards and best practice in AI evaluation. The candidate is expected to integrate empirical (for example, through analysis or evaluation of existing benchmarks) or practical (for example, by executing evaluation of AI systems) components into the overall work.$

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 16/01/2026

Astonishing to see the Limerick Post’s recent coverage of suicide related events. Flying directly in the face of almost every media guideline for responsibly reporting on suicide. This is what happens when there is no mechanism for enforcing standards.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 15/01/2026

“restricted for most AI systems right now” is also very telling. Totally grim.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 15/01/2026

Had the opportunity to teach in @ucddublin.bsky.social new O’Connor Centre for Learning yesterday. Incredible building, massive collaborative, open-space working areas for students. Group seating in lecture theatre.

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! Sharing again for morning Bluesky!

Sheet of information on the locating loss project which aims to explore histories of infertility through landscapes and spaces. Please Dm me for more info if needed!

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 13/01/2026

I’ve put together a list of Irish academia and research related accounts, sharing for anyone interested. Plenty more great accounts to add and no doubt plenty I’ve missed (feel free to name drop) but here it is. #SpeirGorm #Ireland bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 13/01/2026

One simple thing media outlets can do to reduce the harm in reports on murder-suicide is to close their comment sections. Absolutely nothing helpful happens there.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 13/01/2026

The rental market in Limerick (and everywhere else) is already battering people, but just wait until the Ryder Cup rolls around. The madness is already unfolding.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 09/01/2026

When reporting on suicide and murder-suicide some details are wildly inappropriate and unhelpful. Irish media always fall well below the bar here. Do better #SpeirGorm

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 24/12/2025

Something important I just learned as a new parent.. However many batteries you think are enough tonight, double it 😭

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 09/11/2025

One of the wonderful bonus joys of having a baby is getting to read children’s books again. Last night we read Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo and I’m certain that we enjoyed it more than baby did.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 05/11/2025

The Primary School Survey is now open. Make sure to have your say on whether you believe primary schools should have religious patronage or not. #SpeirGorm www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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Primary School Survey

This survey is for parents and guardians of children in primary school or who will enter primary school in the coming years

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Catherine Connolly secured the first preference votes of 914,143 people — the most of any Irish politician ever. She is the 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann and, when inaugurated on November 11, will take her place in the annals of history. - Paul Hosford www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... #Áras25

Alan Betson photo
President-elect greeted by Taoiseach as Tánaiste applauds.

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The Journal Investigates @investigates.thejournal.ie · 28/10/2025

Allegations of neglect, forced labour and isolation. Journalist Niamh Cavanagh looks into alleged historical abuse in Ireland’s shuttered state-run psychiatric asylums from the 1950s to the early 2000s. Read:

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 06/08/2025

What about those who are queer, neurodivergent, undocumented, disabled, displaced, or otherwise excluded from mainstream narratives? Their suicidality is often overlooked or rendered invisible by conventional tools because it exists outside of mental illness. www.kaylaccooley.com/unwell-or-un...

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Unwell or Unheard? The Side of Suicide That Systems Ignore - Kayla Cooley

Unwell or unheard? Learn how poverty, racism and exclusion drive suicide. A critical suicidology perspective challenging clinical models for change.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 05/08/2025

Current suicide prevention systems are designed to respond to diagnosis, not distress. Our systems consistently leave behind people and experiences existing outside of "illness". www.kaylaccooley.com/unwell-or-un...

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The tragic case of four whales who died in last few days in Europe. Scientist on RTE's Morning Ireland today suggested the whales were killed by a deep water incident, likely caused by military sonar (not ours obvs!) www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/08/01/t...

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Tragic whale stranding at Mayo strand leaves experts and locals reeling | Connaught Telegraph

A distressing wildlife incident unfolded on the shores of north Mayo last Sunday evening, July 27, as a pair of True’s beaked whales, an elusive deep-diving species rarely seen close to land, stranded...

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Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🇵🇸 @karsugrue.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

“The ‘grown women’ of Ireland remember very well what erasure and control and lack of bodily autonomy feel like and it’s for this very reason that we stand so passionately with the trans community today” #TransRightsAreHumanRights @independent.ie

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 02/08/2025

But it’s not just letting their colleagues down. A refusal to police roads is letting the nation down, it is literally killing people. It really is that serious. #SpeirGorm

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 31/07/2025

Is it shocking though? We are seeing deaths on our roads rising year on year. Particularly problematic in many rural communities with people afraid to drive or walk on local roads from lack of policing. #SpeirGorm Report showing roads gardaí not doing jobs 'shocking' www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Report showing roads gardaí not doing jobs 'shocking'

The chairperson of the Policing and Community Safety Authority has described as "shocking" a report which shows that a substantial number of gardaí assigned to Roads Policing are not doing their jobs ...

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 30/07/2025

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has recalled a batch of Aldi roast chicken basil pesto pasta due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes

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FSAI recalls Aldi chicken pesto batch due to listeria

The Food Safety Authority has recalled a batch of Aldi roast chicken basil pesto pasta due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 30/07/2025

This is a timely piece by @sarahharte.bsky.social on violence against women and families. The myth of “he just snapped” persists but we know it’s not true. These are not mindless acts of rage, they’re acts of violent control. #SpeirGorm tinyurl.com/3djb3cbh

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Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness

Recent tragedies expose a violent continuum of misogyny in Ireland — from verbal abuse to fatal domestic control and coercion

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/07/2025

The absolute scandal of just over 1 child a year being seeing by the gender clinic over the past 10 years is the front page story in today's News Letter

News Letter front page 28 July 2025 - Main headline - Kids aged just five are NI trans patients. As many as 12 have been treated in past decade

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 28/07/2025

Ireland now sits near the top of Europe for cocaine use in younger adults. We still haven’t managed to build a dual-diagnosis treatment model that shows any sort of effectiveness and until we do, these numbers will continue to sky-rocket. #SpeirGorm www.thejournal.ie/the-rutland-...

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Surge in cocaine use and women accessing addiction treatment in Ireland

The Rutland Centre’s annual report said there has been a significant increase in cocaine addiction in Ireland.

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Dr. Kayla Cooley @kaylaccooley.com · 25/07/2025

Always relevant but particularly so with recent media stories. Hidden harm - how the media report on suicide can save lives or put them at risk. A brief look at the importance of knowing what to share, what not to share and why. www.kaylaccooley.com/after-the-he...

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After the Headlines: The Hidden Harm of Irresponsible Reporting on Suicide - Kayla Cooley

Irresponsible reporting on suicide can lead to more deaths. Learn how media coverage influences suicide rates — and why adopting responsible reporting guidelines is a public health imperative.

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