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Ailbhe Kenny

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/09/2026
Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years. New figures show that almost 16 million visits were made to Ireland's libraries in 2025, compared with nearly 14 million in 2023
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Public library visits increased by two million nationwide
Visits to public libraries around Ireland have increased by two million in the last two years, new figures show as National Public Libraries Open Day takes place nationwide.
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We'd hope our EU neighbours' transport ministers would mention... 🚲 Shame on Ireland’s slow construction of protected cycle infrastructure ⭕️ Lower speeds save lives - Why not default urban speeds of 30km/h!? 📸 Please explain our slow rollout of speed enforcement tech
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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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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Join Limerick Opera Festival & Limerick Cycling Campaign this Friday for Culture Night. 6:30pm at Arthur’s Quay Park. Bring your bike & join our convoy: Arthur’s Quay Park ->Thomas St->Colbert Station->Mother Mac’s->King John’s Castle @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social @limerickoperafest.bsky.social
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Now feels like a good time to share that the mean gender bonus gap in the GAA is 47.2%, and that I only know that recently because their pay gap report was MONTHS late. Metadata in the PDF suggests it was created in May of this year. The deadline was November last year...
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Increasing bus fares while passing € 1 billion in fuel subsidies is a conscious decision. Cancelling public transport infrastructure projects while approving new roads is a conscious decision. Underpaying solicitors & public servants while the country has a massive budget surplus is a....
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Bus and train fares for adults to increase by average of 15% from January, NTA confirms
The move has been criticised by opposition parties.
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Kevin Smith @kevinjgsmith.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Any inconvenience or expense that people have experienced as a result of the ULEZ expansion scheme was for the sake of radically improving the lung health of children in London - and totally worth it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
💫 New article from the MUSPACE project in EERJ (European Educational Research Journal): "Crucifixes and Snowflakes: Exploring entanglements between music and religion in diverse schools". OPEN ACCESS. Funded by @researchireland.ie @ecer-eera.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The long awaited album is dropping soon.
album cover titled Meet the radicals, with an image of the sound of music cast riding bikes. 
text at bottom No Helmets, no lights no hi viz riding in a pack, distracted, taking the lane.
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The way we stop upland fires is dramatic rewetting and rewilding of our hills and reducing emissions like it's a life or death situation... Using every lever available to the state domestically and internationally to immediately cut emissions everywhere. It's literally the only way we can stop them
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
10 min read! A short paper on @publicpolicy.ie which gives a summary of MUSPACE project findings. Delighted to share the work in this way. @researchireland.ie @micireland.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social publicpolicy.ie/education/wh...
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Who Do We Hear? Rethinking Music in Diverse Schools - Public Policy
Drawing on research in significantly diverse Irish classrooms, this paper discusses the role of music in schools to facilitate spaces of belonging, agency and inclusion. It highlights that relational ...
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Elon Musk did that.
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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:
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Honey, We Bought an AI Story — Bona Books
The Queer Torments of the AI-sphere
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
All aboard the golf train to Adare, Ireland’s answer to North Korea www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Sinéad O'Sullivan: All aboard the golf train to Adare, Ireland’s answer to North Korea
Pyongyang built real train stations that seemed fake. In Ireland, we are building a fake train station that will, for a brief period, seem real
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@fotoole.bsky.social “But it is not too late to stop this madness. The sun itself is sending us its message: protest and survive.” @irishtimes.com #climatechange #climatejustice www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Fintan O'Toole: Red alerts issued by Europe’s met offices must also be issued by citizens to their governments
At a fundamental level, we do not believe what we are experiencing: the catastrophic effects of global heating
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Cian Ginty @cianginty.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Work this one out: €207 million is the actual clean-up cost for an 88-acre pharma site in Co Clare. €31 million is the EPA-approved fund/provision for future remediation of the 1,300-acre Aughinish site in Co Limerick.
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
So much to love about Pico waving the Irish flag, not least that he, a proud Irishman of African heritage and as Dublin as can be, embodies the kind of Irishness that the far right can't abide but is a thriving feature in communities across the island.
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Appalling abandonment by Bus Éireann in Cork. Bus broke down at Blackpool, waited an hour for next bus, it came & was full. No provision made for extra bus, no mechanic, no communication. Eventually, people just walked back into city (some old and vulnerable). PT needs serious investment & change.
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
CMAT magic in Cork tonight!
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Nice start to the weekend when these were both waiting on my porch! @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @songlinesmagazine
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@clairehanna.bsky.social : "Last week, in a very high profile case, the murder of Natalie McNally, the judge.. talked about a frenzied knife attack, he talked about wounds so bad the cause of death was unable to to be determined. There were no riots over the perpetrator of that brutal crime"
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limerickecargobike.bsky.social @limerickecargobike.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Ecargobikes are a great way to move around the city 4 shopping, leisure, work or schooldrops. Our campaign has 2 types of ecargo bikes available for families/individuals to trial out. Contact Limerickecargobike@gmail.com for queries #limerick #ecargobike @irishcycle.com @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social
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Cecilia Madden @ceciliamadden.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Thanks @kennyailbhe.bsky.social for the company today! Day 6 fundraising.breastcancerireland.com/fundraiser/C...
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We had an incredibly engaging roundtable at #esai26 discussing so many issues with inclusion and diversity in classrooms. So great to re(connect) with so many at ESAI this year and share findings from the MUSPACE project @researchireland.ie @iesjournal.bsky.social #educationalresearch #esai
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Mark Walsh @markwalsh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Less than one hour between these two stories.
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
From Simon Lewis: “we have a situation where parents who don’t believe send their children to teachers who don’t believe to prepare them for a sacrament many of them don’t believe in” -every year we have this conversation in Ireland…nothing changes @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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I’m a school principal. We need to talk about what First Holy Communion has become
If you ask about the religious aspect of the day then it is often brushed off as naive or beside the point
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Irish Humanities Alliance @irishhumanities.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An open letter to Minister for Further and Higher Education, James Lawless regarding Concern at Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan. At the time of posting this letter has amassed over 1,000 signatures and more are sought. Consider signing and circulating. openletter.earth/concern-abou...
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Concern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan
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That Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it…
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
RIP Desi Wilkinson. Desi worked with us for many years in @micireland.bsky.social sharing his enormous talent and extensive knowledge of trad music. What a privilege to have known this incredible man who was also so generous, humble and kind. youtu.be/UDqFAWupCuE?...
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Desi Wilkinson in conversation with Barry Kerr
YouTube video by ITMAVideos
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Rainforests being pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says. The living biosphere is being murdered on *our* watch, so every one of us is living at probably THE most crucial moment in human history. Get into the fight to save nature 💪🏽 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says
Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 19/05/2026
Overproduction of meat and dairy creates unmanageable amounts of manure, ruining streams and rivers The biggest lake in Ireland is so heavily polluted that it poses serious dangers to people's health and local wildlife It's time to stop farming more animals than the land and waterways can support
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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake
Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Honestly, if you are NOT following these Limerick city and county council meeting threads, you are missing out! Highlight of my day - thank you for your service @seamusryan.bsky.social
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Limerick Cycling Campaign were out in force today to spread the good news! Lovely group spin around the city and let’s hope it helps create more awareness of the need for greater cycling infrastructure @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social @lmkurbancycling.bsky.social #activetravel #bikeweek #cycling
Group cycle Limerick cycling Campaign with Mayor
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🌟 New publication in BJME Special Issue on Music & Inclusion. “Musical participation and nonparticipation at the intercultural school: a study from Ireland”. 🔍 critical questions around: - Who has access to music in schools and who does not - Where, why and how (non)participation happens
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Musical participation and nonparticipation at the intercultural school: a study from Ireland | British Journal of Music Education | Cambridge Core
Musical participation and nonparticipation at the intercultural school: a study from Ireland - Volume 43 Issue 1
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 08/05/2026
Toxic populists are going to sour all public spending: No, secure bike parking for hospital staff is not the same as Dáil bike shelter Comment & Analysis: There's never money for people on the front line, says Sinn Féin spokesperson on finance Pearse Doherty when he's complaining about a secure…
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Toxic populists are going to sour all public spending: No, secure bike parking for hospital staff is not the same as Dáil bike shelter
Comment & Analysis: There's never money for people on the front line, says Sinn Féin spokesperson on finance Pearse Doherty when he's complaining about a secure bicycle shed in Dublin and Kerry for... checks notes... hospital staff. He has repeatedly said it is "pure waste", but even if a project has an overspend, how are the bicycle parking sheds pure waste if they are used by staff?
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you are whinging about a secure safe bicycle storage facility at a hospital which cost about what you'd imagine it would cost, we can't be friends
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A dozen female Palestinians are working to save and preserve medieval and early modern manuscripts 📕 from the Al-Omari mosque’s library. Hang this picture in the Louvre (and the Met). www.newarab.com/features/ins...
Volunteers in Gaza City are working to rescue books and manuscripts from the library at the Great Omari Mosque
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Bike Week in Limerick kicks off on Sat 9th of May. The highlight is Limerick Rolls on Saturday 16th, a street party and group cycle All events here: www.limerick.ie/discover/wha... @pedestrianlk.bsky.social @limerickecargobike.bsky.social @lmkurbancycling.bsky.social @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social 🚲
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The personal toll the slashing and burning of large parts of the Higher Education sector, especially in Arts and Humanities, in Britain and now the North of Ireland on our colleagues should not be underestimated. This is horrendous but grimly unsurprising.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Listen. Can you hear it? That's the sound of masses of insect pollinators, feasting on the blossoms of a wild apple tree in the sunshine, amid naturally regenerating native rainforest. Rewilding's soundtrack.
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Regulating airbnb being turned into another "attack on rural Ireland" shows how ridiculous and meaningless that phrase is. Increasing the available houses so people can actually live where they're from as opposed to being priced out by landlords and holiday homes is an attack on rural Ireland 🤷‍♀️
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Seamus Ryan @seamusryan.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
No idea who this bloke at the WHCD is, but I like to think that someone with a gun multiple floors and half a building away wouldn’t keep me from my food either. (video from the Straits Times: they haven’t posted it on BS and no idea where they got it from)
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"A bicycle needs no fuel. It requires no oil refinery, no pipeline, no tanker route through a contested strait. A worker who cycles to the office has removed themselves entirely from the chain of geopolitical dependency that currently makes Ireland vulnerable." www-tinyurl.com/1b95e30a
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Incentivising Public Transport and Active Commuting in Return-to-Office Policies
Very recently, fire brigades and ambulances across Ireland have had to curtail their operations because the country was running out of fuel. Irish roads were gridlocked in a way that was no longer jus...
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🌟 MUSPACE project findings now in Ukrainian! Olha Lukianchenko and I have a new journal article in 'Mystetstvo ta Osvita' (Art and Education). Collaboration funded by Research Ireland Fund for Displaced Researchers. @researchireland.ie 📄 The article is available here: artedu.com.ua/index.php/ad...
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New open access pub in Teaching and Teacher Education from Ruth Nic An Bhreithiúnaigh & I. This is a systematic lit review article of 40 studies (2010–2025) examining teacher communities that support arts education. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @miceducationfac.bsky.social
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Teacher communities supporting arts education: A systematic literature review
This article provides a systematic literature review of 40 international empirical studies on teacher communities (TCs) which supported early childhoo…
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
So, happy 120th anniversary of Samuel Beckett’s birth to all who celebrate
Meme of Samuel Beckett using the photo of him taken by Jane Bown, just his b/w face top left against a black background. He says “I can’t go on”. Then, on the right, Mrs Doyle from Father Ted says “Ah, go on”. Then, below left, Beckett says “I’ll go on”
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 10/04/2026
The only way to durably protect hauliers - and the economy - against fossil fuel shocks is to support them to electrify trucks. Sales of electric trucks in China outsold diesel trucks last December. So far this year, only one electric HVG was newly registered in Ireland. #fuelprotests #speirgorm
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We have been continously asking An Garda Síochána to prioritise routine enforcement around schools. Principals' appeals are being ignored & children are put at risk. Reckless behaviour around schools and where children play should not be tolerated. www.independent.ie/regionals/du...
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Aggression of drivers and inconsiderate parking outside Dublin primary school causing ‘bedlam’, says worried principal
A school principal has said it is “only a matter of time” before a child is knocked down outside her school.
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Ailbhe Kenny @kennyailbhe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Article now out in the Journal of Intercultural Studies, open access - ‘Navigating Professional Musical Identities While Forcibly Displaced: A Narrative Inquiry with Ukrainian Women’. #migration #music #identity #ukraine #intercultural www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Navigating Professional Musical Identities While Forcibly Displaced: A Narrative Inquiry with Ukrainian Women
Exploring musical identity amongst those forcibly displaced engages with broader issues of nationhood, belonging and migration. People seeking international protection inhabit intersectional experi...
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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Half of the children in one school in Dublin are #homeless. No roof over their head. Nowhere to do homework. Nowhere to play. No where to be a kid. This should offend us all. It’s a national disgrace at the hands of Govt inaction & now 4000+ children in #Dublin alone are the casualties.
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