Imagine telling someone in 1951 we'd send a Mayo woman into space before we win another All Ireland.

Friday noon deadline for aplns for RESEARCH SUPPORT officer on @youthclimatej project UCC School of Law - Wanted! Someone with excellent project management +prob-solving skills on a fast moving, exciting, intl project. Apply here code 077731 ERI European Research Council (ERC) ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie…

One of the items that has got a little lost today are the plans by RTÉ News to "create a dedicated climate unit in Cork within RTE News and Current Affairs". It's taken a while but the national broadcaster begins to take climate change seriously. rte.ie/eile/2023/1113…

Picking my 3yr old up from creche today and he asks me "How is UCC Ireland going mummy? And how is combatting climate change?" 😂 I think JP Quinn and his books might have something to do with the special interest in my work. Unfortunately I had to tell him there's still a lot to do!

The good news: once you get a PhD, friends and family will refer to you as doctor. The bad news: They will only do it sarcastically after you get basic trivia wrong.

It's the ultimate irony that as someone who's life was saved by a blood transfusion I can now no longer donate blood. If you are able to do so, please please do. m.independent.ie/irish-news/urg…

Me being bombarded by articles about Gen Z's hatred of millennial fashion and reaction gifs...

I must say I'm relieved to have finished this book, and can't say I enjoyed it. However I'm not sure a more important book could possibly have come out at a better time than this one. It really is crucial, though very difficult, reading.

Queen's University Belfast has become the first in the UK to recognise the support role of pets in educational attainment, with around 25 animals graduating in a special ceremony rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Surely the UCC Ireland My Canine Companion doggos are deserving of the same!

There are so many click-bait, fear-filled headlines about lead and other metals in tampons. Remember, scaring women about vaginal health is highly profitable. I evaluated the study in question, and there is no cause for alarm. 1/

Delighted to be judging this years international Green Gown Awards, so many unique and inspiring approaches to sustianability across the globe. Best of luck to all the finalists!

University College Cork launches campus Reverse Vending Machine July 25, 2024 In a partnership with TOMRA Collection, the RVM allows students to recycle bottles and cans and donate their Re-turn tokens to Fáilte Cork, a group supporting incoming refugee students 

UCC'S green campus is full of surprises. Discovered by Head Gardener Jack Murphy last year, and confirmed again in same spot during fieldwork by Green Campus Greenshoots Coordinator Irene Ní Shúilleabháin this year: Nettle-leaved Bellflower. Rare and protected in Ireland.

Brian O Gallachoir UCC Research John Barry John F. Cryan John Barimo John O'Halloran Dr Maria Kirrane EPA Research News ERI CPPU @imagining2050

A very special day out today with my little train enthusiast thanks to RPSI-Dublin, a stunning train journey and wonderful atmosphere 🚂

Wonderful to open the garden sanctuary UCC Green Campus UCC Ireland ! Huge thanks to our colleagues UCC Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences UCC Sociology & Criminology ! Creating a ‘hares corner’ for reflection and enquiry & learning!

My school had a onsite flat where we would stay for two weeks while doing our transition year work experience, a teacher would join overnight but otherwise we were left to our own devices. Great real world experience and of course the craic was has 🙈 ft.com/content/178bf3…

The meadow and no mow areas have all been cut. The cut material is left for 4 to 7 days for the seeds to drop. We are now in the process of raking off and removing all the cut material. This helps in reducing the fertility of the soil and an increase in diversity next year 🤞

@SDSN global Leadership Council kicks off with hybrid fireside chat with H. E Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General and Jeffrey Sachs, SDSN President. 'SDGs most likely to move forward past 2030 with some modification, and negotiations to start in 2027'