Richie Daly

I guess they’ll need a summer job. 😁 I don’t see NASA/ESA etc needing to confirm the safety of taking kids to space anytime soon so the private space bus is the only realistic route.

@astroreidwiseman.bsky.social Wishing you and the crew all the very best from myself and the 11 year old kids I teach here in Ireland Reid! We’re watching the progress very closely and looking forward to launch!

@drkevinfong.bsky.social Hey Kevin! I got a good Q from one of the kids I teach this week here in Ireland. I told them I’d pass it on 😁 Will ethical concerns always proclude a child from travelling to space if there’s a scientific reason and the child(ren), who have parental consent, really want to?

It’s tyyyyyyyyres!!! 😎

@mattcooperlastword.bsky.social Matt I’ve convened the advisory council and we’ve agreed on a new podcast with 3 presenters.. Yourself, Sen. Lynn Ruane and Leo Varadkar. That would be worth a listen!!

If the media could do one thing to grow the Irish language, it would be to slow down the tempo and allow learners to absorb the meaning. Making info campaigns bilingual as opposed to two different versions would be helpful. Ba chóir dúinn tacú le foghlaimeoirí teanga díograiseacha #rtept #aras25

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Is that?? IS THAT??????

RODDY COLLINS galloping towards us on a horse called Success????

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Our system is complicated. We’ve two odd class breaks and two even class breaks. The odd class teachers stick on the odd schedules and the evens stick to theirs. Staff like the principal though move between all 4 break slots so I’ll put the principal in as half hours staff on both odd & even.

So set it up as if the principal for example was on half hours for run 1 and half on run 2?

Simon this is unreal. Thank you! We run split breaks so the odds go out at 10, evens at 10:30 for example. SET/DP/P could be on duty on any of the 4 yards in a given day. Can this be managed by the software?

Change in Paris air quality between 2007 and 2023 using visuals

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.

Good trade.

@drkevinfong.bsky.social Hey Kevin, Richie here in Ireland. I was in touch a while back about being a primary teaching space / STEM addict. 13 Mins is still my go to. It was a profoundly important piece of work. I was delighted to support 16 Sunsets and really enjoying it. Keep up the great work!

The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish silliness

The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan

@mattcooperlastword.bsky.social Matt I’d love to hear yourself and Ivan talk about Waterford Airport. We’re crying out for state investment that would help revitalise the south east. There’s investors (council & consortium) ready and yet because it’s not Cork or Dublin it’s slow walked.

.. Christina Koch & Jessica Meir the first astronauts to complete an all female EVA.. Peggy Whitson, Suni Williams and Samantha Cristoforetti who’ve commanded the space station. There are so many better opportunities for the media to honour and focus on female astronauts.

There are brilliant female astronauts who have studied hard, battled and qualified to hold that title and role. Thinking of Judith Resnik, Kalpana Chawla, and Christa McAuliffe who gave their lives for science.

Reading a book that’s as dull as dishwater at the moment and yet it has won significant literary awards. Similar experience last year. Either I’m a bit less refined than I think or there’s a mutual ‘wonderful dahling’ vibe from some of the literary award judging. 🤔

Positive of the rain in Andalusia is the restoration of the reservoir lakes. Vinuela was at 13% when I saw it and it was heartbreaking to see the jetty surrounded by scrub and hard clay. Now at 45%. Locals told me water hungry Avocado planting was a real issue. Habitat now slowly recovering.

It would also irk the influences in Cork and Dublin who feel facilitating growth in a region they feed off would lead to less money going their way.. and to be honest.. couldn’t you say the same about the UHW and SETU? (You couldn’t.. it’d break the Corkman’s code!)

It would revitalise the south east economy while allowing people who travel to Dublin Airport reluctantly to fly from closer to home, helping alleviate pressure in the capital.

@mattcooperlastword.bsky.social Hey Matt, is the small, inconvenient elephant in the room when it comes to Dublin Airport capacity that Waterford airport is crying out for the crumbs it would cost to extend the runway and facilitate 737/A320 class aircraft?

Non profit making amenity is curious in its absence in the PtoP discussion. No safe bike lanes (dismissed.. non profit making), no parkland (non profit making), community centre (non profit making). Housing must be accompanied by amenity.. but that doesn’t make ex ministers any cash so 🚫

Finally (for this week 😊), it’s short sighted when considering 24 apartments that they might be in an area devoid of amenity, with narrow road access to central areas, with nothing but a petrol station wall for young people to avail of.

I might start cutting out the waste myself.. funding financially parasitic mouthpieces (not referring to you) might be a good start for me. Such a shame, I loved the podcast in its first few months.

@mattcooperlastword.bsky.social “I want him to cut out the waste and the slackers” says ex minister taking ministerial pension while using podcast paid for by me as one of many avenues for financial gain.

Punch down is a better name for the podcast Matt. I appreciate you tackling this bullshit.

My kingdom for an AI package that simply takes a few pages of educational text and generates a presentation with relevant images. The latest attempt was nearly there.. the bird habitat in Tramore…

Complete with pictures of feckin parrots and Zebras. 🙄

… by clocking up temporary hours to get on the panel in your new county to access the permanent roles. They aren’t advertised til local panels are clear to my knowledge.

So why would you take a permanent job in Dublin if you know you’ll get stuck? There is no transfer mechanism as far as I know.

Also, teachers aren’t transferring out of Dublin. There is no permanent teacher transfer mechanism that I’m aware of. Elephant in the room is teachers not taking perm roles in Dub because they have to resign if they want to move. You then have to work your way through 2-3 years of CID system again…