My name is Thomas Bibby, I live in Limerick, Ireland. Read more about me»
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- Untitled July 7, 2020Before politics I was a mobile app developer for many years. I have lots of nitpicky issues with the COVID Tracker app, but privacy isn’t one of them. I’ve downloaded it and I urge you to ask others to do the same. https://covidtracker.gov.ie
- Untitled May 10, 2020Our future is not self driving cars, but self propelled people.
- Untitled April 10, 2020Apple and Google have teamed together to offer infrastructure around contact tracing. This is exciting news. Scepticism is justified about tech companies but this is well thought out and privacy is designed in from the start.
- Untitled April 9, 2020An illustration of a coronavirus entering the lungs. The light purple proteins at the edge are the spikes that help the virus to attach to and enter other cells. Under a microscope the spikes of the virus look like a crown, hence the name coronavirus.
- Untitled March 22, 2020The word quarantine comes from the Venetian quarantena – during plague epidemics in the 14th century, ships were required to anchor outside Venice for 40 days before landing.
- Untitled March 18, 2020Tonight’s lockdown activity: a Skype table quiz with my sister’s friends in London. Parents and kids joining in too. Lots of fun.
- Untitled March 9, 2020I’ve started a new job!
- Untitled January 21, 2020How can we fix Limerick’s transport? Come along tonight to hear some brilliant people talk about how we can get Limerick moving for the benefit of all.
- Untitled January 6, 2020I’ve started my first ever MOOC: “Unraveling the Cycling City” by U of Amsterdam & Coursera. It’s free, the content is very accessible, I’d love it if anyone else fancied doing it to compare notes.
- Untitled December 30, 2019Home
- Untitled December 30, 2019If you are still feeling calm about the climate emergency, you simply haven’t been following the science.
- Untitled December 29, 2019Enjoying a flight free Christmas visiting family. About to set off on the penultimate leg by train across England and Wales, with lots of books for company.
- Untitled December 17, 2019All I want for Christmas is the Beautiful People.
- Untitled December 14, 2019Limerick has areas that are even more deprived than NE inner city Dublin. Could we similarly mobilise politicians, public servants, business people and citizens to tackle disadvantage? If this model is working we should replicate it.
- Untitled December 11, 2019“We’ve built ourselves a public space that encodes the dominance of the adult machine-driver” Depressing (and true) about Limerick but Eoin also gives us hope that we can fix it, if we want to.
- Untitled December 5, 2019The Mid-East’s difficulty could be the Mid-West’s opportunity. If we focus on compact growth in Limerick city centre, we can position ourselves as the country’s best option for sustainable growth.
- Untitled November 29, 2019Thought for the day: non-denominational education should not be restricted to kids whose parents own cars.
- Untitled November 28, 2019The centre of the University of Limerick’s campus.
- Untitled November 24, 2019I’m nine hours in to a twelve hour journey home from London to Limerick. It sounds gruelling but it has been lovely: acres of legroom, nice sights and a relaxing atmosphere. SailRail is such a great way to travel.
- Untitled November 20, 2019“Waiting to be ready is a strategy to fade into the oblivion. Instead, lean in, and be courageous.” A great manifesto for Limerick’s streets.