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Emma O'Kelly

Dublin

Education and Science Correspondent at RTÉ

RTÉ Education Correspondent. Views own, not RTÉ’s. Rarely on X now. Contact me at: [email protected]. Insta: emmaokellyrte. Also Chair NUJ Dublin Broadcasting.

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  • 5 days ago | scotsman.com | Emma O'Kelly

    As saunas pop up on beaches, riverbanks, hilltops and woodland clearings across Scotland, the writer of a new guide to the phenomenon chooses seven of her favourite locationsWhat is a wild sauna? Let’s start by saying what it’s not. A wild sauna is not tucked away in a forgotten corner of a gym – dark, smelly and claustrophobic. It’s not an add-on to a costly spa, where guests in fluffy robes and disposable slippers sip prosecco. It’s not a space where bathers with gadgets track their heart rates.

  • 1 week ago | wallpaper.com | Emma O'Kelly

    When Swiss construction giant Holcim created a way to blend carbon-guzzling biochar with cement and mortar, it turned to Chilean architects Elemental to create a project for the Venice Biennale; concrete can be a hard sell in the West these days, but in developing countries it’s often the affordable, reliable material of choice, and therefore, it's important to improve its sustainable architecture potential.

  • 1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Emma O'Kelly |Jaymi McCann

    A wild sauna is not tucked away in a forgotten corner of a gym. It’s not an add-on to a costly spa, and it’s not a space where bathers with gadgets “optimise” their sweating and track their heart rates. Read NextRead MoreMany wild saunas perch – sometimes literally – on Britain’s untamed fringes; they battle unpredictable elements to offer a healthy hit of outdoors and an exhilarating blast of hot and cold – with the latter coming from sea, lake, river, ice bath or outdoor shower.

  • 2 weeks ago | wallpaper.com | Emma O'Kelly

    With colourful cases, key fobs, straps and stickers, we can say a lot about ourselves though our smartphones. But laptops? With these we undergo a personality by-pass, reduced to black or grey slabs that say nothing about us yet hold our entire lives within their frames. It’s something of a grey area, and one that Taiwanese tech firm Asus has neatly stepped into.

  • 1 month ago | wallpaper.com | Emma O'Kelly

    He may have died almost 100 years ago, but Archibald Knox is the Isle of Man’s most famous designer. His Art Nouveau silverware, his Arts and Crafts furniture, his Manx-engraved jewellery and headstones and his delicate watercolours can be found all over the island, not least at the Manx Museum in Douglas. Here, the largest ever show of Knox’s work brings together more than 200 pieces.

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14 May 25

RT @gazanotice: 🚨The farewell of journalist Hasan Aslih after he was targeted by an Israeli airstrike inside Nasser Medical Complex souther…

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9 May 25

Eurovision’s EBU says it is listening but clearly it is not. Otherwise this would not be its statement: “As we did in 2024, we will have a broader discussion when the contest concludes with all participating broadcasters”. We all know ‘after’ is too late. https://t.co/wJ4w0wfAK4

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7 May 25

Ireland’s national broadcaster now joins Spain, Slovenia, and Iceland in questioning Israel’s participation in Eurovision.

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RTÉ has asked the European Broadcasting Union for a discussion on Israel's inclusion in the Eurovision Song Contest, Director General Kevin Bakhurst has said https://t.co/righuHFDPJ