"Sinn Féin *are* a left wing party!" I scream as they support a local coal supplier who wants to block the building of a bike path that would help kids get to school safely. Where the fuck do you even start here?

Powerscourt Dialog. The significance of Dialog is not that it reveals some hidden plot, but that it represents a process taking place largely in the open: the convergence of money, technology and political power, Mark O'Connell, Irish Times.

“I’m Going To Have A Shower But Not Wash My Hair,” Informs Wife

Any UK writers - Climate Visuals has your back on this one! New collection of UK heatwave pics showing realistic scenes of people finding it tough, not frolicking on a beach: www.climatevisuals.org/groupitem/148/

This fact needs to be front and centre in how we report on these ever more frequent and severe weather events, but sadly and despite the overwhelming evidence of #climate impacts, it’s still barely mentioned. www.businessgreen.com/news/4531807...

Me after cycling home from work in Galway

And...... same again today. Long segment covering domestic (close to record-breaking) weather and extreme temperatures in France, including deaths etc and the gem "there is a pattern and it seems to be getting worse". But no mention of the cause. @rte.ie pretending that climate change isn't "news".

“News stories about heatwaves often do not mention the influence of climate change or the burning of fossil fuels on increased temperatures – eg 3 in 5 stories during the May heatwave did not – while 2/5 of those about net zero make no mention of climate change."

Watching BBC News and they just did 5 minutes with a doctor about how this heatwave is life threatening and the interviewer closed it with "well, it's just an opportunity to have ice cream for breakfast!!". Amazing clip of how the BBC seems just blissfully unaware of what is happening

F*cking hell RTÉ Morning Ireland. Manage to spend 10 minutes talking about record temperatures in Paris, London etc, presenter twice says "high temperatures in X aren't usual", and not a single mention of climate change, let alone emissions. Public Service broadcasting.....

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I'm not going to relitigate the entire year, but it was a dark time for Tipp and we've turned it around very much despite the cowardice and/or complicity of most of our elected reps. we won't stop defending and protecting our communities, but it doesn't have to be as hard as it is.

Imagine if there was a hurricane-force blizzard, and we just showed pictures of kids playing in the snow

Why building safe routes to walk and cycle is really good value for money. [From my newsletter: diagramclub.substack.com ]

Is it any wonder our roads deaths are so high Majority of speeding cases at Trim District Court were withdrawn, struck out or dismissed over a four year period | Meath Chronicle share.google/exZ1LIimJTa5... #SpéirGorm

RSA survey seeking “experiences of cycling in Ireland to inform road safety initiatives” Ireland's Road Safety Authority is looking for regular cyclists and those who have been involved in a collision as a cyclist in the last five years to fill out their National Cyclist Safety Survey....

Never ever do this. Close the tab. The website has been compromised.

Dog Not Sure How To Interpret Crazy Dream Where It Saw Squirrel, Barked At Squirrel https://theonion.com/dog-not-sure-how-to-interpret-crazy-dream-where-it-saw-1842455764/

I don't disagree, but the money thing works both ways and policymakers have to be honest about the money that *not* intervening will cost in the future.

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202... This will be great for a minority, but in reality the people living in these houses will spend much of their time driving themselves and their kids everywhere on roads that are increasing less safe because they're filled with drivers in a hurry like themselves.

Good that the guy is off the road for a couple of years but what I can't get my head around is the "careless driving" charge for going at 200km/h. Whatever reasons are for a reduced charge (easier to get conviction?) need to be looked at imo. www.independent.ie/county/wexfo...

Love this city. The racists are all stuck in a shit pub rn being yelled at by *checks notes* Fatboy slim?

New Gist: Humpty Dumpty’s Wall of Biometric Bamboozlement Jim O'Callaghan is bringing in a Bill giving AI powers to the police, 'irrespective' of EU Law. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-hum...

It's almost a month now since I read this EXCELLENT piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, and I still can't get it out of my head. In fact, I probably never will, it explains so much about the times we're living through. That's a mark of the very best journalism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2026/06/10/t... "There will be no tolerance for illegal parking in Salthill or around Pearse Stadium." lol

When this starts to bite a lot of people in politics/public life who right now are de facto climate deniers will complain with a straight face about the urgent need to do something. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Two years after the post-Southport riots and we still don't have the legal tools to confront the owner of the most influential social media platform as he encourages mass disorder. Far right politicians foment violence and the national broadcaster amplifies them. These are all choices.

When I was an engineer in a factory, we worked on the basis that systems should fail safe in the event of machinery failure or operator error. It's wild that suggesting applying the same principle to roads - space we all have to use, including kids - is considered extreme.

Worth reading @hannahdaly.ie's full research here - it contains some really stunning numbers. The most important point is the 80% renewable mandate delayed by six years: meaning six years of massive gas use and emissions, breaching carbon budgets and spiking bills zenodo.org/records/2058...

It quantifies multiple conflicts between this trend and climate and energy security targets. In particular, it shows that just because data centres will support new renewables under the policy, it does not ensure compatibility with climate and energy security targets. zenodo.org/records/2058...

Adorable young kestrels surprised by a butterfly.

"In the culture wars, there is no space for the middle ground" is a weird framing. There is plenty of middle ground, which is what many other countries occupy where they balance data centers against electricity capacity, prices and emissions. The government have chosen to make us a huge outlier.

I am SO sick of headlines like this. The public sees "AI" as being LLMs/ChatGPT, not an ML algorithm - and articles like this mislead the public into thinking that LLMs are discovering novel things. It's a cool thing! I'm excited! But it is lazy reporting to suddenly use "AI" as such a broad term

For Christ’s sake RTE can we have a story about climate change that isn’t accompanied by a jolly picture of people on the beach?

The 32nd annual Croí Corrib Charity Cycle is taking place in Galway on Sunday, departing from University of Galway Dangan Sports Campus www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...

The collapse in driving behaviour has happened because those responsible for road safety in Ireland have let it happen. It is not an accident, but rather a policy whereby impunity and a lack of enforcement have been encouraged. My letter to the editor today.

The Irish Times view on the Government’s data centre argument: how not to make the case

Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says

Irish far-right figures attend “remigration” (ethnic cleansing) conference in Portugal, the same week that The Spectator publishes an article calling for the expulsion of ethnic minorities from UK. We cannot allow this language to become normalised here.

“The research delivers a sharp rebuke to the Government on its #climate record. This is particularly strong among women, with two in three saying it is not doing enough”. My take in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social on new research on public attitudes. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

the first chapter of kim stanely robinson's 'book ministry for the future' deals with a (fictionalised) fatal heat wave just like this one, in horrific detail it's a really great book, would highly recommend it you can read the start of the book here: www.scribd.com/document/979...

Not remotely insightful on my part, I realise, but Facebook is a sewer. I follow a couple of Galway-based accounts from people who occasionally post nice photos, historical things, music etc. An interesting old photo of Eyre Sq in the 1800s - first comment below is from some racist gobshite...

Absolutely agree this is very important and under appreciated! I wrote a blogpost about this here: www.lowtraffichackney.org/latest-news/...

Allocation of road space is a political challenge, not an engineering problem.

“For an Irish Government Minister, no movement is imaginable unless the Minister experiences an external pressure. Making decisions because the actions might be a good idea doesn't even enter the discussion.” www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

🔥𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬: why should a family in Ireland pay more for electricity so a billion-dollar tech company can pay less? 💵

This is the biggest risk right now to the expansion of e-bikes. People are mashing together e-bikes and all other manner of high-speed electric motos and scooters into one bucket. I've had someone ask me if my e-bike is one of those "e-motos the kids ride."

The companies selling legal and safe e-bikes need to be much more vocal about this, otherwise pedal-assist bikes that top out at, say, 18 mph are either going get swept up in a broad ban of all e-thingies or find themselves subject to licensing and registration, which would be a de facto ban.

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"Despite blasé demeanour of the Taoiseach & his ministers, missing our legal #climate targets is not a trivial matter. Govt’s own expert advisers have warned the state is facing a “staggering” EU non-compliance bill of €8-€26 billion" My take in @thejournal.ie www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...