V good article: "The reason our European peers have seen a 12 per cent drop in road deaths since 2019 in the same time we have seen a 31 per cent rise in ours is because we simply are not using the evidence-based solutions that already exist." www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

My Substack post on a defining week for Sinn Féin open.substack.com/pub/saturday...

The Irish government has perfected the art of talking the talk on climate change while failing to actually reduce emissions or improve public health. My letter in The Irish Times explores why hosting the next global fossil fuel conference means nothing without domestic action.

Doubleplusungood this, motherf*cker!

"Ireland’s energy policy is going in the wrong direction and this case is seeking to press pause on that. Instead of cutting fossil fuels......we’re locking in more gas just to keep up with soaring demand from data centres" www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

NEW: The One-Hour City Conspiracy! “Here's the REAL conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, crashes, noise, air pollution, social isolation —& less space for everything our streets should be giving us.” Thanks @usa.streetsblog.org #1HourCityConspiracy

Sinn Féin have this big open door into Government begging them to walk through it, but they're determined to make the same mistakes we've seen play out all over the world, catering to the worst people's worst instincts instead of proudly denouncing them

he's literally the leader of a party that's been in government for FIFTEEN YEARS, which is leading us into massive fines for failing to meet our carbon commitments, and which at every step seems to choose the climate-hostile option over doing the right thing

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

But mostly: - anti-racism becomes a "nice-to-have" for most of the population, meaning that a political party being racist isn't a absolute no-go. Once you are at that stage, it becomes more politically rewarding to not solve the issue of people and blaming foreigners for them

When it comes to anything housing-related, "local authorities" and "enforcing" in the same sentence sounds like a rock-solid plan.... www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

Omg, could the RSA be any more cynical?

The key societal cost of dereliction isn't the appearance of the house! The problem is that it sits *empty*, regardless of it's actual condition. This manufactured scarcity distorts markets and creates mass homelessness. No democratic society should tolerate this.

"A billionaire death cult has its fingers around humanity’s throat. It both causes and downplays our existential crisis. [...] It’s the billions [you and me] v the billionaires, and the stakes could not possibly be higher." Maybe *the* most important article you'll ever read.

A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot

No subtle climate-delay tactics on display here from Deputy Danny Healy-Rae during Ireland's Earth Day parliamentary debate - just classic, old-school climate denial, "we can't control the weather". www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/d...

Btw I think the reason we are all so mad at the beds in sheds stuff is not just because it's a bad thing per se (though it certainly is), but because it is a symptom of decades of catastrophically failed policy that is now being presented as a solution

Not sure if I'm a fan of the slightly banter-friendly nature of this reporting. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nice change after slogging into the giant Atlantic hairdryer on my way home for the past few weeks.

I’ve be involved in various capacities in counter disinformation and counter hate speech activity on Irish online spaces for over 8 years. I have never witness anything as bad as the abuse directed at Senator Eileen Flynn… it’s gamergate levels of targeted & coordinated harassment.

Bull f*cking shit Only thing Ireland is full of is empty homes We have over 160,000 vacant homes & around 20,000 derelict homes State sponsored vandalism & violence #DerelictIreland

Pretty sure they just said "these Nazis are a bit coarse but I'm prepared to pretend I didn't hear their views on racial purity because they're less irritating than the left".

See, we can have all the active transport infrastructure in the world, but unless attitudes change this shit will keep happening.

It is actually remarkable that we had two weeks of serious social unrest about energy and fuel prices and yet, I don’t think I saw or heard anything about “Data Centres” from any protest organiser or in their demands to the government.

More from the "no traffic problems whatsoever so we don't need decent public transport" city.... www.independent.ie/regionals/ga...

Important read from Mick Kelly on Ireland's (dis)illusional food security.

“Only in Micheál Martin’s mind is this unashamed unpreparedness an excuse, rather than its own failing. Not only a failing, but perhaps the failing that precipitates all others.” This week’s column.

"Proposed bike lane cancelled after failing to get approval from every living and deceased resident within 25 km."

www.connachttribune.ie/news/city-co... There's a long list but fundamentally anybody on the team who wants feedback needs to ask themselves "what can we do to make it significantly less likely that people will need a car to get to work, visit somebody, drop the kids to school/training".

In today's Irish Times, I unpack the many layers of irony associated with the fuel protests over the past week. The government's €750 million financial package to cut fuel prices adds to the ~€4.8 billion in public finance lost each year to fossil fuel subsidies. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Can anyone find a better single image to answer to "What's wrong in Ireland?" I blame the voters, they vote like they support football clubs.

Gaillimh.

Oh shit, the dolphins have invented maths

City Hopeful Prioritizing The Car Will Alleviate Traffic Woes Despite 100 Years Of Evidence It Doesn't.

There is a straight line from Agriculture being Ireland’s largest form of GHG emissions, and the CSO pointing out the country is in the bottom 3 in the EU for renewables as a share of total energy source. The common denominator is an unwillingness to actually bring about any change.

I’ve managed to string together my thoughts through the rage this week, please read & share 💭✍🏼 #Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics #Fascism 🔗 tinyurl.com/wak45j7d

“The reality is that we don’t have any food security in Ireland because the vast majority of what we consume is imported and the vast majority of what we produce is exported” – Emma Howard, economist, Technological University Dublin. Another excellent article by @codohertynews.bsky.social

You may feel powerless to respond to hate but you are not. One small thing you can do, which will make a real difference, is donate to the Muslim Sisters of Éire. I just did it, and it only takes a moment. These incredible women show up day after day to feed unhoused people. msoe.ie/donate/

EV drivers on my local Facebook group now offering lifts to those without fuel who need to get to vital appointments. #fuelprotests #speirgorm

Some very creative accounting was used to deem the Galway ring road compliant with Ireland's climate plans, writes architect and transport planner Ciarán Ferrie. jrnl.ie/7009217t

When protesters tried to block Dublin Port at a march for Gaza they were arrested like five seconds later.

“The government’s approach, for a very long time, has been to project powerlessness in the face of every inconvenience, to blame ‘global megatrends’ as Varadkar did in his goodbye speech. To make the public feel insane for even suggesting that the government can solve problems.” This week’s column!

I've got my conspiracy board out again desperately trying to find a connection between: "Gardaí escort far right harassers into library" "Far right board bus of refugees to headcount them" "Far right blockade runs unchallenged for months" & "Far right shut country down for several days unchecked"

Excellent new (academic) article on road safety & crime. academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

Protestors: The government refuses to acknowledge our concerns Me: Holy shit! So they're not meeting with Farmers & Hauliers? Protestor: LOL no. They are Me: So...they're not discussing fuel subsidies? Protestor: Haha no they are Me: Which concerns, exactly? Protestor: Oh, you know the ones

Disruption to road networks and public transport routes caused by ongoing protests is leading to some patients being unable to access medical care they cannnot afford to miss, the Medical Council of Ireland has said.

How is it legal to block roads for days on end? Stopping healthcare workers, people who need medical attention, emergency workers etc from getting to where they need to be? Why haven't the people blocking roads without permission been arrested & had their vehicles confiscated? Who is in charge??

The weather is shite. How can it be pissing rain, cold *and* windy as f*ck even though the wind is coming from the south? How does your "science" explain that Met Éireann? I want my money back even though I have no idea how the funding works or how much it costs.

It’s World Homeopathy Awareness Week. The less aware of it you are, the more good it will do you.

"It is not considered that the proposed development would undermine, or be contrary to Ireland’s climate obligations, given that climate action requires a broad sectoral and economy-wide approach." ~ACP. A clear example of the Too Small To Matter delusion.