Look guys, if the gays can boycott the Eurovision, the very very very least you can do is boycott FIFA

& here’s fact check thread on government claims that people are “weaponising” the courts, when they are not bsky.app/profile/orla...

I know far too many people who have been knocked off their bikes, and not once has it happened because of poor visibility or because they were not lit up enough. In each case, it was the fault of dangerous driving and/or dangerous infrastructure.

A person rolled their car into my teenage son a fortnight ago. It was broad daylight and the driver was looking down while their car was rolling forward. I know, because I was yelling, trying to get their attention. Drivers who don't see us are often not looking. My son hasn't cycled since

The hubby was wearing high vis, bike lit up like an xmas tree a few hours ago. He was signalling right, had taken his road position to turn when an a**h*le in a big posh car overtook him too fast and too close anyway. Driver definitely saw. Just didn't give a crap about another human's safety.

Today, I saw a driver overtake a stopped bus and plough through a pedestrian crossing. He beeped three times as he sped though. The beeping was to warn people because, as he had overtaken a bus, he had zero visibility of who was about to step out onto the crossing. But sure, more hi-vis, everyone

Today going home from work at a Luas & pedestrian crossing with a green light for pedestrians 6 cars broke their red light and sped through the pedestrian crossing in case they got stuck waiting for the luas to cross and 2 minutes got added to their commute. This happens Every. Single. Day.

For anyone wondering what the public price - in water and ecological quality -of the nitrates derogation is - and how Irish farming is being poorly led for the future - read the EPA report; www.epa.ie/news-release...

It's deffo important to be visible but I'm really looking forward to the bigger and more important campaign aimed at getting drivers to slow down and be vigilant. Caution is required when driving and I see very little of it. People drive as if nothing unexpected will ever happen.

Major public transport projects at risk as Govt priority shifts to roads; funding committed to Galway’s second ring road with “€1bn+” cost Under pressure from rural TDs supporting it, the Government is shifting its transport spending priorities from sustainable transport to road building -- the…

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat. Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

It's no wonder water quality is not improving, derogation farmers are being told to do things that will not stop nitrates from getting into the water — An Taisce's Head of Advocacy Dr Elaine McGoff with Philip Boucher-Hayes on RTÉ Radio 1 CountryWide #nitratepollution @elainemcgoff.bsky.social

Excellent piece by Sadhbh o'Neill about the car-centric approach to transport. I have absolutely no doubt that virtually none of our elected reps rely on public transport to go about their daily lives. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Climate: Imagine how different things would be if politicians had to use public transport

The resonances of this are almost too dark to be accidental.

With all the recent intense rainfall, many parts of the woods are gloriously full of water. The forests, bogs, + other wild habitats we've removed once retained colossal amounts of water, preventing flooding downstream. Between that and climate breakdown, we're creating a perfect storm for floods.

In the global electrification race China is marching ahead. The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.

I don't think the Commission understands how much this attack on the GDPR will hurt innovation done by European companies, and instead cement Google's and Meta's position as the inescapable middle-men and turn our SMEs into their cash-cows. WAKE UP!

Mary Manning and her co-workers took dog's abuse from politicians, bosses and the press for 3 years for refusing to handle S. African goods. Today she asks why our govt and chums in big business want to trade with illegal settlements driving Palestinians from their homes youtube.com/shorts/nvGSz...

At COP30 in Belém, host country Brazil formally introduced the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). It’s an endowment-style mechanism designed to pay countries and forest stewards to keep tropical forests standing. TFFF has drawn goodwill and cautious optimism from leaders and NGOs.

#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Gates' subtle anti-renewables messaging, possibly related to his investments in small modular nuclear reactors, was well known, but this is next level: financially supporting a guy whose core business it is to argue for less climate action.

It is not an exaggeration to say that we should be acting on the climate crisis on the same scale that we would a war. It will cause that kind of damage. Instead, we’re treating it as if it’s a Tidy Towns competition. #SpéirGorm #ClimateChange

Empathy is weakness - Musk. Death of empathy is an early and most telling sign of a culture falling into barbarism. - Arendt. Choose one.

I have already ended up in a argument today with someone saying I shouldn't assume it was a far-right fire attack on an IPAS centre (following a number of far-right fire attacks on IPAS centres) because it was probably "kids messing with fireworks" so this is worth hammering home I think

If we were all dying of thirst in a desert, and three assholes were hoarding more freshwater than they could drink in 15 million lifetimes, we wouldn’t applaud their work ethic or ingenious gaming of the system. We’d take back our fucking water. No more billionaires.

Most of Ireland's uplands are commonage, ie co-owned by local farmers. The ONLY real income from commonage is via subsidies, almost always for ecosystem-killing sheep. This is why Irish mountains are all empty wastelands, kept that way by your taxes. Why are we STILL not paying farmers to rewild??

Israel is bombing tents again with F35 jets. They commit genocide with impunity. There was no ceasefire, they broke it every single day. They must be held to account. Speak up. Take action. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

So much talk about spoiled votes, but virtually zero about the 900,000+ Irish citizens who voted for Connolly and the 15,000 volunteers who campaigned for her - nothing about what they want and represent and hope for. No, Irish media and politics insist you engage with those who can't be bothered.

Gov TDs on the radio spouting 'the ppl have spoken' platitudes also scary - they really don't get it. Next election in Ireland will be a total sh*show. Some areas will be no-go for canvassers and ppl will get hurt. Where's the push back against the Facebook-isation of our democracy?

Extremely relevant in Ireland too. Once a week there's some bread board on the radio talking about how the government should cut down everything. Ignoring that fact that they reduce flooding, reduce windspeed, provide shelter and shade and are beautiful

Vote wisely, my Irish friends. If you can be arsed. And remember a spoiled vote for Jim Gavin gives Fianna Fail €250k back in expenses.

As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found - the killings were unjustified - none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns - no warnings were given - no soldiers were under threat - the troops were the first to open fire

FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT. Thank you @eimermcauley.bsky.social

While we're talking about fox hunting it's worth remembering that Ruth coppinger tabled a bill to ban it this year and instead of just letting it progress as normal independent Ireland (expected) and sinn fein (bizarrely) voted against even having a debate on it

"The Nature Restoration Law offers a huge opportunity for amplifying and accelerating rewilding across the EU" rewildingeurope.com/blog/europes...

Love 30, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, ourselves & other road safety campaigners are calling on the Minister Darragh O’Brien to issue a commencement order without delay for the default urban speed limit of 30km/h as defined in the Road Traffic Act 2024. www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie/call-for-com...

In case you're wondering, the EPP is the EU parliamentary group co-founded and adhered to by Fine Gael, Heather Humphrey's party. Be in no doubt: a vote for her on Friday is a vote against nature.

Excellent analysis of the sad little Fine Gael attack video by Liz Carolan #Áras25 www.thebriefing.ie/fine-gaels-a...

This area of the woods was filled with expanding alien invasive fuchsia until around 5 years ago, when I got rid of it. Hard work with a chainsaw, but well worth it, with native willow, hawthorn, holly, and blackthorn filling the space naturally. *SO* satisfying to see the natural habitat return.

Pádraic Fogarty, ecologist, said [Irish Presidential candidate Heather Humphreys] had “little interest” in the environmental aspects of her brief. 'Mr Fogarty said the Irish environment had suffered as a consequence' “We lost a decade on this issue because of that lack of interest”

Dr Cara Augustenborg: I watched all the presidential debates. What I still didn't know was how either of the candidates plans to confront humanity’s greatest existential crisis - so I asked them. jrnl.ie/6846941

As road deaths increase, Minister for Transport pushes ahead with slower roll-out of 30km/h Love30.ie the new approach of applying 30km/h on a road-by-road basis is a “laborious way to apply” lower limits and “will lead to inconsistencies between different local irishcycle.com/2025/10/16/a...

Expect Fine Gael and the establishment to pull out all the stops over the next week in trying to smear Catherine Connolly, who has almost 2x the support of Humpheys. Thankfully, most people are able see through it. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Our planet has crossed a critical climate threshold. Coral reefs are disappearing, and the risks to our ecosystems and communities grow every day. Rapid, decisive action is essential - delays cost lives and livelihoods. We can’t afford to wait. #ClimateEmergency #ActNow