Private wire legislation should support microgrids which are community-owned and renewables-based – CEFOI Benefits of renewables-based, community-owned microgrids The Community Energy Federation of Ireland (CEFOI) recognises the potential for 100% community-owned renewables-based microgrids […]

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@irishcycle/116008617675181143 Laws to keep people safe on the roads are not being enforced. We have cars parking on footpaths, on corners and next to pedestrian crossings, including near schools, pervasive speeding, and boys too young to have a drivers license driving […]

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@greenparty_ie/116013249032382203 Janet Horner does amazing work as a councilor in Dublin Central and will have huge positive impact as a TD - please encourage anyone you know in Dublin Central to get behind her campaign !

Hi #mastodaoine here is a notice board for events in Cloughjordan Tipperary using an Irish instance of Fediverse software Mobilizon http://mobilizon.ie we have 26 local groups paying events on it so far. Anyone want to be a coordinator of this for their own local community in Ireland? Contact me

RE: https://newsie.social/@royaards/115983154011743200 Just discovered this Dutch cartoonist - great stuff @royaards PS I love network building through Mastodon - following accounts which take my interest which are shared by accounts I already follow. Not suggested by an algorithm

I just emailed the TDs and Senators on the climate committee asking them to stop Minister Darragh O'Brien's fossil fuel LNG power grab - the bill basically means no one else has a say besides himself on this highly damaging and wasteful project. Can you do the same? […]

RE: https://mamot.fr/@ploum/115940539967949670 Excellent article. Celebrate the #unbillionaires ! I want to be an #unbillionaire !

We need to stem the tide of investment in fossil fuel expansion, and Ireland has a key role to play https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/01/26/robinson-calls-for-law-to-block-fossil-fuel-investments-flowing-through-irish-based-firms/ @irishtimes

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@raycunningham/115939906851672384 In the video below, @raycunningham of @greenparty_ie calls on the Irish Government to follow Dublin City Council and leave X. Sign and share this petition for the Irish Government to take X icons off their websites and replace with […]

Welcoming @greenparty_ie to Mastodon ! Please like and follow! #mastodaoine

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@HazelChu/115932505766822739 Thanks @HazelChu for your work on this ! Let's get more Irish institutions off X and onto home grown genuine alternatives like Mastodon ! https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/take-x-icons-off-websites-and-emails-and-replace-with-mastodon-icons/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@xodus_online/115932089450889402 People in EU: Email your MEPs to call on them to leave X using this useful tool! Also people in Ireland please sign and share this petition […]

Dublin City Council have left X - https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/01/20/more-state-agencies-leave-x-amid-outcry-over-digital-undressing-tool/ Let's get all Irish state institutions to follow https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/take-x-icons-off-websites-and-emails-and-replace-with-mastodon-icons

Irish petition on this now at 96 signatures - can we get it further #Mastodaoine ? https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/take-x-icons-off-websites-and-emails-and-replace-with-mastodon-icons/ - If you in Ireland please sign, and please share if you've signed already! […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

#mastodoninthemedia https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/saturday-with-cormac-o-headhra/2026/0117/1553637-saturday-with-cormac-o-headhra-saturday-17-january-2026/ very quick mention of Mastodon.ie 16:43 from a text in from @PatrickOBeirne (kudos!) and also at 20.03 by Duncan Smith Labour TD. However […]

Sign petitions for officials and leaders to stop promoting and using X! EU: https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/an-open-letter-to-all-european-politicians-and-leaders-to-abandon-x-twitter Germany […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Well done @HazelChu @Feljin @raycunningham on this important motion for Dublin city council to leave X. https://m.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/dublin-city-council-to-consider-leaving-x-following-emergency-motion/a326975499.html Petition for other Irish state institutions to leave […]

People in Ireland or connected to Ireland - please support this petition calling on Irish institutions to leave X and replace X icons with Mastodon icons ! https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/take-x-icons-off-websites-and-emails-and-replace-with-mastodon-icons

People in Europe - please support this "House Europe" petition https://eci.ec.europa.eu/052/public/#/screen/home

People in Ireland #mastodaoine - please respond to this consultation, even just a paragraph to the email address given is important. Deadline Thursday 15th January at 5:30 pm https://www.antaisce.org/News/all-hands-on-deck-needed-to-respond-to-the-latest-attack-on-access-to-justice

Well spoken on the RTE drivetime interview @Ciarancuffe . We need a wellbeing, and a safe climate, not aviation growth.

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@NorthTippRail/115826972246209334 Great to be part of this community rail trip yesterday

“Digital Independence Day” di.day was launched at annual congress of German group @CCC The DI website declares: “Our digital lives are in the hands of a few super-rich individuals. Companies like X, Meta, ByteDance (Tiktok) and people like Musk or Zuckerberg determine worldwide how we inform […]

The distance between #Dublin and #London is 464 miles, #asthecrowflies. But as #GretaThunberg learnt today, it's about a million miles in politics. In Dublin, #PresidentConnolly regards the #genocide in #Gaza as a horror. But in London, the #CityOfLondonPolice […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@HI_Greens/115702254125734742 Good article, and great that @alexandrageese MEP is calling for funding for alternative SM platforms. However, she still has the toxic SM platform icons on her own email newsletter and website, and the Green European Journal still has […]

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@IrishCyclingCampaign/115771283299131540 Great to see Irish Cycling Campaign here on Mastodon.ie - welcome !

The destruction of hedgerows and biodiversity throughout #Tipperary, especially by large landowners Coolmore, is tragic. Well done to Alan Moore and team at hedgerowsireland.org for pursuing this case […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Family of 4 killed by bug pesticide at the hotel in Turkey they stayed at https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/26/autopsy-report-suggests-family-of-four-killed-by-pesticide-in-istanbul-hotel . Unchecked pesticides, the kind often used outside the EU, kill. This is the future we risk if the Mercosur […]

One of my favourite bloggers - woodland restorer and overall "gets it" guy in the UK https://philsturgeon.com/planting-season-in-full-swing/

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@ccferrie/115675535859030488 It's children and elderly people's own fault when truck drivers run them over - Fine Gael councillor Aileen Browne

Communities trying to set up renewable energy projects thwarted by Government changing goal posts on grants Throughout Ireland, many communities are working towards setting up community owned renewable generation projects. Community owned renewable energy generation and storage allows local […]

Great to see campaigners against TikTok toxicity. However, Tiktok are unlikely to address campaigners demands, when it is against Tiktok's whole business model to de-toxify. We need to build platforms from the ground up designed on values not profit, like […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

https://progressive.international/wire/2025-11-24-pi-briefing-no-43-no-peace-for-the-plundered/en Palestine, Sudan and Congo - wars funded and supported from distant capitals to extract and control resources, while destroying local populations and lands

Report and video of last Saturday's climate march in Dublin, from Friends of the Earth: https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/thousands-march-for-climate-justice-at-the-national-climate/

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@RightOverFlight/115567700856964840 Participated in the climate demo on Saturday. Our home is burning. Please wake up. Please

An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision: https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11-dpc-ireland-petition-EN

Behind Congo’s decades-long war lies a global struggle for resources – where the US, China, and regional powers vie for control. The Oakland Institute's latest report exposes how the US-brokered 2025 “peace” deal rewards aggression and deepens Congo’s suffering. It is now online in a new format […]

Widespread brutal atrocities are taking place in Sudan by the RSF. We need sanctions against UAE Emirati businessmen and associated Government officials responsible for funding and orchestrating RSF atrocities in Sudan, including recruitment of child soldiers […]

In light of the Drogheda arson attack, I've just signed the Open Letter to support Standing Against Hate in our Communities. https://action.uplift.ie/campaigns/stand-against-hate-open-letter?utm_campaign=QWY5R7TwXb&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_source=share

Rail Sail from Britain to Ireland is back! Happy to announce that Transport for Wales have restored the Rail Sail ticket option from Britain to Ireland! Thanks to all the Rail-Sail-ers who brought this issue to light and raised it with Transport for Wales to get it resolved […]

Launching http://xodus.online - building a movement towards alternative social media Launch post: https://xodus.online/2025/10/30/launching-xodus-online/ Share on open social web: Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@xodus_online/115462703912297604 Bluesky: […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Launching http://xodus.online ! Building a movement away from toxic social media, towards alternative social media (open social web) - the why, the where-to and the how! Please support our launch ! https://xodus.online/2025/10/30/launching-xodus-online/ #mastodonmigration

From Dr Cara Augustenborg, @hannahdaly.ie @autofac.bsky.social Prof John Sweeney and others. #ClimateEmergency www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Delighted @CatherineGalway will be President of Ireland, and has been active on Mastodon as a candidate. Calling on her to continue to use Mastodon officially as President, and to include a Mastodon icon / link on the official President website president.ie to a […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

EU not actually protecting so called marine protected areas https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/international/fishing-groups-eu-commissioner-ban-bottom-trawling-marine-protected-areas/

I’ll be voting for Catherine Connolly. If anyone’s undecided but you value neutrality, the Irish language, Palestine solidarity and our climate future, I believe Catherine will be a voice for you and the issues you care about. I am also hoping she will continue […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Is this the same Tánaiste who objected to, and ultimately blocked, much needed bus lane infrastructure in Wicklow? http://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2025/1022/1540070-businesses-dublin/ […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

Looks like this brilliant piece from @WaterfordWhispers is going viral on Mastodon including French language translations https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/

CEFOI outlined barriers to community owned renewable energy generation projects in Ireland at DECC/OECD fact finding last week https://cefoi.ie/2025/10/21/cefoi-outlines-barriers-at-decc-oecd-fact-finding/

Disruptions to online booking systems for rail sail We have been made aware of disruptions to online booking systems for Rail Sail through Britain to Ireland if you are starting from Britain. See https://bylandandsea.ie/rail-and-sail/ for updates, and also Seat 61’s page […]