What would a radical alternative look like for this island?

In Science & Climate in @irishtimes.com, Tom Arnold argues for putting food security top of the agenda during Ireland's term as EU president...... www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

"21 kicked out. 28 defected. 39 resigned. 5 suspended. 1 disqualified. 5 lost seats. That’s ~ 99 Reform UK councillors and representatives who have left the party. 22 of them since the local elections just two weeks ago. The party claims “some of the strongest vetting in the country”' via Instagram

Triple Lock: I see the Govt are set in trying to move Ireland away from its commitment to the UN again. Who is forcing this? Not the people of Ireland. Reminder from last year on what this means.

Coming up in Belfast 7th of June 💚

Professor Yvonne Daly, DCU: Funding changes threaten existence of criminal legal aid lawyers www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

‘Up the Bohs’: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani backs League of Ireland club in video message www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

“Ireland knows what it is to have a language suppressed, land taken, your people scattered across the earth. You know famine and the coffin ships. So of all people you should understand that we should not let Yves Sakila become a statistic or a name on a long list www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

A leading photography organisation is hosting a panel discussion at Stormont on identity, belonging, inclusion and racism in Northern Ireland.

While the Government dips its head in the sand - John Sweeney and climate experts and advocates keep underscoring what's actually happening and the cost of inaction and delay www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026... #climate #Ireland #Spéirghorm

🔥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? 💵

The mayor said it was comforting to know that someone who comes from the city of Chicago "can speak to justice" and defend "the most vulnerable among us." https://bit.ly/4eaxRCy

“The moral instincts of the people should be a dominating force when it comes to Ireland’s foreign policy” ~ Michael D Higgins Irish Examiner ☕️🥐

Revealed: How Britain weaponised terrorism laws against activists share.google/79UDvQxEaqHG...

17,548 people in emergency accommodation at the end of April 2026 - another overall record, including 5604 children. The number is up 31 in that month and 1968 in a year. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

ICCL has written to the Justice Minister about his plan to introduce flat fees for criminal legal aid in the District Court. The change would undermine access to justice, and the right to a proper defence and a fair trial for a particularly vulnerable group of people. www.iccl.ie/2026/crimina...

Trump "Survivor" works better....

We are indebted to @thinkorswim.bsky.social for his scholarly work on climate change and on the climate emergency in which we now find ourselves.

‘We won’t stop until they’re free’: protesters outside a New Jersey ICE facility in their own words - The Guardian apple.news/Aoh4atuMcTxm...

‘For me, recently reading Omar El Akkad’s book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, emphatically tips the scales in favour of Thunberg’s perspective.’ - Kevin O’Sullivan

"It is humanity that is at stake," Michael D Higgins said in a speech that levelled criticism at the Irish government's version of the Occupied Territories Bill, some voices in the Irish media and the "catastrophic" effects of capitalism. jrnl.ie/7055147

Former BBC Middle East correspondent Tim Llewellyn says the BBC was a "prime mover" in the "tidal wave of lies and misreporting" about alleged anti-semitism in Corbyn's Labour. share.google/XFEaqBIdTvbJ...

"I turned a corner the other day and nearly took out a sandwich board advertising Ireland’s Best Accessibility Award Winning Café. The irony nearly killed me before the kerb did." www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

"No country can guarantee safety if it lacks functioning asylum laws, honest courts, impartial officials and the will to protect people from detention, coercion, disappearance or onward removal," write James A. Goldston and Natasha Arnpriester.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend an event at Ireland West Airport in Co Mayo, to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the facility

The brother of the priest who fainted in St. Peter’s Square was interviewed: Pope Leo XIV “was the first to kneel down and go help him,” Father Franco said, describing the surprise of Father Diego himself, who exclaimed, “Your Holiness, is that really you?” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Goes for all parts of our island really. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

Nature truly put on a show yesterday evening at Howth Harbour, Co. Dublin. If you missed it, here is a flavour of what was on view: a fiery horizon, rainbows, heavy rain, and dramatic sunset silhouettes. 🌅🌈 🎶 Love’s Old Sweet Song #howth #dublin #sunset #stormhour #discoverireland

Less than one hour between these two stories.

"He knew there was no point in just having a small airport. He saw the potential that was there. And in that respect, he’s been proven right." www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

A most informative piece here from @lukejbutterly.bsky.social

‘The impact was hardest for households on lower incomes. Anyone who was on social welfare during these years paid an extra €209 between 2021 and 2023, the equivalent of a week’s income, to service this data centre price effect.’

‘The impact was hardest for households on lower incomes. Anyone who was on social welfare during these years paid an extra €209 between 2021 and 2023, the equivalent of a week’s income, to service this data centre price effect.’

“isn't it time the civilised world reacted and brought this rogue state to account?” ~Jude Collins Andersonstown News ☕️🥐

The impact was hardest for households on lower incomes. Anyone who was on social welfare during these years paid an extra €209 between 2021 and 2023, the equivalent of a week’s income, to service this data centre price effect.

There's a Lebanese family that lives near me. Their sister/sister-in-law and her family (in total nine people) were killed by an Israeli bomb a few days ago, and we're supposed to play football against the nation invading Lebanon and killing people indiscriminately as if this isn't happening?

Two brothers who are taking part in a marathon challenge across Ireland for dementia research will complete their 32 county challenge this afternoon.

The FAI looks set to face formal opposition from its own membership regarding its stance to fulfil the Nations League fixtures with Israel later this year. Ireland are due to play Israel on neutral territory on 27 September, followed by a meeting in Dublin on 4 October. jrnl.ie/7053707

Pope: Help the suffering people of Gaza and respect human rights of all. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Survivors of institutional abuse have called on the Government to end "a pattern of exclusion" across State redress schemes

Our reporter Alison O'Reilly spoke exclusively to the family of Yves Sakila. Today's podcast - who was Yves? www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

Ebola is spreading in DRC because of cuts to global aid funding - the warning systems were funded by USAID. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

‘Its latest projections show that fully implementing the wide range of additional climate measures currently under discussion, would only deliver half the reduction in emissions the country is obliged to achieve by 2030.’

President Catherine Connolly visited the Irish Centre for Human Rights at University of Galway this week to meet with Shawan Jabarin, Director General of Al-Haq. Al-Haq is the oldest human rights organisation in the Middle East and is now under sanction by the US administration.

Around 160 Irish peacekeepers were welcomed home from Lebanon after their deployment to Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force Lebanon (Unifil). jrnl.ie/7052600

Kelly Earley: Militarism might be Ireland’s next economic disaster jrnl.ie/7050719

‘Calls to protect women and children alongside anti-migrant rhetoric have been a common feature of these rallies.’