Not fecking achill though

I'm starting to think Rural Ireland™ should be left out of any future budgets, seeing as they're pulling in €250 billion every year from hare coursing, greyhound racing, and Poc Fada competitions

if youre cringe and gay (like me) and like to look at life through a lens of analogy and symbolism, it's very funny to see our government argue that we should be legally allowed to kill our national animal because it contributes to the economy

Between the fox hunting and now the hare coursing it's shocking that we all seem to work in or financially benefit from these bloodsports without ever seeing them happen or know anybody who does them. Mad!

Hahahahaha come on, pick a smaller number guys

We desperately need politicians to understand that things contributing to the economy doesn't mean anything about whether they are good or bad for society. It's a neutral measurment

Hahahahaha I guess we will have to just believe them 🤷‍♀️ But seriously, I think ministers should stop talking about gambling revenue as a positive considering it destroys people's lives and causes chaos in families. The tobacco industry contributes to the economy but it doesn't mean it's a good thing

We deserve compensation for having to hear ye all on about the heat and sun

Far right influencer Michael McCarthy knowingly and willfully uses his public platform to incite abuse and harrassment against others, and even to silence a journalist. I can prove it because I’m the journalist he silenced, and I kept screenshots of our messages. leftinthelurch.net/2026/07/06/i...

I hate that photo of the crabs squished in the boat. The poor things

“We must take on bad vibes to appease 6 farmers in Donegal who vote Independent anyway“ Why. are they afraid they’ll set the dogs on the TDs or is it more a fear of appearing “woke” to the masses?

I've never known anybody that has ever been involved. It's not spoken about, its not even something that used happen here. SF are supporting bloodsports for about 10 cranky men across the country that don't vote for them anyways

I know tons of people in “rural Ireland” and none of them know anything about Hare Coursing. I need to see the constituency data that keeps TDs fearing for their lives over it.

Obviously this isn't a real concern of theirs, it's just a way to excuse supporting the bloodsports of the English gentry

SF not wanting to ban any bloodsports cause they say they'll be driven underground surely means that nothing should be banned?

“Restoration without pollution control is not a policy, it’s a gesture, and an incoherent one at that. It spends public money cleaning up what private and public polluters are permitted to dirty, in a publicly-funded loop without end.” By me for @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

These people are not serious and shouldn't be treated like they are

Johnny Dimplex reckons we haven't warmed the planet up enough.

We need to prime ourselves for whiplash in the coming years. We logically assume that the rapidly spiralling climate will make the deniers think twice, when really they're gonna get much worse, much more stupid, and much more proactive in their denials

We've moved past the point where this contrarian bullshit should be treated as a simple difference of opinion. This person is advocating for harm to others. To poison their water, to pollute their air, and to make their climate more dangerous. This person is extremely dangerous. #spéirgorm

The Irish Wildlife Trust is fully behind the Bill brought forward by Paul Murphy TD (People Before Profit) to Ban Hare Coursing in Ireland. This Bill will be debated in the Dáil on 02 July and TDs will vote on the Bill on 8 July. Read the Bill here: www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bil...

I am sure there are instances I could empathise with, but my god the girlies looking for sympathy that they will have to pay an extra three euro for their dirt cheap sweatshop single-use clubwear made by children from Shein are barking up the wrong tree

County councils nearly all turning a blind eye to illegal peat mining. Only one, Longford, making any attempt to apply the law despite the practice being widespread. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Leave out water for the animals

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...

David has outdone himself here, I think. not sure how he'd ever top this as the most catastrophically stupid thing he's ever said

Always always always stop and check hit animals on the road. You wouldn't believe how often they're still alive. Just picked up a big black cat off the dual carriageway. Poor thing was in an awful state. He didn't live but sometimes they do, sometimes they're just a bit stunned and just need help

Most derelict properties probably don't appear on any data set. We may never fully know. But we all know there's too many of them. To stop more homes becoming derelict we need start tracking what homes are actually being used for. #DerelictIreland #Speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/dereliction-...

The keep cutting turf supporters are having a normal one:

this stuff is constant, I've seen EPA inspectors get doxxed by these bastarding pages

You have an entire department whose job it is to run numbers like this and assess long term plans. What on earth are the department of housing doing as well? They seem to do absolutely no impact assesment around policy anymore (see also beds in sheds)

You don't understand. When it's hot in the country achill gets covered by a thick wet sea fog. I haven't seen the sun in two days and today isn't looking good either. This was midday yesterday and if taken the day off work to enjoy the sun 😭😭😭

There should be no new planning permission given if more than 20% of the houses in an area are empty. That might at least put some community pressure on people sitting on empty houses

Make difference for Ireland’s nature! The public are being asked for their views on Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan, which is a generational opportunity to restore nature at scale. Find out how you can be a voice for nature: www.environmentalpillar.ie/have-your-sa...

A first exclusive for my new venture GRILLED the EU is looking to change how it measures livestock emissions the meat industry has been pushing for metrics that say livestock farms cause 'no additional warming' even as they continue to emit methane grilledmedia.substack.com/p/leak-eu-lo...

the EU once again just wants to Count Things Differently instead of dealing with the major problem of too many farm animals destroying nature, heating the climate and polluting our water a lot of this cack is on the hands of the irish government who have been pushing for this new dodgy accounting

I think what's being lost in the coverage of Manna's inevitable implosion is that the product was shit

Hahaha..yes!

The Ditch can reveal that the Powerscourt Hotel first hosted Peter Thiel and Auren Hoffman’s secretive Dialog event in 2018. The hotel came under pressure from the opposition after The Ditch reported yesterday that it will host the event this August. www.ontheditch.com/powerscourt-...

Great thread, age verification would require everybody using social media to prove they were over 16. It's worth noting that all expert recommendations are to regulate social media platforms (overwhelmingly owned by evil losers) yet govs around the world are turning to digital IDs

There’s been an enormous furore over plans to introduce mandatory age verification for social media. While many people think it’s a good thing but policy experts oppose to. To help explain why; the online gaming platform Roblox has provide us with a very timely case study. Brief 🧵

Endless bad cess to any prick deciding to send people to be detained in other countries to sidestep their own human rights obligations

Been reading PQs this afternoon

Albanian prime minister said on CNN that my PPNEA colleague was spreading disinformation, and some other troubling things. This is my reply. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Disrupting integration is the point. It's hard to scapegoat immigrants for government failures and refugees when they're established members of your community. #spéirgorm

It’s becoming increasingly obvious that abolition of all immigration laws is the only morally justifiable position. Anything short of that merely enables shit like this

Elaine is back on the shack to talk about the riots and the overwhelming support from local communities for people impacted by the violence. She’s very good, as per. Out soon.

Reports this morning that health staff in Northern Ireland have received letters telling them to leave the country or they'll be burnt out of their homes.

This is about to smash the £140k mark. Anaka, PPR, CATU and others have been working relentlessly through this. Making sure people are safe, have food/essentials if they're stuck and getting people beds for the night. Responding to the actions of the worst of us by being the very best of us.

Anaka Collective have set up a crowdfund now for helping support victims of the pogrom. chuffed.org/project/1854...