I came out of retirement to write this story, because what the actual what ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

The question isn't whether people should wear high-viz/helmets. People should wear whatever makes them feel safer. Question is whether mandatory high-viz/helmets is good public policy - it's not Protected lanes, safe junction design, more cyclists, and better driver behaviour are good public policy

🚂 DART 🚂 The DART cannot run between Lansdowne Road and Bray due to coastal flooding. See irishrail.ie for updates

For a Government, just purely from a pragmatic point of view, is it worth pissing off people like this vs trying to make Facebook commenters happy?

This is stupid

What a wildly stupid idea. Mandatory helmets and high viz is a proven remedy to reduce the number of people cycling. It effectively kills off things like Dublin Bikes. That's why no other EU country does anything like this. Pure madness.

Weather warnings updated with Dublin upgraded to Orange warning.

All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...

🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...

This looks very interesting. European alternatives to American billionaire tech bros. #Europe #Servers #EmailProviders #WebHosting

I'm totally pinching myself announcing this, but a film about my life journey rewilding a West Cork farm, An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, will get its first screening at the Dublin International Film Festival on Saturday the 28th of this month. Tickets are available here: www.diff.ie/programme/an...

And there we have it folks, having failed to do anything to halt the injury and death toll on our roads the government now plans to criminalise cycling. This will kill bike share schemes around the country. @bleeperactive.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...

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Must also be a big question for Ireland, which also has all the same flood issues with some housing developments & towns/villages: 'devastating impacts are accelerating ... torrential winter rains are arriving 20 years earlier than climate models projected.' www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts

And once again, a personal appeal if anyone knows a hay supplier in any county around Dublin/Wicklow, I’ve lost mine for the coming months (rain crisis) and only have about a 3,week supply left for a small equine herd 😳

I just lost my source of hay due to weather issues for my supplying farmer who cannot turn out his livestock-- if anyone knows of any farmer supplying good round and/or square bales in areas surrounding Dublin, ideally who delivers, please DM!

Major transport delays in Dublin. The DART line between Malahide and Howth Junction is closed. Northern Commuter services are also affected. There's also a burst water main in Fairview so one of the major routes into the city centre is closed. jrnl.ie/6941347

HARMONIE model continues to show up to 80mm on Wicklow mountains by 6pm Friday with up to 50mm falling in 24 hours. Over 30mm at lower levels in Southeast too. Sadly this will cause further flooding if it verifies.

NEW – Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/5g3BVAp

Inspired by #StormChandra flooding, here is an Irish travel feed. Bluesky traffic and transport updates in one place. Suggestions for additions welcome (thanks to @livedrive.dublincityfm.ie for their list) bsky.app/profile/cath... #SpéirGorm

We have a real problem with road safety in Ireland. If Sean Canney thinks it can be solved with high-vis vests, he is obviously incapable of doing his job.

Rainfall warning has been updated now but remember this is only what is going to fall and doesn’t take into account how much has already fallen and how high rivers are. Flood warnings are not made public at present. Wicklow and Mourne mountains likely to see significant totals.

The problem cycling has in this country (and others) is that they can't decide if cyclists are more like pedestrians or cars, and won't spend the money to make them a separate third thing, like the Dutch have. Bikes don't belong on footpaths, but it is unsafe to cycle near motorists.

Microsoft is handing over Bitlocker keys to law enforcement. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

A Minnesota version of a famous Irish rebel song. Brilliant.

#journorequest - looking to talk to people in Ireland who are (or have been) lodging in someone's house or have had (or currently have) a lodger in theirs, about the experience and how it works etc. DM if any thoughts. RTs appreciated.

Some basic advice for locking your bike. Make sure to use a strong lock to lock the frame! Suggest cable lock for wheels. Even for well-locked bike, don’t leave out overnight.

Planning to establish an adult cochlear implant peer support network. Will be helpful for adults with a CI/anyone deemed eligible. Sharing experiences to help others who are in the same process & navigating the Irish health system. Online first, then regional meets depending on numbers. Plz share!!!

Taoiseach on RTE Radio again pedalling the myth that having a job makes disability and the cost of disability disappear - it doesn’t.

I and others who are lucky enough to have jobs and be able to work, work to pay for additional costs and thus have limited incomes. Meanwhile the inaccessibility of society in all its forms remains, we don’t qualify for so many things because we are working - all while our costs are not recognised.

When he referenced his client as driving in “the fast lane”, the judge interrupted him, and said: “You see one of the failures here is it’s not the fast lane. “It’s the overtaking lane. “Everybody thinks it’s the racing lane and that’s what causes deaths.” www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtan...

Im signed up to the ESB "is this a good time", where they text ya when there's an 'energy flex/peak event'. Basically just hold off on the washing machine, or dishwasher until it's over. Usually it's between 5pm and 7pm. WTF are we bothering at all, when this is what the government agrees to.

I liked this map showing the true size of Africa to give an idea of how distorted our view of the world has become by the flat maps that we see most - Mercator projection. Image by Kai Kraus. See this article on immappancy legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/the-true-siz...

This was a lovely chat with the fantastic @eithneshortall.bsky.social about all things SISTER WAKE, Sam, and a dinner party argument about why, no, colonialism was not a 'mixed bag...'

Someone stole my wife's maroon Raleigh Motus bike in Dublin City Centre this afternoon. If you see it, give me a shout

During the past 10 years, Irish GDP has doubled. Irish household wealth includes €167 bn in cash deposits, €800 bn in housing values, and €500 bn in pensions. Debt in Ireland is below €157 bn. Numbers from Danny McCoy, IBEC.

MOAR ROADS 😡

I got measles in the 90s despite being vaccinated b/c if you were born before 1990 they didn't give kids a needed booster b/c this wasn't understood to be needed until around then. So go get a booster if you need one! The sickest I've ever been was with that 'mild' case of breakthrough measles

So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...

Good on NHS leader, Daniel Elkeles, calling for a revival of mask-wearing during the current “tidal wave of flu.” That trying to save lives is going to be highly controversial - and No. 10 are already sitting on the fence - is deeply depressing. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Impact of demographic change in one image.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Hi all My daughter school’s is doing a fundraising raffle Euro 10 for 5 tickets The draw closes today ! If you want to enter do send me cash via Revolut today Revolut link revolut.me/davidi5e wicklowdemocraticschool.ie They are a charity if can claim it as a tax deduction Charity number 20206025

@boltapp.bsky.social I had a prebooked taxi. Driver cancelled. I miss my lunch as no taxis available. And you are "sorry" .......

Winter fair. Rathnew. Wicklow democratic school. Today 2 to 4. Concert till 6

Another outcome for which the Kremlin worked, lest we forget. Described in "Road to Unfreedom."

2 down with flu like symptoms in house. Did flu and covid test an both negative. Symptoms worse than covid. Mask up. Wash hands. Stay home if unwell. Good short podcast on it. open.spotify.com/episode/7ghx...

That’s quite an own goal by Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien delaying the Finglas Luas by two years, and stalling on DART+ South West till 2030, on World Sustainable Transport Day, no less. Who needs Judicial Reviews when Fianna Fáil’s running the show?