This is almost at 1 million signatures, which is when it becomes a valid petition. 993,301 at the time of typing this. Please sign if you have a moment. "Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights"

Overdue, I'd say! 😆 #lufc

If Bill could change one thing about the beer industry it'd be.....

This is how the extreme right operates. Start w/an issue most people care about. Gas prices. Claim “the rural REAL” Irish (or Americans) are being hurt by it while the multicultural city folk aren’t even listening. Blame institutions AND multiculturalism for everyone’s woes. Repeat repeat repeat.

Beer picked up at Brussels Airport. Val-Dieu tripel. #Bskybeer Cheers!

And now for some news that will surprise absolutely nobody: fuel “protest” leader has multiple animal cruelty convictions & Revenue judgments against him. Such fine people. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Down to business at the 73rd meeting of the European Beer Consumers Union, hosted by Unionbirrai in Rome.

Dear god the state of this

EU Countries where petrol is more expensive than Ireland: Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal. And heating oil you ask: Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Sweden. You know, just for some perspective. energy.ec.europa.eu/data-and-ana...

Looking at the state of the “fuel protestors” and this classic clip from Blazing Saddles comes to mind every time.

It must really boil these fuckers' piss that the only people they aren't inconveniencing are cyclists and pedestrians.

There is a clear political attempt (looking at no Peadar Toibín's in particular..) to use this energy crisis to attack the very solutions we need: making homes warmer, public transport more accessible and agriculture more sustainable. We deserve real solutions - not opportunistic scapegoating.

US carmakers accuse EU of blocking supersized pick-up trucks from roads www.ft.com/content/3eb7... (good, we don't need this trash on our roads)

Cheers to you all from La Fleur en Papier Doré! #Bskybeer #brussels

A little earlier, we did the classic #brugge beer trip thing.

Walked to the local Carrefour Express in #brugge for breakfast bits and my reward was a gift of chocolate eggs! Happy Easter!

Chillaxing in my #Brugge house before we go out to dinner #Bskybeer

Jerry's Cigar bar, Brugge

I've had days like these.

Mary loves waffles.

A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition: "A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump’s threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization."

These Belgians. They think of everything.

Café Vlissinghe, Brugge

So this will be my place of residence for the next few days. Not bad, eh? #brugge

Old words on a new blog post. quareswally.com/2026/04/01/b...

I'll never consider anything to be a replacement for Underdog, but a second outlet for the operators of Dudleys - to be called Bar Anam - is going to open in its space. Dudleys is a well run pub with a reasonable craft selection and decent food, so it's far from the worst we could get using that pub

For anyone in Dublin interested in #patchwork #quilting #crafting then maybe this exhibition in the National Botanic Gardens would be good to visit

Climate change, driven by greenhouse gases, is having measurable impacts in Ireland with growing risks for communities, infrastructure, essential services and the economy, according to a new report from the Climate Change Advisory Council.

Early hikers at the Hellfire Club spotted subsidence revealing what looks like a stone‑lined tunnel. The area’s now cordoned off as experts assess it — and locals are already whispering about the long‑rumoured hidden chamber beneath the ruins. #wednesday #april1st

How stupid people can be...

This has gone off shockingly quietly. Given the noise Ryanair and Michael O Leary made by saying no, the far bigger story here is that Aer Lingus said yes.

Man of the people.

Accumulated profits at a property management company owned by Minister of State Micheal Healy-Rae exceeded €1 million last year, according to newly filed accounts.

European Golden Plover at Ballycotton, Co.Cork, Ireland.

Thanks to @thesquareball.net @robconlon.bsky.social for last night's entertainment!

Good morning, Clondalkin! That wind would skin you! #walkininclondalkin

Why is it the Strait of Hormuz, just checked a map and it's definitely crooked.

Charging people to see the stuff they yoinked from their countries. A bold move.

"Place on the middle shelf of the oven" I got an even number of shelves Biyatch!

Having a cracking session IPA from @azvexbrewing.bsky.social Outdoors, but very cold (the weather, and the beer!) Picked this up ftom Rascal's HQ last night.

Awful news. Alex shaped the current Irish beer scene, possibly more than any other individual brewer. What a loss.

Just listened to Dark Side of the Moon again. Realising that many of the audio effects (clocks ticking, clock alarms, cash registers, coins etc.) will be meaningless to many. 🫥

Commencement notice has gone in for the fitout of the Smithfield Brewing Company brewpub on Smithfield Square. This is connected to Drury Buildings which already sells beers presumably currently made - it is licenced as a brewery - in their brewery at the other end of the square.

As Irish freshwater quality declines, An Taisce seeks review: "Decisions like this are meant to be based on science, but evidence clearly shows Ireland has a serious water pollution problem that isn’t getting any better, caused largely by agricultural nitrogen."   www.antaisce.org/news/water-q...

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Round Tower in the rain #walkininclondalkin

It's been a damp morning #patchbirding in Corkagh Park. Heard my first calling Chiffchaff of the year.

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