In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon, butchering 25,000 people, mostly civilians, bombing 13 hospitals. Ronald Dahl wrote about it in 1983, condemning Israel’s Nazi tactics & racist savagery. 43 years later, the slaughter is being ramped up, the terrorists emboldened by US-backed impunity.

Clearing out the files and came across these two consecutive issues of The Economist from almost exactly 14 years ago. Putin’s end must be a very long drawn out affair indeed; meanwhile, the USSA and Israel - ever dreaming of bringing peace through bombing enemies into the dust.

Boat on fire in Dublin Bay, around 1km from Dún Laoghaire harbour.

Am quoted by columnist Jennifer Horgan in her @irishexaminer.bsky.social piece this week. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

“The Irish government balked at introducing any such moderate, sensible energy-saving measures, presumably fearful of backlash from a public conditioned to believe that any sacrifice, no matter how small, is intolerable”. My take is in @thejournal.ie today. www.thejournal.ie/readme/carbo...

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment now available. We teased out the much-maligned but vital carbon tax, plus the surprising benefits of EV battery technology. www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

This week’s Last Word on the environment coming up within the hour on Today FM. Topics to include carbon tax, AMOC breakdown warning and EV batteries to keep your lights on.

Shot. Chaser. Fascism’s media running dogs will eventually be called to account. Péter Magyar’s new government is to purge Orban puppet press; lots of “big names” who’ve disgraced their profession will be out on the street. US media sycophants, take note.

More nauseating industry propaganda being pumped into our schools with no State regulation or oversight whatever, endorsed by that biodiversity champion, MHR. Industrial forestry taking a leaf from livestock sector playbook.

Another absolute chef's kiss for this Martyn Turner cartoon in today's @irishtimes.com

Out on a limb here, admittedly, but wouldn’t it be gas if the commander-in-chief of the world’s most powerful army, the man who personally controls a vast arsenal of nuclear weapons was also clinically insane?

Ha ha ha. Poor oil-brained sods at Daily Torygraph aghast at all that ultra low cost, clean electricity threatening to “flood” onto UK grid, bringing the nightmare of free electricity for customers. “No concerns about security of electricity supplies this summer” says the same report. lol.

"To grasp the exponential nature of renewable energy rollout, consider that a total of 1GW of solar was deployed globally in 2004. Last year, the same amount was added every 12 hours". From today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

At last, fantastic news from Budapest to lift our spirits, deliver a hammer blow to the far-right and revive the EU. Shout-out to JD Vance, without whose high profile intervention, this landslide for democracy might not have been possible. www.rte.ie/news/europe/...

I don't often think Matt Cooper is dead wrong, but I certainly do on his call to scrap carbon taxes, which, apart from being a terrible idea, would also hand the far-right "protestors" a massive win and embolden them for future chaos. www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

“In total, some 80GW of new clean renewable energy was added to the European grid last year — the peak equivalent of more than 50 nuclear plants” My take on a nuclear energy re-think is in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Been recommending The Lie Of The Land by @thinkorswim.bsky.social a lot this week. Lots of copies circulating in the libraries. eBook is available on Borrowbox (and no it won't take that long).

Beyond time to make foreign interference in EU elections a criminal offence, and to block ALL EU funding to countries whose governments canvass such support.

“Red meat is actually very good for human health” says health expert/CEO of Dawn Meats, Niall Browne. Browne is just as completely, delusionally wrong about land-use impacts of plant-based diets vs meat, but hard to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on not understanding it.

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...

While the fuel protestors wreak havoc across Ireland, this chart is a reminder that they’re fighting yesterday’s war. The global shift in transport (not just cars) away from fossil fuels to superior EV technology is now an avalanche.

No queues at this filling station today - or any day.

Nooses. Death threats. Some of these “protesters” like the ones who wrote this sign are fascists itching for violence.

If #climate protesters had ever caused even a fraction of the disruption now being experienced across Ireland, there would likely be calls by now from rural TDs for the return of the death penalty.

This week's Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper is coming up shortly on Today FM, with nuclear power among the topics, plus, I'll be debating with Seán Kyne on the announcement of a new €1 billion ring road for Galway.

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

Confiscate a few of these €200,000 tractors and let’s see how these poor, struggling, hard put upon divils cope with that.

Looks like the far right are trying to manufacture a fuel crisis to boost whatever warped agenda they’re pushing.

¡Viva España!

Someone needs to chisel this in stone somewhere. Iranian fundamentalism and political repression was proudly birthed and nurtured by those great bastions of empire, the UK and US.

Since 1973, Irish agriculture has received net transfers from the EU of close to €40 BILLION, dragging the entire sector out of poverty. Doubly sickening to see a recipient of this taxpayer largesse lecture anyone on “looking after our own people first”

Russian operative JD Vance trying to shore up support for fellow fascist Orban in Hungary, as Russian operative Trump suffers crippling defeat in Iran. A bad week for Blackshirts.

The buffoon who managed to bankrupt multiple casinos has done it again: played by the Israelis, humiliated by the Iranians, while US military, political hegemony in Middle East has been smashed. The MAGA effect. www.thedailybeast.com/iran-crows-t...

Incredible to issue a statement like this yet they STILL won’t call to have this lunatic impeached and removed from office so he and his henchmen can face criminal prosecution.

Stark, raving lunatics, all.

If people have enough cheap tractor diesel to go on a jaunt to cause traffic chaos in Dublin city and elsewhere in their gigantic machines, maybe the problem isn’t really that diesel is too expensive.

A whole civilisation died on January 20th, 2025. time.com/article/2026...

The world’s two biggest threats to democracy (and to Europe) conspiring to keep their Hungarian stooge in power www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

So this is where we’re at. This deranged lunatic, lest we forget, can single-handedly start a civilisation-ending nuclear war.

Vicious Israeli ethnic cleansing campaign, having laid waste to Gaza, now sets about annihilating southern Lebanon to steal their land for neo-Nazi colonial Lebensraum. Meanwhile, Ireland remains a major trading partner of the “state” of Israel.

Cracking piece by @hannahdaly.ie, alongside excellent analysis by @codohertynews.bsky.social in IT of impact of data centres on our national grid.

Hard to believe that in what used to be one of world’s most prestigious newspapers, neither the NYT writers nor editors appear to know what the not-so-obscure acronym NATO stands for. (Hint: it’s *not* the below) BTW, a whopper like this probably would get you fired from a college paper in Ireland.

After the US brilliantly destroyed 100% of Iran's military capability, the remaining 0% seems to be putting up one hell of a fight. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Yet another egregious war crime from the USSA/Israel axis of terror. A famous century-old public health institute in Tehran reduced to rubble by the mad bombers.

Worth remembering that Trump is the poodle of these Zionist killers. They tug the lead, the simpleton jumps.

This week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper coming up shortly on Today FM. We’ll discuss killer kitties, gas cooker hazards, CCAC #climate report, and more.

People believe it because it’s pretty much true. Eight years of EV driving and zero oil changes, timing belt replacements, filters, carburettors, spark plugs, clutches, not even new brake pads. And zero regrets. www.irishtimes.com/motors/2026/...

Good news indeed. Now, how about Ireland, one of the EU’s most nature-depleted countries? An exit strategy for farmers nearing retirement that would also be a boon for biodiversity - what’s not to like?

Am seriously hoping this piece is one of those unfunny efforts at an April Fools gag. But probably not.

No, absolutely none at all. It’s not as if aluminium were a vital component in drones, fighter jets and just about every weapon Russia possesses. Cmon people, be REASONABLE, business is business, yada yada www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...