Flyer for Roger Garland, the first Green TD.

FF/FG: “There’s a €250m gap in funding public transport.” We say it’s a gap in ambition. When we should be pressing the gas on public transport, Govt. are hitting reverse. Read more below on how the Greens would keep us on track 👇 @feljin.ie shorturl.at/nvSTA

What happens when there's no @greenpartyie.bsky.social candidate in an election? Zero mention of climate, nature or the environment.

Iona Institute: 'Leftist hate the rich.' Jesus: 'Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.' The position on fancy handbags seems clear enough.

ATU President Dr Orla Flynn has called for urgent Government action to establish professorships within the sector www.rte.ie/news/educati...

@Love30.ie: “We are asking all supporters of lower urban speed limits to join us outside the Dáil Chamber on Kildare Street from 10:10-11:30 on Thursday 2 October to demand urgent action on the implementation of the default 30 km/h urban speed limit. This issue affects everyone, so spread the

Nobody touches Will the Shake. An education with encountering the Bard would be immeasurably the poorer.

Well I certainly didn't expect solar output record to be broken on September Equinox in Ireland!

Nothing at all problematic about this. Completely normal stuff.

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Don't be distracted by the statement itself. Rather, ask who is feeding him his talking points?

So sad. I remember the wall of noise from those cliffs when I was young. Will my kids ever know it?

From a book I'm reading, Is a River Alive, by Robert MacFarlane: 'I am tired of fighting the long defeat. I want hope. I thrive on it!'

Where did politicians go on holidays? Nunja. As in, Nunja Business. Politicians are entitled to a private life. Do better @irishtimes.com

I know no player wants to play this badly, but Mother of God, this is abject stuff.

Not an FF voter, so no doubt my opinion matters little. But as the biggest political party in the state, their choice of candidate matters. And I find it insulting that we should be offered someone with no political experience at all for the highest office in the land.

Tramore? We have the sand 😃

Pay attention next time you're out and about. I promise the number of people on their phones while driving will shock you.

This is not good news. We can't wait for a convenient moment before taking climate action. The time is now. "the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is something which, if we allow happen, cannot be undone. No amount of sophistry or techo-optimism would prevent calamity should it come to pass. We should be straining every sinew to reduce emissions now.

As if we needed another reminder that we are moving too slowly in terms of climate action. The ability for us to alter this truly scary future is in our hands .... But not for long. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is vision, this is leadership.

(1/4) Darragh O’Brien has moved from a housing disaster to a climate disaster, and he’s only going to make it worse.

#NatureRestoration will need farmers, family farms, and grazing animals, so where is the funding, asks @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... @irishexaminer.bsky.social

Call me crazy, but I'm not convinced that the correct way to oppose gerrymandering is to gerrymander right back.......

Our children are going to look back on our inaction on Climate Breakdown and ask, with justification, WTAF.

An interesting online talk on living more sustainably, run by Waterford Library 👇

I delivered the 700 page business case and cost benefit analysis for MetroLink to Michael O'Leary's office yesterday. O'Leary said on RTÉ Radio that there’s been no cost-benefit analysis done on Metrolink which was then repeated on multiple news outlets.

“no news good news“

Today, 7 out of 10 Copenhagen school children cycle to school. In Dublin? Just 6%. We’ve stolen children’s freedom to move and breathe clean air. Cycling is daily exercise, mental wellbeing, and climate action on two wheels.

Protest in Waterford today, couple of hundred people, gardaí supported, facilitating temporary road closures. We shouldn't take that for granted when we look across the Irish Sea.

I mean, who could resist?

Here's something I didn't know..... In Google Maps, if you tap on a bus stop, it shows the available routes serving the stop and a timetable for next departures. And you can view the full route to check for your handiest stop. Really convenient feature I didn't know about until this week.

Who’d have thought? Incentivising car use leads to… more car use 🤔 Norway’s 95% EV uptake is impressive, but new research shows it’s also meant 10–20% more car trips, and less walking, cycling and public transit. Cleaner ≠ fairer unless we tackle car dependence too.

Today's adventure - Bunmahon! The improvement in rural public transport is one of the things I'm proudest of from our time in government. And proof-positive of the adage, 'if you build it, they will come.' (The bus is packed with kids, and not just my tribe.)

Depressing to hear @feljin.ie have to respond seriously to some billionaire's brainfart after he watched an episode of the Jetsons. AI may well solve many things. The physical spatial limits of road space in our cities is unlikely to be one of them. We need leadership, not magic beans.

Ireland's National Restoration Plan needs funding, yet nothing from the 3.15b Infrastructure, Climate & Nature fund has been allocated to nature The Government has said that restoration measures on private land will be voluntary & funded but have shown no indication of how this will be achieved

The Rule of Lies. Arendt - A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. Such a people is completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people you can do whatever you want.

Not sharing the article, because why would I boost it, but often struck by how wealthy people will consider more-or-less any form of transport apart from one they have to share....

A new study finds that “promoting active travel modes, particularly cycling, may be associated with better brain health and lower dementia risk.” With rising healthcare costs and an aging population, it's another reason that politicians should stop ripping up bike lanes.

“Therefore this u-turn is a clear indication of the Government’s lack of support for making Irish roads safer, reducing road deaths/injuries and is contrary to the existing legislation which was signed into law only one year ago.” www.dublincommuters.ie/post/combine...

The evidence is clear - lower speed limits reduce accidents and fatalities, especially among younger people. Yet our government is renewing on commitments to reduce default speed limits to 30kph in urban areas. Not #VisionZero. Instead, zero vision. This act of political cowardice will cost lives.

So the EU and USA have a deal. After Trump’s windmill rant, Europe agrees to purchase $750 Bn. of US oil gas (and chips) over the next three years. There’s never been a better time to move away from our addiction to fossil fuels.

Zero mention of the climate and broader power system implications of projects like these. And yes it's an AI data centre projet. Come on @irishtimes.com, you can do better than rehashing an Amazon PR and putting it on your front page. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

I was asked to share @greenpartyie.bsky.social perspective on @tusaite.bsky.social yesterday on @rternag.bsky.social The short version? Easpa samhlaíochta, easpa uaillmhéine agus easpa ceannaireachta. rteradioapp.page.link/KPmwXV6Qk7tx...

Ireland is facing massive financial reparations to badly affected countries, because of our failure to meet our clinate targets. Hiding places are disappearing. Every time our government prioritises road ahead of rail, cars ahead of active transport, we'll be on the hook.

Today's opinion by the International Court of Justice on Climate is huge. It establishes for the first time an obligation in international law that states must meet the commitments they signed up to in climate treaties, and must work with each other to achieve this www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

That International Court of Justice decision on Climate Change is a big deal. In summary the UN requested ICJ to state obligations of States to protect climate, and legal consequences for causing harm. (1of3)

€22bn allocated for transport in the NDP of which €2bn we know is for MetroLink. There's zero reference to where the other €20bn will go.

@ciarancannon.bsky.social: "What we are witnessing right now is not a national road safety strategy in action. Instead, we see a distinct lack of courage, an abdication of responsibility disguised as consultation and local autonomy. If Vision Zero is tinyurl.com/ess2kz98