SpeakEATsy incoming! Amazing set of people performing, fab food too! Done with our farm @cloughjordancommunityfarm.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy and all as part of #feedingourselves in Cloughjordan. Book here - tics will fly! cloughjordancommunityfarm.ie#news

How can anyone read any of this and thing - yea, that's normal. We should have normal relations with the country that does this? "Israeli police have killed two young Palestinian brothers and their parents...shooting all four in the head and face" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

yea total total impunity. Look at this language

Total impunity.

"We are suffering." "There is no money, no work. We are in debt, and I have four mouths to feed. What am I to do?" "I have been driving my taxi all day, and I have forty shekels." #WestBank #Palestine #Israel #Iran #Labour #Healthcare #Military #Transportation

The hard work is yet to even start on climate change adaptation. Our emissions are waaay worse that they seem www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

It's back! #SpeakEATsy returns to Cloughjordan 28th March. Very limited tickets, amazing food from @cloughjordancommunityfarm.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy and #GourmetOffensive and a slow of performers, poets, DJs and more! Book here! cloughjordancommunityfarm.ie/speakeatsy-2...

“You stood up against ‘mighty’ England with dignity and you won.” West Belfast gathered this afternoon to celebrate "free mawn" Mo Chara of Kneecap after his legal win in the UK High Court. jrnl.ie/6981933

Sinn Féin leader again deliberately conflating carbon tax with the sum total of taxes levied on fuel. In fact, carbon taxes makes up only a small portion of same (which is why we adjusted excise during last crisis). This is a populist, anti-climate position.

On the fog of war as it manifests right now .- yes, it's real. Remember that any Western news outlets operating out of Israel MUST receive clearence for their reports if they relate to 'security' - have you heard them say this? youtube.com/watch?v=VVvE...

Those advocating for the scrapping of the carbon tax haven’t considered the impacts it will have on households across the country who are accessing funding to upgrade their homes to make them warmer and more energy efficient, as well as farmers who rely on Agri-Climate Rural Environment Schemes

Totally on board with my @envpillar.bsky.social colleagues on this. Why must we sacrifice doing the right thing again and again and again at the alter of maintaining business-as-usual? No, we shouldn't cut the carbon tax! Here's why: www.environmentalpillar.ie/suspending-o...

The EP’s envi committee just voted to maintain a standalone LIFE asking for €6.4 billion Well done Now the EC should cissue an emended MFF proposal that preserves this crucial tool, both for adressing the biodiversity crisis and to enable local level constructive cooperation between stakehonders

what does the EU mean now? What will it do? The EU is a trading bloc. Will the EU stick together, like it did over Greenland, or will it allow itself to be ripped apart by Trump/US/Israeli expansionism, imperialism, and colonial war mongering?

#FeedingOurselves is back - 2026 version! This is our annual gathering in Cloughjordan, 4 days and 3 nights of farming food environment justice events and activities. We're really focusing on #foodSovereignty this year - it's time has come! Booking and info here: sustainable.ie/feeding-ours...

I know it's over yonder but good news is balm . Exactly the message and the person for now. Even the green bit was clean air. Of course it was. That's how you end up with bike lanes - you point to dirty air. People see what causes it. Bikes come naturally from this. Don't start with bikes innit?!

Day two headlines on day one = the establishment is spooked.

For the week that's in it, and all the talk of accents, here's one of TD Thomas Gould's more memorable speeches www.youtube.com/watch?v=30lB...

🚨Just launched: #HeadInTheCloud ☁️ Who controls #innovation in agriculture? BigTech + BigAg are reshaping farming through AI & digital platforms - investing 💰billions. But we’re betting on the wrong model. Let’s reclaim innovation for people & the planet. 📖Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-...

"Slavery, Then and Now: Cotton, Fast Fashion, and Ireland" Friday, February 27th 12:30pm - 1:30pm Join me and others at this @fairtradeireland.bsky.social talk #Fairbruary event www.fairtrade.ie/slavery-then...

the agreement "went much farther in cutting sustainability reporting and due diligence obligations for companies than the package initially proposed by the European Commission2. Gee thanks for going the extra mile!

"The Commission’s interpretation of ‘urgency’ is broad and lacks definition, leading to inconsistent and unpredictable application of better regulation rules." The Commission... "often failed to provide sufficient reasoning or documentation".

Good to keep the pressure on folks - the deregulation and so called simplification agenda is relentless! 🌍 #HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

Yvette Cooper's ban of Palestine Action was based on a pack of lies. Absolutely devastating from Huda Ammori

If you'd like to find out more about how the EU does its agri-food and trade business, check this event for #Fairbruary @fairtradeireland.bsky.social - Note - this will be delivered in an approachable way, its not a session only for experts Friday 20th at 12.30 www.fairtrade.ie/eu-green-deal/

Illegal burning is a major threat to life, wildlife, environment and property. Its very welcome to see leadership from DAFM in tackling illegal buring, with a more than four fold increase in fines in 2025. www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

BREAKING⚡️The High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Office’s authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity

It literally takes one minute to sign this petition to stop mass harvesting of seaweed from the west coast of Ireland without proper public consultation. I signed and it’s at 12,222 out of 15,000 rn — please sign:

Europe's huge chemicals sector is campaigning to weaken the EU's most important climate policy. And Brussels is listening.

I know there's a massive amount going on but the government amending the arbitration act to sign us up to CETA needs serious coverage and the risks of corporate courts need to be spelled out.

"the role of small-scale farmers in national food consumption has been substantially underestimated, particularly in high-income nations, where small farms account for about a third of consumption..." See also where China is www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Your struggle is my struggle’ Palestinian Farmer Solidarity at ORFC 2026. @orfc.bsky.social orfc.org.uk/your-struggl...

Here's something I wrote on the oxford real farming conference - @orfc.bsky.social - which I found to be a very full and fulfilling time www.arc2020.eu/uk-oxford-re...

One to keep an eye on, once the spotlight goes away...but, some actual good news from Palestine. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/21/s...

Mercosur delayed for years, which may mean it's scuppered altogether.

Here is our farm @cloughjordancommunityfarm.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy on mobilizion - a new events listing that isn't a big bad platform. And, this is an event you can come to and enjoy our food at! Bridget's weekend too.... #EatsAndBeats mobilizon.ie/events/e3681...

Latest feeding ourselves newsletter!check it out - full of fab tings. mailchi.mp/62c43c0e79f2...

European alternatives to US tech european-alternatives.eu/alternatives...

Quick sum of the last 50 years from a geopolitical perspective, showing how the petro dollar creates global realities and regimes changes - and, how that might be ending

Really solid new article by Paris Marx - @parismarx.com - on tech and other sovereignties. Its interesting to see how the US threatening Canada in recent times has radicalized many folks there. In a good way! disconnect.blog/the-united-s...

Delighted to discover this online mag today -

De Brits tying themselves up in knots over this still. Ffs. Meanwhile, right at the end - "This week, Maccabi Tel Aviv was fined €20,000 (£17,550) for "racist and/or discriminatory behaviour" by supporters during their game at Stuttgart in Germany on 11 December." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Join us on January 15th for our next EFFecting Change livestream as we break down how age verification laws work, who they exclude, and how these mandates threaten privacy and free expression for people of all ages. The conversation will be followed by a live Q&A. www.eff.org/event/effec...

Heavy rains in Gaza are flooding tents & makeshift shelters, making already difficult conditions even harder for displaced Palestinians. WCK teams are showing up—reaching families with hot meals when they need them most. When the weather turns and needs grow, we keep cooking. #ChefsForGaza

UN on the UK hunger strikes situation www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel....

Pat o Toole in the Farmers Journal and a village near Bethlehem www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/fa...

Pãdraic gives his assessment of the state of us @whittledaway.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

A new article of mine, adapted for European readers of @arc2020.bsky.social from an earlier one. Its about Feeding Ourselves the Dublin event. It covers a lot of history - recent and old - as well as big steps forward for the wider good food, good farming movement. www.arc2020.eu/ireland-feed...

"What way the Government votes on the controversial Mercosur trade deal has to be seen “in the round” and take account of separate leeway the State was recently given on EU nitrates rules, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said" Wow. He said it out loud too. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Elaine tells us what's what with water in Ireland