I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?

Who would’ve thought it? When you spend months paralysing the Government just for Michael Lowry and his mates to ask you questions, you are left with a legislative wasteland. @rodericogorman.bsky.social in today's Irish Times on this do-nothing Government 👇

They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.

Today it's exactly 6 years ago that EU Commission President Von der Leyen announced the European Green Deal, which she called "Europe's Man on the Moon moment" 🎂 Von der Leyen's priority today? Acting on corporate demands for #deregulation, recklessly rolling back environment and health standards 😡

The flotilla mobilisation for the liberation of the Palestinian people gave us an inch of hope. We can’t lose hope for Palestinians. When we mobilise, we scare the oppressors. Get that anger, get that hope, and keep mobilising. 🌻 Benedetta Scuderi from @greens-efa.eu

Irish Greens are playing an active role in the @europeangreens.eu congress in Lisbon this weekend, running for EU positions, debating resolutions on the future of the EU and more. @eamonryan.bsky.social speaking now on panel on Rethinking #Housing Together

Busy weekend at the @europeangreens.eu #Lisbon Congress. Three Irish candidates for EU positions, five resolutions, and green leaders and members from across the continent sharing ideas.

“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning. Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪

Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now. Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers. Shameful.

The chapter with @gailmcelroy.bsky.social analyses issue salience and positions. Housing and health were among the most salient issues for nearly all parties. Interestingly, immigration barely featured in the manifestos. Chapter: hdl.handle.net/10197/29172 Book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

🇵🇸No more delay on the Occupied Territories Bill I was proud to stand today with other Leaders of Opposition Parties and Senator @francesblack1 to call on the Government to progress the Occupied Territories Bill. It has been a year since FF and FG campaigned on this during the general election(1/2)

Greens assembled and ready to march for #ClimateAction at the @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social National Climate march

This was probably the biggest climate demonstration in Ireland since 2019-2020! A huge Green Party turnout at the National Climate March today to call on the government to stop the U-turns and get serious about climate action, nature restoration and ending fossil fuels.

The skies have cleared - time to get our March on

Join us this weekend in Dublin or Online for our 23rd AGM! We have split this years AGM into two sessions to clear our afternoon for the Stop Climate Chaos National Climate March at 1pm.

@bleeperactive.bsky.social every bike parking space taken in Inchicore by a mini fleet - could some be removed please?

As leaders assemble for the #COP30 climate talks in #belem, we need to remind our own government that #ClimateActionNow is absolutely essential. We must fight for a #JustTransition to a stable climate 🌍 We'll see you there!

40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion

#AI isn’t sorting climate chaos, it’s making it much, much worse, and increasing inequality at the same time. We have a choice - this option does _not_ have to be taken. We need to fight more seriously against the AI take over youtu.be/kDoCXZEaF5A?...

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

I've had another illegal AirBnB in #Dublin shut down. But it's a drop in the ocean. Here's why the system doesn't work - and what we need to do to fix it. youtu.be/lK-VFPGM9q0

Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.

Very glad it's not just me feeling this youtu.be/4zBoXY5YeVo?...

It's been 3 months since I posed this question to the Min. for Health and HSE. The climate emergency isn’t just about weather - it’s about lives. And if we aren't measuring something, we can’t manage it.

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There’s never been a better time to join the Greens. If you’re interested in protecting nature, revolutionising public transport, delivering truly affordable housing and paving the way towards a future free of fossil fuels, get involved today! 👉 greenparty.ie/take-action

Congratulations to our President Elect Catherine Connolly. An incredible result achieved by thousands of volunteers from parties, independents & people active in politics for the first time. Thanks to @greenpartyie.bsky.social reps & members around the country who campaigned as part of this movement

I’m tallying Oh My Effing God Community School next 😜

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The biggest global gathering of nature organisations, scientists and governments, which takes place every 4 years, has just concluded. Once again, there was no representative from the Irish government - why have we opted out of participating in these events? iucn.org/press-releas...

I worked on this terrible bill in then Senator Grace O’Sullivan’s office, with @whittledaway.bsky.social, @naturenymph.bsky.social, @fintankelly.bsky.social, @aliceeire.bsky.social and many others. We had to campaign for months just to remove a section that would have decimated our hedgerows.

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Reports of large-scale destruction of centuries-old native broadleaved trees and hedgerows in Co. Cork are truly shocking. The Green Party is today calling for a thorough investigation to be led by the NPWS Wildlife Crime Directorate alongside An Garda Síochána. shorturl.at/G7lZ8

No new money for nature restoration, a static heritage budget and nothing meaningful to fix our rivers, lakes and estuaries. My response to heritage, nature, water measures in the FFG/Ind. first budget. #budget26 greenparty.ie/news/noonan-...

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

I still can't believe that they're doing this. Giving a massive VAT tax break that'll do very little for small cafés and restaurants, while giving millions to big chains. Weak, unfocused governance. They're too comfortable chucking out our tax money.

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality. For that kind of money you could: 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty 🚌 Make public transport free

The Residential Zoned Land Tax #RZLT is essential to take land hoarders to task and ensure that our many empty sites lying idle in the country are put to use. Government loopholes are gutting the Land Hoarding Tax. Empty sites stay empty. Hoarders keep winning.

Over the summer, the Government raided the Climate & Nature fund to pay for gaps in their infrastructure bill. Today's Budget could have fixed that and committed new investment for nature and the environment. Unfortunately, there has been no change in their approach. A wasted opportunity.

A big blanket VAT cut? It's a bad idea. Better to give smarter, more targetted supports for cafes and restaurants. We've set out a way to give more to small businesses while spending about a third of what the government are planning. Be smart: do more, spend less!

Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds

This week, right-wing groups in the ENVI & AGRI Committees have shown once again how little they care about nature and people by rejecting the EU forest monitoring law. Knowing how our forests are doing is crucial to keep them healthy, keep us healthy, fight #ClimateChange and safeguard our future.

✅ Pledge fulfilled Prior to the election, we pledged to fund public services and end Dublin city's bizarre local property tax cut. We've done that tonight, raising €65m+ for fixing roads, tackling dereliction, insulating homes, and new zebra crossings.

Tonight the Greens are ending a bad tax cut in Dublin City Council. We want to invest instead. We'll be raising money to insulate social housing, bring derelict properties into use, offer pprenticeships, and build zebra crossings. Fixing Dublin = Investing in Dublin

"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'." MBA-brain is real.

Why do we allow tech bros making billions in Europe, while they contribute nothing to society - and even threaten our democracy? ❌ Time to stop them profiting at the expense of all of us. Let's make them pay (a Digital Services Tax). Sign our petition now. ⬇️

Despite the hottest June on record, EPP sided with far right to block urgent EU climate action, choosing delay & denial. The file is now in the hands of a Patriot MEP, jeopardising the EU’s ability to have a position ready for #COP30. A shameful setback for people, planet & the EU’s credibility.

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Solidarity with Budapest ✊ Solidarity with Ballymena ✊ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈