Statement by President Michael D. Higgins on the death of Manchán Magan president.ie/en/media-lib...

Keep the drains clear of leaves falling from the trees.

Manchán Magan 1970-2025. Scríbhneoir, taistealaí traenach, comhshaolaí, gaeilgeoir. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h'anam dílis.

'the enthusiasm for Irish... (as one old rhyme goes, “is fearr Gaeilge briste ná Béarla cliste” – broken Irish is better than clever English) is.. evident. Even my local pub in Dublin offers a euro discount when you order a drink in Irish.' #ThirtyTwoWordsForField www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t drive into floods. These photos were taken just 20 minutes apart near Bantry in Cork yesterday. As you can see in the photos during that time, the water levels rose high enough to nearly cover the car.

The response from the Minister's representative at yesterday's meeting in Leinster House was shocking. It's very clear that this government is not taking road safety seriously and people will die as a result. www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-n...

“Expanding the average car length from 5 meters (16.4 ft) to 5.5 meters (18 ft) decreases street parking spots by 9.3%, while an additional expansion to 6m (19.7 ft) causes a further loss of 7%…the growing share of larger vehicles has caused many on-street parking spots to effectively disappear.”

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By the way, in just 8 months, already half of Project2025 has been implemented. www.project2025.observer/en

“When you die, it is either the end of everything – you are gone, snuffed out, finished, or there is something. I happen to believe there is something – so I can’t think of a more exciting adventure than finding out what the something is.” - Jane Goodall www.ft.com/content/9600...

@carclimatepledge.bsky.social smaller is better (and more sustainable!)

Better for everything - environment, pedestrians, ease of parking, cost - get a window sticker to support the driving of smaller cars #scotclimateweek #LetsDoNetZero #ClimateAction #carspreading #motornormativity

This is a great 10 part podcast by @unamullally.bsky.social looking at how to make Dublin, and other cities, better - each episode closes with five big ideas for the chosen topic. @brenttoderian.bsky.social @dccbeta.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

'On economics, tax, spending, capitalism, the public and politicians broadly agree yet on culture, they’re worlds apart... if the centre has abandoned the centre, who’s really radical anymore? What is Radical Politics?' This is worth the listen. shows.acast.com/20b97d01-ba9...

Taxpayers will - as usual - pick up the tab when this beetle arrives. But instead of creating a resilient forestry sector, the government is paying the industry to double down on Sitka spruce monocultures. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

‘The Special Criminal Court heard that a search of the vehicle found two handguns and a stungun, as well as ammunition, cable ties, black pillow cases, canisters of petrol, wigs and disguises.’ www.thejournal.ie/catherine-co...

🤔 The left really should stop using the word "neoliberal". The broad mass of people don't know what it means so, politically, it's useless. The right are much better at using plain words that people understand. The left has fallen very far from, say, the beautiful clarity of "Peace, Land, Bread".

As nightclubs have shuttered and dating apps have grown stale, London's pubs have become the city's theatres of desire, as Antonia Bentel reports www.the-fence.com/lust-orders/

Good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is an astonishingly good news story, it will bring enormous health benefits, it will be noted by historians of london in centuries to come. But it will change no one’s vote, he will get no credit. More people will be talking about trans toilet habits at the next election. It’s a conundrum.

'If smoking was the cancer villain of the C20th, eating ultra-processed food may be its C21st counterpart.. tobacco causes lung cancer.. alcohol raises the risk of breast & liver cancer... ultra-processed foods [cd emerge as a] risk factor for colorectal cancer' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Most voters know that the EU is the safest place we can be in a dangerous world.' www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Burnham at fringe #Lab25 event: "Look at the last decade we've had. Shouldn't we start calling out the disaster that #Brexit has been, more directly? They are the people who took us down this path. That's their doing. And we've got to absolutely hold them accountable for that." ~AA

📢 THIS A MILLION TIMES THIS 🔽🔽🔽 It's not the lumpen racist vote that will make #Farage PM. It's the lumpen racist vote + a huge number of poor and precarious very angry people who will vote for change (any change!) that will make #Farage PM. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Turn up for citizens, save our lives & the lives of those we love, & lower the speed limits now. For once, the right thing to do is an easy thing to do. Pls do it without further delay @darraghobrientd.bsky.social @fiannafailparty.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

A brilliant video which sets out just how our public spaces are excluding girls and women in just two short minutes. Everyone I present to will be seeing this for at least the next year and possibly longer (!). Well done to Architektoniczki for making it so clear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ox6...

Trump’s ICE agents tried to kidnap a food delivery worker in Chicago - but the guy was too fast for them.

So exhausting..

Nighthawk menus take on Earlybirds offering dining value & boosting night time economies. @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social on.ft.com/4nNH5qs

Councillors want housing on CIÉ-owned land at Connolly Station, since plan for offices has stalled. “The state’s need is for housing, and there is no need for offices as far as I can see,” says Green Party Councillor Janet Horner.

Q. Can you vote in the Presidential election next month? A. Of course I can. I always vote. Q. Are you on the Register? A. Why wouldn't I be? *Checks Register. Name absent* Q. Who erased me? *Applies to be registerred* There are only a few days left to register.

The government is: ❌ Failing to provide good quality active transport infrastructure ❌ Failing to introduce a 30 km/h default urban speed limit ❌ Failing to protect people Make no mistake, the rise in people being killed is not an accident — it’s the result of political choices.

Discover what life was like in Viking Dublin, and see the wider impact of the Vikings. Join a guided tour of the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street Viking Ireland exhibition. 🗓️ Saturday 27th September 🕛 12pm & 2pm 📍 Kildare Street, Dublin 🚫 No booking required www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

'Parity of esteem is the foundation principle of the Belfast Agreement but, when it comes to electing a president... Irish citizens who lived with the reality in Northern Ireland are forced to sit silently and watch as mere spectators. It is wrong.' www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

An Introduction to The Garden of Earthly Delights & Hieronymus Bosch’s Wildly Creative Vision

‘her Sit at the Bar September missive has catalyzed a movement, with restaurants capitalizing on the phrase to market their cocktails and singles flocking to bar stools in droves.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/d...

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This Thursday: European/EU Politics & Conflict, Violence, and Security 🧵

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

Together, we are raising our voices for a new type of Ireland.

Trump, Carr, Sinclair, Nexstar, MAGA and the GOP badly don’t want you to be able to watch this. Sinclair and Nexstar are still banning it (I couldn’t watch it last night via Seattle). So it seems like every single one of us should watch it and share it on YouTube if they haven’t already. #Kimmel

A new film shot in Fingal is set for release in cinemas, writes Luke Maxwell. “Sunphlowers is not exactly a ‘geezer pleaser’ but it does have something in common with the more easygoing, old dog, new tricks, feel of those films.”

'...Maria...is... Extremely conservative on social matters, she rose to national prominence during the referendums on marriage equality & repealing the Eighth amendment on abortion with her uncompromising opposition to both measures.' #UachtaránNahÉireann #Áras www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...?

“I can't believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back. The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!”

Just finished preparing for this lecture tomorrow evening for Dublin City Council's 2025 Heritage series. I will be talking about 400 years of ‘cultivating virtue‘ in Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social. @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

'first we need to let go of the idea that heat pumps aren’t suitable for older buildings. In the UK, St Stephens Anglican church in Lympne, Kent, is heated by a ground source heat pump. If an 11th century church can rely on a heat pump, there really is no excuse.' www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

VACANCY: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata. Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians

‘40% of British people did not read, or listen to, any books in 2024.’ open.spotify.com/episode/2dV1...

Catherine Connolly says both Isreal and Hamas have committed war crimes There cannot be a peaceful solution in Palestine unless both sides disarm. It was important to stop the genocide in Palestine, Catherine Connolly told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.