Huge gratitude to our sisters + brothers in @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social, @ibike.ie, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, @cyclingireland.bsky.social + others for fronting to giving real evidence to Oireachtas Committee this morning! ⭕ 30km/h limits DEFAULT 🦺 RSA not fit fur purpose 🚨 Enforcement FAILING

Labour calls for action on Shannon oversight. “Blind trust is not oversight. Ireland needs real inspections at Shannon Airport now.” @conorsheehan.bsky.social ➡️ labour.ie/news/2026/01...

Net wealth tax as important for our democracy as our economy “The Oxfam report exposes a reality that Ireland has become a country of extremes, where obscene levels of wealth sit alongside poverty, insecure work and families struggling to get by.” Ged Nash TD labour.ie/news/2026/01...

EU must stand up to Trump extortion on Greenland - @georgelawlor.bsky.social Labour Enterprise spokesperson. “Ireland and the EU must prepare for the risk of a chronic breakdown of relations with the US and ensure measures are in place to support businesses and workers.” labour.ie/news/2026/01...

I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.

This is great news. Well done Seán Binder 👏 "If I am guilty, then you're guilty too.” You can listen back to an interview that he did with Labour Youth after being awarded the 2023 Cormac Ó Braonáin award at @labourpartyireland.bsky.social conference. shows.acast.com/the-bread-an...

🚨 X refusal to attend Oireachtas Committee is disgraceful - Labour's Alan Kelly TD. “The manner in which X have operated over the course of this debacle is disgraceful. Full statement: labour.ie/news/2026/01...

Incredibly disappointing. What a bad look for a government that claims to care about road safety. FF TD detected at 190km/h convicted of dangerous driving www.rte.ie/news/2026/01...

🚨 Breaking Gardaí say investigations are underway following Grok scandal. "We have received reports and referrals of content on that platform that is under investigation... the process takes some time... it has to be assessed to make sure it's criminal... the people responsible have to be ID'd"

Not to oversimplify, but: IF there is ambiguity around whether the mere generation of sexualised deepfakes is illegal, a one-line amendment to Coco’s Law would fix it. Stipulate for the avoidance of doubt that intimate images include artificial likenesses. Then Grok cannot transmit any such material

FF TD Michael Cahill says he will not appeal his dangerous driving conviction and will step back from his role as member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.

Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.

Pharmacists have said nobody entering a pharmacy should expect to be questioned on whether they are transgender. One pharmacist said the Minister for Health has “a gross misinterpretation of the role of a pharmacist" amid confusion over eligibility. www.thejournal.ie/free-hrt-sch...

@labourpartyireland.bsky.social are launching a private members bill in support of improving transgender healthcare across Ireland to get the gender reaffirming care that trans people desperately need. Email your TD to support the bill: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Our panel line up is finally confirmed! - Richard Boyd Barrett TD (PBP) - Cllr Hazel Chu (Green Party) - Cllr Daithí Doolan (Sinn Féin) - Rory Hearne TD (Social Democrats) - Ciarán Ahearn TD (Labour) - Sen. Eileen Flynn (Independent) Join us on the 8th of December in The Grand Social

Can we please just build this and stop listening to billionaires who probably don't even take public transport telling us it isn't needed. When the evidence shows that not building Metro Link will cost the Irish economy money in increased congestion, health impacts from increased driving, etc.

Sorry why is @irishtimes.com devoting an entire news item to random rants of a boomer from the disney villain reject pile? That entire piece is just a collection of quotes. What makes it newsworthy? He is just a banker with a creepy stache.

When the news is overwhelming, it can be helpful to have an emotional support puppy. Today, we thought you might need two.

Once more for those in the back - Metrolink is not only an airport line It serves 15 other stations, connecting 127 schools, 3 universities, 5 hospitals, and making over 175k people and 250k jobs accessible by foot to a stop. An estimated 18% of passengers will use airport stop

American Gestapo. It’s still hard to fully grasp that the *actual United States of America* is a now a fascist state - and how quickly it fell in the end

You don't understand. I cannot exist as an outside human being at 24°C+ I'm happy for you all in your summer dresses and cute sunshine fits but I'm going to be rocking up to a birthday party on Friday in a pair of GAA shorts and a t-shirt I've turned into a tank top by rolling up the sleeves.

“.. traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter ..” @niemanreports.org #Hellsite niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Helpful!

Happy Blue Monday, everyone. Given what will be on the news today I'm sticking with Lyric FM and BBC Radio 3 when I'm not forest bathing...

The Executive unanimously supports an indefinite ban on puberty blockers for trans people. Like other aspects of trans healthcare, they'll still be available for cis people. It's pretty blatant discrimination.

The plot thickens

Everything You Didn’t Really Want To Know, And Therefore Didn’t Really Care To Ask, About The Seanad Elections! (🧵)

Really would be great to not have to listen to Rónán Mullen spout Transphobia and pro life rhetoric again for another 5 years if you can vote in this election please register and please vote.

Happy Birthday Sinéad Missed every day ❤️

Looks like a crap dinner party guest list #ge24

“Hello, children. It’s your friend, Mariah. I would like to wish a very happy Christmas to the children of *scientist types command* Ireland.” #latelatetoyshow

Tá #speirgorm mo bhaile nua don #latelatetoyshow

Eggs #latelatetoyshow

Saoírse ⭐️ #LateLateToyShow

Watching #latelatetoyshow I urge every politician & anyone with power to, to make 2025 the year we move young children out of homelessness & being forced to live in temp. accommodation No matter race, creed, culture No conversations here about blame. Collective solution time only.

Shaved 5 minutes off my morning routine by brushing my teeth and riding the mechanical duck outside the supermarket at the same time

#latelatetoyshow Me before the Me during the Late Late Toy Late Late Toy Show Show

Love that he let the kids close off the show. He realises it's not about him it's about the kids. I'm not sure Tubridy ever quite grasped that idea.

In an alternative timeline @mcculld.bsky.social is getting ready to traverse the stage on a pedal-powered John Deere shouting “the exit poll says Sinn Féin are on 21-point-1 per ceeeeeeent”

Fan sa mbaile leaids! #StormDarragh 🌬️

H'up Leo! H'up Leitrim! H'up hats! #LateLateToyShow

Awwwww

I could have done with Holly and Phoebe's insights when I was making rose petal and daisy perfume and selling it from my garden!! #latelatetoyshow

Is breá liom an Toy Show ♥️

When you go out to vote tomorrow... Think of people you love that have had it hard, or can't get the help or supports they need. Vote in their interests. Remember times when life was hard, and what you needed, what could have been different. Vote for those outcomes for others. #GE24 #spéírgorm

MM: "Look at free school books no one was talking about that 5 years ago" ... 👀👀 #primetime #PT #GE24