Ireland again condemned in the EU Court for delinquency over agreed water protection laws. #Pollution #Environment #Law curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

Global leaders must fully meet the funding target to replenish the #GlobalFund this week. The failure to prevent catastrophic cuts and soaring costs for patients threatens decades of progress against HIV, TB and malaria. ow.ly/gXJH50XuPHe

Enoch's on the run. This would make a great film, a comedy.

Six flu deaths in Ireland as virus arrives ‘much earlier’ this year

EU Housing Advisory Board’s report dropped today. Some solid proposals: 🏘️ Promote Cost Rental model 💶 'Site Value' Taxes 📖 Amend State aid rules 🌵 Limit speculation 🏡 Better, not less planning Now, let’s act housing.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...

Excellent letter. Planning for school places need to track housing development, as you point out so clearly.

☣️The Mercosur deal is poisonous - just look at this data below👇 The deal is being pushed by agro-chemical giants in Europe looking to export billions in pesticides to South America - Brazil is already approving record numbers of hazardous pesticides and increasing their usage.

See this poster I spotted this morning. Classic.

What is motonormativity? I'm on my way to an air pollution event in a city centre and the organisers have put the driving directions ahead of the public transport directions in the email

The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK. Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts. But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years

Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve. No contract? NO COFFEE!

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

The Irish State is dumping €450 million of wind energy a year, despite 29% of households suffering fuel poverty, because 'there's no market'. If you're struggling to get your head around that, it's called capitalism. share.google/k9gHug8xaazA...

On that word see this from the President of the Court of Appeal in 2023 - link follows.

Hoteliers should be warned that any price gouging during Euro 2028 should come with severe consequences. Government cannot allow our international reputation to be tarnished during such an important event for our tourism sector. @rodericogorman.bsky.social on @latedebaterte.bsky.social 👇

New day. New un-evidenced & easily disproved claim about #Planning & #housing This is every day #7 “latest plan for 580 apartments rejected over fears for wellbeing of migratory light-bellied brent geese” Truth: The site is playing fields, zoned for green space www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

The amount of tax-payer money that these same people have handed to greyhound racing in the last few years would pay for this hospice for children with life-limiting conditions. The existence of one is contingent on private charity, the other has it's existence guaranteed by the state. Priorities.

Freshly laid tarmac, freshly painted death lane. How is this an acceptable standard in 2025 @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social? Paint ≠ infrastructure. We deserve wide, fully protected cycle lanes that support a healthier, safer, more sustainable city. This simply isn’t good enough. #ReimagineDublin

“Automobile industry analysts say that manufacturers are attracted to high profit margins from SUVs: they can make more money from SUVs even tho they make fewer vehicles.” "If ranked among countries, the global fleet of SUVs would be the world's 5th largest emitter of CO2…” We all pay the costs.

What is ‘Six Seven’ and why is the world currently obsessed with this latest online trend?

A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina. The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.

Saying it how it is: ‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold? “It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”

A brilliant event here yesterday with two of the most distinguished environment commentators in the country - John Gibbons & Pádraic Fogarty. @thinkorswim.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social

🇵🇸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)

First winter energy bills in since we got rid of gas and switched to a heat pump. This bill period last year we paid €240 each for gas and electricity, this year we are paying €340 total. I think we can make it run cheaper, we're still experimenting with the HP controls. Nice to see some payback!

Just 4% of private homes granted planning permission in Dublin city last year were three-beds – is that enough?

There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th. Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...

One Battle After Another truly is one battle after another. They even say it in the film. They say "it'll be one battle after another". And you know what? They're right!

Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising & we’re being kept in the dark, writes John Harris - Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare? #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go. Racial profiling, no warrant, no due process; but what else can one expect from a regime committing extrajudicial murder on the high seas? Trump's gotta go.

Yesterday, we marched alongside inspiring organisations and individuals at the National Climate March, urging the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and phase out fossil-fuel power. Showing up. Speaking up. It matters. Let’s keep going! Climate action = health action!

I'm writing today about the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and why it is under attack by the fishing industry and certain politicians. Not since the assault on the EPA in 2023 have we seen a public regulatory body come under such pressure. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Everyone has been affected, or knows someone who has been effected, by accidents on our roads. Sadly, the number of deaths on Irish roads has been rising for the past number of years.

IsraHell raking in money on trafficking people out of Gaza after starting a genocide against them. Only makes sense to Zio IsraHellis I guess 🤢🤬 youtube.com/shorts/nphBn...

This was done by the EPP which is the party that Fine Gael belongs to. So the 4 FG MEPs voted for this.

I do not understand how this case has not resulted in a lifetime driving ban? www.rte.ie/news/ulster/...

Credit to @kerrycoco.ie , embracing bluesky and mastadon 👏🏻

Climate action won't happen unless we make it happen Take a stand Join the @greenpartyie.bsky.social

"He said he was “shocked” at “how reluctant” Irish parliamentarians were to discuss migration." Cian O'Callaghan asked him in the Dáil which cohorts of working migrants he wants to reduce because he thinks migration is too high. No answer from Simon. Maybe he's shitting himself down. #IrishPol

No more hollow words. We need action and investment in #ClimateAction #NatureRestoration www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

'Judge Andrew Cody recently dismissed 30 cases at Portlaoise District Court because he feels GoSafe vans are "shooting fish in a barrel" on the old Monasterevin to Portlaoise road.' www.midlands103.com/news/midland...

"Several speeding drivers avoided a mandatory two-year driving ban when District Court judge Andrew Cody reduced their dangerous driving charges to careless driving after they made donations to charity ranging from several hundred Euro to €20,000." www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Inspiring day at the National Climate March organised by @foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power. Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference. Let’s keep at it!

Talking to @rodericogorman.bsky.social at the national climate protest. Climate action is about protecting our future, but it's also about making our lives better today - warmer homes, lower bills, better public transport. @greenpartyie.bsky.social

New build 3-bed house price June 2021 Clonard Wexford €175k Carlow Town €199k Sligo €175k Portlaoise €212k Nov 2025 Clonard Wexford €360k ⬆️106% Carlow Town €330k (2bed) ⬆️66% Sligo €270 (duplex) ⬆️54% Portlaoise €370k⬆️ 75% Construction tender inflation 2021-25 ≈⬆️28% (SCSI) so it’s not bricks/mortar

Looks like Simon Harris’s ongoing meltdown is accelerating. This latest nonsense actually manages the tough task of insulting & infantilising the very farmers he claims to be “standing up for”, who he clearly thinks are eejits.

March for climate? March for energy you can afford, cleaner air, safer streets and an end to dependency on oligarchs, dictators and snake oil salesmen! 1pm, 15 November 2025, Garden of Remembrance, Dublin