To repeat: NZ finds itself at the bottom of the OECD on lobbying - we basically have no effective rules governing lobbying This is eroding voter trust in democracy. It is corruption in plain sight NZ needs fair transparent regulations-any political parties ensuring this will get voter support

Mórchuid ‘ní féidir liom an teas a sheasamh’ agus gannchuid ‘éireoimis as breoslaí iontaise a dhó’

Siobhán and Barkfunkelle, clúdach albaim nua...

Blathanna Corca Dhuibhne

OH WOWW!! 😍. The Old Head of Kinsale Lighthouse beams its light on the calm waters of the Celtic Sea in West #Cork , #Ireland during Summer Solstice 2026!! 🤩🥰🌅🔥💡🏠🌊🎶✨❤️ #solstice #summer #sunrise #fathersday #weather #photo #photography #trending #art #nature #speirgorm #bluesky #colours #stormhour

Alt spéisiúil! www.rte.ie/gaeilge/2026...

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"Island Voices’ ‘Five Writers’ will spread word of the project at readings across Scotland and internationally, from the Welsh National Eisteddfod to New Zealand." guthan.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/s...

Suirbhé do lucht na gcurach tíre in Éirinn 🚲 @galwaycycling.bsky.social

"expectations that doctors understand how culture can affect health outcomes and how bias and systemic factors can contribute to inequities" - and why might he "think" that's a bad thing I wonder...

I’m utterly fed up of the bias in the news in New Zealand. Stuff is bad. The Press is worse. NZH is just truly awful. What is the least biased? Am I missing something?

tuairisc.ie/ni-le-halgar... Gach uair a bhaineann tú úsáid as AI i do chuid scríbhneoireachta, tá an taitneamh, an sásamh, an fhoghlaim agus an fhorbairt phearsanta sin ar fad á ngoid uait féin agat. ~ Alex Hijmans

Fáilte / Welcome. We are Lochanna Beo and we aim to bring together our community of landowners, organisations and residents from across the entire Laune watershed so that the choices we make in our urban and rural areas are reflected in ever-healthier lakes and waterways. 1/5

taz.de/Rassistische... Tuairisc ar @taz.de a ainmníonn cúis na círéibeacha ó thuaidh go soiléir, agus na nascanna le pogrom 1969.

Just unbelievable that despite all the evidence that it’s a stupid idea, Luxon is going to push ahead with his plan to make NZ more reliant on expensive LNG fossil gas. How much did the fossil fuel industry donate to National, ACT and NZ First? www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Lá Cholm Cille Cothrom lae báis Danny Sheehy, beannacht Dé lena anam.

Happy Pride Month. If you're a gay man, please remember your power. People often think that gay men are innately fashionable, which means if you wear some stupid shit for long enough, straight people, including homophobes, will copy you and then you can laugh at them.

"An Cláirseoir" le Diarmuid Johnson críochnaithe agam inniu, ceann eile dá chuid a thaitin go mór liom

At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say: 1- Mental illness 2- Religion. They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are: 1- Gender 2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.

Tá ríméad ar fhoireann Barzaz an deá scéala a roinnt libh go bhfuil closleabhar Madame Lazare ar fáil anois ar Audible! @tadhgmacdh.bsky.social a scríobh agus is é atá á leamh chomh maith. Is féidir teacht ar an gclosleabhar ag an nasc sa bhio! 📚

Lámh beag agam san aistear seo

Móralt faoin tionchar atá ag an ghéarchéim breosla ar fheirmeoirí, conraitheoirí talmhaíochta agus lucht iompair sna Gaeltachtaí - i Seachtain @independent.ie www.independent.ie/seachtain/an...

Paiste cainte ag Helen Ní Shé le...Dáithí Ó Sé: 'Beidh mé leathchéad an tseachtain seo chugainn, níor thuigeas cad a bhí agam go dtí go bhfágas an Ghaeltacht'

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

If only there was space for one more mention of Leitrim.

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An áilleacht agus an ghráin, dhá thaobh na tíre seo

Na Beannacha beag beann ar a gceo

Since 1900, more New Zealanders have been killed by road trauma than in the country's wars.

A chairde: Did an interview with Raidió na Gaeltachta that went out today about my latest game: Domhnach na nDeascán. RnaG is based in the same village where my game is set so they were excited about that 😄 youtu.be/u0_ZlCkDM98?... I might add subtitles later! #gaeilge #irish #ireland

one of the major clues that social housing tenants haven't in fact won the lotto is that they need social housing

An chéad uair a rinne mé an scrúda ('97) -shiúil me isteach sa seomra. Ní raibh cead agam tiomáint i m'aonar -Theip orm sa scrúdú (bhíos go hainnis!) -shiúil me amach ón seomra le ceadúnas nua agus cead faighte agam tiomáint i m'aonar!

'I answered to a name that wasn't mine': Being told your name is too hard to say

Cyclists commute at sunrise on the 'beautiful' Te Ara Tupua

Druid Lecturer-in-Residence (0.5 FTE) University of Galway Part time 52 months www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRK335/d...

New Rotorua cafe will operate fully in te reo Māori

A few of my doodles from @islandlesley.bsky.social's Blasket Bound, which is deservedly a bestseller for her - a real love letter to the Blaskets.

RTÉ’s boycott of this year’s Eurovision goes beyond simply not sending a contestant to Vienna, as the broadcaster will not be showing any of this week’s shows. Instead, RTÉ2 will broadcast the classic Father Ted episode A Song for Europe during the usual Eurovision timeslot.

Tales of the provincial championships' demise have been exaggerated...

Féirín dom féin ó bhá Fhíonáin

Bhí deis labhartha agam ar RNZ ar maidin inniu... (faoi m'ainm gairme seachas m'fhíorainm!)

Mapa de Chontae Fhear Manach. Is blogh é seo de mhapa den tír go léir a d'fhoilsigh 'Stát-Oifig na Léarscáilidheachta' in 1938.

It's happening...

European Movement Ireland’s annual poll, as usual, shows 82% of RoI residents support EU membership. But one striking finding elsewhere: residents of N Ireland are also surveyed, and 63% (!!??) would vote in favour of a United Ireland. No mainstream poll has *ever* recorded a margin like this…

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I am ALL-IN for getting rid of FFG, but I don't think anyone who talks about "Building Ireland's Future" is fully on board with this vision if the ONLY mention of climate is a call for scraping the climate tax. #IrishPol

Our car-dependent status quo is the result of political choices that have steered decades of financial-, spatial- and design decisions. It is time to repoliticize these decisions and reshape our public spaces.

‘Mar a chéile an córas pleanála teanga agus an t-athrú aeráide a fhágáil faoi choistí na mBailte Slachtmhara’

I am looking forward to speaking about Irish medical scribes from Co Mayo at the Bonn+Marburg Celtic Seminar on Monday next 27th April. @ceilteachomn.bsky.social

Chuir an cinneadh seo díomá orm nuair a fógraíodh ar dtús é, ach táim níos mó ina choinne anois agus an tseachtain caite ag féachaint ar an eolas go léir i Daonáireamh na hÉireann 1926... www.rnz.co.nz/news/communi...