‘Nobody deserves to die for being suspected of shoplifting.’ Irish Network Against Racism statement on a disturbing incident in Dublin calls for a thorough investigation. inar.ie/statement-on...

‘Just when smart cities all over the world are moving away from the car, Galway is going all in, becoming more like a Texan city, wrapped in a shawl of roadside retail parks, paved parking lots and long-distance commutes’ - Eamon Ryan.

❗️Russian gymnasts have been allowed back into international competitions. 📷: Kateryna Diachenko, Ukrainian gymnast. Kateryna will forever be 11 years old - Russia killed her in Mariupol in March of 2022

A survey shows the public are happy to leave fossil fuels behind but want supports to do so - @foeireland.bsky.social suggests 50 things the Government could do to help www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Cur sios deas simplí cumhachtach ag Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh ar a mothú agus í ag smaoineamh ar Altan. ‘Mo theaghlach eile’. ‘Comhluadar Ceoil’ ar tg4.bsky.social

From today’s “This Week” programme: www.rte.ie/news/2026/05...

‘We may not quite have reached the point of ungovernability, but I think we are getting close to it…’ Deep and disturbing analysis of the unhappy state of politics in Brexit Britain by @chrisgrey.bsky.social

Israel at Eurovision, reality check.

Bás ar na bóithre - caint v gníomh. Mo cholún.

AN POD GAEILGE: 100 bliain FF – ar thréig an chosmhuintir Fianna Fáil nó ar thréig Fianna Fáil an chosmhuintir?

News, explained.

Gita Gopinath writes “A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.”

Pobalbhreith Ipsos/B&A TG4 Irish Times - Baile Átha Cliath Láir. @nuachttg4.bsky.social Na príomh-thorthaí (lamháil earráide +/- 4%):

Scéal thar a bheith suimiúil ar @nuachttg4.bsky.social anocht.

‘Most women in Ireland can cycle and have access to a bike, but are only half as likely as men to choose cycling as a mode of travel’ - TII’s Empowering Women to Cycle survey and report. After the bad news, what needs to be done, correction, what must be done about it: www.tii.ie/en/news/pres...

Tá a lá breithe á cheiluradh ag Fianna Fáil. Scríobh mé colún do @tuairisc.bsky.social faoin bpáirtí ó shin, faoi láthair agus amach anseo. tuairisc.ie/gaisci-agus-...

‘Ideologies may change, but biology doesn’t.’ Applied common sense in Brenda Power’s column about a school’s ‘gender-neutral’ toilets, with a fair question about teachers.

‘We've had to just learn how to listen to each other, understand each other and still walk away with our own identity - but with a better understanding of where somebody else is coming from.’

Tá an ceart ag an tUachtarán. Rivers are the ultimate truth tellers, and the story they're telling us is not a good one. www.thejournal.ie/connolly-env...

How crazily unrepresentative of voters’ choices can the FPTP electoral system be? Example from the British local elections.

‘I think you are a good man fundamentally… however…’ Jess Phillips announced the most wounding resignation yet from Keir Starmer’s government.

Good news from Britain for hurling.

There are plenty of reasons to criticise waste in the public sector, and specifically by the HSE, but the provision of cycling facilities, which are designed to improve our carbon footprint and provide healthier commuting options is not one of them. Stop with your anti-cycling shite. 10/

Toxic populists are going to sour all public spending: No, secure bike parking for hospital staff is not the same as Dáil bike shelter irishcycle.com/2026/05/08/t...

"Ba léir do gach rialtas ó na 1970idí ar aghaidh ró-spleáchas an stáit ar bhreosla iontaise ón iasacht. Ba léir freisin a neamhthoil ár bhfoinsí cumhachta féin a fhorbairt go pras."

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

I am the reporter who asked this question, which I think should be asked more often. More than 100 children were reported killed at the girls’ school in Minab.

Mair a chapaill agus gheobhair…? ☢️ Mo cholún núicléach.

That United Kingdom?

‘Britain is not full of people who have suddenly decided to believe in demagogues peddling hate’ - Camilla Cavendish on the reasons for the main British parties’ severe drubbing in local elections.

Searching for a house: temporary shrine outside Phibsborough Library, erected by stained glass maker IG @Bean.No.Tigh, seeking a place of her own in North Clare for over three years.

I recently returned from a medical mission to Gaza, working as a neurosurgeon with the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association. I spoke to Croakey Health Media about my experience, and here is the interview. #neurosurgery #publichealth www.croakey.org/inside-gazas...

European Parliament and Council agree ban on AI technologies that “create child sexual abuse material or depict the intimate parts of an identifiable person, or them engaged in sexually explicit activities, without that person’s consent.”

🌍 Reality check. 🧵

Bravo Banksy.

Fianna Fáil x 100 = ? Mo cholún.

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🗣️ “We're in a permacrisis… if we don't look at what's getting us into this emergency, then we're just stumbling into the next one,” says @thinkorswim.bsky.social  #TonightVMTV

Wish.

👀 ‘Tá súil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta bota comhrá a chruthú a bheadh in ann scrúduithe cainte sa Ghaeilge a chur ar dhaltaí scoile agus mic léinn ollscoile’ - @maitiuocoimin.bsky.social

Ireland now. #housingcrisis #emigration #reminder

Late light over the Royal Canal. Phibsborough, Dublin.

Oibrithe ag teastáil chun obair thábhachtach a dheanamh. #Gaeilge

Deserved recognition for the no-nonsense, clear writing and research of @helenjoyce.skystack.xyz on a subject too often obscured by ideology or cowardice. @thetimes.com

Ní féidir le gach dream a thuilleann cabhair phráinneach ón rialtas bóithre a bhlocáil, mar a chuala coiste Oireachtais. Mo cholún i @tuairisc.bsky.social tuairisc.ie/ni-feidir-le...

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately…please feedback what you think! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Road Safety Authority rightly called to account for showing how right Mark Twain was. ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.’

An Ghaeltacht, pléite ag daoine a thuigeann í go maith. @tuairisc.bsky.social VIDEO tuairisc.ie/mar-a-cheile...

An interview with Amal Khalil, the Lebanese journalist who was killed yesterday - first targeted by airstrikes, then rescuers prevented from reaching her by the Israeli military: thepublicsource.org/amal-khalil-...