Absolutely incredible that anyone can blockade Whitegate refinery, causing forecourts to run dry, close tunnels and motorways, block public transport — and have the red carpet rolled out for them. All responsibility lies with the Taoiseach.

Declan Power: Fuel protests show just how vulnerable we are to home threats – and how easy it is to fan the flames www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...

There is something very bleak about the threat of annihilation of an entire country filtered disproportionately through the lens of the cost of petrol and diesel. The energy crisis is real and serious but so is the threat to our shared humanity. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Not much balanced reporting here, despite the fact the entire bike stand is being removed and there is no replacement for the foreseeable future. What do the users of it do in the meantime?

I had to check but yes this is real

Air Corps and medics scrambled to reunite 96-year-old man with wife hours before he died

The Irish Times view on Council of State appointments: measured and careful

Car parking or outdoor dining? “The stated reason [to reject the outdoor seating licence renewal] was to restore just six to seven car parking spaces across the town" www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Shorter school days and more breaks under review as Dáil committee pushes for ‘holistic’ Finnish model

Cork City Council propose altering the city development plan to allow another vehicle access route over "public open space" and an existing public park at Marina Park. You can make your views known.

It is 8.15am, and rail commuters in Midleton are clambering onto their city-bound train, writes Jennie O'Sullivan

The Doagh Famine Village on the Inishowen Peninsula reopens today, nearly a year after a fire destroyed two-thirds of the iconic northwest heritage attraction.

A major issue for Cork's vital volunteer search and rescue teams 🚨

Renewable energy from wind and solar reduced the gas and carbon costs of generating electricity on the island of Ireland last year by more than €1.5 billion, according to a new report.

Interesting reframing of "being lightly mocked for the amount of ashes (which is a lot compared to most people)" as "I was shamed for my catholic beliefs and I'm a victim".

The Irish Times view on the Mayor of Limerick: Moran has a mandate

How green is The Irish Times? Why does it side with nimbys so much? Can I put any question in a headline and not bother answering it? irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/h...

An international conservation group has selected Belfast's Assembly Rooms as one of 21 sites across the world it will fund this year.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

Cut vegetation being removed from the banks of the River Bride early this morning, mere hours after the Irish Examiner story was published highlighting the flood risk. This area is a Landscape Preservation Zone (NE3) Story - www.irishexaminer.com/.../munster/... www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

So, if I'm reading this correctly, Cork public airspace has been given over to a Dublin company occasionally delivering lattés and everyone else has to provide two days notice before they can fly their drone ? #Speirgorm

New Basic Income for the Arts scheme announced! 🎨 Practicing artists based in Republic of Ireland will be invited to apply & 2,000 eligible artists will be selected to receive the payment of €325 per week for three years @deptcultureirl.bsky.social @gov.ie www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

President Catherine Connolly's trip to Northern Ireland fulfilled a promise made in her inauguration speech - and it has gone down as a successful first outing, writes Northern Correspondent Conor Macauley

Lorcan Sirr: Latest set of rent rules will make the market even more dysfunctional

All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...

Radical New Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre Plans Recommend Leaving It The Fuck Alone https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/28/radical-new-stephens-green-shopping-centre-plans-recommend-leaving-it-the-fuck-alone/

Thanks John O'Shea and @echolive.bsky.social for their excellent report on this important matter. I want to see urgent, stronger laws from the government, action from online platforms, and public solidarity. Thank you all for the support shown to me and my family.

NTA continues to force Irish Rail to stay on X despite child sexual abuse material scandal Irish and international experts have said social media platform X was generating child sexual abuse material, as well as nonconsensual "undressing" images of adults, but the National Transport Authority…

Ourselves, @dublincommuters.bsky.social, @galwaycommuters.bsky.social, & Cork Commuter Coalition wrote to Iarnród Éireann & the NTA today, asking them to cease posting real-time service updates exclusively on X. This vital info should be widely available. Read below: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Sexualised AI-generated deepfakes “will be the abuse scandal of the 21st century” if urgent action is not taken, with Gráinne Seoige set to tell an Oireachtas committee that many women and girls have hit “dead ends” in their complaints despite reporting content to platforms and gardaí.

Worth taking 15 minutes to watch. A speech that will define a century. "We knew the […] rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient. … that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused or the victim."

EU needs to rethink relations with US

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

"Green spaces" on Coburg St still look awful. These need to be planted up and maintained properly

Interesting #househistory of Queen's Place, Cork, by Richard Forrest, including of the resident dogs! www.echolive.ie/nostalgia/ar...

Red light cameras left idle for a decade, draft plan left unfinished for 8 months but Govt says reducing road deaths "absolute priority" irishcycle.com/2026/01/10/r...