Well done @rodericogorman.bsky.social leading by example! Hopefully others will follow quickly!

Madness. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do." “We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...

Oh yeah - obviously this decision comes at a cost to the party. We had a lot of followers on X, that we won't now be able to talk to. So give us a follow here instead bsky.app/profile/gree...

The Irish Times view on public transport funding: a failure of political imagination

The bird app is dead to me, folks. 🐦 Thanks for making this (and other channels) my new home. 👏👏 #speirgorm

To be clear, we decided a month ago that we had to quit twitter. It was going to be a slower process, but the platform being used to generate child sexual images, and sexual harassment images, meant we had to do it immediately.

Every hour between Monday and Tuesday, Twitter generated 6,700 sexual deepfake images. Experts say it has become the biggest online factory of such material in the world. This was a trend once on the darkest corners of the web - now pushed by a billionaire into the mainstream.

In December, the Green Party Executive Committee agreed that the Party would move away from posting on X, a move that began in the New Year. @rodericogorman.bsky.social is no longer posting on the platform since the decision in December.

US threats of military force against Greenland are dangerous and inflammatory. europeangreens.eu/news/europea...

Green Party Condemns Minister O’Brien’s “Climate Surrender”; Demands Immediate Reinstatement of Public Transport Projects In an article in today's @irishtimes.com the Minister admitted that the State will reduce greenhouse emissions by just half of its 51 per cent target by 2030 Find out more 👇

People often ask me why street trees are not replaced immediately when they blow down. Here's why...

Sinn Féin’s multi-year budget is being sold as “transformation” - but it’s just more managed decline, more austerity dressed up as stability, not actual reform. 1/6

The mystery investor behind Waterford airport revealed. A fossil fuel billionaire and friend of Trump who wanted a handy airport for the estate he bought in Kilkenny. www.waterford-news.ie/news/us-bill...

Went to check if this screenshot (posted by @aric.bsky.social) was real (it is) and then made the mistake of also scrolling through Grok's replies on X. Still constantly cranking out sexualised images of young girls. Beyond bleak.

This is like an old fashioned Gawker blog but somehow British and high-brow. I'll take it. www.ft.com/content/ad94...

Netanyahu’s government risks shutting down humanitarian organisations in Gaza. Unless changes are made, the cost to Palestinians will be unthinkable. europeangreens.eu/news/europe-...

Things stepping up. ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.

Every year we delay, the climate crisis gets worse, and more intractable. But this government does nothing except delay.

Rape Crisis Ireland has called for a total ban on AI-based functions that can produce sexual images of children and adults. It comes after Coimisiún na Meán said it's engaging with the European Commission over concerns the AI tool Grok is being used to create sexually explicit images on X

1/3 In light of the revelation that Grok the X AI chatbot have been responding to user prompts to remove the clothing from images of women and to create "sexualized images of children" to further post them on X, Green Party Media and Justice Spokespersons have called on state regulators to act.

We use 500,000 cups per day in Ireland. A levy on disposable cups which would nudge consumers towards keep-cups was almost over the line when this government ditched it. Another case of businesses lobbying for what is in their interest, at the cost to the environment. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

So, on the one hand we must remove the triple lock because the security council should not be allowed to veto Irish peacekeeping operations. On the other hand the security council is the only legitimate arbiter of international law.

14-year-old Szymon Zajko missing from Midleton since 8.30am today. Wearing grey school uniform and North Face jacket. csalert.ie/4jnGISu

The Irish government appear to be claiming that invasions are only illegal if the security council says so. There is no limit to the fools they will make of themselves to appease Trump.

A New Year's Resolution: www.greenparty.ie/take-action

Have the Irish regulators done anything?

Hope starts with action Act today, and join the @greenpartyie.bsky.social

He's been in the job for a year and has done absolutely nothing, so yeah, it probably would take *him* at least two years www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Abandoned plans to reduce urban speed limits, reform the RSA, and introduce red light cameras.

Ok but will the driverless Dublin metro have buttons so I can pretend to drive it like I did in Copenhagen? That's the real question

When the Greens were in government there was one new bus route every week. And now we will get a year wih no new bus routes ! www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...

Elon Musk released a software programme, on a platform he runs, that contained no safeguards. People used it to create images that were abhorrent, and illegal. Who is going to be held accountable for this? Anyone?

When the President of the United States says he launched a war for oil, will the Irish and EU governments do more than look slightly embarrassed?

Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela without a UN mandate contravenes international law and further destabilises the country and the region. europeangreens.eu/news/europea...

The Green Party condemns the unilateral and illegal action of the U.S. in attacking Venezuela. The most pressing humanitarian issue is the welfare of people in Venezuela and to protect against violence and unrest in the country in response to the actions of the U.S.

Cold morning at Brickfields, but great to celebrate the 8th birthday! #loveparkrun

The vapping industry is a disgrace-the legislation to ban disposable vapes is taking far too long. And reading between the lines, no one is actually being fined or jailed for selling addictive vapes to children-just a slap on the wrist. More enforcement please. www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/...

Millionaire landlord Michael Healy Rae doesn't think there should be a new law on short-term letting. I think each council should be able to set its own rules on short-term lets in their area, but they need the power to enforce those rules. In Dublin, we need long-term rentals.

“The only people to do anything constructive for Irish agriculture in the last 20 years were the hated Greens, and I doubt if they got 10 votes for it in rural Ireland.” Thankyou @thinkorswim.bsky.social for the shout out. Great interview podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t... @tonygroves.bsky.social

Cutting methane is one of the fastest ways to slow warming. UNEP’s Eye on Methane shows the data is here, but action isn’t. Governments must turn measurement into real cuts: www.unep.org/resources/ey... #CutMethane #YearInReview

The Dublin Citizens Assembly said the people of Dublin should be able to elect their mayor, and that a plebiscite should be held to decide. Three years on, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are still sitting on their hands. Let the people vote.

Unpublished letter to the Irish Times: 190 people were killed on Irish roads last year. AnTaoiseach is reported to be "deeply concerned". Concerned enough to implement a default 30 kmh speed limit in built-up areas? No, that plan was scrapped...

Totally normal levels of ambition on public transport with thousands locked in to car dependency and record traffic on the M50. Sick and tired of this Government’s backtracking? 👇 greenparty.ie/take-action

190 lives lost on Irish roads in 2025, and a government that are choosing to do something worse than nothing. They are abandoning road safety interventions planned by the previous government.

We had such a good time on the Christmas #IBIKEBop @ibike.ie are rolling again to blow away the festive cobwebs 🗓️2 January 2026 🕕6PM 📍Parnell Sq N Everyone is welcome #CriticalMass #FreeTheCycleLanes

190 people were killed on Irish roads last year. This government is backtracking on safety measures instead of acting to save lives.

The government has paused expansion of public transport. BusConnects in Dublin, Cork etc. along with new LocalLink routes for rural areas are all now at risk. Happy New Year from FF, FG & Lowry!

This is not true. He should know it isn't true. Or maybe he knows, but he says it anyway.