🌍 As extreme weather worsens, what can Ireland learn from Rwanda’s response to deadly floods and landslides? Richard Chambers reports on early-warning systems, rainwater harvesting and tree planting already saving lives. #TruthMatters — cutting through misinformation

Our first report on Rwanda - the very frontline of the climate crisis.

NEW: X Is *drowning* in disinformation following US and Israel’s attack on Iran. WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack. read @davidgilbert.bsky.social:

Tfw you didn't study much medieval history at school

Mark Zuckerberg is set to take the stand Wednesday to testify for the first time before a jury about claims that his social media platforms harmed children and teens.

Vast majority of bookings for short-term lets in Ireland are entire homes, not rooms

Pints, prayers and horse racing on the beach: Martin Parr in rural Ireland – in pictures

The clip of this moment made me go back and watch the full episode. The questioning & examination of govt policy by @newschambers.bsky.social and @aislingmaloney.bsky.social is quite good, worth the watch.

RUBIO: TRUMP IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ORBAN'S SUCCESS

Breaking: Gardaí are starting a search operation on open ground in Co Wicklow today as part of the investigation into the disappearance and murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob in the 1990s.

My first piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social - a primer of sorts on Ireland’s role in EU tech regulation Context for the year ahead, as the 2 foundations of the economy - the 2 forces that dragged post independence Ireland out of poverty - the EU & US FDI - go to war

It’s ̶G̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶h̶o̶g̶ ̶D̶a̶y̶ raining… again.

Main road between Rush and Lusk in Dublin is impassable

News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Thanks, Tonight Show viewers! We got into it with lively debate on important issues, discussed how to improve society and even broke some news along the way. A good stint!

“That was the last time I ever saw Grace.” Siobhan Lynch remembers the final moments with her daughter, who passed away at the end of January after being hit by a scrambler. 📺 #TheBigInterview | Tonight at 9pm | Virgin Media PLAY and Virgin Media One

We go again. Early start: 21.30 -VM ONE @tonightvmtv.bsky.social

We’d a good show last night on @tonightvmtv.bsky.social, digging in to the case of Irish citizens detained under ICE in the US and whether the government’s own policies undermine its efforts to address them.

🗣️ “Are you proposing that landlords never be allowed to increase their rents?” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe 🗣️ “Not while you continue to fail to meet your housing targets,” — Labour TD Duncan Smith #TonightVMTV #HousingCrisis #NewRentRules

🗣️ “Is this a decision that’s soon going to be taken out of his hands?” — guest presenter @newschambers.bsky.social 🗣️ “Keir Starmer’s certainly in a precarious position in the medium term,” — Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor at the Financial Times #TonightVMTV #UKPolitics #KeirStarmer

We’d a good show last night on @tonightvmtv.bsky.social, digging in to the case of Irish citizens detained under ICE in the US and whether the government’s own policies undermine its efforts to address them.

Good buzz that!

🗣️ “Surely nobody should be in a condition described like that?” — guest presenter @newschambers.bsky.social 🗣️ “They shouldn’t,” — Fianna Fáil TD Paul McAuliffe 🗣️ “Sorry, that’s actually a description of the Knockalisheen Centre,” — @newschambers.bsky.social #TonightVMTV #SeamusCulleton #ICE

On #TonightVMTV at 10pm: 🚨 Irishman held in US ICE facility for 5 months – calls grow for Taoiseach to act.  🚨 Govt backtracks on short-term lets amid new rent rules.  🚨 Keir Starmer vows to lead his party into the next general election

Tonight Show at 10pm. ICE detentions of Irish citizens: what’s the Government going to do about it? The Residential Tenancies Bill and the Short Term Let U-Turn. Keir Starmer on the ropes. Let’s go!

Do not adjust your cathode ray tubes, your LCDs or your burnt-in plasmas... Presenting The Tonight Show on VMTV for the next couple of nights only. Will try not to break anything.

I absolutely cannot abide this shite.

This is a breaking news story.

Macbeth: SHIT

In scenes reminiscent of Salthill… Some cars took on sea water in Bray as weather warnings remained in place.

TikTok found to be in breach of the Digital Services Act.

River Slaney high and rising as that rain from Wicklow Mountains flows down.

I'm almost certain that without a hint of self-awareness someone's going to have a dig at Met Éireann overhyping the weather alert today.

People are being advised to work from home if possible tomorrow in areas affected by the weather warning. A lot of rain left to fall, a lot of areas suffering problems with coastal flooding and that may only be exacerbated in the morning.

Spectacular power on display at the pier in Wicklow town.

Weather update: Mowldy. As much as 100mm of rain forecast for the Wicklow Mountains - which is obviously a big concern for towns like Aughrim but also ones downstream. An update ⤵️

January was the second wettest month in Dublin on record - and Mayo and Kerry got 30 days of rain jrnl.ie/6946725

Sensitive timing.

The Oireachtas Media Committee 🔔 Alan Kelly notes the “disrespect” shown by X in refusing to attend but also takes aim at the “bizarre” and “worrying” conditions requested by other social platforms - he says at least one company said “if three of the four platforms attend, we’ll be there”.

Tech giants Meta, Google and TikTok are before the Oireachtas Media Committee today... as was long flagged, X has refused to take part. X even went so far as to reject a written request from the Taoiseach to appear before the Committee.

Times: The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

The US House Judiciary Committee publishes report accusing Irish regulators of censoring social media coverage of elections and working with 'biased fact-checkers'. Full documents ⤵️ judiciary.house.gov/media/press-...

Another dark day for all the lads who love a good Chomsky quote graphic but never bothered to read a book.

EXCLUSIVE: Lord Peter Mandelson lobbied the US government on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein and Jes Staley in 2010 when he was business secretary, using their talking points in conversations with an American official about financial-crisis reforms www.ft.com/content/e50f...

SIMI report: New car registrations for January 🔺 3.3% (34,604) compared to January 2025 (33,499). 7,319 new battery electric cars registered - 🔺 48.7% on Jan 2025. "This growth represents the highest number of electric car registrations to date."

The Taoiseach has warned the situation in the south east is “worrying” as further damaging flooding is forecast. Micheál Martin and senior ministers are due to attend a meeting of the National Emergency Coordination Group this afternoon. #VMNews

New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok. The chatbot still produces sexualized images — even when told the subjects don’t consent. even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation. even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse. www.reuters.com/business/des...

Spain the latest country to announce it's going to ban social media for children under the age of 16. "We will protect them from the digital Wild West" - Pedro Sanchez. www.euronews.com/next/2026/02...

Paris prosecutors raid the offices of Elon Musk's X. www.reuters.com/world/europe...