The European Commission must find a rapid solution to the IT problems it claimed led to a delay of its landmark anti-deforestation law, Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera told POLITICO.

www.politico.eu/article/ital... I've heard more about that ridiculous corporate PR about the Guiness family on current affairs/news than this. A massive strike goes unreported is what I mean by our Anglo obsession #speirgorm

This is a grouping Connolly's comments lump us in with #aras25 #speirgorm

Thought headlines about Connolly actually doing a 'Little Britian' style comparing of Germany to the Nazis were reaching. Checking the actual quote...and it's not. Its dismissal of this repeated pattern by fans that are reaching, & comparing her endless gaffs to Michael D is beyond it #speirgorm

We are dominated culturally, socially & politically by US/UK So much so we so no other way, even our "opposition" is often just imported counter talking points from US culture war I've been trying to seek out other European artists, Stromae & Rammstein are two pretty mainstream examples #speirgorm

While 🇺🇸 farms go under…

I haven't been around here much since I was warned by @moderation.bsky.app that my account was "violating (Bluesky's) violent and threatening speech guidelines" because I asked the CEO of Bluesky if she would give the same importance to the murder of Palestinian kids as to the murdered podcast guy.

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, announced his resignation after nearly 50 years at the ice cream-maker, as a rift with parent company Unilever deepened over its stance on Israel and Gaza.

When you have to live with a Eurosceptic fragility condition

🦪 Oysters fight climate change New research shows oyster farms pull in over twice as much carbon through ecosystem effects as they store in shells. They provide food and act as natural carbon sinks. 🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪

Austria...Belgium...France AND Spain all pushing for alcohol restrictions. Don't let anyone say people who don't drink alcohol are the only ones who see the harm because 100% those countries love good drink #speirgorm

Was going to say the comedy series Reaper but honestly still not over the tragedy of this not being renewed

I’m sure there’ll be corrections in equally prominent positions in each of these papers, yeah?

Belated acknowledgement from UvdL that the EU has been badly damaged by lack of response to Gaza. She's proposed suspending the trade element of EU-Israel Association Agreement (will need support from a big country like Germany or Italy to do that) -- long, *long* after Spain/Ireland proposed it.

I actually cried reading this, because I think it's the first time I've seen my own situation highlighted in the media, and all the feelings of shame and anger that go along with it. "I’m a 45-year-old person who has been working my entire life. I should not be in such a situation."

Yea yea Maga are bad...but I'm sorry 50% of US adults think science is bad, 30%+ of Dems?

My hot take on the silly imported Irish flag drama, don't fight it drown it out. Our flag means peace/reconciliation. Labelling it far right only helps them. We cant keep repeating mistakes & taking bait. Others should fly it. Make it look silly, have it everywhere. They'll get bored #speirgorm

Working in the industry for a company active in North America, China, and Europe and monitoring this field I am utterly sceptic about Europe lagging behind the US in this field. In view maturity of the tech Mercedes is IMO actually ahead of Tesla. Both are lagging behind China.

I spoke with Catherine Connolly today and asked her if she would renounce Gemma. She told me she couldn't, because she never endorsed her. I asked them what was the difference in a nomination and an endorsement and she did try to explain that what she did wasn't endorsing Gemma. #Speirghorm 1/2

Wouldn't you love for someone here to have the guts to tell the truth like this...#speirgorm

🗣️ "Those laws don't exist, Nick." Kieran Cuddihy rebuts claims made by Nick Delehanty regarding flag laws in Denmark. #TonightVMTV

I feel like it's hard to get across to my English pals that if the Taoiseach **made a point of insisting to the press** that they put Irish flags all over their house, and made sure to 'always' sit by one in their office, then they would immediately, and forever, be tainted as a massive weird freak.

🗳️ Countering election misinformation A study in the US and Brazil found that prebunking (warning about false claims in advance) and credible corrections both boosted trust in elections. 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia... #SciComm #Elections 🧪 #Politics

I dug into the Israeli entities that have received EU funding. Here’s what I found - www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

You know you're getting auld when you nearly ask the fashion minded young lads are they here to fix the lights or the jacks with the same trousers I wear to work #speirgorm

Listen lads if that's a convincing answer to some people I won't bother arguing, go n-éirí an bóthar leat. It isn't for me. If *that's* the furthest she can distance herself from Mick & Clare (praise + no disagreement), I'm just not convinced she doesn't share exactly the same views. #spéirgorm

Imagine being told someone you supported is accusing a people being invaded and colonised falsely of being Nazis, openly parroting Russian propaganda and you not only don't disavow that person but praise him?! Deplorable stuff #speirgorm

Loads in it listening back. Asked her about Mick Wallace’s views on Ukraine’s “Nazi orientation”, she praises contributions of MW & CD and says this idea of “by association to be guilty is a very, very worrying way to go.” Says it’s for the people to decide - but “I’ve never hesitated” on Ukraine

If any other candidate was dodging media interviews and questions this place would rightly be calling it out. So why the exception for Connolly? #speirgorm

Ursula von der Leyen’s dash to Donald Trump’s golf resort in Scotland last month to seal an unbalanced trade deal has raised fears among politicians and analysts that Europe has lost the leverage that it once thought it had as a leading global trade power.

Lithuania’s parliament today approved Inga Ruginienė — a longtime trade unionist and political newcomer — as prime minister, following the resignation of Gintautas Paluckas amid allegations about his financial dealings.

So Woody Allen headlining Moscow Film festival this week, saying things like how he always loved Russian cinema. Wow I didn’t know his movie career was that bad he needed to turn to Russia of all places for scraps while they bomb my home country every day.

Man I wonder why the US would start banning the most well known book on fascism...

The US and the EU have finally firmed up a trade deal that sets a 15 percent baseline US tariff. Now, a more awkward task will be for Brussels to show the world it didn’t break the very rules of international trade that it helped to craft.

Really excellent. Since Wakefield's retracted study, 43 of some 70 studies found no vaccine-autism link For 26 reporting a link: 2/3s authored by David & Mark Geier. Their work's been criticized for "deceptive research techniques & flawed data." Of the 8 others: 4 retracted for data manipulation

Every generation seems determined to make the humiliation and punishment heaped on the youth worse and worse. Disgusting #speirgorm

The UK Government seeks to criminalise an Irish citizen for spending her country's legal tender in said country, to support a cause that mirrors those of her predecessors. And they're the supposed adults in the room? #spéirghorm #ireland

Russians are advancing in Zaporizhzhia oblast under the American flag.

Trump told European leaders he believed a rapid peace deal could be negotiated if Mr. Zelensky agreed to give up the rest of the Donbas region to Russia, even those areas not occupied by Russian troops, according to two senior European officials briefed on the call. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

The frightening part of this Farage adviser story is that this creepy irredentism for lands that were stolen in the first place, for colonialism, is part of the same exceptionalism, imperial nostalgia, and ignorance that drove Brexit but is a force in Westminster today. Mr Anderton is 23

Reeling in the Years for the years 2001-2007 is like watching a prequel to a famous slasher movie. Lots of people talking about the bright future we know will never happen #speirgorm

Interviewed Gareth Sheridan this morning - he says it's time for an end to 'left - right divisive' politics. That's despite being introduced to councillors by Senator Sharon Keogan - who said LGBT+ people were involved in an 'organised takeover' of society... and who has posted "#IrelandisFull".

Poland today halted all further payments under an EU-funded program after a transparency push exposed grants for yachts, vodka bars and a business registered at the same address as a sex club.

Watchmen #speirgorm style

Obscene. The only word for it #speirgorm.

😂😂 and some say comedy is dead. Ah yes the UK is famous for being able to listen to those who disagree #speirgorm

Wow, todays Irish Times brings the news you really want to read if you are struggling to get a home Know your place in #DerelictIreland

#prayforoursinners is a startling. One small part that surprised me is some of the expose on school beatings was triggered by a presentation by a doctor to a @macranafeirme.bsky.social club in Robinstown Navan. I'm glad some stood up for progress, too few but Macra had a few examples #speirgorm

🚨 BREAKING: French President Emanuel Macron said the EU failed to leverage its massive single market and sufficiently scare the US into accepting a better deal than the one it reached Sunday. 🔗 ow.ly/8Et450Wxjwz