Ciarán Ferrie

Architecture, urbanism and sustainable transport... and politics, everything is political.

Galwegian living in Dublin, Ireland

Profile pic: me and Peggy Seeger, January 2025

Header image: A photo of a street surface with the words "Ici, les pietons sont prioritaires" painted on it (Here, pedestrians have priority) which was taken in Nantes, France.

Janey Godley was right.

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2026-10-11 21:59:19 UTC

Remember the planned reform of the Road Safety Authority? And the criticism of the current setup because it doesn't actually have any authority and couldn't therefore be effective in improving road safety?
Well, Minister Canney's solution to that was not, as you might expect, to give the organisation more authority. Nope, he proposed to change the name to the Road Safety Agency.
Can't be criticised for not having authority if it's not called an authority, you see! 🤷‍♂️
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/minister-wanted-to-change-name-of-road-safety-authority...-but-only-very-slightly/a/162869385.html

2026-10-08 07:50:28 UTC

Another morning walking my daughter to school, another parent driving a 2.5 tonne SUV driving through a red light at a pedestrian crossing while children and their parents prepare to cross.

2026-09-27 08:13:20 UTC

I think a lot people who either aren't Irish, or are under the age of 40 may not fully appreciate the history behind today's attempted march on the Garvaghy Road in Drumcree. There's some good historical context in this Wikipedia article including the fact that the Orange Order has been inciting violence against Catholics in the area for over 230 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumcree_conflict
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2026-09-20 17:24:29 UTC

A guy at a party last night was telling me all about the niche rural sport of sheep throwing, which apparently is quite popular at agricultural shows up and down the country.
At least that's what I thought he said...turns out they were throwing "sheafs" not sheep, which is probably just as well from an animal welfare perspective.

2026-08-30 15:53:02 UTC

Has anyone else noticed that there hasn't been very much coverage of the two Irish people missing in the Nepal floods since we found out that their names weren't particular Irish-sounding?
Also have you noticed it changed from being "two Irish tourists" to "two Irish citizens"?
Contrast with the accidental death of a couple in Spain where we know their names, her maiden name, occupation, hometown, number of children, father's and uncle's names and occupations and their sporting achievements.

2026-08-16 11:29:36 UTC

I'm not a tech person and I don't follow the tech industry closely but I've always had some awareness that Steve Wozniak was the more grounded of the two Steve's who founded Apple.
I hadn't quite realised what a thoroughly decent guy he is. His attitude to wealth is exemplary and I love the story about him giving some of his Apple shares to the technicians who helped build the Apple products, after Steve Jobs tried to shaft them.
I really hope there's no "well, actually" response to this.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/117/104/890/548/829/112/original/d8f58b1a640e1be5.jpg

2026-08-15 06:55:47 UTC

“The extra income that Ireland is generating by trying to be business-friendly, in practice means a lot of fake accounting of international corporations booking their profits in Ireland with economic activity which is not happening in Ireland.
Ireland’s model imposes costs on others because multinationals continue to damage the climate while other countries are forced to impose taxes on their low and middle-income earners to make up for the escaping corporation tax."
https://archive.fo/RHvsZ

2026-07-31 09:53:04 UTC

@nprofile…0mda and @nprofile…8g56's Collision Tracker map has been updated to include Garda/RSA collision data from 2016-2024 and the results are horrifying.
It now also includes a feature where you can send the data to your local TD to ask for better infrastructure and enforcement.
https://www.collisiontracker.ie/map
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2026-07-20 14:52:07 UTC

Just so we’re clear. If you are 16 years old and you live in Ireland, you can drive the vehicle on the left, but it’s far too dangerous for you to drive the one on the right.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/116/952/852/869/347/323/original/5fffbf5f6e5f7630.png

2026-07-08 21:24:08 UTC

The good denizens of Wikipedia are doing a superb job in capturing the absurdity of the upcoming UK parliamentary by-election in Clacton...
2026 Clacton by-election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Clacton_by-election

2026-07-07 06:12:41 UTC

My letter in today's Irish Times...
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/116/877/212/048/749/531/original/4ff9b81fab02b430.jpg

2026-07-01 15:17:52 UTC

Thanks to @nprofile…7493 I've discovered the Explore.org live puffin ledge cam on Seal Island, Maine, which, to my great delight, includes audio.
I'm sitting here at my desk with the sound of the sea, the wind and puffins in my ears.
https://explore.org/livecams/puffins/puffin-loafing-ledge-cam
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2026-06-17 06:37:14 UTC

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@nprofile…r769 Well done and best of luck with the campaign!

2026-06-11 08:30:51 UTC

So you want to watch the World Cup but you also want to boycott the USA?
Here's a schedule of the 26 matches that are being played in Canada and Mexico over the next month.
#WorldCup #BoycottWorldCup
(All times are Eastern Time/UTC-4)
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2026-06-05 06:20:54 UTC

"Building a more equitable world while respecting planetary limits is possible. To achieve this, targeted reductions in consumption in specific sectors, a drastic cut in fossil fuel use and changes in dietary habits will be necessary."
Thomas Piketty's lab proposes ambitious plan to cut global inequality and curb climate change
https://archive.fo/YtWsq
Hook this to my veins!

2026-05-27 18:40:51 UTC

Great definition of a "pedant" in today's Crosaire - "someone who gets off on a technicality"

2026-05-26 14:58:40 UTC

The planet is burning and it's our fault - here's a photo of two cute little boys shooting water pistols.
🤦‍♂️
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/116/641/457/569/672/390/original/9af9a0f79134fb4b.jpg

2026-05-11 06:25:33 UTC

Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon, oversees the funding of the Irish greyhound industry to the tune of €20 million per annum. Each year around 200 greyhounds are killed and hundreds more injured from being forced to race.
A clampdown on sulky racing after the death of one horse is hypocritical in that context and feels more like an attack on Traveller culture than an act of animal welfare.
RTE news : Call for sulky racing clampdown over welfare concerns
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0510/1572670-sulky-racing/

2026-05-04 16:48:15 UTC

Today is the 110th anniversary of the birth of Jane Jacobs, the writer and activist who is celebrated for her writings and campaigns for a human scaled urbanism.
What's less known about her is that in her later years she published a book, "Dark Age Ahead", which predicted a new Dark Age which she characterised as a mass amnesia where even the memory of what was lost is lost.
Her arguments seem all too familiar today.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/116/517/305/601/337/952/original/07b7119b951f63ac.jpg

2026-04-17 07:09:05 UTC

This has been a VERY long time coming. It's 15 years since we last had a release of historic census data when the 1911 Census went on line. Revolution and wars meant that Ireland didn't have a census in 1916 or 1921 and the 1926 Census is the first census of the Irish Free State.
I can't wait to get stuck into it.
RTE news : Watch: 1926 Census records to be released online
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0417/1568557-census-1926-national-archives/

2026-04-16 20:59:18 UTC

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2026-04-15 06:53:14 UTC

"Tensions between pedestrians and cyclists are not caused by walking or cycling themselves, but by decades of car-centric street design that have forced active modes to compete for inadequate space"
New report from the International Federation of Pedestrians
https://ifpedestrians.org/cycling-and-the-relationship-with-pedestrians/

2026-04-12 19:35:11 UTC

Orbán is gone!
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

2026-04-12 09:18:52 UTC

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@nprofile…x9tq That's not going to happen, they are not interested in Irish culture, they are interested in white supremacist culture.
One of the groups involved in the protests this week is called Sinne na Daoine, which translates (poorly) as "We The People". Their whole shtick is imported from the US and the UK.
Remember that time Philip Dwyer lost his tiny little mind when he was spoken to by a black Irishman in our native tongue?
https://roscommonpeople.ie/lets-talk-about-far-right-hypocrisy/

2026-04-11 06:54:56 UTC

“Building more roads in a world on fire is truly an act of insanity” – Irish Doctors for Environment verdict on Galway Ring Road
https://www.connachttribune.ie/news/an-act-of-insanity-irish-doctors-for-environment-verdict-on-galway-ring-road-6569919

2026-03-31 21:24:22 UTC

Interesting choice of Featured Article on Wikipedia on the day that Buckingham Palace confirmed that King Charles' trip to the US will go ahead next month.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/116/325/885/305/935/942/original/9c223b05521fc99d.jpg

2026-03-08 12:26:44 UTC

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- Only 17% of women in Dublin cycle at last once a week
- Almost half of Dublin women don't think it's safe to cycle in their local area
- 27% of women do not cycle but would like to
For a more equitable transport future we need to see investment in public transport and active travel that will reduce car-dependency, make public transport safe and reliable, and provide an integrated network of safe, segregated cycle paths.
3/3

2026-03-08 12:26:28 UTC

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- 60% of women in Ireland aged 18 to 24 don't hold a driver's licence
- 56% of women over 75 don't hold a licence
- In Dublin, just 66% of women own or have access to a car, but 79% consider it a necessity.
- Outside of Dublin that increases to 81% with access to a car and 95% who consider it a necessity
- 55% of women in Ireland would not use public transport at night
- 34% of woman say that feelings of insecurity have prevented them from travelling
2/3

2026-03-08 12:24:32 UTC

On International Women's Day, a reminder that investment in sustainable transport is an equality issue. A transport system that assumes car ownership and doesn't provide safe and accessible alternatives is an unequal system.
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2026-03-04 14:01:09 UTC

“We are not going to take a position that goes against our values and principles out of fear of reprisals from others”
Pedro Sánchez knows that you have to stand up to bullies, appeasement only encourages them.
‘We say no to war’: Spain pushes back against Trump’s threats – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/pedro-sanchez-spain-donald-trump-attack-critcism/

2026-02-17 14:09:11 UTC

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@nprofile…y92j Tom Waits - Step Right Up https://song.link/d/466833082
#StepsAndStairs #TuneTuesday

2026-02-12 14:39:54 UTC

Another classic from @nprofile…um8x
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2026-01-31 07:55:27 UTC

Surely it's not STILL January?! 🥺

2026-01-25 13:26:19 UTC

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@nprofile…la7y stupid decision but a great opportunity for the Greens

2026-01-20 22:12:17 UTC

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@nprofile…gfcd I came across it in the work of Dr Rory Rowan who is speaking at this event next week alongside Yaris Varoufakis. Dr Rowan is certainly not a fan. https://mastodon.ie/@rc73/115923504308541530

2026-01-20 22:07:11 UTC

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@nprofile…gfcd I had never heard of Schmitt before today and this is the second mention of him I've come across.

2026-01-17 10:58:39 UTC

I'm probably very late to this but I've just discovered this website that gives a range of European alternatives to digital products.
I came across it when looking for an alternative to Dropbox which my business is probably over-reliant on.
https://european-alternatives.eu/

2026-01-14 14:56:36 UTC

TIL that underneath all that ice, Greenland is basically hollow https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-greenland-maps-show-more-glaciers-at-risk/
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/115/894/027/846/925/253/original/d75dd9b430a5b6ae.png

2026-01-03 10:09:46 UTC

If the EU doesn't respond strongly to Trump's anschluss of Venezuela, Greenland will be next.

2025-12-27 17:50:51 UTC

The days may be short this time of year in Galway but they finish with a flourish!
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/115/792/789/705/525/357/original/ead15c2311cb6f91.jpg

2025-11-15 08:48:30 UTC

“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the poor”
Motorists caught speeding at over 200km/h on motorway avoided driving bans after making charity donations
https://archive.fo/XghbR

2025-11-11 23:16:00 UTC

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@nprofile…35ec As late as 1955 Churchill was still fighting to maintain the British Empire, operating 600 concentration camps in Malaya and overseeing the massacre of innocent civilians through a policy of collective punishment, with British soldiers putting the corpses of those killed on public display, and keeping their severed heads as trophies.

2025-11-04 21:01:04 UTC

Even as Simon Harris, leader of so-called party of fiscal responsibility, is telling us that we have too much immigration, the Department of Finance, where his party colleague holds the ministerial position, is telling us the exact opposite.
It's almost as if pandering to anti-immigrant sentiment in an attempt to hold onto power is more important to him than managing the economy properly.
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/1104/1542146-ireland-faces-falling-tax-revenues-as-population-ages/
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/115/493/426/506/221/703/original/043c30bf2958dc15.jpg

2025-10-30 08:34:58 UTC

Almost got creamed on my cycle to work this morning by a white van driver who turned left across me without signalling.
It was only that I sensed something unusual about his road positioning that caused me to hold back just before he turned, otherwise I would have been under his wheel.
#CyclingInDublin

2025-10-16 20:42:51 UTC

Cycling home today, a guy in a Landcruiser drove right into me. I was in the cycle lane and I suddenly see this guy coming straight for me from the other side of the road.
I thought, surely he's not going to pull in in front of me, I'll keep going and he can pull in after me.
But he kept coming, so I stopped.
And he kept coming...and drove straight into me forcing my front wheel sideways and mounting the kerb.
And then he got out and walked off as if nothing had happened.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/115/385/772/619/070/545/original/a3edd564a5073300.jpg
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2025-10-16 20:02:39 UTC

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@nprofile…t03n Harsh on the chimpanzees, to be fair

2025-10-15 06:54:21 UTC

I have been giving blood for years but am no longer allowed to do so for health reasons.
Blood reserves in Ireland are critically low right now. Please consider donating blood, if you are eligible, it costs you nothing except your time and you will be saving lives.
You can check eligibility and book an appointment at: https://www.giveblood.ie/
Eligibility rules are always changing so please check if even you think you may not be eligible.
#GiveBlood

2025-10-03 08:01:37 UTC

"The OPW spends around €1.2m every year leasing car parking spaces for civil servants. In central Dublin, dozens of spaces for the Revenue Commissioners cost over €100k annually. Parking for Leinster House itself runs to a similar figure each year. These are recurring bills, quietly signed off without any outrage. Yet a once-off €100k for secure bike storage for hospital staff and patients is treated as if it were a national disgrace."
Excellent piece by Ciarán Cannon
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-shed-outrage-car-parks-hypocrisy-cycling-6832794-Oct2025/

2025-10-02 14:48:04 UTC

"Twitter...is set up to encourage a perpetual cascade of premature judgements based on hasty misreadings of a couple of random lines taken out of context. Worse, it is algorithmically optimised to ensure that decontextualised fragments of your thoughts are globally distributed into the faces of the specific people who are most likely to misunderstand them, be upset, and lash out. Twitter has become a gigantic machine for punishing intelligent, thoughtful expression."
https://www.juliangough.com/journal/2021/11/26/i-stopped-blogging-time-to-start-again

2025-10-01 18:15:51 UTC

The inspirational Jane Goodall - may she rest in peace.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/115/300/261/436/289/987/original/52cafb5e0e62ac09.png

2025-06-13 19:56:23 UTC

Just as Putin's invasion of Ukraine was a direct consequence of the international community ignoring his annexing of half of Georgia, so Israel's attacks on Iran are a direct consequence of the international community ignoring the genocide in Gaza, the illegal occupation of the West Bank, the incursions in Syria and the attacks in Lebanon.
As long as they continue to face no consequences for their actions they will continue to widen their attacks.

2025-06-10 06:25:34 UTC

Journalist: You said you want to arrest Gavin Newsom, what crime has he committed?
Trump: To start with, running for Governor of California...
This is where the journalist should have stepped in and said: "You want to arrest him because you disagree with his politics? Isn't that unconstitutional? Surely only a dictator would do such a thing?"
But no, they let him ramble on about Biden and extreme leftists until the question is forgotten.

2025-06-09 06:36:10 UTC

“The Israeli military attacking a boat full of unarmed activists bringing food and medicine to Gaza is a clear breach of international law.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/4/madleen-gaza-flotilla-live-greta-thunberg-activists-to-arrive-on-june-7

2025-06-08 22:43:39 UTC

Live news tracker on the progress of the #Madleen on Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/4/madleen-gaza-flotilla-live-greta-thunberg-activists-to-arrive-on-june-7
Francesca Albanese is reporting that the Madleen is surrounded by five Israeli speedboats. It appears to still be in international waters.
#FreedomFlotilla

2025-05-17 23:48:13 UTC

The European Broadcasting Union narrowly missed out on an embarrassing scandal of international proportions this evening and it was entirely avoidable.
Israel should never have been allowed to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest and the abnormally high public vote they received undermines the entire competition.
If they had won, and they very nearly did, the political fallout would have been enormous and would have cast doubt on the future of the competition.

2025-05-17 14:42:44 UTC

Tens of thousands of people marched in Dublin today to call for an end to the Israeli genocide in Gaza
RTE news : Pro-Palestinian protesters call for immediate ceasefire
http://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0517/1513425-dublin-protest/

2025-05-16 06:54:30 UTC

Boosting this again for a final push:
Most petitions don't have much impact, but if this European Citizens Initiative on banning conversion therapy reaches 1 million signatures by Saturday it will mean that it will be discussed at the European Parliament.
200,000 people have signed in the last 24 hours and it only needs 190,000 to reach the target.
Please sign and share. https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/
#EU #Europe #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQI #LGBTQIA

2025-05-14 15:28:22 UTC

Only 12,000 people in Ireland have signed this European Citizens Initiative calling for a ban on conversion therapy in Europe.
We can do much better than that - please sign it if you haven't already.
#mastodaoine
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

2025-05-12 08:28:52 UTC

Reposting this from @nprofile…gw52 because the original doesn't have Alt Text.
The Irish Government could and should break that silence by passing the Occupied Territories Bill.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/114/493/884/667/675/889/original/9ce14839f417b418.png

2025-05-03 16:44:16 UTC

If you judged by the news coverage over the last 24 hours you would think that Nigel Farage's Reform party had taken over the Conservatives as the second biggest party in Local Government in Great Britain.
In fact they are the fifth biggest party, coming some distance behind the Greens.
Labour has eight times as many seats as Reform and the Conservatives more than five times as many.
https://opencouncildata.co.uk/
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2025-05-03 09:08:40 UTC

Israel bombed a refugee camp last night killing three babies. As I write this there is no reporting of this on CNN, CBS, BBC or the Guardian news apps.
http://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0503/1510919-gaza-israel-strike/

2025-04-17 13:42:39 UTC

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@nprofile…y54t Wow, it looks even more like the west of Ireland in that first photo!

2025-04-17 12:44:38 UTC

If you think this photo looks like it could have been taken in Corca Dhuibhne you literally couldn't be more wrong.
It's a photo taken on Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku which is about 660km south of South Island, New Zealand / Aotearoa and almost exactly on the opposite side of the world from Co. Kerry.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/114/353/328/757/957/393/original/cf655782d6b43ca0.png

2025-04-07 13:06:03 UTC

"The worst of the internet is continuously attacking the best of the internet...If you’re using the products powered by these attacks, you’re part of the problem.
If you’re going to use generative tools powered by large language models, don’t pretend you don’t know how your sausage is made."
Via @nprofile…dvhv
#GenAI #AI #LLM
https://adactio.com/journal/21831

2025-04-01 09:08:19 UTC

Germany is deporting three EU citizens and an American because of their political beliefs. The AfD may not have won the election but that seems to be becoming a moot point.
https://www.972mag.com/germany-deport-foreign-residents-palestine-activism/

2025-03-23 22:46:34 UTC

66% of voters in Paris have voted in favour of greening and pedestrianising 500 streets in the capital.
(And I love the French word "végétalisation" - much more evocative than simply "greening"!)
https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/les-parisiens-votent-pour-la-vegetalisation-de-500-nouvelles-rues-23-03-2025-GBAJ6U7QM5AHHA5FNLLXYQJHLI.php

2025-03-22 08:49:53 UTC

"The first year of a scheme in Wales where the speed limit on urban roads was lowered to 20mph resulted in about 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured."
Why is there still even a debate?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/22/wales-20mph-speed-limit-cut-road-deaths-why-debate
#RoadSafety

2025-03-20 21:32:22 UTC

Space advertising - imagine thinking this is a good idea? Imagine thinking this is where humanity should focus its technological ingenuity right now?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-advertising-draws-astronomers-opposition/

2025-03-19 18:35:02 UTC

A Fianna Fáil politician on RTÉ Radio right now describing climate action as "ideological". These idiots are going to cost us a lot of money and put a lot of lives at risk with their reckless approach to the climate emergency.

2025-03-17 21:25:22 UTC

This detail about the victim of road violence in Letterkenny this morning hits hard. I hope his brother pulls through.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/114/179/869/684/223/463/original/9f72001cd3f42c3c.jpg

2025-02-08 07:04:42 UTC

"Going into these systems without an in-depth understanding of how they work both individually and interconnectedly is a recipe for disaster that will result in death and economic harm to our nation"
This is a good explainer of the potential damage that could be caused by Musk's interference with federal computing infrastructure.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-doge-security/681600/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3_E3ROZITJvw2e5knM_TJfE

2025-01-24 09:19:23 UTC

Harold's Cross, Dublin this morning
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/storm-eowyn-715000-homes-without-power-record-breaking-gust-of-183kmh-recorded-serious-road-incident-in-donegal/a4766161.html
#Éowyn
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2025-01-23 23:25:53 UTC

Looks like we're in for a rough night
#Éowyn
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2025-01-14 21:06:38 UTC

Even when faced with disbandment due to their incompetence the Road Safety Authority still persists with the notion that we can solve road safety by wearing hi viz.
The sooner the reform comes, the better.
https://www.96fm.ie/news/96fm-news-and-sport/ucc-and-mardyke-arena-launch-be-safe-be-seen-campaign/

2025-01-10 10:58:34 UTC

This is an interesting discussion about the viability of reintroducing lynx in Scotland. https://tfn.scot/news/lynx-should-return-to-scotland-but-not-through-illegal-releases
When I visited Wild Ireland in Donegal a couple of years ago the view there was that Ireland doesn't currently have a habitat large enough or suitable enough for introduction. It seems Scotland is better placed in that regard.

2025-01-02 00:33:25 UTC

2025 is just a day old and already we have what may be the defining image of the year
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/113/755/940/251/966/719/original/00abe8fde82602d0.jpg

2024-12-31 21:10:21 UTC

Young Dublin girl on the news just now saying she's making a New Year's Revolution...you have my sword!

2024-12-28 20:03:36 UTC

#Caturday
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2024-12-21 05:14:27 UTC

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@nprofile…40ff I love that in the space of two posts you've called him Danish, Dutch and Norwegian and it doesn't change the picture you paint of him.

2024-12-20 00:36:15 UTC

This has got to be the stupidest response to Trump's tariff threats. Why would we feed the US fossil fuel industry and its arms industry during a climate emergency when everyone knows the tariffs will fail before they even get off the ground.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/113/682/325/047/626/166/original/0eddfd4277807268.jpg

2024-12-16 20:54:04 UTC

Headline on the BBC app - those quote marks are doing a lot of work!
Because obviously criticising a genocide is more "extreme" than arming those who are perpetrating a genocide.
https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/113/664/475/014/186/479/original/37fc1be8eca9d5e6.jpg

2024-12-16 20:39:28 UTC

"The Israeli government has charged Ireland with naked antisemitism after a man on Dublin’s O’Connell Street was pictured frowning in the general south easterly direction of Israel."
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2024/12/16/country-that-stole-irish-passports-for-use-in-assassinations-attacked-irish-peacekeepers-closes-embassy-in-ireland-over-countrys-opposition-to-genocide/

2024-12-16 19:41:23 UTC

Gideon Sa'ar, the Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs who today accused Taoiseach Simon Harris of antisemitism has his political roots in the ultranationalist party, Tehiya, and his political views are largely unchanged from the policy platform of that party.
It makes for some grim reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehiya#Election_platform

2024-12-16 13:53:41 UTC

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@nprofile…np35 @nprofile…vdm6 In Ireland we've created a whole new set of pronouns to express the second person plural, as @nprofile…vu2w explains here https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/ye-youse-and-yiz-in-irish-english-speech/#more-22084

2024-12-16 13:41:05 UTC

Ross Lahive convicted on four assault charges.
#AllYouFascistsBoundToLose
Three convicted of public order offences over disrupting library drag story event for kids https://jrnl.ie/6573391

2024-12-15 12:00:29 UTC

Beware of exhausted lorry drivers over the next couple of weeks.
Context: RTE news : Holyhead reopening fears as photos show extent of damage
http://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/1214/1486519-holyhead-port/
#RoadSafety
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2024-12-13 14:13:21 UTC

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@nprofile…n90q Particularly pointless destruction for a mineral that has very limited functional uses.

2024-11-27 12:36:11 UTC

This was undoubtedly the most depressing part of last night's Leaders' Debate. Absolutely no commitment from any of the three would-be Taoisigh to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss in any meaningful way.
#GE24 #ClimateEmergency #LeadersDebate
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/elections-2024/caroline-odoherty-eight-minutes-at-end-of-leaders-debate-shows-climate-is-nowhere-near-top-of-election-2024-agenda/a666768789.html

2024-11-25 07:26:53 UTC

“It is alarming that the manifestos of the three parties vying to provide the next Taoiseach all failed this independent climate assessment. They all voted for the climate law and the binding limits on pollution adopted by the last Dáil. But their manifestos don’t contain polices to reduce emissions fast enough to meet those 2030 commitments." - Oisín Coghlan, Friends of the Earth
#GE24 #ClimateEmergency
https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-tops-manifesto-assessment-on-climate-the-three-larges/

2024-11-23 07:29:43 UTC

Why is taxing private jets considered to be "ideological" when we know private jets emit multiples more carbon dioxide per passenger than commercial flights and that their use is growing at an alarming rate.
The policy is based on hard evidence and should be in every party's policy if they are serious about tackling climate change.
https://phys.org/news/2024-11-private-jet-carbon-emissions-soar.html
#GE24 #ClimateEmergency
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2024-11-22 19:12:29 UTC

'More will die if Belfast roads aren't made a lot safer for cyclists'
https://archive.ph/1MxJK

2024-11-22 13:25:46 UTC

Biden's statement on the ICC ruling is not surprising. The US has always been a country where violence is an integral part of the system - whether it's the refusal to implement gun control, the continued use of the death penalty, or the warmongering in countries that threaten the global hegemony - their continued arming of a genocidal state and their unequivocal support for its fascist leader is a feature, not a bug.

2024-11-20 09:37:33 UTC

"Outside!? Are you kidding me? I'm not moving off this radiator!"
#CatsOfMastodon
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2024-11-20 08:19:52 UTC

“We are delighted to announce that we are bringing Europe’s lowest fares to Dakhla, our newest airport in Morocco”
Just when you thought they couldn't stoop any lower, Ryanair announce flights into Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara.
https://dublininquirer.com/2024/11/20/ryanair-announces-plans-to-fly-tourists-into-occupied-territory-against-government-in-exiles-wishes/
#Ryanair #WesternSahara

2024-11-19 11:05:02 UTC

This is an extraordinary statistic - "by weight, 40% of maritime trade consists either of fossil fuels on their way to be burned or of chemicals derived directly from fossil fuels."
Switching to renewable energy and reducing reliance on fossil fuels is a win-win.
#Maritime #Shipping #TransportEmissions
https://qz.com/2113243/forty-percent-of-all-shipping-cargo-consists-of-fossil-fuels

2024-11-14 22:31:12 UTC

So, at what point do we ban entry into Ireland for people coming from the US who can't prove they are vaccinated?

2024-11-09 20:35:30 UTC

Can't believe I found this image. I had this poster on my childhood bedroom wall (a long time ago!). It came to mind recently as I was thinking about the continuing drive for economic growth in a climate emergency.
#ClimateEmergency #growth #degrowth
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2024-09-05 08:06:50 UTC

There's an article in the Irish Times today about two incidents at a house on Ormond Quay in Dublin City Centre over the weekend. The article is, in my view, unnecessarily circumspect but here's what I know about the incidents.
Over the summer, housing activists occupied a vacant building on Ormond Quay and have been squatting there for the last month or two. They have provided shelter there to people seeking International Protection who would otherwise be sleeping on the streets.
1/n

2024-08-30 01:24:49 UTC

TIL that Wikipedia has a very lengthy list of musicians who oppose Donald Trump's use of their music. My favourite response is the one from Leonard Cohen's estate.
It's also clear that Trump and his team have no understanding of the meaning of many of the songs chosen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_who_oppose_Donald_Trump%27s_use_of_their_music?wprov=sfla1
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2024-07-20 07:16:28 UTC

Councillors Malachy Steenson, Gavin Pepper and Glen Moore have all been reported to be in attendance at the Coolock site, claiming to represent the people of Coolock. None of them was elected in that area and one is from a different local authority altogether.
The truth is that the people of Coolock rejected the ethno-nationalist thugs, Rowan Croft and Kevin Coyle at the ballot box and elected councillors who do not support these actions.
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0719/1460884-harris-coolock/