Alex Pigot
@alexpigotireland.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Grandfather, Gardener, Farmer, Businessman, Community worker, Politician. Doing what I can to achieve the UN SDGs.
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Excellent letter in @irishtimes.com today:
‘We must stand up to the bully and not lie down fearing his wrath’
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
‘We must stand up to the bully and not lie down fearing his wrath’
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
‘We must stand up to the bully and not lie down fearing his wrath’
We must call our lies and misinformation coming from high offices for political ends
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Excellent letter in @irishtimes.com today:
‘We must stand up to the bully and not lie down fearing his wrath’
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
‘We must stand up to the bully and not lie down fearing his wrath’
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack.
Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
Why is this not being reported by #MSM like @rte.ie ? Or @irishtimes.com?
www.laois-nationalist.ie/three-people...
#StopArmingIsrael
#USArmyOutOfShannon
#Shannonwatch
www.laois-nationalist.ie/three-people...
#StopArmingIsrael
#USArmyOutOfShannon
#Shannonwatch
Three people arrested after vehicle enters unauthorised area of Shannon Airport - Homepage - Laois Nationalist
At 9:30am on Saturday, the vehicle was intercepted by security agencies on duty including An Garda Síochána, Óglaigh na hÉireann and the Airport ...
www.laois-nationalist.ie
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Why is this not being reported by #MSM like @rte.ie ? Or @irishtimes.com?
www.laois-nationalist.ie/three-people...
#StopArmingIsrael
#USArmyOutOfShannon
#Shannonwatch
www.laois-nationalist.ie/three-people...
#StopArmingIsrael
#USArmyOutOfShannon
#Shannonwatch
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Shannon Airport today for the Shannonwatch monthly vigil.
While US warplanes transit through our airport at the rate of 4 per day on average, our government drags peace activists through the courts for trying to prevent this state's complicity in war crimes and genocide #USMilitaryOutOfShannon
While US warplanes transit through our airport at the rate of 4 per day on average, our government drags peace activists through the courts for trying to prevent this state's complicity in war crimes and genocide #USMilitaryOutOfShannon
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Shannon Airport today for the Shannonwatch monthly vigil.
While US warplanes transit through our airport at the rate of 4 per day on average, our government drags peace activists through the courts for trying to prevent this state's complicity in war crimes and genocide #USMilitaryOutOfShannon
While US warplanes transit through our airport at the rate of 4 per day on average, our government drags peace activists through the courts for trying to prevent this state's complicity in war crimes and genocide #USMilitaryOutOfShannon
Important text in the piece below: ‘A German government source said a European draft peace plan, which is based on the U.S. proposal, had been sent to Ukraine and to the U.S. administration.’
Officials from Europe, the United States and Ukraine gathered in Geneva on Sunday to discuss a draft plan presented by Washington to end the Ukraine war.
U.S., Ukraine and European officials hold Geneva talks on Trump plan to end war
Officials from Europe, the United States and Ukraine gathered in Geneva on Sunday to discuss a draft plan presented by Washington to end the Ukraine war.
cnb.cx
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Important text in the piece below: ‘A German government source said a European draft peace plan, which is based on the U.S. proposal, had been sent to Ukraine and to the U.S. administration.’
Some hope for our world: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church | Simon Tisdall
Inequality, immigration and civil rights are the battlegrounds on which the church, and some other Christian denominations, are fighting, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Some hope for our world: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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The government still claim that they have to consult with the Attorney General about including services alongside goods in the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill. In fact, the AG previously delivered 23 pages of legal advice, which did not flag the need for any distinction between goods and services.
November 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The government still claim that they have to consult with the Attorney General about including services alongside goods in the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill. In fact, the AG previously delivered 23 pages of legal advice, which did not flag the need for any distinction between goods and services.
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🔖 Must read
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🔖 Must read
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Absolutely a must read, even if just for this paragraph:
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Absolutely a must read, even if just for this paragraph:
For an alternative view (of the views in MSM in Ireland and the UK) on Russian ships ‘lurking’ off the coast of Scotland/Ireland here’s a worthwhile read:
www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
The Beat of the War Drums - Craig Murray
In fascist lockstep, the entire British media, broadcast and print, corporate and state, is leading with a Ministry of Defence press release about a “Russian spy ship” inside “British waters”. No Brit...
www.craigmurray.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
For an alternative view (of the views in MSM in Ireland and the UK) on Russian ships ‘lurking’ off the coast of Scotland/Ireland here’s a worthwhile read:
www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...
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“Minister's 'war' on vacancy and dereliction is missing timeframe and crucial policy measures”
#Housing #Planning
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#Housing #Planning
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Minister's 'war' on vacancy and dereliction is missing timeframe and crucial policy measures
The Government's latest housing plan contains all the right soundbites, but no detail or timeframe, write Jude Sherry and Frank O'Connor of #DerelictIreland
www.irishexaminer.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“Minister's 'war' on vacancy and dereliction is missing timeframe and crucial policy measures”
#Housing #Planning
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#Housing #Planning
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Sadly, THE best PM the UK never had:
History will judge this government very harshly for its cruel and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers.
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Sadly, THE best PM the UK never had:
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History will judge this government very harshly for its cruel and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers.
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
History will judge this government very harshly for its cruel and inhumane treatment of asylum seekers.
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This Wednesday, the united left opposition will bring a joint motion for the government to stop delaying the Occupied Territories Bill, and to finally pass it WITH services included.
@rodericogorman.bsky.social
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
@rodericogorman.bsky.social
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This Wednesday, the united left opposition will bring a joint motion for the government to stop delaying the Occupied Territories Bill, and to finally pass it WITH services included.
@rodericogorman.bsky.social
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
@rodericogorman.bsky.social
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
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Greens are back? We never went away!
Great to see so many Green members at the march for #ClimateAction in Dublin yesterday.
This Government are failing when it comes to Climate Action and we need change now!
Join us in the fight!
@greenpartyie.bsky.social! @greenpartyni.org @greenparty.org.uk
Great to see so many Green members at the march for #ClimateAction in Dublin yesterday.
This Government are failing when it comes to Climate Action and we need change now!
Join us in the fight!
@greenpartyie.bsky.social! @greenpartyni.org @greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Greens are back? We never went away!
Great to see so many Green members at the march for #ClimateAction in Dublin yesterday.
This Government are failing when it comes to Climate Action and we need change now!
Join us in the fight!
@greenpartyie.bsky.social! @greenpartyni.org @greenparty.org.uk
Great to see so many Green members at the march for #ClimateAction in Dublin yesterday.
This Government are failing when it comes to Climate Action and we need change now!
Join us in the fight!
@greenpartyie.bsky.social! @greenpartyni.org @greenparty.org.uk
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Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Everyone has been affected, or knows someone who has been effected, by accidents on our roads. Sadly, the number of deaths on Irish roads has been rising for the past number of years.
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Everyone has been affected, or knows someone who has been effected, by accidents on our roads. Sadly, the number of deaths on Irish roads has been rising for the past number of years.
Irish Neutrality - Save the Triple Lock - Uplift - People Powered Change
www.uplift.ie
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Calling out urgently to @micheal-martin.bsky.social and @simonharrisireland.bsky.social - and please read this:
universitytimes.ie/2025/11/the-...
No fracked (ie US mined) LPG should enter Ireland! Renewables are the answer!
And forego the derogation - most farmers are embarrassed by it.
universitytimes.ie/2025/11/the-...
No fracked (ie US mined) LPG should enter Ireland! Renewables are the answer!
And forego the derogation - most farmers are embarrassed by it.
The Nation Marches for an End to the Fossil Fuel Era
universitytimes.ie
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Calling out urgently to @micheal-martin.bsky.social and @simonharrisireland.bsky.social - and please read this:
universitytimes.ie/2025/11/the-...
No fracked (ie US mined) LPG should enter Ireland! Renewables are the answer!
And forego the derogation - most farmers are embarrassed by it.
universitytimes.ie/2025/11/the-...
No fracked (ie US mined) LPG should enter Ireland! Renewables are the answer!
And forego the derogation - most farmers are embarrassed by it.
Worth reading from Prof Jeff D Sachs and Sybil Fares:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
For a lasting peace in Palestine, the UN, not the US, must be the controller of any International Stabilisation Force, and the UN must recognise Palestine as a full member.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
For a lasting peace in Palestine, the UN, not the US, must be the controller of any International Stabilisation Force, and the UN must recognise Palestine as a full member.
www.commondreams.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Worth reading from Prof Jeff D Sachs and Sybil Fares:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
For a lasting peace in Palestine, the UN, not the US, must be the controller of any International Stabilisation Force, and the UN must recognise Palestine as a full member.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
For a lasting peace in Palestine, the UN, not the US, must be the controller of any International Stabilisation Force, and the UN must recognise Palestine as a full member.
Excellent article. If you voted for Catherine Connolly for @president.ie then this excellent article will resonate.
If you didn’t vote for Catherine well, this article, if you haven’t read this reasoning before, might enlighten you.
#TripleLock
#Neutrality
If you didn’t vote for Catherine well, this article, if you haven’t read this reasoning before, might enlighten you.
#TripleLock
#Neutrality
Article with @dondeniamh.bsky.social & Rory Rowan in today's Irish Times - a response to the relentless media commentary deriding Ireland's neutrality.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
As Catherine Connolly, and the movement behind her, has shown, neutrality remains popular. Something to build on, not abandon.
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Excellent article. If you voted for Catherine Connolly for @president.ie then this excellent article will resonate.
If you didn’t vote for Catherine well, this article, if you haven’t read this reasoning before, might enlighten you.
#TripleLock
#Neutrality
If you didn’t vote for Catherine well, this article, if you haven’t read this reasoning before, might enlighten you.
#TripleLock
#Neutrality
@davidmcwecon.bsky.social of @irishtimes.com confuses Ireland’s love of the USA and many of its people and companies with Ireland’s disgust for many of the actions and policies of USA President(s) and governments since Ronald Reagan.
Why, David?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Why, David?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
David McWilliams: The US is Ireland’s best friend, so why are so many of us anti-American?
The Irish-American bond, our enduring and rewarding friendship, is bigger than any politician
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@davidmcwecon.bsky.social of @irishtimes.com confuses Ireland’s love of the USA and many of its people and companies with Ireland’s disgust for many of the actions and policies of USA President(s) and governments since Ronald Reagan.
Why, David?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Why, David?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Join us at the National Climate March TODAY
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice.
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
@trocaire.bsky.social
@oxfamireland.bsky.social
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice.
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
@trocaire.bsky.social
@oxfamireland.bsky.social
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Join us at the National Climate March TODAY
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice.
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
@trocaire.bsky.social
@oxfamireland.bsky.social
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice.
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
@trocaire.bsky.social
@oxfamireland.bsky.social
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice