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Hugh O'Neill
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Dad, wannabe trapeze artist, former apprentice lion tamer, chimney sweep and miller of peat
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White House Confirms Maduro And Wife ‘Respectfully Buried Alive At Sea’
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 27% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 55% at 23:30. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 49% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 24% of demand was met by imports.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A near perfect autumn/winter combination, cosy pub, newspaper (sports, entertanmemt), your own thoughts or good company.
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Six months ago I wrote this post about “the next terrorist attack.” I republish it now (lightly updated) because my fear of this scenario has recently grown much greater.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 42% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 58% at 13:30. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 48% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 11% of demand was met by imports.
October 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 44% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 102% at 01:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 39% of demand. 7% of generation was exported, 23% of demand was met by imports.
October 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 65% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 87% at 05:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 29% of demand. 4% of generation was exported, 9% of demand was met by imports.
October 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 27% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 39% at 02:30. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 45% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 28% of demand was met by imports.
September 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 50% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 67% at 14:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 44% of demand. 1% of generation was exported, 7% of demand was met by imports.
August 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 61% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 73% at 03:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 32% of demand. 2% of generation was exported, 9% of demand was met by imports.
August 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 12% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 25% at 14:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 57% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 31% of demand was met by imports.
August 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 9% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 18% at 14:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 62% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 29% of demand was met by imports.
August 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 21% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 30% at 04:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 53% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 26% of demand was met by imports.
August 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 36% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 64% at 15:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 54% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 10% of demand was met by imports.
July 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Old phones, fridges or laptops don’t just disappear when tossed.

The world generates 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year, enough to fill 1.5 million trucks.

New regulations, circular design and better recycling can help stop the toxic tide and #BeatWastePollution: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
July 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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72.3GWh yesterday from wind, solar, biomass, and hydro was equal to 68.3% of the island's 105.9GWh of electricity demand.

In other words: the best ever July day for renewable generation in Ireland 🏅

All day long, these four sources were supplying >50% of demand.
July 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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We just had the greenest June ever for Irish electricity, with carbon emissions falling below 600,000 tonnes in any single month for the very first time 🥇

Our full report is now available for free to subscribers!
July 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Refreshing
Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Renewable generation in Ireland has exceeded 1TWh for the first time ever in a June month. That's equal to more than 35% of the island's electricity demand.

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June 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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We've just had two record-breaking days in a row for Irish solar:
- on Wednesday, solar farms produced 8.1GWh, a new one-day record
- on Thursday, solar farm output reached 861MW, a new high

On these strong days, solar farms are fulfilling about 7% of electricity demand with peaks of about 20% ☀️🔎
June 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Ireland: 89 data centres now, 40 more in the pipeline.
"Adding more data centres in Ireland is likely to threaten our ability to meet legally binding climate targets."
– Revealing & concerning investigative journalism & mapping by @conorocarroll.bsky.social & the @investigates.thejournal.ie team.
Our team examined over 25 years of planning records to pinpoint Ireland’s data centres.

Explore the interactive, visual investigation to see where they are located: https://investigates.thejournal.ie/data-centres
June 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Coming just after midnight tonight...something a bit different, but very cool!

An interactive, visual investigation that maps - for the first time - all operating and planned data centres in Ireland.

Out soon on thejournal.ie
June 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM