Ciarán Cuffe
@ciarancuffe.bsky.social
City dweller | #ClimateVoter | Co-chair @europeangreens.eu
9,200 Palestinians are being held as so-called "security prisoners” but the debate in Israel is focused elsewhere. Important reporting from Der Spiegel. www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Israel's Guantanamo: Israeli Treatment of Palestinian Prisons in the Spotlight
Accounts from former prisoners and investigations by human rights organizations have led to accusations of systematic torture in Israeli detention facilities. At least 98 Palestinians died in captivit...
www.spiegel.de
December 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
9,200 Palestinians are being held as so-called "security prisoners” but the debate in Israel is focused elsewhere. Important reporting from Der Spiegel. www.spiegel.de/internationa...
Good to get away for a few days and let the train take the strain.
December 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Good to get away for a few days and let the train take the strain.
"In terms of our climate, we are living in extraordinary times." With the UK set for its warmest year, and one of the warmest globally we need to up our game. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Forecasters say UK 'likely' had warmest year on record
The UK could be set to have had its warmest year on record, the Met Office has said.
www.rte.ie
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"In terms of our climate, we are living in extraordinary times." With the UK set for its warmest year, and one of the warmest globally we need to up our game. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Tough days and nights in Ukraine with Kharkiv and Kyiv enduring Russian terror attacks. Here’s hoping for a breakthrough in peace talks this weekend. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
3 key issues that remain unresolved in U.S.-Ukraine talks on ending Russia's war
Several key issues remain unresolved in ongoing negotiations between Ukraine and the United States over a potential framework to end Russia’s war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last wee...
www.pbs.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Tough days and nights in Ukraine with Kharkiv and Kyiv enduring Russian terror attacks. Here’s hoping for a breakthrough in peace talks this weekend. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Nice reflection on the highs and lows of life, and starting a business: www.ft.com/content/cc77...
I opened a bookshop. It was the best, worst thing I’ve ever done
Chloe Fox shares the hopes and heartache of fulfilling a life-long dream
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Nice reflection on the highs and lows of life, and starting a business: www.ft.com/content/cc77...
A happy and joyful Christmas to you all.
Nollaig Shona Daoibh.
Nollaig Shona Daoibh.
December 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A happy and joyful Christmas to you all.
Nollaig Shona Daoibh.
Nollaig Shona Daoibh.
Denying US visas to former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and others in Europe who tackle hate speech represents extraordinary over-reach by the US Government.
It is a dangerous throw-back to the witch-hunts of the McCarthyite era. www.bbc.com/news/article...
It is a dangerous throw-back to the witch-hunts of the McCarthyite era. www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Denying US visas to former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and others in Europe who tackle hate speech represents extraordinary over-reach by the US Government.
It is a dangerous throw-back to the witch-hunts of the McCarthyite era. www.bbc.com/news/article...
It is a dangerous throw-back to the witch-hunts of the McCarthyite era. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Erik the Red founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland.
Donald the Orange should leave it alone.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Donald the Orange should leave it alone.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump
Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Erik the Red founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland.
Donald the Orange should leave it alone.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Donald the Orange should leave it alone.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...
December 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy www.science.org/content/arti...
Quite a view of Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge from the Woollen Mills this evening.
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Quite a view of Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge from the Woollen Mills this evening.
Thank you Caoimhe Butterly, Greta Thunberg and Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb of Médecins Sans Frontières for your words this evening in @bfcdublin.bsky.social linking climate justice with social justice in Gaza and elsewhere.
December 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Thank you Caoimhe Butterly, Greta Thunberg and Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb of Médecins Sans Frontières for your words this evening in @bfcdublin.bsky.social linking climate justice with social justice in Gaza and elsewhere.
Victorian railway engineers were extrordinary. Threading the Loop Line through Georgian Dublin and literally cutting windows in half on Gardiner Street inches away from the railbed was an amazing achievement back in 1891.
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Victorian railway engineers were extrordinary. Threading the Loop Line through Georgian Dublin and literally cutting windows in half on Gardiner Street inches away from the railbed was an amazing achievement back in 1891.
Finally! A Housing Plan from Brussels. Time to increase supply, tackle short-term rentals and help those priced out of homes: europeangreens.eu/news/homes-f...
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Finally! A Housing Plan from Brussels. Time to increase supply, tackle short-term rentals and help those priced out of homes: europeangreens.eu/news/homes-f...
A U-turn on diesel and petrol phase-outs creates uncertainty, stifles innovation, and weakens Europe. It pollutes our air and allows China to take the lead. europeangreens.eu/news/europea...
December 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A U-turn on diesel and petrol phase-outs creates uncertainty, stifles innovation, and weakens Europe. It pollutes our air and allows China to take the lead. europeangreens.eu/news/europea...
Terrible news of an attack on the Jewish community in Sydney on the first day of Hanukkah. My thoughts are with the families and friends of those impacted by this antisemitic atrocity. www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
Twelve dead after Bondi Beach, Australia Hanukkah shooting | The Jerusalem Post
Two people were taken into police custody shortly after the event, local law enforcement confirmed.
www.jpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Terrible news of an attack on the Jewish community in Sydney on the first day of Hanukkah. My thoughts are with the families and friends of those impacted by this antisemitic atrocity. www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
Ireland is an outlier for houses. We need more three storey medium-density terraced housing as an alternative to semi-Ds or apartments. Here are examples from John Dobbins, and Amsterdam. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Ireland is an outlier for houses. We need more three storey medium-density terraced housing as an alternative to semi-Ds or apartments. Here are examples from John Dobbins, and Amsterdam. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
Good to meet with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen today as part of our Green leaders gathering. When it comes to confronting authoritarians and autocrats in Moscow or Washington we are as one.
December 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Good to meet with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen today as part of our Green leaders gathering. When it comes to confronting authoritarians and autocrats in Moscow or Washington we are as one.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is trying to silence Budapest's Mayor, supporter of LGBTQI+ rights. We stand with Gergely Karácsony europeangreens.eu/news/hungari...
Hungarian police requesting charges against Green Mayor of Budapest for supporting Pride entrenches Orbán regime’s authoritarianism
European Greens bring together national parties that share the same Green values, and who are active across the entire European continent - both within the European Union and beyond. We are striving f...
europeangreens.eu
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is trying to silence Budapest's Mayor, supporter of LGBTQI+ rights. We stand with Gergely Karácsony europeangreens.eu/news/hungari...
"Hug a pylon" was the headline in the Economist a few months back, but as Dublin's Luas breakdown shows us, power systems are vulnerable. Good to see the European Commission launch a grids plan to upgrade our electricity infrastructure. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Hug a pylon" was the headline in the Economist a few months back, but as Dublin's Luas breakdown shows us, power systems are vulnerable. Good to see the European Commission launch a grids plan to upgrade our electricity infrastructure. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Met Sofiia Bodun and her Mum from the Ukrainian Green Party at our @EuropeanGreens.eu Congress last weekend. On her phone she showed me that power cuts from Russian attacks bring 'Black Fridays' every week in Kiev.
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Met Sofiia Bodun and her Mum from the Ukrainian Green Party at our @EuropeanGreens.eu Congress last weekend. On her phone she showed me that power cuts from Russian attacks bring 'Black Fridays' every week in Kiev.
High tides on Dublin's Victoria Quay beside the Guinness brewery this afternoon, reducing traffic to one lane. Now's the time to prepare for future storms and rising sea levels. #StormBram
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
High tides on Dublin's Victoria Quay beside the Guinness brewery this afternoon, reducing traffic to one lane. Now's the time to prepare for future storms and rising sea levels. #StormBram
Trump's threats must be a wake-up call for Europe. The White House is playing into the Kremlin's hands.
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trump's threats must be a wake-up call for Europe. The White House is playing into the Kremlin's hands.
Loud for people, loud for Europe, loud for planet. Super to spend time with friends and colleagues taking on challenges both large and small.
Thank you @europeangreens.eu @greenpartyie.bsky.social for your time, dedication, and crack in Lisbon this weekend
Thank you @europeangreens.eu @greenpartyie.bsky.social for your time, dedication, and crack in Lisbon this weekend
December 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Loud for people, loud for Europe, loud for planet. Super to spend time with friends and colleagues taking on challenges both large and small.
Thank you @europeangreens.eu @greenpartyie.bsky.social for your time, dedication, and crack in Lisbon this weekend
Thank you @europeangreens.eu @greenpartyie.bsky.social for your time, dedication, and crack in Lisbon this weekend
Trump makes it worryingly clear in his National Security Strategy: he wants to take down the EU, destroy the European Green Deal and allow unfettered EU access to US tech, oil and gas companies. This must be resisted.
December 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Trump makes it worryingly clear in his National Security Strategy: he wants to take down the EU, destroy the European Green Deal and allow unfettered EU access to US tech, oil and gas companies. This must be resisted.
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And of course, our own @ciarancuffe.bsky.social is leading out this weekend as Co chair of the @europeangreens.eu with @vulatsetsi.bsky.social and @partidolivre.pt leader @ruitavares.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And of course, our own @ciarancuffe.bsky.social is leading out this weekend as Co chair of the @europeangreens.eu with @vulatsetsi.bsky.social and @partidolivre.pt leader @ruitavares.bsky.social