Frank McDonald
@frankmcdonald60.bsky.social
Former Irish Times Environment Editor and author of several books, including A Little History of the Future of Dublin. Interests include climate, housing, architecture, politics and Palestine.
Another searing column by the incomparable Mark O’Connell …
Piotr Torng was held in the Dublin city morgue for six months. No one came forward
Piotr Torng was held in the Dublin city morgue for six months. No one came forward
Most obvious and troubling example of our ability to ‘unsee’ is surely our capacity not to see the homeless
www.irishtimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Another searing column by the incomparable Mark O’Connell …
If you're in the vicinity of @dculibrary.bsky.social, please pop in to see an exhibition selected from the archive material I've donated. It relates to my first book, The Destruction of Dublin (1985), and the Dublin Crisis Conference I helped to organise in February 1986. A blast from the past!
November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you're in the vicinity of @dculibrary.bsky.social, please pop in to see an exhibition selected from the archive material I've donated. It relates to my first book, The Destruction of Dublin (1985), and the Dublin Crisis Conference I helped to organise in February 1986. A blast from the past!
A public lido, with a year-round heated swimming pool, would be by far the best outcome for this long-dry dock basin -- as proposed by the George's Dock Lido campaign. But @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social officials insist that any such facility must be developed and operated by the private sector...
The council plans to launch a public consultation on how to develop George’s Dock. Whatever the results, though, it doesn’t plan to cover the costs. Instead, it wants a private operator to come in and deliver a facility or activity.
Council to launch a public consultation on how to develop George’s Dock
Whatever is decided, Dublin City Council doesn’t plan to cover the costs. Instead, it wants a private operator to come in and deliver a facility or activity.
www.dublininquirer.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A public lido, with a year-round heated swimming pool, would be by far the best outcome for this long-dry dock basin -- as proposed by the George's Dock Lido campaign. But @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social officials insist that any such facility must be developed and operated by the private sector...
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When Sir Keir Starmer said he supported Zionism without qualification he wasn't joking. He's now advocating for Zionist football hooligans.
Macabbi Tel Aviv fans are notoriously violent thugs, yet Starmer wants to let them loose on the people of Birmingham.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Macabbi Tel Aviv fans are notoriously violent thugs, yet Starmer wants to let them loose on the people of Birmingham.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Ministers to explore reversing ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending UK match after PM’s criticism – politics live
Fans of the Israeli football team will not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa on 6 November owing to safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
When Sir Keir Starmer said he supported Zionism without qualification he wasn't joking. He's now advocating for Zionist football hooligans.
Macabbi Tel Aviv fans are notoriously violent thugs, yet Starmer wants to let them loose on the people of Birmingham.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Macabbi Tel Aviv fans are notoriously violent thugs, yet Starmer wants to let them loose on the people of Birmingham.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Visiting Notre-Dame de Paris for the first time since it was restored so beautifully, the excerpt below from its vivid 14th century carved timber choir enclosure caught my eye. It shows King Herod and the apocryphal massacre of the innocents, and I thought of the mass murder of children in Gaza ...
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Visiting Notre-Dame de Paris for the first time since it was restored so beautifully, the excerpt below from its vivid 14th century carved timber choir enclosure caught my eye. It shows King Herod and the apocryphal massacre of the innocents, and I thought of the mass murder of children in Gaza ...
With sociopaths like this one, every accusation really is a confession …
September 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
With sociopaths like this one, every accusation really is a confession …
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From the river to the sea. bsky.app/profile/paul...
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🇮🇱 Netanyahu: "We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us."
🇮🇱 Netanyahu: "We are going to fulfil our promise that there will be no Palestinian state, this place belongs to us."
September 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
From the river to the sea. bsky.app/profile/paul...
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Mourning, today, for a victim of a political assassination.
September 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Mourning, today, for a victim of a political assassination.
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"Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act" | An excerpt from our @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & my) new book #ScienceUnderSiege, via @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act
"Doom-mongering convinces many would-be climate advocates that climate action is a hopeless cause. But the blistering attacks against mainstream climate science and scientists advance an agenda of div...
www.livescience.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Action on climate change faces new threat: The doomers who think it's too late to act" | An excerpt from our @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & my) new book #ScienceUnderSiege, via @livescience.com: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Check out this first part of a 'Saving the City' podcast series by @unamullally.bsky.social in which yours truly talks about the history & importance of parks & public spaces in Dublin as well as the urgent need to repopulate the inner city, among many other issues.
open.spotify.com/episode/1RKe...
open.spotify.com/episode/1RKe...
Ep.2: Public Space
open.spotify.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Check out this first part of a 'Saving the City' podcast series by @unamullally.bsky.social in which yours truly talks about the history & importance of parks & public spaces in Dublin as well as the urgent need to repopulate the inner city, among many other issues.
open.spotify.com/episode/1RKe...
open.spotify.com/episode/1RKe...
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Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.
Brazil Braces for a Verdict on Its Ex-President—and on Its Democracy
Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.
www.newyorker.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.
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This is both profoundly stupid, and profoundly dangerous
September 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is both profoundly stupid, and profoundly dangerous
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“Easing of garden cabin rules could have ‘unintended consequences’ for tenants
Threshold warns units could be rented out without planning, safety or tenancy protections” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Threshold warns units could be rented out without planning, safety or tenancy protections” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Easing of garden cabin rules could have ‘unintended consequences’ for tenants
Threshold warns of ‘unintended consequences’ of Government proposal
www.irishtimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“Easing of garden cabin rules could have ‘unintended consequences’ for tenants
Threshold warns units could be rented out without planning, safety or tenancy protections” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Threshold warns units could be rented out without planning, safety or tenancy protections” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
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This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
September 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
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My co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I talk with the great @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/science-un...
Science Under Siege: A Talk With Peter Hotez and Michael Mann
Lysenko comes to America
paulkrugman.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I talk with the great @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/science-un...
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Whispers *that's the French flag mate*
September 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Whispers *that's the French flag mate*
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So much greatness.
September 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So much greatness.
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Goniatite fossils spread throughout this piece of shale from the Cliffs of Moher. Evidence of lives lived on this same spot over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
September 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Goniatite fossils spread throughout this piece of shale from the Cliffs of Moher. Evidence of lives lived on this same spot over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"Why Does the Right Reject Progress?" by the great @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy:
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
#ScienceUnderSiege
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
#ScienceUnderSiege
Why Does the Right Reject Progress?
The perverse push to make America miserable again
paulkrugman.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Why Does the Right Reject Progress?" by the great @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy:
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
#ScienceUnderSiege
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
#ScienceUnderSiege
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The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
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Zurich. “ The key to developing an urban space that is attractive to everyone lies in the organization of traffic.” 💯 www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/planen-un...
September 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Zurich. “ The key to developing an urban space that is attractive to everyone lies in the organization of traffic.” 💯 www.stadt-zuerich.ch/de/planen-un...
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Listened to this on my commute 😊
Felt like the open & intellectual discussion about left political strategy we need from Ash Sarkar & @zackpolanski.bsky.social - this podcast is going to be a space for great ideas making!
Look our for your gal on a future episode 👀😎
Felt like the open & intellectual discussion about left political strategy we need from Ash Sarkar & @zackpolanski.bsky.social - this podcast is going to be a space for great ideas making!
Look our for your gal on a future episode 👀😎
The era of Bold Politics has begun.
Watch out first episode on our new YouTube Channel.
youtu.be/EY-8xoK6Yro?...
Watch out first episode on our new YouTube Channel.
youtu.be/EY-8xoK6Yro?...
The Future Of Left Politics | Ash Sarkar | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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September 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Listened to this on my commute 😊
Felt like the open & intellectual discussion about left political strategy we need from Ash Sarkar & @zackpolanski.bsky.social - this podcast is going to be a space for great ideas making!
Look our for your gal on a future episode 👀😎
Felt like the open & intellectual discussion about left political strategy we need from Ash Sarkar & @zackpolanski.bsky.social - this podcast is going to be a space for great ideas making!
Look our for your gal on a future episode 👀😎
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Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
September 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
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Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
Climate Scientist Cited By Joe Rogan Slams Podcaster For Spreading 'Dumb' Misinformation
Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.
www.forbes.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one.