Oisín Ó hAlmhain
@oisinohalmhain.bsky.social
Politically green since the 1980s. Hospital pharmacist / MedSafety; Avid Pedestrian, Keen Driver, cycle commuter; Dad. (é/sé/he/him)
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Is it progressive to support the freedom of people who are governed by fundamentalists rather than by “more enlightened” oppressors?
I was asked recently why I would support the right of the people of Gaza not to be the victims of genocide by the Zionist state, given that the freedoms afforded women and the LGBTQ+ community in I…
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Is it progressive to support the freedom of people who are governed by fundamentalists rather than by “more enlightened” oppressors? oisinohalmhain.ie/2025/06/05/g...
This is what my heart ❤️ was doing while I was watching the match on Sunday!
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is what my heart ❤️ was doing while I was watching the match on Sunday!
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IRELAND has dropped 4 places in the 2025 global Climate Change Performance Index.
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
IRELAND has dropped 4 places in the 2025 global Climate Change Performance Index.
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Bhí Fachtna Ó Drisceoil i láthair ag Gaelscoil Inse Chór i mBÁC inniu áit a bhí an tUachtarán Catherine Connolly ar a céad chuairt phoiblí ó insealbhaíodh í go hoifigiúil i gCaisléan Bhaile Átha Cliath inné. Bí linn óna 5 ar @rternag.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Bhí Fachtna Ó Drisceoil i láthair ag Gaelscoil Inse Chór i mBÁC inniu áit a bhí an tUachtarán Catherine Connolly ar a céad chuairt phoiblí ó insealbhaíodh í go hoifigiúil i gCaisléan Bhaile Átha Cliath inné. Bí linn óna 5 ar @rternag.bsky.social.
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There is so much to do. @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social @cyclingincork.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There is so much to do. @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social @cyclingincork.bsky.social
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92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
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The attack in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. This government ignoring right wing violence has led us here, and without meaningful response will only lead to deaths
November 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The attack in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. This government ignoring right wing violence has led us here, and without meaningful response will only lead to deaths
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Extreme wealth inequality is killing planet Earth, and hijacking political power so as to be allowed continue.
This is the most important thing to understand right now.
This is the most important thing to understand right now.
Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland.
jrnl.ie/6859962
jrnl.ie/6859962
Ireland's richest 10% produce almost as much carbon as the bottom 50%, report says
Oxfam Ireland is calling on the Government to increase taxes on the rich.
jrnl.ie
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Extreme wealth inequality is killing planet Earth, and hijacking political power so as to be allowed continue.
This is the most important thing to understand right now.
This is the most important thing to understand right now.
The answer to *too many migrants* is to deal with what is causing migration: commercial exploitation, war, climate change, not targeting the victims.
November 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The answer to *too many migrants* is to deal with what is causing migration: commercial exploitation, war, climate change, not targeting the victims.
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Happy Halloween. 🦇🖤
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Happy Halloween. 🦇🖤
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Latest update on the redevelopment of Dalymount Park. We finally have a clear plan for funding and a timeline for construction.
feljin.ie/dalymount-pa...
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Dalymount Park redevelopment changes and timeline - Feljin Jose
As you may know, Dublin City Council has planning permission (known as Part 8 planning) to redevelop Dalymount Park along with a grant of €25 million from Department of Sport. With the redevelopment n...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Latest update on the redevelopment of Dalymount Park. We finally have a clear plan for funding and a timeline for construction.
feljin.ie/dalymount-pa...
feljin.ie/dalymount-pa...
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As road fatalities and collisions rise year-on-year, we see plans to lower speed limits abandoned by the Minister of Transport in a pass the buck exercise.
9/10 survive if hit at 30km/h.
3/10 will be killed if struck at 50km/h.
@feljin.ie makes the case for a sensible u-turn below 👇
9/10 survive if hit at 30km/h.
3/10 will be killed if struck at 50km/h.
@feljin.ie makes the case for a sensible u-turn below 👇
My opinion piece on why we need lower speed limits in urban areas
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...
Opinion: We could make our towns safer for everyone by lowering speed limits to 30km/h
The government is dragging its feet on reducing the default speed limit in urban areas to 30 km/h, writes Councillor Feljin Jose.
www.thejournal.ie
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As road fatalities and collisions rise year-on-year, we see plans to lower speed limits abandoned by the Minister of Transport in a pass the buck exercise.
9/10 survive if hit at 30km/h.
3/10 will be killed if struck at 50km/h.
@feljin.ie makes the case for a sensible u-turn below 👇
9/10 survive if hit at 30km/h.
3/10 will be killed if struck at 50km/h.
@feljin.ie makes the case for a sensible u-turn below 👇
One of the advantages of the 90 minute fare is if you live somewhere great like Inchicore, you can get the bus into town, get what you need, and still get home on the same €2!
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
One of the advantages of the 90 minute fare is if you live somewhere great like Inchicore, you can get the bus into town, get what you need, and still get home on the same €2!
Derelict and state owned, right next to a transport hub. Why do we have a housing crisis again?
October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Derelict and state owned, right next to a transport hub. Why do we have a housing crisis again?
A work colleague from Sudan was telling me of #Genocide there, but very little information. www.weavingourworlds.ca/beyond-sloga...
Beyond Slogans: Free Sudan
Beyond Slogans: Free Sudan
The headlines are horrifying: Aid Blocked. El Fasher under siege. Ethnic cleansing. Famine. Millions displaced. Beyond slogans like Eyes on Sudan or Free Sudan, how can we a...
www.weavingourworlds.ca
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A work colleague from Sudan was telling me of #Genocide there, but very little information. www.weavingourworlds.ca/beyond-sloga...
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Support the Stand Up for Sudan Act, and boycott the UAE for financing and arming the RSF committing genocide in Sudan. #BDStheUAE
The UAE needs to be held accountable for its arming of the genocidal RSF. That's why I have introduced my Stand Up for Sudan Act that would block sales to the UAE until they stop sending weapons to the RSF.
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Support the Stand Up for Sudan Act, and boycott the UAE for financing and arming the RSF committing genocide in Sudan. #BDStheUAE
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Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
Don't forget Sudan.
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"2 YEARS of fighting for control of Sudan has killed over 40,000+ people and has created *the world’s worst humanitarian crisis* with over 14 MILLION displaced. The capture of el-Fasher...raises fears that Africa’s 3rd-largest nation may split again, 15yr after South Sudan gained independence."
The horrors of the ongoing war in Sudan are not talked about enough. 460 people including patients killed by a paramilitary attack on a hospital. This isn't even the worst massacre of tge senseless war.
apnews.com/article/suda...
apnews.com/article/suda...
Sudan's paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say
Sudan's paramilitary forces have killed hundreds, including patients in a hospital, after seizing el-Fasher city in Darfur.
apnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"2 YEARS of fighting for control of Sudan has killed over 40,000+ people and has created *the world’s worst humanitarian crisis* with over 14 MILLION displaced. The capture of el-Fasher...raises fears that Africa’s 3rd-largest nation may split again, 15yr after South Sudan gained independence."
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"[Ireland] has the largest emissions per person in the EU for the sectors covered by the regulation."
Fines could exceed the entire healthcare budget for a year.
Meanwhile, Micheál Martin tells business events we cannot mitigate for climate change, reverting to form as the laggard of Europe.
Fines could exceed the entire healthcare budget for a year.
Meanwhile, Micheál Martin tells business events we cannot mitigate for climate change, reverting to form as the laggard of Europe.
Nature doesn’t negotiate.
Our leaders’ hope for a ‘discount’ is a yet another shocking, unforgivable, betrayal.
Our leaders’ hope for a ‘discount’ is a yet another shocking, unforgivable, betrayal.
Ireland hopes for a discount for missing EU climate goals
Ireland will miss its EU climate targets on agriculture, transport and buildings and likely face financial penalties, but can it secure concessions?
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/1027/1540633-analysis-comment-eu-climate-goals/#:~:text=Last%20March%2C%20the%20political%20system,billion%20and%20€26%20billion
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"[Ireland] has the largest emissions per person in the EU for the sectors covered by the regulation."
Fines could exceed the entire healthcare budget for a year.
Meanwhile, Micheál Martin tells business events we cannot mitigate for climate change, reverting to form as the laggard of Europe.
Fines could exceed the entire healthcare budget for a year.
Meanwhile, Micheál Martin tells business events we cannot mitigate for climate change, reverting to form as the laggard of Europe.
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We are #hiring! IATP is seeking a policy analyst with demonstrated expertise in agricultural finance, climate risk assessment, and farm policy to join either our Minneapolis, MN or our Washington D.C. office. Find the full job description and instructions to apply here: www.iatp.org/about/jobs-a...
October 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We are #hiring! IATP is seeking a policy analyst with demonstrated expertise in agricultural finance, climate risk assessment, and farm policy to join either our Minneapolis, MN or our Washington D.C. office. Find the full job description and instructions to apply here: www.iatp.org/about/jobs-a...
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Can you imagine TDs scrambling to change the Constitution or commentators hand-wringing in the media if it was leftists who behaved the way the spoiled vote crew did, in the same (minority) numbers, after several bigoted riots. Not so much forced to pander to them as willingly taking a running leap.
October 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Can you imagine TDs scrambling to change the Constitution or commentators hand-wringing in the media if it was leftists who behaved the way the spoiled vote crew did, in the same (minority) numbers, after several bigoted riots. Not so much forced to pander to them as willingly taking a running leap.
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Today's the day. I voted Catherine Connolly for President of Ireland, will you?
Polls close 10pm.
Polls close 10pm.
October 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Today's the day. I voted Catherine Connolly for President of Ireland, will you?
Polls close 10pm.
Polls close 10pm.
Go luath agus go minic mar a dúirt duine tráth!
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Go luath agus go minic mar a dúirt duine tráth!
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I'm voting for Catherine Connolly because she is a person of compassion, integrity and intellect who shares my values that the purpose of society is to help everyone to thrive and live a life they find meaningful.
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm voting for Catherine Connolly because she is a person of compassion, integrity and intellect who shares my values that the purpose of society is to help everyone to thrive and live a life they find meaningful.
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Céad rud maidin amárach, uimhir 1 do @catherinegalway.bsky.social mo phlean. Bean ionraic tuisceanach a bheidh ina chreidiúint dúinn mar Uachtarán.
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Céad rud maidin amárach, uimhir 1 do @catherinegalway.bsky.social mo phlean. Bean ionraic tuisceanach a bheidh ina chreidiúint dúinn mar Uachtarán.