RashersT
@rasherst.bsky.social
Mischief maker. Freelance work horsing at www.scampmedia.ie
I can’t understand the logic in selling off places like O’Devaney Gardens and delaying development at St Micheál’s until costs absolutely moon rocketed and now, looking to level spaces like the Digital Hub and here for social housing. It’s like a child playing Sim City. Willy nilly madness.
In justifying its plan to abandon its Wood Quay HQ, Dublin City Council refuses to show its homework. It's generally more environmentally friendly to renovate existing buildings than to abandon them to the wrecking ball, but other public organisations could follow suit.
In justifying its plan to abandon its Wood Quay HQ, council refuses to show its homework
It's generally more environmentally friendly to renovate existing buildings than to abandon them to the wrecking ball, but other public organisations could follow suit.
www.dublininquirer.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I can’t understand the logic in selling off places like O’Devaney Gardens and delaying development at St Micheál’s until costs absolutely moon rocketed and now, looking to level spaces like the Digital Hub and here for social housing. It’s like a child playing Sim City. Willy nilly madness.
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The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
January 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The funny thing about a certain type of angry conspiracy guy is that they’re literally being confronted with an elite paedophile ring and a tyrannical government at the same time right now, and because it isn't being done by the people they wanted it to be done by they’re all being pussies about it
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Great to see some new visualisations of what we could have in Cork city, so much potential wasted, particularly love ones with restored brickwork
Its also great to see more people speaking up, & encouraging others to speak up too
People have the power but we need to use it
#peoplepower #speirgorm
Its also great to see more people speaking up, & encouraging others to speak up too
People have the power but we need to use it
#peoplepower #speirgorm
This reminds me of the energy @frankoconnor.bsky.social and @judesherry.bsky.social bring to the #DerelictIreland campaign. Kev has questions, and answers.
youtu.be/YFT8XlJ-tq8?...
youtu.be/YFT8XlJ-tq8?...
The Provincial City
YouTube video by Kev Collins
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Great to see some new visualisations of what we could have in Cork city, so much potential wasted, particularly love ones with restored brickwork
Its also great to see more people speaking up, & encouraging others to speak up too
People have the power but we need to use it
#peoplepower #speirgorm
Its also great to see more people speaking up, & encouraging others to speak up too
People have the power but we need to use it
#peoplepower #speirgorm
Listening to that line parroted out across the media - everyday during a genocide live-streamed to the world - will stand as a text book example of dehumanisation and othering.
After all those equivocating "according to the Hamas run Heath Ministry" qualifiers
Israel accepts Gaza death toll compiled by health authorities is broadly accurate
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Listening to that line parroted out across the media - everyday during a genocide live-streamed to the world - will stand as a text book example of dehumanisation and othering.
Great to see a space like this open up on the left.
At the launch I played Tribute to Peadar O’Donnell. He founded The Bell with O’Faoláin back in 1940.
An Cloghan means “the little bell.” A great title. It rings the alarm, signals people to gather and hopefully, calls time on the old order.
At the launch I played Tribute to Peadar O’Donnell. He founded The Bell with O’Faoláin back in 1940.
An Cloghan means “the little bell.” A great title. It rings the alarm, signals people to gather and hopefully, calls time on the old order.
January 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Great to see a space like this open up on the left.
At the launch I played Tribute to Peadar O’Donnell. He founded The Bell with O’Faoláin back in 1940.
An Cloghan means “the little bell.” A great title. It rings the alarm, signals people to gather and hopefully, calls time on the old order.
At the launch I played Tribute to Peadar O’Donnell. He founded The Bell with O’Faoláin back in 1940.
An Cloghan means “the little bell.” A great title. It rings the alarm, signals people to gather and hopefully, calls time on the old order.
More evidence rural/urban divides on issues like hunting are just fictions.
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
More evidence rural/urban divides on issues like hunting are just fictions.
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The brewing movement towards a general strike in the US is fascinating to watch. There’s been a call for a Mayday 2028 one from the UAW for a while, with a whole movement emerging around it - but events in Minneapolis have fast forwarded things no end.
time.com/7358581/ice-...
time.com/7358581/ice-...
What We Know About Calls for a General Strike Over ICE
After a mass strike in Minnesota last week, organizers are pushing for a “nationwide day of no school, no work and no shopping”
time.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The brewing movement towards a general strike in the US is fascinating to watch. There’s been a call for a Mayday 2028 one from the UAW for a while, with a whole movement emerging around it - but events in Minneapolis have fast forwarded things no end.
time.com/7358581/ice-...
time.com/7358581/ice-...
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notice how after ilhan omar was attacked by a maga true believer parroting donald trump, the mainstream media didnt kick off a multi-day orgy about how trump and other republicans need to change their tone and "lower the temperature"?
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
notice how after ilhan omar was attacked by a maga true believer parroting donald trump, the mainstream media didnt kick off a multi-day orgy about how trump and other republicans need to change their tone and "lower the temperature"?
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
A few months ago everyone was guffawing about excessive weather warnings. It’s fairly pathetic for a minister to blame water forecasters for their own government’s own goals and inaction on climate change.
January 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM
A few months ago everyone was guffawing about excessive weather warnings. It’s fairly pathetic for a minister to blame water forecasters for their own government’s own goals and inaction on climate change.
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You can tell neither Ireland nor Australia have done any sort of studies on this subject, or talked to teenagers, or even considered the negative impact this will have for teens whose support systems are outside their family home. www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Tánaiste calls for social media ban for under-16s
Ireland needs to prohibit the use of social media by those aged under 16, the Tánaiste has said.
www.rte.ie
January 29, 2026 at 11:17 AM
You can tell neither Ireland nor Australia have done any sort of studies on this subject, or talked to teenagers, or even considered the negative impact this will have for teens whose support systems are outside their family home. www.rte.ie/news/politic...
I’m all for innovation. My foodie prediction for 2026 is carvery dinners in a pint glass. Perfect for eating during standing room only matches down the pub - or as your one proper meal during a three day bender at the Electric Picnic.
Works for Jerk chicken too.
Works for Jerk chicken too.
January 29, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I’m all for innovation. My foodie prediction for 2026 is carvery dinners in a pint glass. Perfect for eating during standing room only matches down the pub - or as your one proper meal during a three day bender at the Electric Picnic.
Works for Jerk chicken too.
Works for Jerk chicken too.
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My first 100 Buildings piece for 2026 as part of my series for @rte.ie Culture is on an often-overlooked structures - the humble lampstandard. Read about a pair of rare 1940s concrete Art Deco ones in Co.Meath. Huge thanks to @fleshandcircuit.bsky.social for her photos
www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
My first 100 Buildings piece for 2026 as part of my series for @rte.ie Culture is on an often-overlooked structures - the humble lampstandard. Read about a pair of rare 1940s concrete Art Deco ones in Co.Meath. Huge thanks to @fleshandcircuit.bsky.social for her photos
www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
www.rte.ie/culture/2026...
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IRELAND: Fórsa ICT workers in local authorities to begin work-to-rule from tomorrow www.forsa.ie/ict-staff-in...
Fórsa ICT workers in local authorities to begin work-to-rule from tomorrow - Forsa
ICT workers in local authorities begin work-to-rule from 28th January in dispute over failure of management to address longstanding concerns
www.forsa.ie
January 28, 2026 at 1:48 PM
IRELAND: Fórsa ICT workers in local authorities to begin work-to-rule from tomorrow www.forsa.ie/ict-staff-in...
I’m going to need convincing on this new logo. The last one missed the burning aspect of the Three Castles entirely. This one misses the Three Castles altogether. It feels incredibly “for the sake of it,” rather than grounded in any need. The roll out cost must be sickening.
Dublin City Council’s new logo revealed after more than €44,000 spent on redesign
Following a spend of more than €44,500 on consultants and design teams by Dublin City Council, the Irish Independent can reveal the authority’s new logo.
www.independent.ie
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I’m going to need convincing on this new logo. The last one missed the burning aspect of the Three Castles entirely. This one misses the Three Castles altogether. It feels incredibly “for the sake of it,” rather than grounded in any need. The roll out cost must be sickening.
ChatGTD.
January 27, 2026 at 8:32 PM
ChatGTD.
“Whist! Leave it! You’ll unyoke it!”
Nothing highlights the extent to which the Irish economy is a house of cards quite like the adults in the room constantly defending "don't fucking move or it'll fall down" as a valid approach to running a country #Spéirgorm
The more obvious it is he shouldn't go, the more condescending the insistence that he must.
Also, if the "cautious" option is meeting with a fascist leader who stands by while citizens are executed on the street, what does that say about your politics?
Also, if the "cautious" option is meeting with a fascist leader who stands by while citizens are executed on the street, what does that say about your politics?
January 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM
“Whist! Leave it! You’ll unyoke it!”
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ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
radleybalko.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The absolute bang of grovelling gombeenism off the lot of them.
Nine ministerial visits to the United States for St Patrick’s Day - the Taoiseach slated to visit Philadelphia as well as the traditional trip to Washington. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The absolute bang of grovelling gombeenism off the lot of them.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency ‘coronapistes’ or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”
New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
momentummag.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:18 AM
“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency ‘coronapistes’ or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”
They’ll get a cheap feel good documentary out of this yet.
Ireland’s national broadcaster reporting on events in America that are disrupting the travel plans of students from the north. Is this the All-Ireland journalism @stephenbaker.bsky.social was promoting?
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 PM
They’ll get a cheap feel good documentary out of this yet.
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When Doris met @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Doris — Radisson Blu strike leader — is the 1st non-politician, non-academic to appear on @boldpolitics.bsky.social
She helped lead the first UK hotel strike since 1979 — & won every demand.
Workers’ voices matter💥
#StrikeVictory #MigrantWorkers #UVW
Doris — Radisson Blu strike leader — is the 1st non-politician, non-academic to appear on @boldpolitics.bsky.social
She helped lead the first UK hotel strike since 1979 — & won every demand.
Workers’ voices matter💥
#StrikeVictory #MigrantWorkers #UVW
January 26, 2026 at 12:29 PM
When Doris met @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Doris — Radisson Blu strike leader — is the 1st non-politician, non-academic to appear on @boldpolitics.bsky.social
She helped lead the first UK hotel strike since 1979 — & won every demand.
Workers’ voices matter💥
#StrikeVictory #MigrantWorkers #UVW
Doris — Radisson Blu strike leader — is the 1st non-politician, non-academic to appear on @boldpolitics.bsky.social
She helped lead the first UK hotel strike since 1979 — & won every demand.
Workers’ voices matter💥
#StrikeVictory #MigrantWorkers #UVW
If they’re serious about this, I look forward to legislation limiting car paint jobs to the sort of fluro-yellow you see wheat-pasted around cities like Sheffield, advertising bassline raves with 76 DJs on the bill. All these grey and black cars are the same colour as the tarmac. Silly!
A fundamental question in the "hi-viz debate" I never see asked is —
If a motorist has difficulty seeing someone or something on the road ahead then should they not seek medical attention, or surrender their license?
No motorist should assume what's ahead of them will be painted yellow.
If a motorist has difficulty seeing someone or something on the road ahead then should they not seek medical attention, or surrender their license?
No motorist should assume what's ahead of them will be painted yellow.
Cycling without a helmet and high-vis clothing may be made criminal offences in Ireland
— Law areound cyclists being reviewed with e-scooter proposals for helmets and high-vis. Seán Canney, the Minister of State for road safety, is considering making it illegal to cycle without …
irishcycle.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:28 PM
If they’re serious about this, I look forward to legislation limiting car paint jobs to the sort of fluro-yellow you see wheat-pasted around cities like Sheffield, advertising bassline raves with 76 DJs on the bill. All these grey and black cars are the same colour as the tarmac. Silly!