Saoirse McHugh
@saoirsemc.bsky.social
Nature, land, food
On windy Achill island ๐๏ธ
On windy Achill island ๐๏ธ
Pinned
The issue remains though. There should be no corporations given seaweed harvesting rights in Ireland my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
The issue remains though. There should be no corporations given seaweed harvesting rights in Ireland my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The issue remains though. There should be no corporations given seaweed harvesting rights in Ireland my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
The Dept website has just yesterday evening changed the status of the massive arramara application from 'applied' to 'withdrawn' this is good news but both Arramara and Bioatlantis still have applications in for seaweed rights in mayo, galway, and kerry
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The Dept website has just yesterday evening changed the status of the massive arramara application from 'applied' to 'withdrawn' this is good news but both Arramara and Bioatlantis still have applications in for seaweed rights in mayo, galway, and kerry
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UPDATE: This plane landed in Cairo and is now headed back to Shannon.
Previous ICE flights to Cairo delivered Russian dissidents and asylum-seekers to Egyptian authorities, who forced them onto planes to Moscow. At least one is now missing.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
Previous ICE flights to Cairo delivered Russian dissidents and asylum-seekers to Egyptian authorities, who forced them onto planes to Moscow. At least one is now missing.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
February 12, 2026 at 1:51 AM
UPDATE: This plane landed in Cairo and is now headed back to Shannon.
Previous ICE flights to Cairo delivered Russian dissidents and asylum-seekers to Egyptian authorities, who forced them onto planes to Moscow. At least one is now missing.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
Previous ICE flights to Cairo delivered Russian dissidents and asylum-seekers to Egyptian authorities, who forced them onto planes to Moscow. At least one is now missing.
#speirghorm
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-flight-r...
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I know I've said before multiple times that this government isn't interested in governing but holy shit. This is next-level allergy to responsibility
Good news for Ministers who will no longer be even nominally responsible for another politically hot issue.
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Plan to bypass ministers in bid to cut red tape and speed up major infrastructure projects
Ministers will be bypassed for major infrastructure projects under new planning rules aimed at cutting red tape and shortening the delivery time by 20 weeks.
www.independent.ie
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I know I've said before multiple times that this government isn't interested in governing but holy shit. This is next-level allergy to responsibility
I assure you all that mice and rats can actually live in the same places
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I assure you all that mice and rats can actually live in the same places
That is an unhinged response to a mass shooting story. Transphobia really rots the brain
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That is an unhinged response to a mass shooting story. Transphobia really rots the brain
It's actually wild how landlords profits have again been given higher priority than people being able to find a home and Peter burke is out claiming that this is balance.
February 11, 2026 at 9:04 AM
It's actually wild how landlords profits have again been given higher priority than people being able to find a home and Peter burke is out claiming that this is balance.
Places like achill and Killarney that are impossible to find a place to live in create their own political consensus. cause the people who can't find anywhere to live there leave and the people who can are often landlords like MHR himself
U-turn on regulating short-term lets: striking a balance or a sop to Michael Healy-Rae?
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
U-turn on regulating short-term lets: striking a balance or a sop to Michael Healy-Rae?
With two rental properties and 300 Airbnbs, Killarney is a battleground for housing need versus tourism
www.irishtimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Places like achill and Killarney that are impossible to find a place to live in create their own political consensus. cause the people who can't find anywhere to live there leave and the people who can are often landlords like MHR himself
I don't but if you ring MARA and ask they might be able to shed some light on it!
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
I don't but if you ring MARA and ask they might be able to shed some light on it!
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Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, has put in an application to harvest tens of thousands of tons of wrack from huge swathes of the west coast.
Is your area affected? Get in touch to start a local campaign โ๏ธ
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Is your area affected? Get in touch to start a local campaign โ๏ธ
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
February 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, has put in an application to harvest tens of thousands of tons of wrack from huge swathes of the west coast.
Is your area affected? Get in touch to start a local campaign โ๏ธ
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Is your area affected? Get in touch to start a local campaign โ๏ธ
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
So in a week of catastrophic flooding the government have decided to move climate from its own section to a subsection under infrastructure and lift the Dublin airport passenger cap. Mighty
February 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
So in a week of catastrophic flooding the government have decided to move climate from its own section to a subsection under infrastructure and lift the Dublin airport passenger cap. Mighty
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Weeks of severe storms and catastrophic flooding across the country โ all made worse and more frequent by climate change.
Our politiciansโ response?
Our Minister for Climate Actionโs response?!
More emissions.
Our politiciansโ response?
Our Minister for Climate Actionโs response?!
More emissions.
Exclusive: Dublin Airport passenger cap to be permanently removed under new laws
www.businesspost.ie
February 8, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Weeks of severe storms and catastrophic flooding across the country โ all made worse and more frequent by climate change.
Our politiciansโ response?
Our Minister for Climate Actionโs response?!
More emissions.
Our politiciansโ response?
Our Minister for Climate Actionโs response?!
More emissions.
The epstein files have completely disrupted my ability (which I used think fairly reliable) to sift out conspiracy theories. I now have no idea whether I'm responding appropriately or whether im in a far right pipeline
February 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The epstein files have completely disrupted my ability (which I used think fairly reliable) to sift out conspiracy theories. I now have no idea whether I'm responding appropriately or whether im in a far right pipeline
I had this for the first time recently and was blown away by it!! It's beautiful!
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
I had this for the first time recently and was blown away by it!! It's beautiful!
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As a keen forager whose speciality is seaweed and sustainable sourcing I beg you to sign this. There are currently two corps with applications to strip the Irish west coast of seaweed. We cannot let this happen.
Please sign and share. #irish #ireland
Please sign and share. #irish #ireland
''Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, has put in an application to harvest tens of thousands of tons of wrack from huge swathes of the west coast.''
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening โ๏ธ
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening โ๏ธ
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
my.uplift.ie
February 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The amount of replies I have typed out and then deleted cause there's so much to say and trying to say it nicely takes an in-person chat so people don't shut down or get defensive or embarrassed
February 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The amount of replies I have typed out and then deleted cause there's so much to say and trying to say it nicely takes an in-person chat so people don't shut down or get defensive or embarrassed
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What can be done about this?
Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations.
Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement.
@whittledaway.bsky.social
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations.
Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement.
@whittledaway.bsky.social
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:28 AM
What can be done about this?
Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations.
Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement.
@whittledaway.bsky.social
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
Slurry spreaders out today in waterlogged fields beside the Boyne River - total madness and against regulations.
Water quality is deteriorating and there is little enforcement.
@whittledaway.bsky.social
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
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Presumably the start of many many EU law suits we will face for not meeting our environmental obligations.
Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.
The European Commission has launched legal action against 16 countries still tied to the Energy Charter Treaty. As deadlines on renewables and methane rules are missed, governments face pressure to comply.
February 7, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Presumably the start of many many EU law suits we will face for not meeting our environmental obligations.
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Sharks on brink of extinction caught in tangle nets in protected Irish waters
"That the Irish Government still allows this form of destructive fishing throughout Irish coastal waters is an absolute disgrace"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
"That the Irish Government still allows this form of destructive fishing throughout Irish coastal waters is an absolute disgrace"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Sharks on brink of extinction caught in tangle nets in protected Irish waters
Seals also among the animals killed as by-catch of growing crayfishing industry
www.irishtimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Sharks on brink of extinction caught in tangle nets in protected Irish waters
"That the Irish Government still allows this form of destructive fishing throughout Irish coastal waters is an absolute disgrace"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
"That the Irish Government still allows this form of destructive fishing throughout Irish coastal waters is an absolute disgrace"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Thousands of sea animals needlessly killed as bycatch of crayfishing industry in practice Dr Nick Payne of @tcddublin.bsky.social says is shameful
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Sharks on brink of extinction caught in tangle nets in protected Irish waters
Seals also among the animals killed as by-catch of growing crayfishing industry
www.irishtimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Thousands of sea animals needlessly killed as bycatch of crayfishing industry in practice Dr Nick Payne of @tcddublin.bsky.social says is shameful
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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โYou donโt treat a flood where it ends up, you treat it where it starts. Upstream at the top of the catchmentโ
How to use the land more cleverly to adapt to changing weather and future floods.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm
Listen: ๐ www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
How to use the land more cleverly to adapt to changing weather and future floods.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm
Listen: ๐ www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Flood Prevention
Is the way we are farming partly responsible for flooding, and what changes might decrease damage in the future? Geomorphologist Prof Mary Bourke. Sligo Farmers Eddie Davitt and Joe Leonard. Farming F...
www.rte.ie
February 7, 2026 at 10:49 AM
โYou donโt treat a flood where it ends up, you treat it where it starts. Upstream at the top of the catchmentโ
How to use the land more cleverly to adapt to changing weather and future floods.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm
Listen: ๐ www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
How to use the land more cleverly to adapt to changing weather and future floods.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm
Listen: ๐ www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Would love an outright ban on holiday homes. Beautiful houses that could be permanent homes lying idle and unoccupied for most of the year is madness.
February 7, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Would love an outright ban on holiday homes. Beautiful houses that could be permanent homes lying idle and unoccupied for most of the year is madness.
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Another excellent piece by Pรกdraic Fogarty. The Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review offer the government a real opportunity to address challenges like flooding head-on, but I have little faith theyโll take it.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/storm...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/storm...
Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land
After flooding in the past, successive governments promised protections, but instead, doubled down on dredging and delayed land-use reform, leaving communities exposed, writes Pรกdraic Fogarty.
www.thejournal.ie
February 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Another excellent piece by Pรกdraic Fogarty. The Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review offer the government a real opportunity to address challenges like flooding head-on, but I have little faith theyโll take it.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/storm...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/storm...
It makes me so mad can we not leave fucking anything alone?!
There are currently two corporations with applications to strip the west coast of seaweed.
There will be a tiny window to put in a submission to these applications but it'd be good to build momentum now and get these applications being talked about locally.
Please sign and share.
There will be a tiny window to put in a submission to these applications but it'd be good to build momentum now and get these applications being talked about locally.
Please sign and share.
''Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, has put in an application to harvest tens of thousands of tons of wrack from huge swathes of the west coast.''
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening โ๏ธ
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening โ๏ธ
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
February 6, 2026 at 4:52 PM
It makes me so mad can we not leave fucking anything alone?!