John Collison was talking utter garbage and it says so much that so many politicians fell over themselves to fellate him for writing a pack of lies

MM refusing to do anything on climate shows that he puts disproportionate weight on the opinions of lobbyists for data centers, car manufacturers, dairy, etc cause support for government action on climate change actually unites people across the country..so who is he talking about?

Residents in Enniscorthy, Youghal, and Tramore are all asked to interact with the platform, tell us what the challenges and opportunities in their towns are, up-vote comments, upload photos, and help us co-create sustainable mobility solutions in each town. Here's the link: www.townsmatter.ie

#journorequest looking to talk to people from Dublin who moved to a smaller town, ideally Waterford, Sligo Carlow, Drogheda, Dundalk, Athlone, Tuam or Monaghan in recent years. Perhaps still doing am occasional commute. DM asap if any thoughts. Shares appreciated.

Nice FT citing Ireland, where data centre power demand has massively outpaced clean power growth - meaning increased burning of fossil fuels

You can't rely on an assumption of infinite, exponential, unstoppable renewable energy to excuse data centre expansionism.

www.ft.com/content/0f61...

I’ve just published my first Substack piece — my dream for the Glenmalure Valley.

It’s time to breathe life back into the Glenmalure valley, where the wind once sang through ancient trees, and where it should sing again.

I’d love for you to give it a read — and if it resonates, please share it.

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

Strong words from Ella McSweeny comparing the government's cowardly move to avoid restoring our rivers to "a doctor unfit to practice"

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The worst case scenario is a fine of over €26 billion - the equivalent of 11 National Children’s Hospitals given that the final cost of that project is forecast to come in at around €2.3bn.
http://jrnl.ie/6716603

The word "antisemite" has become so meaningless that now whenever someone uses it you have to ask them "What kind? The Hitler-was-right kind or the stop-bombing-hospitals kind?"

The operations manager for a group that lobbies government for Lockheed Martin is also director of flight operations for an Irish airline shipping weapons to the Israel Defense Forces.

www.ontheditch.com/arms-lobbyis...

LaNdloRds aRe FLEeiNg The MarkET
'The number of private landlords increased by 4.5% to 105,594 last year.'
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

@fctwentebenson.bsky.social, I see Michael Lowry is now slang for something (not sure what but I'll go put on a limb and say it seems derogatory)