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The Day Today - Crisis Correspondent Spartacus Mills
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February 19, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Day 2161 #ArtKicksCovid19 “The Irish Girl” (1843) Ford Madox Brown. Yale Center for British Art. This portrait that reveals Brown’s commitment to social realism long before his association with the Pre-Raphaelites. The young woman confronts the viewer directly,
February 13, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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Wexford People Newspaper Headline - "Controversial bollards to be removed in March"
February 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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joenoonan.bsky.social
"In a disaster, the skeleton of society is laid bare."
THE IRISH TIMES In a disaster. the skeleton of society is laid bare. Politicians need scapegoats when their inability to make hard strategic decisions is exposed. Whether it be Met Éireann. the Habitats Directive, the freshwater pearl mussel civil society groups, or local authority officials. blame has to be ascribed somewhere. But who rezoned the floodplains, who allowed housing closer to river banks than was wise. who has drastically underfunded climate-adaptation measures for the past 20 vears?
February 2, 2026 at 11:10 AM
solanga.bsky.social
Welsh local authority buy 16 houses for £2.75 million pounds due to flooding caused by climate change.

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Flood-prone Ynysybwl homes may be bought and bulldozed by council
People on a street at risk of flooding will discover whether their homes are to be demolished.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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John Sweeney: Blaming Met Éireann for floods is a distraction. Who rezoned the floodplains?
John Sweeney: Blaming Met Éireann for floods is a distraction. Who rezoned the floodplains?
It is now over 20 years since I led the project to give the first scenario-based projections of Ireland’s future climate. We warned Ireland’s winters would become significantly wetter
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February 2, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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seontrack.bsky.social
Waterford (population 60,079) & Wexford (pop. 21,524) can easily sustain a rail service between them. In Scotland there are 8 daily trains between Fort William (pop. 15,757) and Mallaig (pop. 701). The South East has the existing infrastructure to deliver a top class rail network.
Map showing new and reopened stations in the South East
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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January 31, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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“Snow was general all over Ireland...” It’s the perfect day to curl up with some Smyrna figs & one of the great short stories - #JamesJoyce’s The Dead from #Dubliners - set at a party for the Feast of #Epiphany

Read by Jonathan Forbes for @BBCRadio3 @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Dead
Epiphanies at a Twelfth Night party in Dublin. By James Joyce. Read by Jonathan Forbes.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Tony Harrison, remembered by Simon Armitage.

The poet laureate on taking inspiration from a man who ‘waged class war through his writing’.
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Tony Harrison, remembered by Simon Armitage | The Observer
The poet laureate on taking inspiration from a man who ‘waged class war through his writing’
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December 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’
UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’
Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates The UK’s largest proposed datacentre is understating the scale of its planned water use, according to an analysis. The first phase of construction for the hyperscale campus in Cambois in Northumberland has been given the go-ahead by the local council. The US operator QTS, which is developing the site, has promoted its “water-free” cooling system as proof of its sustainability. Continue reading...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Dublin Airport Terminal 1 r/brutalism
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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#FallFriday Mark E Smith reads an Xmas story
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Mark E Smith Reads An Xmas Story For BBC Collective
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December 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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From today, Gaelic and Scots are recognised as official languages.

A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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irishinstitute.bsky.social
On 13 November, Sir Simon Schama delivered the 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture on 'Politics and the Poet'. Before the lecture he sat down for a little chat with our director Prof Peter Shirlow.
Watch the resulting podcast: youtu.be/bL5O-A8hhwk
PODCAST: 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture with Sir Simon Schama
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November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.

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Nitrates derogation
Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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tupped.bsky.social
The EU Court has found that we have failed to even bring in the laws we’d need to comply with our obligations to combat water pollution.
On those grounds, the Court (Ninth Chamber) hereby: Declares that, by failing to transpose fully or correctly Article 2(38), Article 4(2), Article 5(2), Article 7(3), Article 9(2), Article 11(3)(a) to (d) in relation to groundwater, Article 11(3)(e), Article 11(3)(i) in relation to surface water, Article 11(3)(I) in relation to groundwater, and points 1.4 and 1.5 of Annex II to, and points 1.3.1 to 1.3.5 and point 2.4.5, first paragraph, of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under those provisions; 2. Dismisses the action as to the remainder; 3. Orders Ireland to pay the costs.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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‘The Great Famine was one of the first humanitarian crises to attract global attention and co-ordinated international relief.’

Niamh Gallagher on a new history of Ireland’s catastrophe.

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Niamh Gallagher · Carrion and Earth: Ireland’s Great Famine
Although Ireland had endured earlier famines – including one in the 1740s that, proportionally, claimed more lives...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Google has now admitted that they will tap into users' personal data within Gmail and Drive in order for their upcoming AI search to "be more helpful".

For years, Google has advertised their services as "encrypted" and "secure", which begs the question: are they really?

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November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Irish cancer services face ‘critical strain’ with funding and staffing shortfalls
Irish cancer services face ‘critical strain’ with funding and staffing shortfalls
Ireland’s cancer services were once ‘the jewel in the crown’ of the health service, but delayed diagnoses and staff shortages have diminished patient care
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November 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Q: Why was the person responsible for the Blackwater fish kill never found?

A: it wasn’t anybody’s job.

I talked to the heads of all the agencies involved in the investigation, about why the biggest pollution event in Irish history fell between the cracks.

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CountryWide - RTÉ Radio 1
The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across the country.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Stripe Dublin r/brutalism
September 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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philipb-h.bsky.social
Nobody can be blamed for the largest fish kill in Irish history Everyone along the Blackwater River was complying with the rules.
Might the rules no longer be fit for purpose?
#Climate #Biodiversity #Rivers

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How to restore river health
The report on the River Blackwater fish kill published this week was inconclusive, with no enough evidence to say what was to blame for the largest fish kill in Irish history. We discuss the impact of...
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September 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Important question in the Dail today after the RTE Prime Time expose on the sale of data about people's locations

@ivanabacik.bsky.social asks @simonharrisireland.bsky.social
After 8 years of inaction on Real-Time Bidding, how can you continue to have confidence in the Data Protection Commission?
September 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM