Will Ryan
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Will Ryan
@solbees.bsky.social
MSc Climate Change Student
“However, he said none of this changed his view that the State needed to invest in LNG as a strategic reserve and he did not believe it was a contradictory stance.”

Who wants to place their bets on the chances of LNG only being used for “strategic reserve“ or whatever that means.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I quite enjoyed a lot of the takedowns of Bill Gates' EA brain snap on climate. It is really deadassed in a number of ways.

But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.

I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
Even Bill Gates knows he is full of shit
Did you hear about that “one low-income country set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers”?
timinclimate.medium.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“may every future billionaire who writes about Ireland be haunted, not by ghosts, but by the stubborn, unprofitable truth that a republic is measured not in financial investment — but in who it chooses to help, and who it casually hurts.”
"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.

It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.

That’s the only kind of fast that matters."

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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One way to reverse this trend?

Start bringing nature back to Ireland via major rewilding.

People will be ever less interested in visiting a country that's ever more devoid of the indigenous ecosystems that should make it special.
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Number of tourists down 7.5% so far this year - CSO
The number of tourists coming to Ireland is down 7.5% so far this year compared to 2024, according to data from the Central Statistics Office.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Turns out voting for Catherine Connolly is a rural pursuit.
October 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The *seventh* debate of #Aras25?
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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One of the most common #ruralpursuits is: driving huge distances to access life saving emergency medical care. Limerick, Clare & Tipperary North all served by the one ED.
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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It is interesting that he chose to harrass Connolly, who has never been in government, rather than Humphries, who was a cabinet minister when the Gender Recognition Act was passed.

It's almost like it's not really about what he says it's about, isn't it?
October 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Her name IS Heather to be fair to him... It's just unfortunate that the real heather caught fire while she was left in charge of it.
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
nice little omission to the actual energy source that data centers will use private wires for - gas turbines.
🗣️ "If 25% of the energy in the grid is being used by data centres... we can’t continue to allow them to be built." – Kieran Cuddihy

🗣️ "Data centres are a core part of our economy, and there’s no denying that." – Naoise Ó Cearúil TD, Fianna Fáil

#TonightVMTV
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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“EPA said the biggest threats to overall health of the country’s natural water bodies include animal waste, fertilisers & pesticides running off farmland and forestry”.

Politically backed ongoing wreckage of our natural environment for profit continues unabated.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again
Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways
www.irishtimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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"As a result, I know much more about Connolly now than I did before this campaign started.

Conversely, I know pretty much the same amount today as I did about Heather Humphreys’s life and values pre-campaign."
Catherine Connolly’s podcasts and viral moments V Heather Humphreys freezing under no pressure.

I wrote about the big differences between how the Irish presidential candidates communicate and connect.

#Aras25
Una Mullally: Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us
Connolly has appeared on several podcasts that appeal to younger audiences and the more candid format suits her
www.irishtimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Another significant environmental crime

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

jrnl.ie/6805578
Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork
The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
jrnl.ie
October 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Heather Humphreys won’t say if she paid an anti-vacancy tax on her unused residential property.

Humphreys has left the property unoccupied for the last 14 years, during which time the vacant homes tax was introduced.

www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-wo...
Humpheys won’t say if she paid vacant homes tax
She’s left the property unoccupied for more than a decade.
www.ontheditch.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Hearing reports of Jim Gavin canvassers in the Wicklow mountains who are refusing to surrender.
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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The ballot paper for Ireland’s presidential election is unlawful – and gives an unfair advantage to Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s candidates.

The legislation is clear.

The Ditch is challenging – in the High Court if necessary.
Our letter in full: www.ontheditch.com/presidential...
Unlawful election ballot gives FG, FF undue advantage
Why weren't small, legally required efforts made with the presidential election ballot?
www.ontheditch.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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HH commits to become fluent in Irish, just like she did 8 years ago as Minister for the Gaeltacht.

#RTETWIP #Áras25 #IrishPol
October 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Manchán 🕯️
October 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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If Dublin City can generate a spectacle for an American football game for tourists, then why not for All-Ireland Final weekends?

I wrote about how Irish sport (and its fans) deserves the same celebratory treatment in and by the capital.
Una Mullally: If Dublin can pull out all the stops for the NFL, why not for the GAA?
Now that we’ve seen what can be done to welcome an American football event to town, let’s do it for homegrown sports
www.irishtimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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a story that gets bogged down in the details. peat fiction
September 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Absolutely wild. Israel targeted and massacred 31 journalists and media staff in Yemen. The second-deadliest attack on journalists ever recorded. The Israeli regime is built on war crimes.
September 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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"Britain must burn more fossil fuels and bills must rise in order to power the robot that'll fire everyone. How else will I afford my next private island?"
Nvidia says Britain will have to burn gas to power technology revolution
The company chief executive Jensen Huang says the UK’s costly electricity means new data centres will rely on fossil fuel as well as renewable energy
www.thetimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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September 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The minister is not telling the truth -
to invoke SAF (“sustainable aviation fuel”) as a mitigant against climate emissions is misleading and dishonest. It is not possible to produce CO2-neutral aviation fuel at scale. The minister knows this.
Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien: we can grow Dublin Airport ‘sustainably’ from 36m to 60m passengers.
Mary Wilson: What about climate, have you run the numbers on emissions?
Minister: No question there will be an increase, SAF exists, planes more technologically advanced now…

#SpeirGorm
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September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM