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Tamar Mearakishvili, an ethnic Georgian activist and journalist, has been detained in South Ossetia on espionage charges. A vocal critic of local authorities who has previously faced legal persecution, Mearakishvili now faces 10 to 20 years in prison.
Local activist and vocal government critic detained in South Ossetia on ‘espionage’ charges
Mearakishvili has spent recent years in exhausting legal battles with local authorities.
oc-media.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Tamar Mearakishvili, an ethnic Georgian activist and journalist, has been detained in South Ossetia on espionage charges. A vocal critic of local authorities who has previously faced legal persecution, Mearakishvili now faces 10 to 20 years in prison.
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all i want for christmas is a functional & reliable public transport system in galway 😩🙏🏻
December 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
all i want for christmas is a functional & reliable public transport system in galway 😩🙏🏻
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Dublin now 11th-most congested city in the world, says report
Dublin now 11th-most congested city in the world, says report
State’s transport infrastructure is ‘extremely vulnerable to any shock’, says academic
www.irishtimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Dublin now 11th-most congested city in the world, says report
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CIÉ track-lifting operations on the North Wexford Railway, between Sparrowland/Macmine Junction; 8mm-film from Tony Price/IRRS Archive. #irishrailarchives
June 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
CIÉ track-lifting operations on the North Wexford Railway, between Sparrowland/Macmine Junction; 8mm-film from Tony Price/IRRS Archive. #irishrailarchives
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Fair dues Eoghan and SEOT what irritates me just ad much is that the Edwardian engineering masterpiece of the Barrow Railway viaduct rusts into the river
Good coverage on the apparent cancellation of future work on Wexford-Waterford line by @thejournal.ie this morning. We urgently need some clarity from the Department of Transport and the Minister.
www.thejournal.ie/rail-review-...
www.thejournal.ie/rail-review-...
Anger after re-opening of Co Wexford-Waterford train line is omitted from government spending plan
Campaigners have said lengthy efforts to reopen the line may have been ‘erased overnight’.
www.thejournal.ie
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Fair dues Eoghan and SEOT what irritates me just ad much is that the Edwardian engineering masterpiece of the Barrow Railway viaduct rusts into the river
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The RPSI Burma Road Railtour Ireland filmed over days (31st May - 1st June 1975) by Tony Price c/o SouthernYard. Our town of Kiltimagh features. #train
The RPSI Burma Road Railtour May 1975
YouTube video by SouthernYard
youtu.be
December 27, 2024 at 9:13 PM
The RPSI Burma Road Railtour Ireland filmed over days (31st May - 1st June 1975) by Tony Price c/o SouthernYard. Our town of Kiltimagh features. #train
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Environmental standards too difficult?
Lower the standards!
Lower the standards!
This was then followed today by the announcement that the Government had decided to designate a vast swathe of our rivers as heavily modified, meaning they don't have to reach the same high standards as other waterbodies under the WFD. Legal bar lowering in action.
swanireland.ie/2025/12/weak...
swanireland.ie/2025/12/weak...
Weakening of protections for a tenth of our rivers and lakes is just unacceptable - Sustainable Water Network
Two of Ireland’s leading environmental groups, the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) and The Rivers Trust, have today called the Government’s sign off on the designation of a tenth (466) of our rivers,...
swanireland.ie
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Environmental standards too difficult?
Lower the standards!
Lower the standards!
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Taylorstown Viaduct, Co. Wexford, with CIÉ loco 077 on the Irish Rail weed spray-train, May 2017. Different brick shades indicate the rebuilt arches post-1923. #irishrailways #irishrailarchives #taylorstown #wexford
September 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Taylorstown Viaduct, Co. Wexford, with CIÉ loco 077 on the Irish Rail weed spray-train, May 2017. Different brick shades indicate the rebuilt arches post-1923. #irishrailways #irishrailarchives #taylorstown #wexford
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Today view of the #Taylorstown Viaduct.
Built 1904-6 opened 1906. Damaged 1922 reconstructed 1923. Erected by Sir Robert McAlpine and Company of Glasgow as an important component of south County Wexford development through the connections with the Fishguard and Rosslare Railway (FRR) line.
Built 1904-6 opened 1906. Damaged 1922 reconstructed 1923. Erected by Sir Robert McAlpine and Company of Glasgow as an important component of south County Wexford development through the connections with the Fishguard and Rosslare Railway (FRR) line.
September 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Today view of the #Taylorstown Viaduct.
Built 1904-6 opened 1906. Damaged 1922 reconstructed 1923. Erected by Sir Robert McAlpine and Company of Glasgow as an important component of south County Wexford development through the connections with the Fishguard and Rosslare Railway (FRR) line.
Built 1904-6 opened 1906. Damaged 1922 reconstructed 1923. Erected by Sir Robert McAlpine and Company of Glasgow as an important component of south County Wexford development through the connections with the Fishguard and Rosslare Railway (FRR) line.
December 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Discovered last week that only about 3 trains run between Wexford and Dublin on a Saturday. The first leaving at 6.40am and the next at 1.30pm.
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Discovered last week that only about 3 trains run between Wexford and Dublin on a Saturday. The first leaving at 6.40am and the next at 1.30pm.
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"Neither Place Is Worth Visiting": Government Defend Cancelling Re-Opening Of Wexford-Waterford Train Line https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/12/17/neither-place-is-worth-visiting-government-defend-cancelling-re-opening-of-wexford-waterford-train-line/
“Neither Place Is Worth Visiting”: Government Defend Cancelling Re-Opening Of Wexford-Waterford Train Line
DEFENDING their decision to erase plans for the re-opening of the Wexford-Waterford train line, the government confirmed that residents of the neighbouring counties can't be that surprised.
C'mon, look out your windows... it's hardly a shock …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Neither Place Is Worth Visiting": Government Defend Cancelling Re-Opening Of Wexford-Waterford Train Line https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/12/17/neither-place-is-worth-visiting-government-defend-cancelling-re-opening-of-wexford-waterford-train-line/
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I’m very pleased to have contributed a piece to Social Europe on how a socially and ecologically planned economic policy can reconnect Europe by rail – while creating jobs and protecting the climate. www.socialeurope.eu/europes-rail...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I’m very pleased to have contributed a piece to Social Europe on how a socially and ecologically planned economic policy can reconnect Europe by rail – while creating jobs and protecting the climate. www.socialeurope.eu/europes-rail...
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The rail line to Shannon is gone.
December 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The rail line to Shannon is gone.
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"we promise we will prioritise public transport projects even if the Greens are gone"
- straight up lies
- straight up lies
They've done it again, they've cut more rail projects. The most criminal one for me is cancelling the reopening of the Waterford-Wexford/Rosslare line. On the left is the All-island Rail Review published by the last government and on the right is the plan published today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"we promise we will prioritise public transport projects even if the Greens are gone"
- straight up lies
- straight up lies
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We’re front page news locally this morning. You can read the full story here or in print: independent.ie/regionals/we...
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We’re front page news locally this morning. You can read the full story here or in print: independent.ie/regionals/we...
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We're at 3% in Ireland.
Batteries on trains should only be seen as a stop-gap but there's no ambition to electrify rail in Ireland.
The all Island rail review even includes new lines which won't be electrified.
Batteries on trains should only be seen as a stop-gap but there's no ambition to electrify rail in Ireland.
The all Island rail review even includes new lines which won't be electrified.
Indian Railways will be fully electrified next year (it’s at ~99% currently)
UK is at 38% with tentatively another 12-13% new electrification committed
Indian Railways is building a 7000km high speed rail network by 2047
We can’t even get ours all the way from central London to central Birmingham
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UK is at 38% with tentatively another 12-13% new electrification committed
Indian Railways is building a 7000km high speed rail network by 2047
We can’t even get ours all the way from central London to central Birmingham
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November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We're at 3% in Ireland.
Batteries on trains should only be seen as a stop-gap but there's no ambition to electrify rail in Ireland.
The all Island rail review even includes new lines which won't be electrified.
Batteries on trains should only be seen as a stop-gap but there's no ambition to electrify rail in Ireland.
The all Island rail review even includes new lines which won't be electrified.
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It is absolutely ridiculous that there is no rail link between Rosslare and Waterford: www.thejournal.ie/rail-review-...
Anger after re-opening of Co Wexford-Waterford train line is omitted from government spending plan
Campaigners have said lengthy efforts to reopen the line may have been ‘erased overnight’.
www.thejournal.ie
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It is absolutely ridiculous that there is no rail link between Rosslare and Waterford: www.thejournal.ie/rail-review-...
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Life should be like that.
When childhood is joyful,
when lights shine not only in hearts but also on the streets.
Seen today in Kyiv.
They have snow near one of the skating rinks.
When childhood is joyful,
when lights shine not only in hearts but also on the streets.
Seen today in Kyiv.
They have snow near one of the skating rinks.
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Life should be like that.
When childhood is joyful,
when lights shine not only in hearts but also on the streets.
Seen today in Kyiv.
They have snow near one of the skating rinks.
When childhood is joyful,
when lights shine not only in hearts but also on the streets.
Seen today in Kyiv.
They have snow near one of the skating rinks.
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They've taken the page down but the document is still here. I'm going to get a drink.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
assets.gov.ie
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
They've taken the page down but the document is still here. I'm going to get a drink.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...