Kieran
@eslsys.bsky.social
Escaping from exTwitter https://twitter.com/eslsys Software engineer. Lots of diverse interests Music (playing, listening), Reading, Film, #ClimateAction 🇵🇸
Hoping to follow everyone back, prioritising those with a bio and at least 1 post
Hoping to follow everyone back, prioritising those with a bio and at least 1 post
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Wetter, windier & warmer also puts pressure on existing building standards, that may not be adequate for new climate conditions
Rain, floods & storms: why Irish weather conditions are getting wetter www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Rain, floods & storms: why weather conditions are getting wetter
We can all clearly see the effects of climate change on Ireland's severe weather events as damaging rainfall and flooding becomes commonplace
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Wetter, windier & warmer also puts pressure on existing building standards, that may not be adequate for new climate conditions
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Tax the rich, they actually love it!
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Tax the rich, they actually love it!
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"hey Banville, you must be pretty happy-"
"Guess again, dickhead!"
They said that everyone except Banville was overjoyed to hear of Banville's good fortune.
Banville, however, dreaded nights of small talk at deplorable functions with €9 wine, poseurs, the loud, mispronounced canapés, and Boyne.
"Guess again, dickhead!"
They said that everyone except Banville was overjoyed to hear of Banville's good fortune.
Banville, however, dreaded nights of small talk at deplorable functions with €9 wine, poseurs, the loud, mispronounced canapés, and Boyne.
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"hey Banville, you must be pretty happy-"
"Guess again, dickhead!"
They said that everyone except Banville was overjoyed to hear of Banville's good fortune.
Banville, however, dreaded nights of small talk at deplorable functions with €9 wine, poseurs, the loud, mispronounced canapés, and Boyne.
"Guess again, dickhead!"
They said that everyone except Banville was overjoyed to hear of Banville's good fortune.
Banville, however, dreaded nights of small talk at deplorable functions with €9 wine, poseurs, the loud, mispronounced canapés, and Boyne.
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Ministers O'Brien and Dooley "drive forward" legislation by taking us back to square one on Marine Protected Areas. Sure what's the hurry!
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ministers O'Brien and Dooley "drive forward" legislation by taking us back to square one on Marine Protected Areas. Sure what's the hurry!
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Chatting with a Croatian guy living in Ireland for years, he said “I juat can’t understand people voting for a party because their parents voted for them”.
When will this country wake up?
Is €28 billion enough? Maybe they need to feel it in their pockets to care.
When will this country wake up?
Is €28 billion enough? Maybe they need to feel it in their pockets to care.
ireland is way off track for its EU climate targets for 2030! we're gonna have to pay €28 BILLION in fines because we promised to cut pollution and then decided to buy loads of gas instead! that money could insulate people's homes, cut bills, cut pollution and cut fuel imports! it would create jobs!
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Chatting with a Croatian guy living in Ireland for years, he said “I juat can’t understand people voting for a party because their parents voted for them”.
When will this country wake up?
Is €28 billion enough? Maybe they need to feel it in their pockets to care.
When will this country wake up?
Is €28 billion enough? Maybe they need to feel it in their pockets to care.
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ireland is way off track for its EU climate targets for 2030! we're gonna have to pay €28 BILLION in fines because we promised to cut pollution and then decided to buy loads of gas instead! that money could insulate people's homes, cut bills, cut pollution and cut fuel imports! it would create jobs!
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
ireland is way off track for its EU climate targets for 2030! we're gonna have to pay €28 BILLION in fines because we promised to cut pollution and then decided to buy loads of gas instead! that money could insulate people's homes, cut bills, cut pollution and cut fuel imports! it would create jobs!
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Gaza resembles "something out of a Mad Max movie", with lawlessness on the streets and amputations carried out on children daily, an Irish surgeon who left Palestinian territory this week has said
Gaza now resembles 'Mad Max movie', says Irish surgeon
Gaza resembles "something out of a Mad Max movie", with lawlessness on the streets and amputations carried out on children daily, an Irish surgeon who left Palestinian territory this week has said.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Gaza resembles "something out of a Mad Max movie", with lawlessness on the streets and amputations carried out on children daily, an Irish surgeon who left Palestinian territory this week has said
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Jailed for a mere 2.5 years for grooming (what he thought was) a 9 year old girl, sending her videos of herself masturbating, telling her he wanted to take her away overnight. Making upskirting videos, collecting child sex abuse images.
Guess who the judge is. Go on, just guess.
Guess who the judge is. Go on, just guess.
Teacher (33) jailed for highly sexualised online conversations with girls
Dublin man Niall Ganley (33) was caught as a result of a sting operation by a UK based vigilante group
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Jailed for a mere 2.5 years for grooming (what he thought was) a 9 year old girl, sending her videos of herself masturbating, telling her he wanted to take her away overnight. Making upskirting videos, collecting child sex abuse images.
Guess who the judge is. Go on, just guess.
Guess who the judge is. Go on, just guess.
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Housing targets “a distraction.”
From what, they do not say.
From what, they do not say.
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Housing targets “a distraction.”
From what, they do not say.
From what, they do not say.
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Oh this is delicious! Anyone got a clip or the offence?
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Oh this is delicious! Anyone got a clip or the offence?
Some fine performances tonight, makes up somewhat for the added time losses in our last few trips to Portugal.
Quality trolling of Ronaldo an extra pleasure #coybig #speirgorm
Quality trolling of Ronaldo an extra pleasure #coybig #speirgorm
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Some fine performances tonight, makes up somewhat for the added time losses in our last few trips to Portugal.
Quality trolling of Ronaldo an extra pleasure #coybig #speirgorm
Quality trolling of Ronaldo an extra pleasure #coybig #speirgorm
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FFS! ⬇️
The Gates Foundation has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by climate crisis skeptic Bjørn Lomborg.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Climate Denier Bjørn Lomborg’s Think Tank - Truthdig
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.truthdig.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
FFS! ⬇️
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November 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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If you could vote for our book, that’d be lovely thanks.
The book is For and Against a United Ireland by @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
The book is For and Against a United Ireland by @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
If you could vote for our book, that’d be lovely thanks.
The book is For and Against a United Ireland by @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
The book is For and Against a United Ireland by @fotoole.bsky.social and @sjamcbride.bsky.social
www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
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I do not care if a state construction company will take many years to come to fruition. We are in this position because decisions are made in terms of 5 year electoral cycles. We need to start solving the housing crises our kids will be facing 15/20/30 years from now. #spéirgorm
🗣️ "We need a state construction company," says People Before Profit–Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett.
"How many years would it take to set that up?" asks guest host Fionnán Sheahan.
#TonightVMTV
"How many years would it take to set that up?" asks guest host Fionnán Sheahan.
#TonightVMTV
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I do not care if a state construction company will take many years to come to fruition. We are in this position because decisions are made in terms of 5 year electoral cycles. We need to start solving the housing crises our kids will be facing 15/20/30 years from now. #spéirgorm
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Compare
Dermot Desmond wrote about housing in @irishtimes.com (2020)
“Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating price of homes, profits of developers & value of land”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/derm...
Dermot Desmond wrote about housing in @irishtimes.com (2020)
“Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating price of homes, profits of developers & value of land”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/derm...
Dermot Desmond: Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating the price of those homes, the profits of developers, and the value of the underlying land
www.irishtimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Compare
Dermot Desmond wrote about housing in @irishtimes.com (2020)
“Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating price of homes, profits of developers & value of land”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/derm...
Dermot Desmond wrote about housing in @irishtimes.com (2020)
“Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating price of homes, profits of developers & value of land”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/derm...
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This evening in Maynooth- come one, come all!
Really looking forward to welcoming @mauricejcasey.com to Maynooth on Thursday for a seminar entitled 'A Recipe for Resistance? Vegetarianism and Ethics in the Anti-Nazi Underground'. IONTAS building room 1.37 at 17:00. All are welcome. It will be followed.. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/history/even...
‘A Recipe for Resistance? Vegetarianism and Ethics in the anti-Nazi
‘A Recipe for Resistance? Vegetarianism and Ethics in the anti-Nazi underground, 1920s-1930s’ From 1934 until the Nazi defeat in 1945, one of Britain’s most effective anti-fascist resistance networks
www.maynoothuniversity.ie
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This evening in Maynooth- come one, come all!
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@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
For those who don't know
Fine Gael is a member of the EPP in Europe.
They may be centrist in Ireland but they vote right in Europe.
For those who don't know
Fine Gael is a member of the EPP in Europe.
They may be centrist in Ireland but they vote right in Europe.
The centre-right – the EPP – in the EU Parliament is about to vote with the far-right to dismantle rules making businesses check and report their supply chains for human rights abuses or environmental destruction
They will side with deeply illiberal politicians to boost company profits
#Omnibus
They will side with deeply illiberal politicians to boost company profits
#Omnibus
EU lawmakers to vote on unpicking green business rules
European lawmakers are expected on Thursday to back weakening a set of EU environmental and human rights rules, as part of a business-friendly push against red tape that has split parliament.
www.france24.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@simonharrisireland.bsky.social
For those who don't know
Fine Gael is a member of the EPP in Europe.
They may be centrist in Ireland but they vote right in Europe.
For those who don't know
Fine Gael is a member of the EPP in Europe.
They may be centrist in Ireland but they vote right in Europe.
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You’d think stuff like Ben Tonra declaring his interests before any discussions or columns would be a standard thing
An arms industry lobbyist who regularly features in Irish media discussions about neutrality – without his interests being disclosed – facilitated a meeting between Irish businesses and senior Ukrainian military officials.
www.ontheditch.com/academic-med...
www.ontheditch.com/academic-med...
Media commentator connected industry and Ukrainian military
He facilitated a meeting between Irish businesses and senior Ukrainian military officials.
www.ontheditch.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You’d think stuff like Ben Tonra declaring his interests before any discussions or columns would be a standard thing
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According to the Global Shelter Cluster, over 282,000 homes in #Gaza have been damaged or destroyed, leaving people without shelter.
Amid the destruction and rubble, many families are living in tents as winter approaches.
UNRWA and partners continue to assist displaced families.
Amid the destruction and rubble, many families are living in tents as winter approaches.
UNRWA and partners continue to assist displaced families.
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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The European Union supports the perpetrators of genocide.
Actively, knowingly, sullenly.
Actively, knowingly, sullenly.
Here’s what credible news outlets & NGOs like Reuters, Doctors Without Borders, and Oxfam have to say about the current state of Gaza’s healthcare system.
It’s horrific ⬇️
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www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/one-m...
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/emer...
It’s horrific ⬇️
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www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/one-m...
www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/emer...
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The European Union supports the perpetrators of genocide.
Actively, knowingly, sullenly.
Actively, knowingly, sullenly.
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Signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968, Frank Aiken said it was 'a practical & vital step away from war and towards a peaceful and cooperative world that all people desire.'
Today, Fianna Fail are removing the Triple Lock so Irish troops can fight in EU/NATO wars.
Today, Fianna Fail are removing the Triple Lock so Irish troops can fight in EU/NATO wars.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968, Frank Aiken said it was 'a practical & vital step away from war and towards a peaceful and cooperative world that all people desire.'
Today, Fianna Fail are removing the Triple Lock so Irish troops can fight in EU/NATO wars.
Today, Fianna Fail are removing the Triple Lock so Irish troops can fight in EU/NATO wars.
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New CCAC #climate report covered on multiple RTÉ news bulletins just now, incl. Morning Ireland interview with chair, Marie Donnelly.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New CCAC #climate report covered on multiple RTÉ news bulletins just now, incl. Morning Ireland interview with chair, Marie Donnelly.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.