Louche Lad
@louchelad.bsky.social
Lounge lizard of Limerick city
@brenttoderian.bsky.social Irish Times today. (For context, the M50 is the orbital motorway round Dublin (except for the water bit).)
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
@brenttoderian.bsky.social Irish Times today. (For context, the M50 is the orbital motorway round Dublin (except for the water bit).)
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I joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social breakfast to discuss the article too: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Is building more roads the solution to our congestion hell? | Newstalk
“Continuing to build more roads to alleviate congestion, is precisely the kind of failed thinki...
www.newstalk.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social breakfast to discuss the article too: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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The UK's Supreme Court has ruled that the Christian religious education taught in schools in the North is unlawful.
It added that to teach pupils to 'accept a set of beliefs without critical analysis amounts to evangelism, proselytising, and indoctrination'.
jrnl.ie/6879415
It added that to teach pupils to 'accept a set of beliefs without critical analysis amounts to evangelism, proselytising, and indoctrination'.
jrnl.ie/6879415
Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland unlawful, says UK Supreme Court
It had been argued that the right to withdraw from religious education prevented any breach to religious freedom protections under the European Convention on Human Rights.
jrnl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The UK's Supreme Court has ruled that the Christian religious education taught in schools in the North is unlawful.
It added that to teach pupils to 'accept a set of beliefs without critical analysis amounts to evangelism, proselytising, and indoctrination'.
jrnl.ie/6879415
It added that to teach pupils to 'accept a set of beliefs without critical analysis amounts to evangelism, proselytising, and indoctrination'.
jrnl.ie/6879415
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Nice blue skies for many but scattered showers in North or West with a biting windchill.
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Nice blue skies for many but scattered showers in North or West with a biting windchill.
Interesting. I'd really like to cycle in Ireland but I just don't dare.
www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...
www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...
Road deaths are going down - but more cyclists and pedestrians are being killed. Why?
The number of pedestrian and cyclist deaths is now at the highest level in six years.
www.thejournal.ie
September 20, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Interesting. I'd really like to cycle in Ireland but I just don't dare.
www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...
www.thejournal.ie/four-pedestr...
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“In Paris, cycling continues to break all records!
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
À Paris, le vélo continue de battre tous les records ! 🚲
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !
Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.
July 31, 2025 at 3:54 AM
“In Paris, cycling continues to break all records!
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
In 2024, cycle path usage jumped by 34%! Nearly 15,000 cyclists used Boulevard de Sébastopol every day!
And we're going to keep going; brand new lanes will be completed by the start of the school year.”
— Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social
GB News becoming the Fox News of the UK? www.thejournal.ie/ballymena-an...
I went to talk to people in Ballymena, and was told to make myself 'scarce' or there'd be trouble
Some local people were reluctant to speak to The Journal, stating that they only speak to GB News.
www.thejournal.ie
June 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
GB News becoming the Fox News of the UK? www.thejournal.ie/ballymena-an...
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What could possibly go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What could possibly go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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An update from @ESBNetworks says over half a million premises are without power now and restoration of power will take days. #StormÉowyn
January 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
An update from @ESBNetworks says over half a million premises are without power now and restoration of power will take days. #StormÉowyn
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As an attorney who represents injured cyclists and peds in NY, this is horrible news! How am I supposed to eat? Hasn't anyone thought of me?
We HAVE to cancel congestion pricing to make sure injury rates go up, because I am selfish, awful person. Join me and CM Paladino at our next TED talk.
We HAVE to cancel congestion pricing to make sure injury rates go up, because I am selfish, awful person. Join me and CM Paladino at our next TED talk.
NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...
Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data - Streetsblog New York City
Congestion pricing critics will have one less reason to say the toll isn't working
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
As an attorney who represents injured cyclists and peds in NY, this is horrible news! How am I supposed to eat? Hasn't anyone thought of me?
We HAVE to cancel congestion pricing to make sure injury rates go up, because I am selfish, awful person. Join me and CM Paladino at our next TED talk.
We HAVE to cancel congestion pricing to make sure injury rates go up, because I am selfish, awful person. Join me and CM Paladino at our next TED talk.
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Gusting to 94kmh at Valentia on Southwest coast already at 9pm with report of trees down in Kerry already and this is before we see the real strong winds. I’ll update this thread for a while tonight and please posts updates from your are in the comments.
January 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Gusting to 94kmh at Valentia on Southwest coast already at 9pm with report of trees down in Kerry already and this is before we see the real strong winds. I’ll update this thread for a while tonight and please posts updates from your are in the comments.
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11pm update and Roches Point on South coast gusting to 106kmh with sustained winds of 81kmh which puts it into red warning criteria already.
January 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
11pm update and Roches Point on South coast gusting to 106kmh with sustained winds of 81kmh which puts it into red warning criteria already.
“You could literally have the visible proof that what they’re saying is wrong, but it still won’t dispel it from their mind because they’ve seen it so much online.”
jrnl.ie/6577736
jrnl.ie/6577736
‘I’ve worked in conflict zones..but I’ve never felt as unsafe as I did during the summer in Ireland’
Volunteers who spoke to The Journal said their work is getting harder due to increased levels of harassment.
jrnl.ie
December 26, 2024 at 9:14 AM
“You could literally have the visible proof that what they’re saying is wrong, but it still won’t dispel it from their mind because they’ve seen it so much online.”
jrnl.ie/6577736
jrnl.ie/6577736
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Holyhead ferry port is to remain closed until January 15th at the earliest, the operators have announced. The closure of the Dublin-Holyhead ferry means about 100,000 people who were planning to use the route to travel to Ireland for Christmas will now have to make alternative arrangements.
Holyhead Port: Welsh port will remain closed over Christmas with ferries cancelled, operators confirm
Around 100,000 people will need to make alternative arrangements over festive period
www.irishtimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Holyhead ferry port is to remain closed until January 15th at the earliest, the operators have announced. The closure of the Dublin-Holyhead ferry means about 100,000 people who were planning to use the route to travel to Ireland for Christmas will now have to make alternative arrangements.
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“A Christmas miracle”: Limerick Mayor says closing bus lane for motorists to use it cannot be justified “at this time”
Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he "cannot justify the pilot requested" to close the bus lane on…
Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he "cannot justify the pilot requested" to close the bus lane on…
“A Christmas miracle”: Limerick Mayor says closing bus lane for motorists to use it cannot be justified “at this time”
Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he "cannot justify the pilot requested" to close the bus lane on the city's O'Connell Street "at this time". He said that the feedback included transport agencies and that there was an "absence of overwhelming public appetite for even a pilot for Christmas."
irishcycle.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:42 PM
“A Christmas miracle”: Limerick Mayor says closing bus lane for motorists to use it cannot be justified “at this time”
Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he "cannot justify the pilot requested" to close the bus lane on…
Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran, has said that, given the feedback received and policies in place, he "cannot justify the pilot requested" to close the bus lane on…
@conorsheehan.bsky.social Well done Conor. (Hoping you'll get this - I no longer use X.)
December 1, 2024 at 10:16 PM
@conorsheehan.bsky.social Well done Conor. (Hoping you'll get this - I no longer use X.)
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You can tell the age of a fake Christmas tree by counting the tape rings
November 18, 2024 at 1:29 AM
You can tell the age of a fake Christmas tree by counting the tape rings
