Marc Ó Cathasaigh
@marcocathasaigh.bsky.social
Figuring this bit out at the minute. Tree-hugger, bike-lover and all-round free-ranger. Gaeilge 'gus fáilte.
I know we have a new one now, and she will surely give good speech too, but reading over some of Michael D's contributions - what an orator, what a thinker.
![We need a new language to address the manifold intersections of the economic and the social – new perspectives to manifest the large range of ties that exist between material and moral visions of human well-being. We need to widen our conceptions of how human beings engage with one another and with their collective future. To the reductionist vision of human nature as fundamentally self-interested, let us oppose the power of moral sentiments such as care, trust and friendship; and let us respond to methodological individualism by reasserting the centrality of mutuality, reciprocity, and cooperation to the flourishing of our social and economic life. What is at stake is no less than, as anthropologist Arjun Appadurai put it, “the survival of multiple visions of the good life.”[6] This is, I believe, an ideal worth fighting for.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hwmq6mpg7enk436vw6rg4o5g/bafkreib77zhw2wx676fya5idzfw4ymmceez2cg7vxckpxbrhl2xj5zsale@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I know we have a new one now, and she will surely give good speech too, but reading over some of Michael D's contributions - what an orator, what a thinker.
Very well worth a look.
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Very well worth a look.
I should surely have seen this quote before now, from Nicholas Sterne, former World Bank Chief Executive:
'Climate Change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen.'
'Climate Change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen.'
October 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I should surely have seen this quote before now, from Nicholas Sterne, former World Bank Chief Executive:
'Climate Change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen.'
'Climate Change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has seen.'
Put a bunch of houseboats in. Live on a barge right at the heart of the city? Yes please!
October 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Put a bunch of houseboats in. Live on a barge right at the heart of the city? Yes please!
The algorithm served me these two stories together. We are fiddling while Rome burns.
October 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The algorithm served me these two stories together. We are fiddling while Rome burns.
I have no problem with hippy-dippy - the world would be much the better place were the hippies in charge. I feel the same of natural world as Donne thought of mankind - each piece that's lost diminishes us all. And we in this generation are making choice for future generations that can't be undone.
October 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I have no problem with hippy-dippy - the world would be much the better place were the hippies in charge. I feel the same of natural world as Donne thought of mankind - each piece that's lost diminishes us all. And we in this generation are making choice for future generations that can't be undone.
Where did politicians go on holidays?
Nunja. As in, Nunja Business.
Politicians are entitled to a private life.
Do better @irishtimes.com
Nunja. As in, Nunja Business.
Politicians are entitled to a private life.
Do better @irishtimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Where did politicians go on holidays?
Nunja. As in, Nunja Business.
Politicians are entitled to a private life.
Do better @irishtimes.com
Nunja. As in, Nunja Business.
Politicians are entitled to a private life.
Do better @irishtimes.com
I mean, who could resist?
August 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I mean, who could resist?
Here's something I didn't know.....
In Google Maps, if you tap on a bus stop, it shows the available routes serving the stop and a timetable for next departures. And you can view the full route to check for your handiest stop.
Really convenient feature I didn't know about until this week.
In Google Maps, if you tap on a bus stop, it shows the available routes serving the stop and a timetable for next departures. And you can view the full route to check for your handiest stop.
Really convenient feature I didn't know about until this week.
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Here's something I didn't know.....
In Google Maps, if you tap on a bus stop, it shows the available routes serving the stop and a timetable for next departures. And you can view the full route to check for your handiest stop.
Really convenient feature I didn't know about until this week.
In Google Maps, if you tap on a bus stop, it shows the available routes serving the stop and a timetable for next departures. And you can view the full route to check for your handiest stop.
Really convenient feature I didn't know about until this week.
Today's adventure - Bunmahon!
The improvement in rural public transport is one of the things I'm proudest of from our time in government. And proof-positive of the adage, 'if you build it, they will come.'
(The bus is packed with kids, and not just my tribe.)
The improvement in rural public transport is one of the things I'm proudest of from our time in government. And proof-positive of the adage, 'if you build it, they will come.'
(The bus is packed with kids, and not just my tribe.)
August 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today's adventure - Bunmahon!
The improvement in rural public transport is one of the things I'm proudest of from our time in government. And proof-positive of the adage, 'if you build it, they will come.'
(The bus is packed with kids, and not just my tribe.)
The improvement in rural public transport is one of the things I'm proudest of from our time in government. And proof-positive of the adage, 'if you build it, they will come.'
(The bus is packed with kids, and not just my tribe.)
Would love to know where she's buying her petrol.
July 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Would love to know where she's buying her petrol.
Reading Fintan O'Toole's excellent 'We don't know Ourselves'. His description of Bloody Sunday, an event that still reverberates down to the present day. 13 killed on the day.
A quiet day in Gaza. How long will this daily massacre impact Palestinian history? If indeed there are any left to write it
A quiet day in Gaza. How long will this daily massacre impact Palestinian history? If indeed there are any left to write it
June 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reading Fintan O'Toole's excellent 'We don't know Ourselves'. His description of Bloody Sunday, an event that still reverberates down to the present day. 13 killed on the day.
A quiet day in Gaza. How long will this daily massacre impact Palestinian history? If indeed there are any left to write it
A quiet day in Gaza. How long will this daily massacre impact Palestinian history? If indeed there are any left to write it
Also, see below (due mainly to Green Party work, to be sure). Which Cathal knows, because, to give him his due, he actually uses public transport.
May 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Also, see below (due mainly to Green Party work, to be sure). Which Cathal knows, because, to give him his due, he actually uses public transport.
Hey Meta - get in the bin.
May 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hey Meta - get in the bin.
Loves an aul haiku. This an old one retrieved from my old Twitters, but the right time of year....
Bud burst - prayer flags furled
Winter-tight. Stored syllables
Set now to spill song.
Bud burst - prayer flags furled
Winter-tight. Stored syllables
Set now to spill song.
April 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Loves an aul haiku. This an old one retrieved from my old Twitters, but the right time of year....
Bud burst - prayer flags furled
Winter-tight. Stored syllables
Set now to spill song.
Bud burst - prayer flags furled
Winter-tight. Stored syllables
Set now to spill song.
A Zero-Sum Game. For me to win, you have to lose.
But, with an election some distance away, is that the best strategic approach for the Centre Left here in Ireland?
substack.com/@marcocathas...
But, with an election some distance away, is that the best strategic approach for the Centre Left here in Ireland?
substack.com/@marcocathas...
April 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A Zero-Sum Game. For me to win, you have to lose.
But, with an election some distance away, is that the best strategic approach for the Centre Left here in Ireland?
substack.com/@marcocathas...
But, with an election some distance away, is that the best strategic approach for the Centre Left here in Ireland?
substack.com/@marcocathas...
That's some beast! My mini-me has had me out moon-and-planet-gazing all this week. Great fun altogether, but has us longing for an upgrade.....
April 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
That's some beast! My mini-me has had me out moon-and-planet-gazing all this week. Great fun altogether, but has us longing for an upgrade.....
I will buy this on a t-shirt all day long!
April 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I will buy this on a t-shirt all day long!
The recent furore around the Farronshoneen Roundabout here in Waterford prompted some thoughts about the deliberate politicisation of #ActiveTravel investments and negative impact that has on #transport policy more generally:
open.substack.com/pub/marcocat...
open.substack.com/pub/marcocat...
April 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The recent furore around the Farronshoneen Roundabout here in Waterford prompted some thoughts about the deliberate politicisation of #ActiveTravel investments and negative impact that has on #transport policy more generally:
open.substack.com/pub/marcocat...
open.substack.com/pub/marcocat...
Niche content.
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Niche content.