Ciaran Hanrahan
@merriton1.bsky.social
Like the environment .wildfowl and birds my favourite. Remember the bogs full of snipe Grow fruit veg.love a swim.and tennis and football.back Ukraine not Trump.
Irish and love the Craic and my dog and family of course!
Irish and love the Craic and my dog and family of course!
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Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds. @swinda.bsky.social
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds. @swinda.bsky.social
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
That's an under-appreciated impact of #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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Ordinary fishermen need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the biggest boat owners who have all the lobbying power.
Just as
Ordinary farmers need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the wealthiest farm owners who have all the lobbying power.
Just as
Ordinary farmers need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the wealthiest farm owners who have all the lobbying power.
The fishing industry is lobbying hard to maintain business as usual even as their members stare into the abyss.
Most fishermen want a change in direction!
thefishingdaily.com/latest-news/...
Most fishermen want a change in direction!
thefishingdaily.com/latest-news/...
EBFA Meets Commissioner to Discuss Future of Bottom Fishing in Europe - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News
The EBFA met with Commissioner Costas Kadis to discuss the future of bottom fishing in Europe waters following concerns about its future
thefishingdaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ordinary fishermen need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the biggest boat owners who have all the lobbying power.
Just as
Ordinary farmers need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the wealthiest farm owners who have all the lobbying power.
Just as
Ordinary farmers need to ask why their interests are being so badly misrepresented by the wealthiest farm owners who have all the lobbying power.
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The truth?
The Irish public doesn't WANT their national rivers and lakes turned into stinking, dying, cesspools for profit by a particular commercial sector, that also happens to be very heavily subsidised by people's taxes.
Yet that's what this government continues to push for.
The Irish public doesn't WANT their national rivers and lakes turned into stinking, dying, cesspools for profit by a particular commercial sector, that also happens to be very heavily subsidised by people's taxes.
Yet that's what this government continues to push for.
A new Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by An Taisce, reveals Irish public appear at odds with Government’s application for a derogation from EU Nitrates Directive.
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The truth?
The Irish public doesn't WANT their national rivers and lakes turned into stinking, dying, cesspools for profit by a particular commercial sector, that also happens to be very heavily subsidised by people's taxes.
Yet that's what this government continues to push for.
The Irish public doesn't WANT their national rivers and lakes turned into stinking, dying, cesspools for profit by a particular commercial sector, that also happens to be very heavily subsidised by people's taxes.
Yet that's what this government continues to push for.
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Glen of the Downs nature reserve could expand after NPWS acquires large parcel of forestry land
Glen of the Downs nature reserve could expand after NPWS acquires large parcel of forestry land
‘We hope to see the National Parks & Wildlife Service resourcing an ambitious native woodland restoration project,’ says Irish Wildlife Trust
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Glen of the Downs nature reserve could expand after NPWS acquires large parcel of forestry land
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In a functioning democracy, companies that repeatedly flout regulations and pollute our rivers would be shut down permanently, and their senior executives prosecuted.
We live instead in a light-touch regulatory paradise for polluters.
(Reporting by Niall Sargent)
thecurrency.news/articles/208...
We live instead in a light-touch regulatory paradise for polluters.
(Reporting by Niall Sargent)
thecurrency.news/articles/208...
North Cork Creameries temporarily halts production after EPA wasterwater order - The Currency
North Cork Creameries has temporarily ceased production at its major dairy facility in Kanturk after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice to suspend all discharges from its wastew...
thecurrency.news
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In a functioning democracy, companies that repeatedly flout regulations and pollute our rivers would be shut down permanently, and their senior executives prosecuted.
We live instead in a light-touch regulatory paradise for polluters.
(Reporting by Niall Sargent)
thecurrency.news/articles/208...
We live instead in a light-touch regulatory paradise for polluters.
(Reporting by Niall Sargent)
thecurrency.news/articles/208...
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Eternal memory to all the victims of the 1932–1933 Holodomor genocide and the mass artificial famines of 1921–1923 and 1946–1947.
Zelenskyy: “We defended Ukraine, we defend it now, and we will always defend it. Because this is our only home. And in our home, Russia will never be the master.”
Zelenskyy: “We defended Ukraine, we defend it now, and we will always defend it. Because this is our only home. And in our home, Russia will never be the master.”
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Eternal memory to all the victims of the 1932–1933 Holodomor genocide and the mass artificial famines of 1921–1923 and 1946–1947.
Zelenskyy: “We defended Ukraine, we defend it now, and we will always defend it. Because this is our only home. And in our home, Russia will never be the master.”
Zelenskyy: “We defended Ukraine, we defend it now, and we will always defend it. Because this is our only home. And in our home, Russia will never be the master.”
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The Kyiv Independent is reporting that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is "running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials", cutting out Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an effort supported by Vice President J.D. Vance.
Trump appoints Army Secretary Driscoll as special envoy for “peace plan”
(He was appointed Sec of the Army on February 25, 2025)
He is a friend and former classmate of J.D. Vance.
Delegation of American generals is expected to fly to Moscow end of next week to discuss the “project”
(He was appointed Sec of the Army on February 25, 2025)
He is a friend and former classmate of J.D. Vance.
Delegation of American generals is expected to fly to Moscow end of next week to discuss the “project”
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Kyiv Independent is reporting that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is "running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials", cutting out Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an effort supported by Vice President J.D. Vance.
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Capitalism only worked until it started fucking things up and I have to tell you thanks mostly to Billionaires it has started fucking things up.
Foreign people and immigrants are not your enemy.
Billionaires are.
Foreign people and immigrants are not your enemy.
Billionaires are.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Capitalism only worked until it started fucking things up and I have to tell you thanks mostly to Billionaires it has started fucking things up.
Foreign people and immigrants are not your enemy.
Billionaires are.
Foreign people and immigrants are not your enemy.
Billionaires are.
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Yesterday russia slaughtered 25 people in a residential building and there is an ongoing photo contest of killed Ukrainian POWs in the Russian military
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yesterday russia slaughtered 25 people in a residential building and there is an ongoing photo contest of killed Ukrainian POWs in the Russian military
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Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
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Truth hard to hear above the chorus of fossil fuel voices at COP
Scientists at #COP30 coming with hard hitting truths in response to the potential roadmaps to phase out #fossilfuels and end #deforestation.
"Forest protection cannot be used as offsets. Standing forests cannot be an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels"
planetarysciencepavilion.org/2025/11/19/s...
"Forest protection cannot be used as offsets. Standing forests cannot be an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels"
planetarysciencepavilion.org/2025/11/19/s...
Scientists statement on state of COP30 Negotiations, November 19, 2025 - Planetary Science Pavilion
We are at a planetary crossroad. We are already facing danger. Suffering for billions of people and rapidly approaching tipping points in the Amazon and the Tropical Coral Reef systems and many others...
planetarysciencepavilion.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Truth hard to hear above the chorus of fossil fuel voices at COP
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This is a nice idea but a dangerous one.
"Ending the wasteful practice of venting and flaring would be an easy win: it used to be routine, for safety, to stop methane building up and exploding, but long-established technology renders this almost always unnecessary."
It will never happen.
"Ending the wasteful practice of venting and flaring would be an easy win: it used to be routine, for safety, to stop methane building up and exploding, but long-established technology renders this almost always unnecessary."
It will never happen.
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is a nice idea but a dangerous one.
"Ending the wasteful practice of venting and flaring would be an easy win: it used to be routine, for safety, to stop methane building up and exploding, but long-established technology renders this almost always unnecessary."
It will never happen.
"Ending the wasteful practice of venting and flaring would be an easy win: it used to be routine, for safety, to stop methane building up and exploding, but long-established technology renders this almost always unnecessary."
It will never happen.
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The death of Kit Kat, a bodega cat run over by a Waymo self-driving taxi, has sparked outrage and debate in San Francisco, with some bemoaning the way robot taxis and automation have taken over the city.
Waymo Was Thriving in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.
The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The death of Kit Kat, a bodega cat run over by a Waymo self-driving taxi, has sparked outrage and debate in San Francisco, with some bemoaning the way robot taxis and automation have taken over the city.
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Australia, seriously? 😐
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Australia, seriously? 😐
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Plastic pellets are readily mistaken by birds + fish for fish eggs - a food stuff for many species - one reason they're so risky for wildlife as Helena Dollimore, MP, explains on tonight's @channel4news.bsky.social
www.channel4.com/news/vast-cl...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Plastic pellets are readily mistaken by birds + fish for fish eggs - a food stuff for many species - one reason they're so risky for wildlife as Helena Dollimore, MP, explains on tonight's @channel4news.bsky.social
www.channel4.com/news/vast-cl...
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www.channel4.com/news/vast-cl...
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In Kharkiv, residents line up at a natural spring for water after Russian strikes on critical infrastructure
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In Kharkiv, residents line up at a natural spring for water after Russian strikes on critical infrastructure
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Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ella McSweeney: Lough Derg is drifting towards the same fate as Lough Neagh
Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern
www.irishtimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Every manicured lawn is an act of war on nature.
We call it tidy. Nature calls it ecocide.
🌱🦋🌎
gardeningwell.ie/climate-acti...
#WildlifeGardening #GardeningWell #Ireland
We call it tidy. Nature calls it ecocide.
🌱🦋🌎
gardeningwell.ie/climate-acti...
#WildlifeGardening #GardeningWell #Ireland
The Global War on Mess: How We’re Mowing Nature to Death | Gardeningwell
Short lawns. Clipped hedges. Sprayed edges. We call it ‘tidy.’ Nature calls it war!
gardeningwell.ie
October 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Every manicured lawn is an act of war on nature.
We call it tidy. Nature calls it ecocide.
🌱🦋🌎
gardeningwell.ie/climate-acti...
#WildlifeGardening #GardeningWell #Ireland
We call it tidy. Nature calls it ecocide.
🌱🦋🌎
gardeningwell.ie/climate-acti...
#WildlifeGardening #GardeningWell #Ireland
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Aged well so it did
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Aged well so it did
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Today is the 415th anniversary of the Polish-Lithuanian Army taking the Kremlin in Moscow.
The soldiers would continue the occupation of the Kremlin for more than 2 years.
The soldiers would continue the occupation of the Kremlin for more than 2 years.
October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Today is the 415th anniversary of the Polish-Lithuanian Army taking the Kremlin in Moscow.
The soldiers would continue the occupation of the Kremlin for more than 2 years.
The soldiers would continue the occupation of the Kremlin for more than 2 years.
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Meanwhile a Judge who ruled against Trump Admin had her house burnt down this weekend.
October 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Meanwhile a Judge who ruled against Trump Admin had her house burnt down this weekend.
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10. Avoid death cults like Monsanto with their suicidal seeds and opt for Seed Savers hand packaged, open pollinated vegetable varieties instead:
Out with the summer salads and in with winter greens. In a world of Monsantos there is something very wholesome about Irish Seed Savers hand packaging heritage, open-pollinated vegetable varieties 🌱
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
10. Avoid death cults like Monsanto with their suicidal seeds and opt for Seed Savers hand packaged, open pollinated vegetable varieties instead:
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🇬🇷🇺🇦 Ef.Syn. citing the Greek Ministry of Defense:
As part of the new aid package, Greece will transfer to Ukraine heavy self-propelled guns and their ammunition:
▪️60 M110A2 203mm self-propelled guns;
▪️150,000 203mm shells;
▪️several thousand 70mm and 127mm Zuni MLRS shells.
As part of the new aid package, Greece will transfer to Ukraine heavy self-propelled guns and their ammunition:
▪️60 M110A2 203mm self-propelled guns;
▪️150,000 203mm shells;
▪️several thousand 70mm and 127mm Zuni MLRS shells.
October 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🇬🇷🇺🇦 Ef.Syn. citing the Greek Ministry of Defense:
As part of the new aid package, Greece will transfer to Ukraine heavy self-propelled guns and their ammunition:
▪️60 M110A2 203mm self-propelled guns;
▪️150,000 203mm shells;
▪️several thousand 70mm and 127mm Zuni MLRS shells.
As part of the new aid package, Greece will transfer to Ukraine heavy self-propelled guns and their ammunition:
▪️60 M110A2 203mm self-propelled guns;
▪️150,000 203mm shells;
▪️several thousand 70mm and 127mm Zuni MLRS shells.