its almost like they don't want to get rid of all the derelict and collapsing buildings 🤔 #speirgorm #derelictireland
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
its almost like they don't want to get rid of all the derelict and collapsing buildings 🤔 #speirgorm #derelictireland
The amount of random "smart" comments I (or women I've been with) have gotten from strangers (all men) since I've been back in Ireland has been shocking.
#Spéirgorm
#Spéirgorm
February 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The amount of random "smart" comments I (or women I've been with) have gotten from strangers (all men) since I've been back in Ireland has been shocking.
#Spéirgorm
#Spéirgorm
When it comes to housing supply there is a big f*cking elephant in the room
Last year CSO found 65,000 homes empty for 2 yrs, using ESB data, yet for same period less than 3,000 paid the vacant homes tax
So thats around 62,000 houses waiting for someone to call them home
Me at Oireachtas
#speirgorm
Last year CSO found 65,000 homes empty for 2 yrs, using ESB data, yet for same period less than 3,000 paid the vacant homes tax
So thats around 62,000 houses waiting for someone to call them home
Me at Oireachtas
#speirgorm
February 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
When it comes to housing supply there is a big f*cking elephant in the room
Last year CSO found 65,000 homes empty for 2 yrs, using ESB data, yet for same period less than 3,000 paid the vacant homes tax
So thats around 62,000 houses waiting for someone to call them home
Me at Oireachtas
#speirgorm
Last year CSO found 65,000 homes empty for 2 yrs, using ESB data, yet for same period less than 3,000 paid the vacant homes tax
So thats around 62,000 houses waiting for someone to call them home
Me at Oireachtas
#speirgorm
February 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM
#SpéirGorm
"Making it more difficult to bring cases to judicial review is likely to reduce the kinds of challenge that you actually want [..]: genuine public opposition [...or] severe environmental danger[.] But it won’t have anything like the same effect on cynical and strategic objections"
"Making it more difficult to bring cases to judicial review is likely to reduce the kinds of challenge that you actually want [..]: genuine public opposition [...or] severe environmental danger[.] But it won’t have anything like the same effect on cynical and strategic objections"
Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
February 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
#SpéirGorm
"Making it more difficult to bring cases to judicial review is likely to reduce the kinds of challenge that you actually want [..]: genuine public opposition [...or] severe environmental danger[.] But it won’t have anything like the same effect on cynical and strategic objections"
"Making it more difficult to bring cases to judicial review is likely to reduce the kinds of challenge that you actually want [..]: genuine public opposition [...or] severe environmental danger[.] But it won’t have anything like the same effect on cynical and strategic objections"
“For us, this project is about more than rising energy costs or unreliable power – it’s about taking responsibility for the kind of business we want to be..” @irishtimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:37 AM
The @irishtimes.com is reporting a delay in the Morty McCarty event centre on page 4 meanwhile on page 8
@blackpoolsentinel.bsky.social @irishexaminer.bsky.social #SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm #Cork
@blackpoolsentinel.bsky.social @irishexaminer.bsky.social #SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm #Cork
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
The @irishtimes.com is reporting a delay in the Morty McCarty event centre on page 4 meanwhile on page 8
@blackpoolsentinel.bsky.social @irishexaminer.bsky.social #SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm #Cork
@blackpoolsentinel.bsky.social @irishexaminer.bsky.social #SpeirGorm #SpeirGhorm #Cork
The privileged life and tragic death of an 11-year-old Tipperary girl
Poignant and beautiful story #spéirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Poignant and beautiful story #spéirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
The privileged life and tragic death of an 11-year-old Tipperary girl
Dorothy May Petronell Grubb died of typhoid in 1919. She is memorialised in Tipperary’s Museum of Hidden History
www.irishtimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The privileged life and tragic death of an 11-year-old Tipperary girl
Poignant and beautiful story #spéirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Poignant and beautiful story #spéirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
There have been calls for clarity after a number of schools around the country were told they may have their Special Needs Assistant allocation cut from next September.
Minister urged to give clarity over SNA cuts in schools
There have been calls for clarity after a number of schools around the country were told they may have their Special Needs Assistant (SNA) allocation cut from next September.
www.rte.ie
February 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM
More than nine-in-ten Irish people believe our country has benefitted from EU membership. 🇮🇪🇪🇺 That's the 2nd highest figure of any member state (just behind Malta). Ireland would not be as wealthy and modern a country today if we had not joined in 1973.
europa.eu/eurobaromete...
europa.eu/eurobaromete...
February 16, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Germany telling France to cut social programs to fund even more defence spending...despite France being far stronger over the last 3 years in calls for stronger action on Ukraine especially cutting economic ties, something Germany has resisted every step
I'm sure the French will love that #speirgorm
I'm sure the French will love that #speirgorm
L’Allemagne juge « insuffisants » les efforts de la France pour augmenter les dépenses de défense et l’appelle à « faire des économies », notamment dans le social
L’Allemagne juge « insuffisants » les efforts de la France pour augmenter les dépenses de défense et l’appelle à « faire des économies », notamment dans le social
Evoquant l’objectif affiché des pays de l’OTAN d’atteindre au moins 5 % de leur PIB pour leurs dépenses de sécurité d’ici à 2035, le ministre des affaires étrangères allemand a jugé qu’il y avait « des progrès à faire ».
www.lemonde.fr
February 16, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Germany telling France to cut social programs to fund even more defence spending...despite France being far stronger over the last 3 years in calls for stronger action on Ukraine especially cutting economic ties, something Germany has resisted every step
I'm sure the French will love that #speirgorm
I'm sure the French will love that #speirgorm
Yesterday in the forest, sunshine and bright Spring colours. The first blue sky in five weeks.
#Hiking #Photography #Scape #SpéirGorm #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #Dublin #Ireland
#Hiking #Photography #Scape #SpéirGorm #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #Dublin #Ireland
February 16, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Yesterday in the forest, sunshine and bright Spring colours. The first blue sky in five weeks.
#Hiking #Photography #Scape #SpéirGorm #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #Dublin #Ireland
#Hiking #Photography #Scape #SpéirGorm #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #Dublin #Ireland
AOC on why Trump returned to office: "when you have economic stagnation, for the working class that, especially in an environment where GDP is growing, that is the stuff of populist movement. The choice is what direction those populist movements can go."
February 16, 2026 at 9:08 AM
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
After a night's rain, the fake spring has returned #speirgorm
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
After a night's rain, the fake spring has returned #speirgorm
February 16, 2026 at 8:33 AM
February 16, 2026 at 7:15 AM
When the river meets the ocean,
these two different worlds
have many stories
to tell each other.
Mehmet Murat ildan, 21st century
#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #StreetPhotography #India #Festival #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
these two different worlds
have many stories
to tell each other.
Mehmet Murat ildan, 21st century
#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #StreetPhotography #India #Festival #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 AM
When the river meets the ocean,
these two different worlds
have many stories
to tell each other.
Mehmet Murat ildan, 21st century
#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #StreetPhotography #India #Festival #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
these two different worlds
have many stories
to tell each other.
Mehmet Murat ildan, 21st century
#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #StreetPhotography #India #Festival #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
Good morning, #SpeirGorm
Midterm is upon us. For me, that means I only have to think about getting myself up and out the door. The traffic will be lighter on the commute to and from work and I don’t have to look at a lunchbox for the next few days. The mental load is a little eased.
Midterm is upon us. For me, that means I only have to think about getting myself up and out the door. The traffic will be lighter on the commute to and from work and I don’t have to look at a lunchbox for the next few days. The mental load is a little eased.
February 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Good morning, #SpeirGorm
Midterm is upon us. For me, that means I only have to think about getting myself up and out the door. The traffic will be lighter on the commute to and from work and I don’t have to look at a lunchbox for the next few days. The mental load is a little eased.
Midterm is upon us. For me, that means I only have to think about getting myself up and out the door. The traffic will be lighter on the commute to and from work and I don’t have to look at a lunchbox for the next few days. The mental load is a little eased.
My initial feeling is that most of these people are just regular citizens who can't afford their car insurance. We're being gouged by the cartel. (Have we stopped bailing out PMPA yet?!) #SpéirGorm
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Over 19,600 vehicles seized for driving without insurance
There were 19,673 vehicles seized by gardaí last year for being driven without insurance, according to a report from the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland.
www.rte.ie
February 16, 2026 at 2:53 AM
My initial feeling is that most of these people are just regular citizens who can't afford their car insurance. We're being gouged by the cartel. (Have we stopped bailing out PMPA yet?!) #SpéirGorm
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Steen on radio & Alison O’Connor agreeing that we need more “conservative commentators”.
Brenda Power, David Quinn, Breda O’Brien, Eilis O’Hanlon, Eoin O’Malley, Pat Leahy, any of Aontú, most of FFFG, some in SF, lots of Independents & Senators & on & on
Why is this myth allowed? #speirgorm
Brenda Power, David Quinn, Breda O’Brien, Eilis O’Hanlon, Eoin O’Malley, Pat Leahy, any of Aontú, most of FFFG, some in SF, lots of Independents & Senators & on & on
Why is this myth allowed? #speirgorm
February 15, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Steen on radio & Alison O’Connor agreeing that we need more “conservative commentators”.
Brenda Power, David Quinn, Breda O’Brien, Eilis O’Hanlon, Eoin O’Malley, Pat Leahy, any of Aontú, most of FFFG, some in SF, lots of Independents & Senators & on & on
Why is this myth allowed? #speirgorm
Brenda Power, David Quinn, Breda O’Brien, Eilis O’Hanlon, Eoin O’Malley, Pat Leahy, any of Aontú, most of FFFG, some in SF, lots of Independents & Senators & on & on
Why is this myth allowed? #speirgorm
hello humans! I have an update Dublin events spreadsheet for you. This is a bit bulked out with a subset of films from the film festival, so once again my advice is to check out the other tabs if you hate films.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Speirgorm #DublinListings
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Speirgorm #DublinListings
The Crackdown
docs.google.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
hello humans! I have an update Dublin events spreadsheet for you. This is a bit bulked out with a subset of films from the film festival, so once again my advice is to check out the other tabs if you hate films.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Speirgorm #DublinListings
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#Speirgorm #DublinListings