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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 8h

Connolly has repeatedly condemned Russian imperialism in Ukraine.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 10h

A very old oak in Dereen Garden, Kerry. When it started life, the area likely still belonged to the O'Sullivan Beares, before English colonialists took it by force in the mid-17th century and cleared the rainforest.

Just like Palestine now, land theft, racist genocide, & ecocide went hand in hand.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22h

"In my experience, nothing works like negative campaigning."

If you're undecided as to which way to vote in the upcoming presidential election, listen to this.

Fine Gael going full Trump in their tactics against Catherine Connolly, hoping that if they throw enough fake s**t, some will stick.

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 1d

Well this is just jawdropping - have a listen, the smear campaign by FG on Catherine Connolly is really their only tactic. Also has anyone (other than a niece/nephew) ever called Heather Humphreys ‘Auntie Heather’? #speirgorm #aras25

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 (@thinkorswim.bsky.social)

Campaigning journalist & author. THE LIE OF THE LAND is published on 4th of September 2025 by @penguinbooksireland linktr.ee/lieoftheland #ClimateEmergency. ThinkOrSwim.ie.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

"The eyes of future generations are on [us], silently urging us to act bravely and quickly [...] to save them from a collapsed biosphere.

Will we rise to the moment and earn the right to be regarded as 'good ancestors'?"

Crucial question, crucial book.

*Read it.*

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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 1d

Crazy but well worth 4 minutes of your day.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

This video on trees and forests by the brilliant @thewildgees.bsky.social isn't only great craic, it's jam packed with truth bombs.

Give it a watch!
youtu.be/sIqJ0rl1hE0?...

Any Oaks? The Wild Geeze

YouTube video by The Wild Geeze

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

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The Wild Gees @thewildgees.bsky.social · 1d

We adore our near name-sharers The Wild Geeze and this defo deserves a share 😍
Send them their due respect
www.instagram.com/thewildgeeze...

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

This video on trees and forests by the brilliant @thewildgees.bsky.social isn't only great craic, it's jam packed with truth bombs.

Give it a watch!
youtu.be/sIqJ0rl1hE0?...

Any Oaks? The Wild Geeze

YouTube video by The Wild Geeze

youtu.be

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 1d

It's mad to think that pheasants are on the 'countryside bird index' which is an indicator of healthy bird populations 🫠

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

I was thinking the same, but it seemed not to matter too much on another level, since they're clearly not pretending to be experts!

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The Wild Gees @thewildgees.bsky.social · 1d

We are huge fans (and pals) of The Wild Geeze but can't take credit for this amazing video. We chose our slightly differently spelt names at random around the same time then found each other on the old site. Don't think they're here, though defo on Insta
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

This video on trees and forests by the brilliant @thewildgees.bsky.social isn't only great craic, it's jam packed with truth bombs.

Give it a watch!
youtu.be/sIqJ0rl1hE0?...

Any Oaks? The Wild Geeze

YouTube video by The Wild Geeze

youtu.be

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT ABOUT CATERPILLAR CAKES? PERCY PIGS? CREAM FLOUR? this is so stupid and embarrassing for any MEP who voted for this

Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods

Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 2d

There's good reason why the oil and gas industry lobbies so hard for carbon capture - because it's the one 'climate solution' that wouldn't necessarily require shutting down the oil and gas industry

But it doesn't work. They need to be shut down

InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 2d

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

Few fungi are as iconic as fly agaric, which forms symbiotic mycorrhizal relationships with the roots of birch, oak, and other trees across the northern hemisphere.

It has also been introduced and become invasive in some southern parts of the globe, pushing out native fungi.

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Melissa 🏳️‍🌈 @melis-willis.bsky.social · 1d

I wish more people just cared but…Late diagnosed Lyme person here and I wouldn’t wish this disease on a single person. The way it has flipped my entire existence upside down has been downright devastating.

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Sarah @sarahwfpb.bsky.social · 1d

Lyme disease no thanks.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 12d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Sar mc Donnell @sarmcdonnell.bsky.social · 1d

Good grief, a very good point indeed! Nobody wants to have Lymes!! It’s an awful, almost indectable, incurable if diagnosed too late sickness.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 12d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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rafaelmelchor.bsky.social @rafaelmelchor.bsky.social · 2d

Yet another compelling argument, rather than for the selective culling of foxes but preferably for the reintroduction of the lynx then, surely? 🌱🕊️

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

Far too many fox (according to one estimate I heard, around 20x the natural level) impact across ecosystems, for example on native ground-nesting birds.

The mass release of pheasants for shooting is an utter disaster for native ecosystems, and should be banned NOW.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

1. 'Mesopredator release': ie fact that all the larger predators that would naturally control them, like wolves and lynx, are missing.

2. Abundant artificial sources of food, like uneaten spilled sheep nuts, sheep carcasses/afterbirth on the hills, and pheasants.

Emma Lewis @petchary.bsky.social · 2d

Why are there too many foxes?

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

1. 'Mesopredator release': ie fact that all the larger predators that would naturally control them, like wolves and lynx, are missing.

2. Abundant artificial sources of food, like uneaten spilled sheep nuts, sheep carcasses/afterbirth on the hills, and pheasants.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

Far too many fox (according to one estimate I heard, around 20x the natural level) impact across ecosystems, for example on native ground-nesting birds.

The mass release of pheasants for shooting is an utter disaster for native ecosystems, and should be banned NOW.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

I came across what looks to me like a bunch of pheasant feathers on the woodland floor, indicating a kill.

Since these are invasive predators of native wildlife, in one sense, that's great.

But it's also a major contributor to the highly damaging artificially high densities of species like fox.

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