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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 1d

Half of Ireland's waterways in bad shape despite years of hand-wringing and intensive meetings... what's going wrong?

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

www.irishtimes.com

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

Ex-Green TD Brian Leddin is leaving the Greens over the party's support for "far left" Connolly, and voting for Fine Gael's Humphreys as president.

He believes climate and ecological breakdown are not left-right issues.

He's very wrong: *capitalism* is their core driver.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 1d

Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly

Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction

www.irishtimes.com

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Clare Noone @drclarenoone.bsky.social · 2d

🌍 First episode now live!

With the inspirational @peterthorne.bsky.social

🎧 Climate Change: Off the Record — with @roisinmoriarty.com and myself.
@maynoothuniversity.ie
@ucc.ie @universityofgalway.bsky.social

#ipcc #icca

open.spotify.com/episode/4PWP...

Episode 1: IPCC Scientist Professor Peter Thorne

open.spotify.com

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 2d

Good article by @colmanos.bsky.social clarifying some of the confusion around #solar pv and changeover switches in Ireland.
Living in #WestKerry w/ frequent power cuts, it was a no brainer. Of 12 quotes I got for solar 2 yrs ago, 3 were willing/ able to install
#speirgorm
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

'Some confusion' over off-grid power back-up systems

Clifford John has solar panels and a domestic battery for storing power in his house in Galway.

www.rte.ie

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Alannah Rooney AKA "The Beast of Craggy Island" ♾️ @alannahr.bsky.social · 2d

#Spéirgorm
Opinion: Do you know our national bird? We aren't taking nearly enough care of it share.google/54MiiJZ29yM3...

Opinion: Do you know our national bird? We aren't taking nearly enough care of it

The bird is on Ireland’s Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern.

share.google

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 3d

ICQ was my chat playground in my teens!

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 3d

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 5d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

We’re entering a fascinating new phase of the #climate end-game, one where leaders, from Mark Carney in Canada to Micheál Martin here, perfectly understand how dire the situation is, yet decide - choose - to do absolutely nothing.

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 3d

Will this be like #Blackwater fish kill where"an investigation"is held but no accountability for wanton destruction of nature? What is needed for an Irish government to implement Citizens’ Assembly recs & enshrine protection of nature in our constitution? #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 5d

While we approve more data centres, expand aviation and long-finger tackling systems solutions in agriculture, construction and transport - we see our ability to decarbonise and reduce emissions decline. Government burying the long-term consequences for people #Spéirghorm www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Ireland significantly off track on 2030 climate targets

Ireland has made progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) but the rate of reduction remains insufficient to meet the targets established.

www.rte.ie

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 6d

Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 9, 2025 ~ Arctic FUBAR

"If orange rivers are the first sign, what comes next could redefine the planet’s climate system, and faster than anyone imagined. What began as an aesthetic anomaly has become a planetary alarm..."

www.ecoticias.com/en/arctic-tu...

Arctic is turning orange — It could trigger a devastating chain effect sooner than expected

In the Arctic, melting ice turns rivers orange — scientists warn this rare phenomenon could trigger a devastating chain reaction for Earth’s climate.

www.ecoticias.com

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 6d

Fingers crossed for you🤞

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 6d

the letter worked for me on 2nd application, not sure if I got lucky or they have changed something 🤷‍♀️

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 7d

Having same issue myself now, rejected by online system, wonder what the burden on admin staff has been/ will be with all mature students with expiring leapcards now looking for letters

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently they are no longer accepting a photo of your student ID as evidence of enrollment. So every student whose card is expiring has to find someone to write a letter stating how many hours a week classes they take. Not sure how this applies to PhD students who don't take classes #phdsky

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 7d

If you wonder why we are failing to reduce our transport emissions and why we have a dysfunctional car-centric transport system. This is why. This is who are invited to aa Oireachtas committee to discuss transport and climate targets...

The mind boggles.

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 7d

18457 children murdered by a genocidal regime.
And that's just up to the end of July.
Imagine if every married couple with kids in Kerry had a child murdered-beyond comprehension-yet whole families are being slaughtered in Gaza with complete impunity #speirgorm 💔
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Katherine Nolan @dochara.com · 10d

Also Caitriona Graham, Chris Andrews, Colm Byrne, Cormac O’Daly, Diarmuid MacDubhghlais, Donna Schwarz, Louise Heaney, Maureen Almai, Michael Fix, Paddy Kelly, Patrick O’Donovan, Sarah Clancy, Tara O’Grady, Tara Sheehy and Thomas McCune

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 9d

Back to the actual and current Presidential candidates -with all the Jim Gavin shenanigans of the last 24 hours it may have not grabbed people’s attention that Heather Humphreys just threw trans people under the bus in response to a Grift dot ie reporters question!So there’s that! #aras25 #speirgorm

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 10d

Saw your original post @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social but its now showing as blocked ... this happening for anyone else? I wonder if he reported it 🤔

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 11d

Sure, will have a look at it tomorrow - is it just a matter of uploading clip or is there a form to fill too?

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 12d

Seven hours in 30 seconds: time-lapse of #StormAmy in wild West Kerry. Hard to tell #MountBrandon exists! Unfortunately the camera just doesn't do justice to the rainfall and spray blowing from the sea. Plenty of seaweed on the other window from earlier! #speirgorm
#WildAtlanticWay #dinglepeninsula

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 12d

Such a huge loss to Ireland, Irish culture, Irish nature, agus an teanga #Gaeilge
Ní bheidh a leithéid ann arís ☹️
#speirgorm

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 12d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

www.rte.ie

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 12d

Refreshing to see a politician call out the root cause of current rise in populism, focus on hope rather than fear, and propose policies that will have a positive outcome for the whole of society!
Read @zackpolanski.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#hopenothate

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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