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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 14h

This inconsiderate genius blocked footpath and cycle lane on the short stretch between St Benildus school and Narnia creche, leaving a passenger on board.

Toyota saloon registration 161D45618 parked on footpath and cycle lane between St Benildus school and nearby creche.

A5 sticker reading 'Cycle lane parking puts lives at risk' being applied to bottom left corner of driver's window of Toyota saloon registration 161D45618 parked on footpath and cycle lane, between St Benildus school and Narnia creche.

A5 sticker reading 'Cycle lane parking puts lives at risk'

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 14h

This inconsiderate genius blocked footpath and cycle lane on the short stretch between St Benildus school and Narnia creche, leaving a passenger on board.

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 23h

There were some interesting valid comments on the dangers of advertising, negatively influencing diet and nutrition.
Then in the ad break, we had Avonmore pushing their Vitamin D milk, because we can't be arsed getting out in daylight.
Slight hypocrisy....

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 4d

The default speed limit in urban areas in #Ireland will be lowered to 30 km/h (19 mph) on March 31, 2027.

www.thejournal.ie/local-author...

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 6d

a drag queen says let them eat cake

ALT: a drag queen says let them eat cake

media.tenor.com

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 8d

Merc Sprinter van outside construction site on Suir Rd, blocking footpath and cycle lane.

Suir Road, Dublin 12 - a white transit van is parked half on the footpath, half on the cycle lane outside the shops. There is a temporary construction barrier at one premises, with the back of the head of a builder visible over the top of the barrier.

The driver's window of the transit van has an A5 sized sticker on the bottom left side, reading 'Cycle Lane Parking puts lives at risk'

The sticker reads Cycle Lane Parking puts lives at risk.

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 8d

Merc Sprinter van outside construction site on Suir Rd, blocking footpath and cycle lane.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 11d

If you still have an account on X now is a great time to close it down. Tomorrow would be as good.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Robinson allegedly failed to comply with officers who ‘became concerned’ by his behaviour at Channel Tunnel Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counter terrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, refused to give police the pin for his phone because it had “journalistic material on it” after they stopped him at the Channel Tunnel on 28 July 2024, a court heard. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 13d

If only there was a smidgen of available space in their driveway, I guess this Audi driver wouldn't have been 'forced' to park on the footpath - Blackglen Road

White Audi A3 registration 192D29599 parked along footpath on Blackglen Road, outside gated entrance to a large property, forcing pedestrians out onto cycle lane - A5 sized sticker on bottom left side of rear window reading A5 sized sticker on bottom left of driver's window reading 'Too thick to know pavement from road, too IGNORANT to care'

Long driveway into entrance of house of Blackglen Road, with loads of space to park a white Audi A3

A5 sized sticker on bottom left of driver's window reading 'Too thick to know pavement from road, too IGNORANT to care'

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 14d

“I can’t stop the world burning and civilisation’s collapse, as it is hard.”

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 15d

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”

- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.

www.independent.ie

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, still registered

www.charitiesregulator.ie/en/informati...

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 13d

If only there was a smidgen of available space in their driveway, I guess this Audi driver wouldn't have been 'forced' to park on the footpath - Blackglen Road

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 20d

Email sent, thanks

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 21d

Hi Donna, did they ever come back to you with an update on why the separators were removed from Bridge St please? It's fairly dangerous coming down the hill there.

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · Sep 23

David Bowie released Heroes as a single on this day in 1977
youtu.be/6OR1hhFVRCQ

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · Sep 21

How's your sleep hygiene? Blackout curtains, sleep mask, bedsocks, fluid intake?

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Dublin Cycling Campaign @dublincycling.bsky.social · Sep 19

Join us with Love 30 at the Dáil to defend 30km/h speed limits!

⭕️ Stop the U-turn on safer speeds
📍 Outside Dáil, Kildare Street D2
📆 2 October
⏰ 10.30am - 11.30am

30km/h limits SAVE LIVES. We need to stop this U-turn and YOU can help on Oct 2.

www.love30.ie/saving-lives...

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Rob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · Sep 19

Could @jesscasey.bsky.social please share the Road Collision Reporting Guidelines from @lauralaker.bsky.social with the Examiner sub-eds so they avoid misleading 'accident' terminology?
www.roadpeace.org/working-for-...

Irish Examiner article headlined "Cyclist in her 20s dies in Cork City crash as man killed in separate dumper truck accident"

Emergency services responded to two serious incidents in Cork, with one fatal workplace accident and a fatal city centre collision "

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Sep 19

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I BIKE Dublin @ibike.ie · Sep 19

It brings to 13 the number of people killed while cycling on Irish roads this year, already the highest death toll since 2017 (when 14 were killed) and we still have another three months to go.

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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · Sep 18

Important question in the Dail today after the RTE Prime Time expose on the sale of data about people's locations

@ivanabacik.bsky.social asks @simonharrisireland.bsky.social
After 8 years of inaction on Real-Time Bidding, how can you continue to have confidence in the Data Protection Commission?

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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · Sep 18

It also ignores the fact that according to multiple studies and datasets(including the DoT’s own data), statistically you are far more likely to suffocate a catastrophic brain injury per mile walked or in a car than you are on a bike.

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Tony SanFilippo @oxidelounge.bsky.social · Sep 15

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · Sep 15

#ChatControl is the biggest authoritarian flex to be proposed at an EU level, and it's all the fault of Denmark's Social Democrats (who are also very anti-immigrant).

If you ever want a case study of how Neoliberalism of social democratic or liberal parties is a pathway to fascism....

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 15

Anyone still on X: you should REALLY consider leaving.

It's like subscribing, and thereby lending support, to a daily version of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf', overflowing with extremely dangerous racist, nazi, bile.

Is that REALLY what you want?

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · Sep 14

🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X

Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.

📝 latest Substack 👇🏻

Why you should leave X

A rallying cry to progressives everywhere...

writesbright.substack.com

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Sep 15

The fact that our so-called ‘Minister for Climate’ is saying this, at this point, tells you all you need to know about our government.

This thing is going to hit us like an all-out war and they still think they can treat it as a Tidy Towns initiative.

Anna Pringle @annapr.bsky.social · Sep 15

Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien: we can grow Dublin Airport ‘sustainably’ from 36m to 60m passengers.
Mary Wilson: What about climate, have you run the numbers on emissions?
Minister: No question there will be an increase, SAF exists, planes more technologically advanced now…

#SpeirGorm
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