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Local journalism matters.
January 24, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Local journalism matters.
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Tax the rich properly NOW.
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Ireland’s 11 billionaires are collectively wealthier than 85% of adults in State, says Oxfam
Inequality widening globally, says charity in report that coincides with start of Davos forum
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January 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Tax the rich properly NOW.
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The one thing that is growing extremely fast is the wealth of the top billionaires:
The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010
Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010
Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The one thing that is growing extremely fast is the wealth of the top billionaires:
The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010
Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
The top 0.00001% used to own the equivalent of 3% of national income in wealth in 2010
Now they own the equivalent of 12% of national income!
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Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all.
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all.
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All the noise that self-styled energy wonks made about how the US should surge LNG exports to Europe did not age well.
Europeans should phase fossil fuels out of their power grids and electrify heating, transport, etc. We all should. It's long past time, and not just because of Trump.
Europeans should phase fossil fuels out of their power grids and electrify heating, transport, etc. We all should. It's long past time, and not just because of Trump.
Fears grow over Europe’s soaring dependence on US gas imports
American LNG was meant to be a safe alternative to Russian gas. That’s no longer a given, with transatlantic relations in crisis
American LNG was meant to be a safe alternative to Russian gas. That’s no longer a given, with transatlantic relations in crisis
Fears grow over Europe’s soaring dependence on US gas imports
American LNG was meant to be a safe alternative to Russian gas. That’s no longer a given, with transatlantic relations in crisis.
www.politico.eu
January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
All the noise that self-styled energy wonks made about how the US should surge LNG exports to Europe did not age well.
Europeans should phase fossil fuels out of their power grids and electrify heating, transport, etc. We all should. It's long past time, and not just because of Trump.
Europeans should phase fossil fuels out of their power grids and electrify heating, transport, etc. We all should. It's long past time, and not just because of Trump.
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In Copenhagen, demonstrators chanted "Greenland is not for sale" and wore red baseball caps saying "Make America Go Away" as they marched to the U.S. embassy.
In Greenland 20,000 (a little under half the island's population) led by Prime Minister, carried flags and marched to the U.S. consulate.
In Greenland 20,000 (a little under half the island's population) led by Prime Minister, carried flags and marched to the U.S. consulate.
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 PM
In Copenhagen, demonstrators chanted "Greenland is not for sale" and wore red baseball caps saying "Make America Go Away" as they marched to the U.S. embassy.
In Greenland 20,000 (a little under half the island's population) led by Prime Minister, carried flags and marched to the U.S. consulate.
In Greenland 20,000 (a little under half the island's population) led by Prime Minister, carried flags and marched to the U.S. consulate.
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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
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The Government is seeking to dramatically erode public right of access to justice via courts by imposing prohibitively expensive costs on those challenging unlawful planning or policy.
Please consider making a submission before 15 January.
Explainer, links & help:
www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
Please consider making a submission before 15 January.
Explainer, links & help:
www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
All Hands on Deck Needed to Respond to the Latest Attack on Access to Justice
The Government is seeking to dramatically erode the public right of access to justice via the courts by imposing prohibitively expensive costs on eNGOs and members of civil society who seek to challen...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The Government is seeking to dramatically erode public right of access to justice via courts by imposing prohibitively expensive costs on those challenging unlawful planning or policy.
Please consider making a submission before 15 January.
Explainer, links & help:
www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
Please consider making a submission before 15 January.
Explainer, links & help:
www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
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Have your say by January 15 deadline.
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
An Taisce urges public to object to ‘unlawful’ caps on judicial review fees
An Taisce urges public to object to ‘unlawful’ caps on judicial review fees
Heritage and environmental charity says Government’s proposal is a ‘significant attack on civil society and public accountability’
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January 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Have your say by January 15 deadline.
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. These proposed changes are clearly unlawful, undemocratic & unfair.
For more: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
#environmentaljustice
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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A reminder that 90% of Ireland's so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations, virtually empty of nature.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A reminder that 90% of Ireland's so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations, virtually empty of nature.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
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Ospreys v Munster was a proper rivalry for some years. I certainly hope that underwhelming nothing wasn't the last time we see a game between the two.
December 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ospreys v Munster was a proper rivalry for some years. I certainly hope that underwhelming nothing wasn't the last time we see a game between the two.
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This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is obscene.
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
That others in politics can’t or won’t say that this is obscene hits at the heart of the problems we face.
We are the 99.999%.
Tax the super rich.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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Ireland is so beautiful.
Just imagine how it would be if we actually protected and restored our nature, instead of killing it off everywhere, on land and at sea?
Just imagine how it would be if we actually protected and restored our nature, instead of killing it off everywhere, on land and at sea?
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ireland is so beautiful.
Just imagine how it would be if we actually protected and restored our nature, instead of killing it off everywhere, on land and at sea?
Just imagine how it would be if we actually protected and restored our nature, instead of killing it off everywhere, on land and at sea?
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Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
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Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
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Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
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November 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
search.app/phsEf
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This, in a nutshell, is where we’re at. All the lies, the distraction, NGO-blaming and drive towards even further deregulation is to cover the naked fact that, in Ireland, big polluters pull the strings and our politicians just nod along.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This, in a nutshell, is where we’re at. All the lies, the distraction, NGO-blaming and drive towards even further deregulation is to cover the naked fact that, in Ireland, big polluters pull the strings and our politicians just nod along.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
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This is profoundly dismaying to read. (I know Greta personally; she is absolutely trustworthy, and this narrative is confirmed by many many witnesses.)
The way Israel behaves is beyond grotesque. They act as if they think they are a master-race. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
The way Israel behaves is beyond grotesque. They act as if they think they are a master-race. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
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October 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This is profoundly dismaying to read. (I know Greta personally; she is absolutely trustworthy, and this narrative is confirmed by many many witnesses.)
The way Israel behaves is beyond grotesque. They act as if they think they are a master-race. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
The way Israel behaves is beyond grotesque. They act as if they think they are a master-race. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
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Yet again, the satirical media doing a far better job at conveying the truth than the mainstream press.
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Yet again, the satirical media doing a far better job at conveying the truth than the mainstream press.
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ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.
October 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.
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Imagine, a country where former presidents can be prosecuted and held to the same legal standards as citizens.
Sarkozy gets 5 years in prison in Gadhafi case
The former French president was accused of accepting illicit campaign donations from the Libyan dictator.
www.politico.eu
September 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Imagine, a country where former presidents can be prosecuted and held to the same legal standards as citizens.
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Failing to address climate change is very expensive.
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria
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September 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Failing to address climate change is very expensive.
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A patch of wild native rainforest in Glenbeg, Beara, looks okay from across the lake. But it's dying because of sheep, with zero ground flora or regenerating trees.
The farmer should be offered double his farm payments to take the sheep out, but chances are he'd actually get nothing.
It's insane.
The farmer should be offered double his farm payments to take the sheep out, but chances are he'd actually get nothing.
It's insane.
September 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A patch of wild native rainforest in Glenbeg, Beara, looks okay from across the lake. But it's dying because of sheep, with zero ground flora or regenerating trees.
The farmer should be offered double his farm payments to take the sheep out, but chances are he'd actually get nothing.
It's insane.
The farmer should be offered double his farm payments to take the sheep out, but chances are he'd actually get nothing.
It's insane.
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"It is RTÉ [the Irish national broadcaster]'s position that Ireland will NOT take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if the participation of Israel goes ahead"
Bloody great. Should have happened LONG ago.
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Bloody great. Should have happened LONG ago.
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RTÉ Statement: 2026 Eurovision Song Contest – About RTÉ
RTÉ Statement: 2026 Eurovision Song Contest “At the General Assembly of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in July, a number of EBU members raised concerns about the participation of Israel in the ...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"It is RTÉ [the Irish national broadcaster]'s position that Ireland will NOT take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if the participation of Israel goes ahead"
Bloody great. Should have happened LONG ago.
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Bloody great. Should have happened LONG ago.
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