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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 22m

A number have already been installed in Dublin, some going back a few years, more on the way nationally - article is April 2024

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Cameras to catch and fine red-light offenders to be introduced later this year

The new technology is to be rolled out as Eamon Ryan says large numbers of drivers are breaking red lights at junctions

www.irishexaminer.com

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🤏 eoᵹ̇an 🫳 @ohjann.world · 45m

This is honestly the shit that the accuse 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔚𝔬𝔨𝔢 of doing but it's business lobbiest so it's okay here

Mark Lynas @marklynas.bsky.social · 3h

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
www.euroveg.eu/european-par...

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union

Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

www.euroveg.eu

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 45m

Looks like its time for a number of the Irish media to feel sorry for Jim Gavin again #Aras25 #Speirgorm

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Jim Gavin tenant journalist Niall Donald says there could have been ‘a better outcome’

Solicitor for ex-Fianna Fáil candidate says he has been told to repay Sunday World editor ‘subject to clarifying two issues’

www.irishtimes.com

Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 1h

#SpeirGorm #Aras25

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 1h

“Mr Donald said his work with the Sunday World involves him working alongside colleagues from the Irish Independent and that he regularly told the story in the newsroom of how he was owed money by Mr Gavin.”

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 1h

#SpeirGorm #Aras25

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 1h

“Mr Donald said his work with the Sunday World involves him working alongside colleagues from the Irish Independent and that he regularly told the story in the newsroom of how he was owed money by Mr Gavin.”

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 1h

& here @judesherry.bsky.social & I are earlier in front of Dáil Éireann, Dublin Ireland for #worldvacanthomesday

We believe everyone should have a home, we have the homes lying empty, time for compulsory sales & compulsory rental

ffud art for #derelictireland #vacantireland #housingcrisis

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 1h

I will, yeah!

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 1h

"It would take UNRWA just about 3 hours to get trucks to the borders and then get much needed supplies directly to desperate people in #Gaza” our Juliette Touma tells @npr.org

The siege must be lifted, and the crossings must open.

#CeasefireNow

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 3h

#stopthegenocide #breakthesiege #globalflotilla Contact the Taoiseach - details below #speirgorm

Poster of kidnapped by IOF - Irish doctor Veronica O’Keane

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 2h

Goniatite fossils packed throughout this piece of shale. The shells of these ancient relatives of Squid and Octopus must have littered the sea floor that covered this part of the earths surface over 300 million years ago.
County Clare, Ireland

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 3h

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 7h

Solar panels on new build homes (and commercial buildings, and over car parks &c.) should be the law, not digging up green fields.

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 3h

So Gone Gavin now issuing statements making the repayment of funds he has owed for 16 years - conditional on some quibbles he has with tenant's story in podcast - and no 'sorry' ? He should actually pay interest on the sum for last 16 years - and move on #spéirghorm

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 3h

How could we be allowed forget....

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 3h

Wearing a Dublin jersey by any chance?

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 3h

In my case, I know an Enda Dowling - the mind playing tricks

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 3h

Some compensation for all the solicitors fees for the letters the tenants paid out, the 16 years of effort and anxiety, frustration likely.

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Criodán Ó Murchú (he/him) @criodanomurchu.bsky.social · 3h

I posted this on Instagram a few days ago. Should be paying back more than the original value he stole.

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 3h

Shatter resurfacing in a week where Garda vetting information was leaked to an ex-Garda journalist... Lads is it 2014 again? Have I Quantum-Leaped? #Spéirgorm

The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 4h

Heather Humphreys is spreading misinformation that Oireachtas political staff need so-called garda clearance – they don’t, according to documents obtained by The Ditch

Alan Shatter joined in – posting a fake document on X purporting to be official policy

www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

Humphreys spreading misinformation about Oireachtas vetting

Humphreys’s former party colleague and ex-justice minister Alan Shatter has also joined in.

www.ontheditch.com

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 3h

Apologies Edna 😳

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Edna Dowling @libertiesbelle.bsky.social · 11d

#SpéirGorm

www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Spanish city honours Gaelic chieftain Red Hugh O'Donnell

Thousands of people lined the streets of the Spanish city of Valladolid last night to pay tribute to the Irish war hero Red Hugh O'Donnell.

www.rte.ie

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Eve @eveamanda.bsky.social · 6h

If you're wondering about the state of public transport in the West of Ireland, the bus that stops at Knock Airport was cancelled and they only run every 3 hours, so I had to spend €83 on a taxi. Honestly ridiculous that there isn't a dedicated airport bus. #SpeirGorm

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Kieran @eslsys.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks Enda, The Coddle Law is born 😜

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 4h

Heather Humphreys is spreading misinformation that Oireachtas political staff need so-called garda clearance – they don’t, according to documents obtained by The Ditch

Alan Shatter joined in – posting a fake document on X purporting to be official policy

www.ontheditch.com/heather-hump...

Humphreys spreading misinformation about Oireachtas vetting

Humphreys’s former party colleague and ex-justice minister Alan Shatter has also joined in.

www.ontheditch.com

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Duroyan Fertl ᚇᚓᚑᚏᚐᚇᚐᚅ @dfertl.bsky.social · 4h

"It is “highly unlikely” that #MicheálMartin will lead #FiannaFáil into the next general election, according to former party TD Éamon #ÓCuív… Ó Cúiv said the Taoiseach has gone past the “natural sell-by date” of party leaders"
Tick-tock ...
#Áras25 #SpéirGorm
www.newstalk.com/news/micheal...

Micheál Martin ‘past his sell-by date’ - Éamon Ó Cuív

It is “highly unlikely” that Micheál Martin will lead Fianna Fáil into the next general election, according to former party TD Éamon Ó Cuív.

www.newstalk.com

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