@shaneogruagain.bsky.social
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The outrageous sanctioning of EU lawmakers and citizens in order to pressure democratically-elected European governments to change their laws shows just how intent the US government is on controlling Europeans' lives.
We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
The US can destroy a European's life with the swipe of a pen
This week's US sanctions against European lawmakers and privacy activists is a major escalation. And it shows the dangers of Europe relying on American economic infrastructure.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The outrageous sanctioning of EU lawmakers and citizens in order to pressure democratically-elected European governments to change their laws shows just how intent the US government is on controlling Europeans' lives.
We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
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Bring back the 2:1 investment priority favouring public transport over roads, say Engineers Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
Engineers seek restoration of public transport spending priority
Heavy reliance on private cars for travel cannot continue, Engineers Ireland warns
www.irishtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Bring back the 2:1 investment priority favouring public transport over roads, say Engineers Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
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Half-empty charter flight to Pakistan used 79 gardaí and cost €474,000 to deport just 24 people.
Our latest set of records available online at:
www.thestory.ie/2025/12/12/h...
Our latest set of records available online at:
www.thestory.ie/2025/12/12/h...
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Half-empty charter flight to Pakistan used 79 gardaí and cost €474,000 to deport just 24 people.
Our latest set of records available online at:
www.thestory.ie/2025/12/12/h...
Our latest set of records available online at:
www.thestory.ie/2025/12/12/h...
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Below is 'before' and 'after' of website of the US-EPA, after the Stalin-esque purge of facts that the Dear Leader isn't happy about.
Those whom the gods would destroy, first, they make mad.
Will discuss this & other topics around 5.30 on my weekly environmental slot on The Last Word on Today FM
Those whom the gods would destroy, first, they make mad.
Will discuss this & other topics around 5.30 on my weekly environmental slot on The Last Word on Today FM
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Below is 'before' and 'after' of website of the US-EPA, after the Stalin-esque purge of facts that the Dear Leader isn't happy about.
Those whom the gods would destroy, first, they make mad.
Will discuss this & other topics around 5.30 on my weekly environmental slot on The Last Word on Today FM
Those whom the gods would destroy, first, they make mad.
Will discuss this & other topics around 5.30 on my weekly environmental slot on The Last Word on Today FM
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These two stories are somehow connected. Apparently, if you lobby tirelessly for more pollution & ecological wreckage, that’s exactly what you get.
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
These two stories are somehow connected. Apparently, if you lobby tirelessly for more pollution & ecological wreckage, that’s exactly what you get.
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'Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people are calling for clean water, but our voices are being drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest. And the thing is, you can’t drink politics.'
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Most Irish people want clean water, not a nitrates derogation
Has the Government ever asked the people of Ireland if they agree with pulling on the green jersey to convince Europe to give us another derogation?
www.irishexaminer.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
'Our waters are crying out for a break from the pollution, Irish people are calling for clean water, but our voices are being drowned out in a world of political wrangling and vested interest. And the thing is, you can’t drink politics.'
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Ireland could not stop Santa Claus if we needed to. We would have to rely on Britain to do so. Read more in my latest in the Irish Times.
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ireland could not stop Santa Claus if we needed to. We would have to rely on Britain to do so. Read more in my latest in the Irish Times.
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Great piece from @hannahdaly.ie countering the nihilism of the 'we don't matter' arguement
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Great piece from @hannahdaly.ie countering the nihilism of the 'we don't matter' arguement
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
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State needs to spend €50bn on climate action up to 2050, warns Central Bank
State needs to spend €50bn on climate action up to 2050, warns Central Bank
‘We are no longer on a trajectory towards the very worst-case scenarios once feared’
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
State needs to spend €50bn on climate action up to 2050, warns Central Bank
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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
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Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Here are the Irish MEPs who just sided with the far-right (fascists, racists, sexists, homophobes, climate deniers) from across the EU
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
They've voted to gut protections that would have made businesses check and report their supply chains for child labour, human rights abuse or nature destruction
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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Reject modernity, embrace tradition
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Reject modernity, embrace tradition
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Helsinki, similar in size to Dublin, has had no road fatalities for over a year- attributed to lower speed limits, good street design, pedestrian & cycling infrastructure, more traffic cameras, automated enforcement systems & excellent public transport yle.fi/a/74-20174831
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Helsinki, similar in size to Dublin, has had no road fatalities for over a year- attributed to lower speed limits, good street design, pedestrian & cycling infrastructure, more traffic cameras, automated enforcement systems & excellent public transport yle.fi/a/74-20174831
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Oil-giant Exxon Mobil sues California claiming new climate-disclosure laws infringe its free-speech rights.
The laws require large companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks.
Who owns the story of emissions?
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
The laws require large companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks.
Who owns the story of emissions?
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exxon sues California over climate disclosure laws
Exxon Mobil sued California on Friday, challenging two state laws that require large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks.
www.reuters.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oil-giant Exxon Mobil sues California claiming new climate-disclosure laws infringe its free-speech rights.
The laws require large companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks.
Who owns the story of emissions?
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
The laws require large companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks.
Who owns the story of emissions?
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Bhí #Gaeilge chun tosaigh i bhfeachtas Catherine Connolly - agus beidh sí lárnach le linn a hUachtaránacht, thug sí le fios le linn a h-oráid aréir agus i gceistneoir #Gaelvóta
@cnag
jrnl.ie/6856278t
@cnag
jrnl.ie/6856278t
Gaeilge le bheith ina teanga oibre san Áras le linn téarma Uachtaránachta Catherine Connolly
Is é seo an coimitmint a thug Catherine Connolly agus í ag tabhairt freagra ar cheistneoir Gaelvóta ó Chonradh na Gaeilge.
jrnl.ie
October 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Bhí #Gaeilge chun tosaigh i bhfeachtas Catherine Connolly - agus beidh sí lárnach le linn a hUachtaránacht, thug sí le fios le linn a h-oráid aréir agus i gceistneoir #Gaelvóta
@cnag
jrnl.ie/6856278t
@cnag
jrnl.ie/6856278t
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Another aquatic ecosystem, not 'at risk', or 'on the verge', but actually collapsed.
"like staring at a face distorted by botched plastic surgery and trying to imagine the real person beneath"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
"like staring at a face distorted by botched plastic surgery and trying to imagine the real person beneath"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ella McSweeney: Lough Derg is drifting towards the same fate as Lough Neagh
Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern
www.irishtimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Another aquatic ecosystem, not 'at risk', or 'on the verge', but actually collapsed.
"like staring at a face distorted by botched plastic surgery and trying to imagine the real person beneath"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
"like staring at a face distorted by botched plastic surgery and trying to imagine the real person beneath"
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Rory Rowan and I wrote an op-ed in @irishexaminer.bsky.social
in September. The lack of diversity of opinion in our media undermines democracy - and we are seeing that in full view with this election.
in September. The lack of diversity of opinion in our media undermines democracy - and we are seeing that in full view with this election.
October 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Rory Rowan and I wrote an op-ed in @irishexaminer.bsky.social
in September. The lack of diversity of opinion in our media undermines democracy - and we are seeing that in full view with this election.
in September. The lack of diversity of opinion in our media undermines democracy - and we are seeing that in full view with this election.
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Brilliantly up-front piece by Geraldine Herbert on the culture-war driven U-turn on road safety by Micheál Martin's new government with the "Rural Independents".
Bottom line: "The original vision of a consistent, national approach has been replaced by a fragmented and much slower process."
Bottom line: "The original vision of a consistent, national approach has been replaced by a fragmented and much slower process."
Auto advice: Why speed limits are slow to change despite Government recommendations
What changes were recommended by The Speed Limit Review?
www.independent.ie
October 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Brilliantly up-front piece by Geraldine Herbert on the culture-war driven U-turn on road safety by Micheál Martin's new government with the "Rural Independents".
Bottom line: "The original vision of a consistent, national approach has been replaced by a fragmented and much slower process."
Bottom line: "The original vision of a consistent, national approach has been replaced by a fragmented and much slower process."
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Yesss!! MetroLink has been approved by An Coimisiún Pleanála after three years in the planning process. 🥳 Still awaiting details and if any modifications were made. More later today.
October 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Yesss!! MetroLink has been approved by An Coimisiún Pleanála after three years in the planning process. 🥳 Still awaiting details and if any modifications were made. More later today.
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Under the last Minister for Transport, public transport fares were cut. Hundreds of millions extra put into bus services in every corner of the country.
What FF, FG & Inds are planning now, will mean fewer people on public transport, more cars on the road, more congestion, more air pollution.
What FF, FG & Inds are planning now, will mean fewer people on public transport, more cars on the road, more congestion, more air pollution.
September 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Under the last Minister for Transport, public transport fares were cut. Hundreds of millions extra put into bus services in every corner of the country.
What FF, FG & Inds are planning now, will mean fewer people on public transport, more cars on the road, more congestion, more air pollution.
What FF, FG & Inds are planning now, will mean fewer people on public transport, more cars on the road, more congestion, more air pollution.
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😢 How are flights so much cheaper than trains?
Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?
Well @greenpeace.eu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.
Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?
Well @greenpeace.eu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.
September 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
😢 How are flights so much cheaper than trains?
Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?
Well @greenpeace.eu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.
Indeed, why are we forced to pick between cheap & polluting and expensive & sustainable?
Well @greenpeace.eu has the answer: subsidies and MASSIVE tax breaks.
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Mosquitoes are the messengers that bring the news of climate change to your door via their infectious diseases.
Mosquito-borne viruses surge in a warming Europe
Chikungunya cases break records in France; West Nile virus appears near Rome
www.science.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Mosquitoes are the messengers that bring the news of climate change to your door via their infectious diseases.
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"The term ‘climateflation’ refers to the rising cost of living caused by the climate crisis."
Really important briefing from The Guardian this week 👇
This threat to price stability is something we desperately need the Bank of England to take seriously.
Really important briefing from The Guardian this week 👇
This threat to price stability is something we desperately need the Bank of England to take seriously.
Tuesday briefing: How ‘climateflation’ is pushing food prices ever higher – and changing how we eat
In today’s newsletter: Extreme heat, droughts and floods are proving disastrous for farmers on the frontline of climate change, and consumers in the supermarket, too
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"The term ‘climateflation’ refers to the rising cost of living caused by the climate crisis."
Really important briefing from The Guardian this week 👇
This threat to price stability is something we desperately need the Bank of England to take seriously.
Really important briefing from The Guardian this week 👇
This threat to price stability is something we desperately need the Bank of England to take seriously.