April 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"It's important to be there to understand Israel's message."
- Irish Minister McEntee tells @news.rte.ie indicating that Ireland's representative will not walk out when the fugitive Netanyahu takes the UN stage. #unga
No.
- Irish Minister McEntee tells @news.rte.ie indicating that Ireland's representative will not walk out when the fugitive Netanyahu takes the UN stage. #unga
No.
September 24, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"In the longer term, though, many of them are now looking for ways to wean themselves off LNG.
Renewables such as solar and wind, coal and nuclear, or locally produced fuel or piped supply are some of the options."
Renewables such as solar and wind, coal and nuclear, or locally produced fuel or piped supply are some of the options."
A $9.4 billion fuel bill sees developing Asian nations sour on LNG
The more than doubling of costs threatens to tarnish the reputation of LNG as a reliable energy source. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The situation is that you actually can get raw milk if you really want it, it's just regulated in such a way that normal people don't buy it by accident. But that's not good enough for Bacteria Barry.
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
Drinking raw milk is 'an informed decision that comes with a risk' - Heydon
'There is a reason we pasteurise the milk that the vast majority of people use'
www.agriland.ie
July 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
10-20% of the emissions ceiling of Ireland's energy sector to be used by ONE data centre in Ennis.
Insanity.
#IrishPol
Insanity.
#IrishPol
My latest column: Ireland’s data centre policy will drive significantly greater fossil fuel use, contradicting multiple statutory and policy targets which require rapid reductions instead.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
April 5, 2026 at 9:05 PM
10-20% of the emissions ceiling of Ireland's energy sector to be used by ONE data centre in Ennis.
Insanity.
#IrishPol
Insanity.
#IrishPol
3 hours ago, The Taoiseach posted photos on X of school children from a visit he made to Gorey.
How is that not a severe safeguarding issue, given what can be done with any photo on X now?
#IrishPol
How is that not a severe safeguarding issue, given what can be done with any photo on X now?
#IrishPol
The Taoiseach can't decide if the gov should stop posting pictures on X which can be turned into CSAM or other illegal content by anyone.
And what other issues on other platforms are as illegal as being a CSAM generator?
Well done Richard for being the voice of the sane here.
#IrishPol
And what other issues on other platforms are as illegal as being a CSAM generator?
Well done Richard for being the voice of the sane here.
#IrishPol
He did say Apple & Google should remove it from app stores.
He also said the Govt wouldn’t give “kneejerk” response by immediately coming off X, saying other platforms have issues too.
I interjected to say those other platforms don’t generate CSAM.
He accepts that but said other issues exist.
He also said the Govt wouldn’t give “kneejerk” response by immediately coming off X, saying other platforms have issues too.
I interjected to say those other platforms don’t generate CSAM.
He accepts that but said other issues exist.
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
3 hours ago, The Taoiseach posted photos on X of school children from a visit he made to Gorey.
How is that not a severe safeguarding issue, given what can be done with any photo on X now?
#IrishPol
How is that not a severe safeguarding issue, given what can be done with any photo on X now?
#IrishPol
Any government that isn't right now accelerating plans to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy is either:
a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b
a. Incompetent
b. In the pockets of people who'd rather they didn't
c. a & b
April 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Excellent letter in today's Irish Independent.
Justice for Mothers Against Genocide
#spéirghorm #irishpol
Justice for Mothers Against Genocide
#spéirghorm #irishpol
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Excellent letter in today's Irish Independent.
Justice for Mothers Against Genocide
#spéirghorm #irishpol
Justice for Mothers Against Genocide
#spéirghorm #irishpol
Does Heather Humphreys have any Sunday paper column today educating us on the "nuances of unionism, loyalism, Orange lodges & marching bands"?
It seems like a lost opportunity "to break the culture of silence " by her if not, given the "nuances" of what's happening on the Garvaghy Road.
#IrishPol
It seems like a lost opportunity "to break the culture of silence " by her if not, given the "nuances" of what's happening on the Garvaghy Road.
#IrishPol
"First, we break the culture of silence and denial. We must call it out immediately and without qualification"
says she almost a yr later!
And if she really thinks ppl need to be educated on "nuances of unionism, loyalism, Orange lodges & marching bands", then do it instead of whinging.
#IrishPol
says she almost a yr later!
And if she really thinks ppl need to be educated on "nuances of unionism, loyalism, Orange lodges & marching bands", then do it instead of whinging.
#IrishPol
September 27, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Does Heather Humphreys have any Sunday paper column today educating us on the "nuances of unionism, loyalism, Orange lodges & marching bands"?
It seems like a lost opportunity "to break the culture of silence " by her if not, given the "nuances" of what's happening on the Garvaghy Road.
#IrishPol
It seems like a lost opportunity "to break the culture of silence " by her if not, given the "nuances" of what's happening on the Garvaghy Road.
#IrishPol
Christ almighty, Micheál Martin in the UN saying "let it not be said that we did not act" on Gaza really boils my piss.
The langer has no fucking shame.
#IrishPol
The langer has no fucking shame.
#IrishPol
September 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Christ almighty, Micheál Martin in the UN saying "let it not be said that we did not act" on Gaza really boils my piss.
The langer has no fucking shame.
#IrishPol
The langer has no fucking shame.
#IrishPol
Perhaps the gov will respond to this by continuing with the rationale included the hype report that every job in Ireland that uses a computer is reliant on the country being colonised by data centres.
#IrishPol
#IrishPol
'The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built, or tens of thousands of jobs created across education, health or social sectors, if the resources used expanding data centres were directed elsewhere.'
Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims
The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.
www.thejournal.ie
September 24, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Perhaps the gov will respond to this by continuing with the rationale included the hype report that every job in Ireland that uses a computer is reliant on the country being colonised by data centres.
#IrishPol
#IrishPol
For my #Calling353 piece in @thejournal.ie this week I had a look at the phrase "legitimate concerns" over time.
www.thejournal.ie/calling-353-...
www.thejournal.ie/calling-353-...
A brief history of 'legitimate concerns' (and who decides what those are)
The evolution of the phrase into a dog whistle is, frankly, a concern.
www.thejournal.ie
June 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The Garda Commissioner has said he would 'absolutely' support an outright ban on e-scooters on Irish roads
Garda Commissioner supports outright ban on e-scooters
The Garda Commissioner has said he would "absolutely" support an outright ban on e-scooters on Irish roads.
www.rte.ie
July 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
July 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM
We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here.
We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times.
We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics.
This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times.
We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics.
This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.
August 19, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Mary Lou McDonald has written to the Taoiseach seeking the resignation of Larry Murrin as chair of Bord Bia. Sinn Féin says it’s inappropriate for him to chair an Irish food promotion board after it emerged that Dawn Farms, of which he is CEO, imports beef from Brazil to be sold in the Irish market
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 AM
An important thread about how wildfires can spread easily across dried out bogs.
#IrishPol #Speirgorm
#IrishPol #Speirgorm
I join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵
July 25, 2026 at 8:58 PM
An important thread about how wildfires can spread easily across dried out bogs.
#IrishPol #Speirgorm
#IrishPol #Speirgorm
Did Mary-Lou talk to the Muslim Sister's of Éire about how safe they felt when the protestors on O'Connell St attacked them, and it was the homeless people that stepped in to protect them and not the lads with their tractors?
#IrishPol #Speirgorm
#IrishPol #Speirgorm
Jesus Christ, this is fucking APPALLING. Sinn Fein have made their decision on the far right apparently, and it’s that they’re a great bunch of “lads”.
April 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Did Mary-Lou talk to the Muslim Sister's of Éire about how safe they felt when the protestors on O'Connell St attacked them, and it was the homeless people that stepped in to protect them and not the lads with their tractors?
#IrishPol #Speirgorm
#IrishPol #Speirgorm
The Taoiseach is visiting the home of Nelson Mandela in South Africa today, as he pays tribute to civil rights activists from the country's apartheid era www.thejournal.ie/micheal-mart...
Taoiseach visits Mandela home and memorials to civil rights leaders in South Africa
Martin has told crowds this weekend that the two countries have forged ‘eternal’ bonds with each other.
www.thejournal.ie
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Newly elected TD Daniel Ennis has come out strongly against Ireland playing Israel in two controversial Nations League fixtures later this year.
"We shouldn't be playing that game," Ennis said, adding that deciding whether or not to take part is as political a decision as the other.
"We shouldn't be playing that game," Ennis said, adding that deciding whether or not to take part is as political a decision as the other.
May 26, 2026 at 12:25 PM
contacting Tóibín for help as an immigrant facing difficulty
February 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM