I see the Green party over in the UK has its eyes firmly averted from the climate change ball.

Off to the continent for a few days, and herself has packed some Barrys teabags in Irish Mammy tradition. There will be a Lidl round the corner, it is quite civilized these days I protest, but no arguments will be heard, the teabags go in. #speirgorm

Taking a quick look at the updated google satellite images of the Commonwealth graveyards in Gaza. My great grandmother's first financee was buried there somewhere in 1918 when it was called Mandatory Palestine.

I say we nuke the entire site from orbit. It is the only way to be sure.

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 2w ago

It was seen, photographed and captured last week by a member of the public in the Ringaskiddy area who then alerted the National Biodiversity Data Centre www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Something quite odd going on with this story. www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...

RAF Fairford suspects released on bail, head of counter-terror police says

Laurence Taylor says the five men arrested on Sunday are still under investigation as police consider multiple lines of inquiry, including the possible involvement of a foreign state.

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Aussiemaxing www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...

Aussie man lost at sea for a month rescued after drinking his last beer

After a freak wave off the coast of Timor-Leste in July destroyed Digby Campbell's navigational equipment and much of his rations, what was supposed to be a six-day voyage to Darwin turned into a week...

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What happens to the Parades Commission in the event of a United Ireland? #speirgorm Who would appoint members?

Mapping out where my underfloor heating goes.

I got myself a thermal camera, which is great fun to point at all sorts of things. I now know why my underfloor heating is a bit pants. The thermostats don't appear to control the pipes in their own rooms. All good prep for a heat pump next year. #speirgorm

Checking my own zombie apocalypse plan against the one the government just sent me. #speirghorm

Big news for makers of golden ghillie suits. Snipers don't normally inform you which building they are going to be on in advance. Probably never in history has a snipers position been revealed before the building existed.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 3w ago

Donald Trump suggested he would modify plans for a large triumphal arch in the capital by adding staging areas for US military snipers and to launch drones.

Has anyone done the song from her point of view? She just had an average Friday, met an unremarkable English lad who couldn't play pool and was a danger at darts. Had a bit of a shift and a couple of drinks but didn't give him her number. #speirgorm

Darach Ó Séaghdha@darach.bsky.social · 3w ago

This week in my #calling353 piece for @thejournal.ie I consider the Ed Sheeran song “Galway Girl” and what its lyrics reveal about its composer. Ed Sheeran has given the Irish a chance to air gripes with Galway Girl jrnl.ie/7166379

@irishtimes.com Can you please learn to distinguish between e-bikes (legal, safe, convenient, limited to 25km/h, you have to pedal) and electric motorbikes. The picture is of the first type, the story is about the second www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Man and teenager arrested after reports of e-bikes being driven dangerously in Belfast

Police chief commends actions of officers that ‘prevented further immediate danger to road users’

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I imagine this would be like the jelly donut scene in full metal jacket.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3w ago

NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.

First use of my new chainsaw today. I counted my fingers out, and I counted them all back.

A lorry carrying a shipment of Worcestershire sauce from a brewery in Leicestershire was driving through Loughborough when it ploughed head-on into a Lamborghini Murciélago. 1/7

Terrible that range anxiety you get when driving a diesel. Can't just plug in anywhere, you have to go to a petrol station which might be closed. #speirgorm #EV clarechampion.ie/bridget-lowr...

Bridget Lowry's lucky Clare encounter driving home after her son's Irish Open win - The Clare Champion

Shane Lowry’s mother had a lucky encounter on the road back from Doonbeg to County Offaly after her son won the Irish Open in Doonbeg last Sunday. Bridget Lowry was driving home to Clara with her daug...

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Don't think we had quite that many in Dorney Lake for London 2012. Fairly sure the assessment for that didn't consider the crocodiles either, so this is consistent with existing policy. www.bbc.com/sport/olympi...

River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events

A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.

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This new attempt is much more surgical. AirBnB original concept is now basically untouched. You can let out rooms in your principle private residence, or your entire principle private residence for up to 90 days a year. Rural tiny home cottage restorations are going to be OK.

Irish Independent@independent.ie · 4w ago

'This is going to destroy a lot of people in the industry': Owners of short-term rental accommodation are still taking bookings for next year — but many fear that they may yet have to cancel these reservations, due a lack of clear guidance on a new mandatory system for short-term lets

Just done a drop-off at Shannon. So much security. Saw the Qatari bribe jet, Air Force One, and Trump force one. There is a slightly limp protest, but the gobshite will never see it. #speirgorm

He was 36. The British were not the ones who took over the islands.

Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · last mo.

Trump on the Falkland Islands: I don't know if the British would be willing to travel that far. It's very far away; you are talking about weeks by boat. I am sure I will be called into that potential disaster. I will probably be able to settle that.

Reminder: The US President says anything that pops into his head and intends none of it.

Did a bunch of folk coming from Rome get dumped in *Belfast* due to Trump? Why not divert to Kerry or Knock of Dublin?

🆕 Five of the 15 Cabinet members have communicated that they will not be able to attend the U.S. President’s reception at the Ambassador’s residence this lunchtime. Jack Chambers, Norma Foley, James Browne, Dara Calleary and Patrick O’Donovan have sent their regrets for not attending.

The keys to an understairs cupboard where guns were held at the station were stored in a press in the public office and were "readily accessible to all garda members or any other person who may have had access to Kildare Garda Station, with no control mechanisms in place". www.rte.ie/news/investi...

Secret report says gun could have been stolen from Kildare gardaí

Gardaí suspected that a pump-action shotgun seized from criminals in 2023 was stolen from Kildare gardaí.

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I know this isn't the main point but: The Transformers are famously undocumented immigrants hiding in America (among other places) having fled the consequences of a civil war. Do these chuds think Megatron was in the US on an O-1 talent visa?

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · last mo.

Today, we filed a FOIA request with DHS concerning an AI-generated image the @DHSgov X account posted this morning. The image depicts a Transformer facing a South Asian man, over a caption telling "Mr. Singh" to self-deport and get off American roads. We want the prompt.

Cool and normal. Brent Crude is at $105, which means 1000l of heating oil in County Clare is €1,529. The dickhead who did it is coming to visit this weekend. #speirgorm

It takes two or three days.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · last mo.

Trump says security is "checking the slide" on his $400m plane gifted from Qatar: "They were doing a check on the slide, you know, on the emergency, so I think it takes about 15 minutes."

Repacking a slide is not a small task. Would be surprised if bribe force one is ready to go to Ireland this week. #speirgorm

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

the evacuation slide is out on Trump's Qatari Bribe Jet