Everyone in Limerick is gone to Kilkee and Ballybunion.

Every book on the front window display of O'Mahony's Bookshop in Limerick is about the climate and environment crises. Some excellent reads there. 👏🏻 @omahonysbooks.bsky.social

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

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What a cowardly act by the Healy Rae brothers. www.independent.ie/irish-news/g...

Government wins confidence vote after Michael Healy-Rae resigns as minister over fuel protest response

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It is widely agreed that the transport sector is the most difficult of all to decarbonize due to sprawl and dispersed settlement patterns caused by these kinds of road projects. It isn't the cleverest idea to make that challenge even harder. www.rte.ie/news/2026/04...

€70m for a 27km greenway (€2.6m per km) seems like an awful lot. Then again, a 2km road costing €80m (€40m per km) was opened during the week in Limerick, despite having dubious benefit, but nobody batted an eye. If anything there was a surreal level of fanfare. www.rte.ie/news/munster...

Kerry council defends €70m investment in greenway

Kerry County Council has insisted that an investment of more than €70m in the construction of a 27km greenway in the south of the county will be recouped, despite a threefold increase in the estimated...

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This is like an airport saying it's reducing its emissions but ignoring the emissions from the planes. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

€200m to decarbonise Ireland-Scotland gas interconnector

Gas Networks Ireland has announced plans to spend €200m to decarbonise its two compressor stations in Scotland - a development which it says will decrease its greenhouse gas emissions by 42%.

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The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up. Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views? Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.

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This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.

Finally, there's a focus on politicians using X / Twitter and it looks like it's becoming less acceptable for them to use the platform. But politicians use it often because they know the journalists are on it. Media needs to look in the mirror. @drivetime.bsky.social

The power of a headline.

Good to hear this raised in the Dáil. www.clare.fm/news/governm...

Government Urged To Give Timeline On Shannon Airport Rail Link - Clare FM

Government Urged To Give Timeline On Shannon Airport Rail Link - News % Clare FM

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I find myself agreeing with Councillor Healy Rae. Integrating the rail, road, and air infra makes a lot of sense. One other thing I'd add is the need for passing loops / double track on sections of the Mallow to Tralee railway to ramp up its capacity. m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...

Moving train station closer to Kerry Airport ‘a no-brainer’ for connectivity

The idea of relocating Farranfore train station closer to Kerry Airport has been raised by a Kerry Councillor who said Farranfore should serve as a national template for rail, road, and flight connect...

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High tide in Limerick City this morning. The construction works are flood defences. They'll be needed sooner rather than later.

This really does sound like great news for the city. Credit to all who were involved in making it happen. I'm not aware of the company but these read as very high skilled roles. Ideally, most of those who fill them will live in or near the city centre. www.limerickleader.ie/news/breakin...

BREAKING: Spanish firm announces plans for 70 jobs as it expands into Limerick city centre

Chipmaking company Openchip set to open at landmark building in heart of city

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Politicians in Counties Clare and Limerick have some explaining to do. It was announced today that Cork is getting massive rail investment through the National Development Plan while the Midwest is getting nothing at all. Did our politicians even lobby for it? www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Revised National Development Plan delivers €1bn for Cork rail expansion and new stations

More than €1bn will accelerate Cork’s commuter rail expansion as the updated NDP shifts transport spending towards a new 1:1 ratio

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My old phone gave up the ghost but have to say I'm fairly impressed with the camera on the new one! Beautiful night out there.

Early morning on the Shannon

"what was once a safe road" What does that mean? Was it safe for children walking and cycling, for example?

There is nobody that I'm aware of who is joining the dots between our economic model and the destruction of nature quite as well as Aislínn Kelly is. This thoughtful and articulate opinion piece deserves to be widely read. open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...

The Land Calls Again

The fields where freedom once took root now call for protection

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🌍 First episode now live! With the inspirational @peterthorne.bsky.social 🎧 Climate Change: Off the Record — with @roisinmoriarty.com and myself. @maynoothuniversity.ie @ucc.ie @universityofgalway.bsky.social #ipcc #icca open.spotify.com/episode/4PWP...

Episode 1: IPCC Scientist Professor Peter Thorne

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Some people want more cars and fewer homes in Limerick City. It beggars belief. www.limerickleader.ie/news/plannin...

Just 27 parking spots planned for 285-home development in Limerick

Concern raised at affordable housing development at Limerick's docklands

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Good progress being made outside Thomond Park on the TUS to city centre active travel scheme.

Limerick folks, can you identify the building marked with the number 27? The map dates to 1786.

Was delighted to meet the one and only @thinkorswim.bsky.social at O'Mahony's Bookshop in Limerick last night. John was there to talk about his new book "The Lie of the Land". I've only just started into it but going by the great discussion last night I think it will be very worth reading.

This purchase of a large site by Limerick Council, seemingly on the initiative of Mayor John Moran is quite interesting. Here's a thread .. www.limerickleader.ie/news/propert...

BREAKING: Multi-million euro Limerick farm of land purchased for council

Park and ride facility for Ryder Cup 2027 in Adare Manor is one of the proposals for the site

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What street in Limerick is this?

I don't see a compelling argument here. The good folks of Ranelagh and Rathmines are doing such low mileage that switching to EVs won't make any dent on carbon emissions. www.newstalk.com/news/exempt-...

Exempt EV charging arms from planning rules - Fine Gael TD

TD James Geoghegan said many of his constituents worry about how they would charge an EV, given the low number of public charging points.

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This is pretty big news for public transport in the Midwest. When Dublin Coach first came on the scene they revolutionised bus travel between Kerry, Clare, Limerick and Dublin. But the service deteriorated dramatically in recent years. Hopefully it'll improve again now. www.clare.fm/news/ennis-t...

Ennis To Dublin Bus Service Operator Acquired By Galway Company - Clare FM

Ennis To Dublin Bus Service Operator Acquired By Galway Company - News % Clare FM

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This opinion piece in yesterday's Irish Times could be better, to say the least. There are arguments against these kinds of EV chargers that have nothing to do with aesthetics even if that might be where many objectors are coming from. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Jennifer O'Connell: Objecting to ‘the look’ of EV charging arms is like complaining about the upholstery on the Titanic

Ireland, I have often thought smugly since my return from California, wouldn’t tolerate such pretentious, self-destructive nonsense as a ban on clothes lines. Enter the row over EV charging arms

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It's obviously not just a 'legal hurdle' that can be overcome with another cut at planning. Clearly there's a substantive problem with the project but neither the politicians nor those interviewing them want to engage with that. www.donegaldaily.com/2025/06/24/d...

Donegal demands urgent action as A5 legal hurdle prolongs dangers - Donegal Daily

FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint Every day that the A5 project is delayed carries a risk of more heartbreak, says two Donegal deputies after…

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