Joe Noonan
@joenoonan.bsky.social
Cork-Donegal migrant blend. Knows some law.
Germany, INSA poll: AfD-ESN: 28.5% (+0.5) CDU/CSU-EPP: 20.5% (-0.5) GRÜNE-G/EFA: 13% SPD-S&D: 12.5% (+0.5) LINKE-LEFT: 11.5% (+0.5) FDP-RE: 4.5% (-0.5) BSW-NI: 3% +/- vs. 03-07 August 2026 Fieldwork: 07-10 August 2026 Sample size: 2,010 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany
Woman dies from injuries sustained while cycling, after collision with truck. RIP. This woman is the 10th person to die from injuries sustained while cycling on public roads in 2026 I think.
Woman in her 80s dies after crash with truck while cycling in Kildare
Crash happened on the R414 Rathangan Road in Monasterevin town on Monday morning
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San Francisco: The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejecta an appeal by Meta and TikTok against a lower court ruling requiring them to face 3,000+ lawsuits filed in federal court.
US court gives green light to 3,000 lawsuits against addictive nature of social media platforms
Lawsuits filed by states, municipalities, school districts and individuals allege social media companies intentionally addicted young users, contributing to surging depression, anxiety and broader men...
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European power prices jump as heatwave curbs French nuclear output, German wind reut.rs/4zg4mYM
European power prices jump as heatwave curbs French nuclear output, German wind
A fifth summer heatwave lifted European spot power prices by more than 20% with high temperatures expected to further curtail nuclear power production in France, while German wind speeds are expected to slow.
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S. 15 is a fairly anodyne piece of legislation which says that state bodies shall, in so far as practicable, perform their functions in a manner consistent with government climate plans That's all it says, but this government is allergic to the mildest suggestion that they should be held to account
The Irish Times view on planning and climate: pointing in the wrong direction
Which projects have actually been stopped by Section 15 of the Climate Act?
irishtimes.com
If only people had fewer rights the government would have built millions of houses. It was the right to complain about the state doing illegal things all along. Certainly not 20+ years of failed policies.
Opinion: Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security
Opinion: Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security
Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war
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"When litigants win most of the time, the lesson may be that the original decisions were flawed, not that the right to challenge them is excessive." This is the bit they don't want to acknowledge.
Supported by 'our' EU.
Resist 🕎🍉@antizionistjew.bsky.social · 8h ago#BREAKING | Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz announces the establishment of 104 illegal outpost in the West Bank, the recognition of 160 illegal farms, cancellation of arrest warrants against Illegal settlers, outposts at Jordan Valley and the ethnic cleansing of 40,000 Palestinians
communities need protection from those who attack them time and again. We call for the deployment of a multinational protection force in the West Bank - a force that will protect the Palestinian population, document violations, and deter further attacks. >
Israel is not protecting the Palestinians. The world must act now. On August 9, the army declared the Palestinian-Christian village of al-Tayyiba a closed military zone to Israelis who are not local residents following settler attacks. The very decision illustrates the reality: Palestinian >
ישראל אינה מגינה על הפלסטינים. העולם חייב לפעול עכשיו. ב־9 באוגוסט הכריז הצבא על הכפר הפלסטיני־נוצרי א־טייבה כשטח צבאי סגור בפני ישראלים שאינם תושבי המקום בעקבות תקיפות מתנחלים. הפלסטינים זקוקים להגנה חתמו עכשיו, שתפו והפיצו. העולם חייב לראות ולפעול. did.li/DTJmC English Below 🇬🇧⬇️
הצבת כוח רב לאומי בגדה המערבית - עכשיו | MAVIsrael
A Mothers’ Manifesto for the Immediate Deployment of a Multinational Protection Force in the West Bank بيان الأمهات من أجل النشر الفوري لقوة حماية متعددة الجنسيات في الضفة الغربية מניפסט האימהות להצבת...
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Discovered this amazing mural while running work errands today. For a moment there I actually thought the figure on the ground was a live person touching up the mural. It’s that good (or my glasses are that bad 😂).
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Gaza has reshaped the world. Ramzy Baroud 2026 Jewish AntiZionist Congress - Jewish Voice for Liberation
On Ramzy Baroud's powerful speech to the Dublin Anti-Zionist Congress in which he said that the defining story about Gaza is its people's resilience.
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"This gaming of the truth is the rust that corrodes trust in democracy. It feeds the toxic cynicism in which lies no longer matter because, after all, none of them tell the truth. That way fascism lies."
The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 8h agoHere’s a radical idea for the Government: Start telling us the truth
In the name of competitiveness and defence, the EU is going backwards on climate action. €800 billion has been committed to prepare for war by 2030, far outstripping anything that is being invested in climate resilience and a green transition. This is madness. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Opinion: Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security
Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war
irishtimes.com
the Minister who is overseeing one of our worst years in terms of road safety claimed on national radio yesterday that the increase in deaths is in part due to increased population. a claim that is, frankly, bullshit
Alan Dunne@aldunne.eurosky.social · 2w agoIreland is one of three EU27 countries to have seen road deaths per million inhabitants -increase- from 2019 to 2025
In @foreignpolicy.com my colleague @trpforjustice.bsky.social Kip Hale and I examine the mounting pressure on International Criminal Court and what this means for international justice, accountability, and victims of atrocity crimes around the world. foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/10/i...
Dismantling the ICC Doesn’t Serve U.S. Interests
The Trump administration’s campaign against the court is transparently cynical.
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I’ve lived here my whole life, I always knew settler violence existed, but it was never that widespread, it was never normalised, it was always a minority Solidarity activists and Palestinians are being injured and killed, every fucking week. Why the world is not doing anything?? For fuck sake!!
Horrible things are happening in the West Bank Horrible, it’s not just pogroms, people are being seiged inside their houses, starving to death Ambulances are being blocked by settlers Water pipes are being vandalised People are being kicked out of their homes >
Kildare: Woman cycling a bike seriously injured in collision with person driving a truck.
Cyclist in her 80s seriously injured in Kildare collision
A female cyclist in her 80s has been seriously injured in a collision in Co Kildare.
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IT: Before dismantling the central accountability mechanism of its climate law, the Government should answer one question. Which projects have actually been stopped by Section 15, rather than the European rules that will survive its removal? JN: None.
The Irish Times view on planning and climate: pointing in the wrong direction
Which projects have actually been stopped by Section 15 of the Climate Act?
irishtimes.com
Don't get me wrong, I lift every morning. But being a man is not really about how you show up in the gym. It's how you show up for your family. It's about how you show up for your community.
Obviously you don't pause at the grief. With this realisation comes a programme of action, which is more music, more communal experiences, more craic, more disregarding the rules society told us were real. You may see a bunch of middle aged women playing the spoons outside Primark next year...
Absolutely buzzing (and a little bit shocked) about this Delighted to be shortlisted for the Scots Prize in The Wigtown Poetry Competition. Well done & best wishes to all the shortlisted poets in this & the other categories too #poetry #amwriting #Leid
This is worth reading. So much journalism on AI is garbage clickbait slop trying to appeal to radicals on one side or another of the AI debate. *This* report is what we need: a serious review of the specific dangers corporations and policymakers are *consistently* ignoring (for their own purposes).
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · 16h agoMark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI
The ways in which Israel stokes sectarianism in Lebanon also cannot go unacknowledged
The rare exceptions to the rule, where Israel demonstrates a single iota of restraint, occur virtually exclusively in Christian neighborhoods.
