The government is falling far short on delivering the climate measures it has committed to, with just 10 of 74 measures completed over the past three years. jrnl.ie/7116989t

The government has completed just 10 of its 74 climate commitments for the last three years

A progress report published today by the Department of Climate does not paint a positive picture.

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Absolutely shook at the news of Glen Hansard passing. The man gave so much to music here in Ireland and around the world. I had two magical nights, one in Copenhagen, and another in London, with this man, his music, and audiences silently smiling ear to ear. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Wondering if humanity has now collectively spent more on “AI” than we have, cumulatively, on climate change mitigation. Maybe I should ask an AI.

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Now that solar panels are becoming more common on rooftops, can we all have a talk about rainwater harvesting for toilet flushes and the like?

Sometimes it’s like they know they’re running out of time to milk the system for all the moneyed boomers and builders and they’re just going “all-in” for the foreseeable….

Frank O'Connor@frankoconnor.bsky.social · 2w ago

It really is a race to the bottom in housing policy in Ireland #speirghorm

"delaying a decision on an outright ban" They love banning things that are used by immigrants/young/poor people, but they never ban things that FFG TD's use like cars (which serve the same function and do much more damage) or badly fitting suits

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2w ago

The government has agreed to ban e-scooters for under-18s from next month, delaying a decision on an outright ban for now. jrnl.ie/7108045t

Please make it make sense: A 16-year-old will be able to drive a tractor or 90km/h+ light motorcycle, but not a scooter locked to 20km/h -- This is classic performative politics of the likes seen by now former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which just ends up annoying everybody....

Please make it make sense: A 16-year-old will be able to drive a tractor or 90km/h+ light motorcycle, but not a scooter locked to 20km/h

-- This is classic performative politics of the likes seen by now former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, which just ends up annoying everybody. Comment & Analysis: The Department of the Taoiseach this afternoon issued what I can only describe as one of the most nonsensical Government statements. In reality, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris, and other Government Ministers are dancing on the head of a pin around the fact that all promatic scooter use is already illegal and the level of enforcement is not up to scratch.

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Given the recent focus on data centre energy consumption, and informed by the book “Empire of AI”, I can’t help but hope that some journalist, somewhere, asks just how much of the “2 billion litres a day” is being used to cool computers. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...

Concerns over water supplies in many parts of the country

Amid increasing concerns about under-pressure water supplies across the country, Uisce Éireann is preparing for the introduction of a hosepipe ban.

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A delayed-release caffeine pill that toddler parents can take before sleeping and it kicks in around 5am. Take my money, big pharma companies.

Technically, they’re Remains now.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last mo.

A fifth of Leave voters have died.

If we subsidise the infrastructure there’s absolutely no reason why the price should be higher than a home connection. This is a HUGE blocker to many people who cannot charge a car at home.

Social Democrats@social-democrats.bsky.social · last mo.

The Government must investigate if price gouging is taking place at public electric vehicle charging points. EVs must be economically viable to adopt and run, and cheaper than petrol and diesel, if people are going to switch to them.

Imagine we had all this technology, but it wasn’t being used for surveillance and advertising.

Idea… when @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social hosts concerts in their parks, like tonight’s David Byrne gig, and when the promoter urges people to bike… Provide hundreds and hundreds of bike parking spaces. Make them highly visible. Right by the entrance. And advertise them with the tickets.

Predictable.

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 2mo ago

‘We won’t hit target’: O’Brien admission leaves Ireland braced for hefty climate fines

The Local Enterprise Offices websites have all the hallmarks of a lot of people being paid to think too much and do too little, repeatedly, over and over again, for a long time. The internet is pockmarked with their orphaned pages, legacy Google links, and disparate policies.

Last night I reached the “questioning my life choices” phase of bank holiday public procurement tender response writing. The unmeasured costs associated with these cumbersome, miserable processes must be astronomical.

I genuinely don’t know how - every year - Bloom gets away with turning the Phoenix Park into a giant car park for the whole weekend. Maybe if you keep on saying how sustainable a venture it is, no one will notice that parking provision covers as much space as the festival area itself!

IrishCycle.com@irishcycle.com · 2mo ago

If you need to advise people to leave your event 90 minutes before their train departs, and the event is around 3km from the train station, there might be an issue with your shuttle bus provision.

I swear there should be a website where you can anonymously share the names of building contractors who swindle their customers. A live database. A grassroots regulator for an Irish industry that badly needs it.

This company that has built an apparently unworkable system for Irish Rail, reportedly headed to the bin at the cost of €50 million, is the same company the NTA has hired to bring contactless payments to Dublin's bus system. www.dublininquirer.com/the-nta-has-...

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 3mo ago

Irish Rail to scrap new €50m IT system for trains

Subscribe to Dublin Inquirer… get something good, do something good…

Sam Tranum@samtranum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I've always felt the best way to get people subscribe to @dublininquirer.com, is just to publish good articles and wait and hope. But I'm told, that people are busy and might have other things on their minds than us, so I'd better make a pitch, better ask. So here goes. 1/

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See below - I fear that many of the state agencies excitedly getting “AI ready” are foreshadowing the fact that they will be mostly occupied with bot service delivery

@gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Government services are getting overwhelmed by (probably) AI-generated requests chrisschmitz.ai/flooding

May the 4th be with you. Prints available through the link in my bio

V good article: "The reason our European peers have seen a 12 per cent drop in road deaths since 2019 in the same time we have seen a 31 per cent rise in ours is because we simply are not using the evidence-based solutions that already exist." www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

We underestimate the true impact of our dangerous roads

The real burden of road trauma on the health system is far greater than the fatality count might suggest

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I’m not an economist… but I’m pretty sure and oil crisis fuelled inflationary economy is precisely NOT the time for…

Gareth O’Connor@garethoconnor.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Irish Independent: Income tax cuts on the table after surplus surges to €9bn #TomorrowsPapersToday

Someone needs to ask a parliamentary question by way of followup on this news…

Sam Tranum@samtranum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@lokapila.bsky.social Put in a request to the Department of Housing under FOI, asking for analysis/modelling of the likely impacts – on affordability and supply – of the government's big, recent rental law changes. The response? No such records exist.

Anyone know a good solicitor for a dispute with a building contractor?

Enforcing the HGV ban would be a start… but we don’t really *do* enforcement in this country.

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 4mo ago

Dublin City Council has backed a motion calling for stricter safety standards for heavy goods vehicles in the city, in a move aimed at improving visibility for drivers and reducing the risk to cyclists and pedestrians. jrnl.ie/7011877

Congratulations Hungary. 🇭🇺

Cannot help but feel agrieved at this tbh, the govt refused to give people with disabilities a €400 emergency payment, even prior to attacks on Iran, where disabled persons groups outlined disabled ppl were choosing between heating and eating. #Spéirgorm #speirgorm

Gavan Reilly@gavreilly.com · 4mo ago

🚨 Government to propose a series of direct time-limited payments to haulage, transport and farm operators to help them address spikes in fuel costs - details of the ‘Fuel Support Scheme’ to be outlined to stakeholder groups when meetings resume in about an hour’s time. @virginmedianews.bsky.social