For people who say it's not a genocide because only x number/x% of people have been killed: What makes you think Israel has stopped killing Palestinians? ( And yes I know genocide is defined by other factors too)
Oilibhear O Mordha
@olliemoore.bsky.social
For a people's agroecology and a free Palestine. From bo-ring policy work to processing heritage apples around the gaf in ecovillage-land.
The IRFU now regret the 1981 tour of South Africa. Of course they feckin do. Now that's it's safe to. #StopTheGame
Like press conference - they just said they are going to play the game www.youtube.com/live/r3Uo-0p...
LIVE: Ireland Press Conference Ahead of UEFA Nations League Game With Israel | AD15
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Gavin Bazunu tells Irish squad he does not want to participate in games against Israel
Gavin Bazunu tells Irish squad he does not want to participate in games against Israel
Some other players understood to be considering whether to join goalkeeper in withdrawing from Nations League fixtures
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To all those who said - if Ireland doesn't sell the bonds someone else will...I present euobserver.com/239181/no-is...
No Israeli bonds on sale in EU for now, in de facto €2.2bn sanction
Neither Ireland nor Luxembourg have been authorising sales of Israeli bonds since the start of September, potentially costing Israel €2.2bn a year, as shock over Gaza and West Bank grows.
euobserver.com
What a very specific day for that orange lad to decide to be in.... Ireland and not, say, New York? Weird af
Here's what I'm up to end of the month - @electricpicnic.bsky.social 2026 - the #globalGreen area! Pop on by to our pop up ecovillage if you are at the festival - we run from 11am to 4am each day, with 50+orgs and hundreds of people doing their thing. www.electricpicnic.ie/news/global-...
News - Global Green Returns to Electric Picnic 2026!
Global Green Returns to Electric Picnic 2026!
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Deidre Duffy from @foeireland.bsky.social has this in Monday day's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
We cannot build an economic model around data centres if we want to reach our climate targets
The forthcoming Budget gives the government the opportunity to put in place measures to help us meet our climate targets, such as reforming electricity pricing to ensure data centres pay their fair sh...
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This government is galloping backwards away from doing even the EU average of activities on Palestine. Tours cancelled,visas cancelled, botched OTB, and on and on and on
The Ditch@wereontheditch.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor the first time in a decade the Irish state has refused more Palestinian visa applications than it granted – while Israelis continue to benefit from visa-free travel to Ireland. The refusal rate for Palestinian applicants has quadrupled since 2023. www.ontheditch.com/palestinian-...
Gaza Health Ministry warns medical system nearing collapse after Israel destroys drug warehouse www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
Gaza Health Ministry warns medical system nearing collapse after Israel destroys drug warehouse
Destruction of warehouse to deepen humanitarian crisis, accelerate collapse of healthcare system, official tells Anadolu | Anadolu
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"Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September". Reasons for refusal include - "failure to account for gaps in their education" www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan students
Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.
rte.ie
Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s #pesticides law - High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife By @zdboren.bsky.social @grilledmedia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife
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Did you know that the European People's Party (EPP), aligned with further right forces in the European Parliament, is trying to keep banned pesticides on the market for 2 years? 1+
The Dublin Commuter Coalition has said upping the age limit on the e-scooter ban from 16 to 18 will push more people into cars and result in more congestion. It also hit out at the “hypocrisy” in banning 16 and 17-year-olds from e-scooters when they can “use two-ton tractors”. jrnl.ie/7108218
Dublin Commuter Coalition says e-scooter ban will result in more cars and increased congestion
The coalition also hit out at a ‘hypocrisy’ in banning 16 and 17-year-olds from e-scooters when this age cohort can drive tractors.
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ALL EYES ON MASAFER YATTA! The Israeli military and settlers have been on an ethnic cleansing rampage — destroying five Palestinian homes in just two weeks in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.
It's also a solution to accessable mobility and they display zero imagination or strategic thinking here . We are letting cars get massive while banning other mobility options. In this case, this means more annoyed and annoying parents driving their u -18s places now...in massive SUVs...horray.
Jack Kennedy@jackkennedy.ie · 2mo agoexample number 1 bazillion of this phenomenon where the Irish government cannot conceive of a policy response to a social problem other than banning something www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
EU Commission meets in Cork today. euobserver.com/224203/eu-co...
EU commission see ‘no overriding public interest’ to release secret Gaza reports, on day UN calls out genocide
On the same day that the UN human rights office called out genocide in Gaza, the European Commission told me there was no public interest in releasing 17 documents it wants to keep secret on the encla...
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Ali Mac forever is prolific and v interesting. Here's some of what's wrong with SpaceX fro lm her...wow. youtu.be/I2SCDHm4RS0?...
Elon Cannot Go To Mars He cannot go to Mars
YouTube video by ali mcforever
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"Cuba’s Communist Party approves opening economy in unprecedented move. The emergency economic package comes amid an ongoing US pressure campaign that has left the island nation reeling." www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...
Cuba’s Communist Party approves opening economy in unprecedented move
The emergency economic package comes amid an ongoing US pressure campaign that has left the island nation reeling.
aljazeera.com
500+ million for emergency fertilizer purchasing ...sure, fine, ok...but and how are agroecological approaches ever supposed to gain a foothold when every 18 months or so there is a bailout like this to supply 'cheap' food? - it ain't cheap is we're paying this way. www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
Commission to fast-track fertiliser aid through CAP and €540m package
The European Commission has proposed changes to CAP to give farmers quicker access to fertiliser supports...
agriland.ie
Ireland should invest in nature, retrofitting and food and energy security to mitigate against current and future shocks, the Environmental Pillar will tell the Government at the National Economic Dialogue www.environmentalpillar.ie/prudent-inve...
"To date, Ireland spends the lowest relative amount among all EU Member States on nature, at only 0.9% of GDP as compared with the EU average of 2.2%" What we need? E700 million for Nature Restoration. assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
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On next Saturday in east Clare. The DJ side of me comes out! A fab wee garden party to support a great initiate. Dod pop along!
“IFI commenced an inspection of the catchment from Castlebellingham to Aclint. The source of the pollution was identified as agricultural discharge from a location in County Monaghan, close to the Louth border.” www.independent.ie/county/louth...
Source of major Louth fish kill was in County Monaghan, council confirms
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Powerful new report on sneeky Israeli ag goods on sale in the EU - and the report writers are taking action too www.globalecho.law/importingocc...
Importing Occupation – Global Echo
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Here's @news.rte.ie on that Yugoslavia game we didn't play back then - euro qualifier and all! #StopTheGame www.balls.ie/football/ire...
How Ireland Risked Expulsion From The European Championships Over Yugoslavian Quarrel | Balls.ie
With Ireland once again drawn a qualifying group with Serbia, we look back on when the Irish government refused to allow a match between Ireland and the Serbian...
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"Payments for farmers to use natural methods to fertilise grass have been suspended despite a growing crisis in the supply of chemical fertiliser." How many different ways can we go backwards exactly? www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Natural fertiliser aid schemes shelved despite rising cost of chemical variety
Six months ago, Minister said he was ‘delighted’ at interest farmers were showing in the scheme
irishtimes.com