Teresa Collins
@queen-crafty.bsky.social
She/Her Dreamer of dreams, socialist and sociable. Nature, crochet, rewilding, history and animals hold my interest. Former migrant, now back in Ireland. Truth is the daughter of time.
At least this level of crime only happens on bank holiday weekends and not the rest of the time eh, because if it didn't, it would look a lot like a wreckless lack of resources and enforcement problem for public safety.
Mike McKillen@mikemckillen.bsky.social · 4h agoover 4,400 drivers were detected for speeding offences, 370 drivers were found to be holding a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt". www.instagram.com/p/DbnbAZfjXf...
An Taisce@antaisce.bsky.social · 11h agoAughinish Alumina: 'A ticking environmental time bomb' Irish Times investigation found: 🛑 Aluminium levels 4,700x safe EU limit 🛑 Arsenic levels 129x EU limit 🛑 Zinc levels 125x safe limit An Taisce calls for a full investigation by Government into plant www.antaisce.org/submission-o...
Even as wildfires are burning the homes of their constituents, or themselves, the Irish government is a bit 'meh' about #ClimateChange There is no escaping the selloff of the Irish environment by current power brokers🤦🏽♀️ Fire & floods. www.thejournal.ie/dublin-mount... #spéirghorm #IrishPol
'It's been terrifying': locals say action needed in wake of Dublin mountains wildfires
A local councillor is calling for the establishment of a special taskforce to deal with wildfire response.
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More of how Ireland works.
Dean Buckley@deanbuckley.bsky.social · yesterdayjust a reminder the cathaoirleach of the AI committee has stock in a AI-based revenue intelligence company. Naoise insists the stock – whose value is only realisable if the company goes public – is not a conflict of interest for him as a TD forming AI legislation www.ontheditch.com/fianna-fail-...
Every time a new supermarket outlet opens in Ireland, there's a big article in the local paper about the jobs that will be created (but nothing about the jobs lost in local butchers, greengrocers, bakeries etc., who they're targetting). And after the big announcement, they start replacing those jobs
Kerrie B@wheels002.bsky.social · yesterdayCan we have this here in Australia? Shoppers should be paid for their efforts in serving themselves #auspol
Minister "laser focused on cutting red tape" but his Department's claims on bicycle storage planning exemption don't stack up irishcycle.com/2026/07/28/m...
Minister “laser focused on cutting red tape” but his Department’s claims on bicycle storage planning exemption doesn’t stack up
— IrishCycle.com could not find any bicycle sheds designed for cargo bicycles measuring close to the allowed 3.5 square metres. Housing Minister James Brown has said that it’s not sensi…
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On 2 August, we honour the over 500,000 Sinti and Roma murdered during the Holocaust in WWII. We defend truth over denial and reaffirm 'Never Again'. Remembrance demands action: investing in memorialisation, protecting human rights, and combating persistent antigypsyism. #RomaHolocaust #NaBister 1/2
So with as little fanfare as possible, Big 'not for turning' Jim was forced to meet with solicitors yesterday in an attempt to undo the damage he did to our criminal justice system. When are FF supporters going to cop on and realise this hard man guff gets them nowhere.
Commissioner for Human Rights@commissionerhr.coe.int · 2d agoDoes Europe still believe in human rights? In an op-ed in EUObserver, I warn that the undermining of the rights of LGBTI people serves as the tip of the spear in a broader backlash against human rights protection overall. #WorldPride www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Cormac Moore@cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · yesterdayLooking forward to attending and taking part in this weekend's West Cork History Festival near Baltimore. The main theme this year is on boundaries. My talk will be on the Irish Boundary Commission based on research from my book The Root of All Evil. westcorkhistoryfestival.org/2026-festival/
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/refu... #Balfour or bloody Balfour as he was known, is synonymous with both #Palestine and #India following a policy of partition leading to refugee crises and death on the streets. It's a familiar story here too, except for the part where they left .. #Speirghorm
As the Refugee Convention turns 75, Britain owes Palestine an answer
Ten months after a 400-page legal petition demanded an apology for the Balfour Declaration and its aftermath, Downing Street has said nothing
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves@tonygroves.bsky.social · 2d agoThinking about @izzykamikaze.bsky.social way back in Ep4 of the Echo Chamber pod saying “okay, not all men. But if it’s 2 in 10 men, and they each harass 4 women, then it is almost all women” a lot the last few days. She was right then. She’s right now.
That Celtic Films guy is probably still tweeting at a rate of knots.
🌸🔥 Fireweed (Rosebay Willowherb) flowering at Gracedieu Wood, Waterford. Named for its ability to colonise disturbed ground, it's often among the first plants to appear during habitat recovery. Lining the greenway lighting the path to Gracedieu Wood nature reserve
⬇️ The solution. Pay more for #rewilding than for sheep. Pay more for #flood plains than for Agri land. Pay more for nutrient-rich seasonal food production than for artificially produced food low in #vitamins. #Allotments #cityfarms
Gerard Cunningham@faduda.eurosky.social · 5d agoPay people more to do the things you want them to do.
This has to be clearly stated. As long as there are grazing animals such as sheep and deer on the hills, and invasive species such as Rhodo are not controlled, we won't have vegetation there which is naturally resistant to fire (in our type of climate). We need to be way smarter.
I've long believed the Irish banks lobby to keep the options for Irish consumers limited, and unattractive so they can keep selling bad products. Let's take a leaf out of the Bogel book and give people low cost tax efficient tracker investments.
Helmet cam footage from Irish Defence Forces parachute team, the Black Knights as descend to the beach at Bray, Co Wicklow for the Bray Air Display #rtenews #brayairshow
There’s been a significant pollution incident on the Tolka river. Grey brown effluent in the water and brown scum on the surface. I took these pics in the section between Blanch and Corduff but hearing there are dead fish in the river closer to Damastown.
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 3d agoInland Fisheries Ireland has launched an investigation into a “significant” fish kill in Co Dublin and has said it has established a "definite line of enquiry". It’s thought that over 500 fish have died in the incident on the Tolka River near Damastown. jrnl.ie/7119840
"targeted systemically over a period of 11 years" #Speirghorm
Lamhfada@lamhfada.bsky.social · 4d agoRTE news: Extent of illegal surveillance by PSNI, MI5 shocked me by Vincent Kearney. That the British Security forces and the PSNI are oppressive, authoritarian and would put journalists and a free media at risk is no big surprise. #Spéirgorm www.rte.ie/news/analysi...
Trump sued Capital One to prove they closed his accounts over politics. The bank’s answer, filed Friday: it was the anti-money-laundering desk. Months of review. Three hundred accounts. He pulled that thread himself.
