So the commuter who helps reduce carbon emissions gets penalised while those who held the country up to ransom have been rewarded. Meanwhile we’re hurtling towards a climate crisis as global heating gets worse and worse.

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 6d ago

Commuter groups have described increases in public transport fares as "absolutely unacceptable", accusing the Government of asking bus, rail and tram users to "in effect" cover the "astounding cost" of an extension in cuts to Excise Duty on petrol and diesel

Ok so when do urban commuters block O’Connell St and set up motorway roadblocks?

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 6d ago

Bus and train fare hikes to be announced by transport authorities

question for #speirgorm #ireland users: is anyone aware of schools that have made proposals like this for the new term? welcome any sharing of info on the subject @irishcycle.com @ibikedublin.bsky.social @dublincycling.bsky.social

Alan Dunne@aldunne.eurosky.social · 4w ago

email from son's school today to say that e-scooters will be banned from school grounds from September (understandably) but also e-bikes! e-bikes, which dozens of kids and families in that school rely on for their commute. citing a single incident with an unspecified root cause. I am fuming

“And now the weather…”

#Glencullen Co. Dublin Firefighting operations are continuing at the gorse #wildfire on the Dublin mountains at Glencullen. High winds are driving smoke across a wide area and limiting visibility on roads. The smoke has travelled as far as the #M50. We are asking residents to close all windows

Ireland hosts the EU Presidency at the moment. While an EU country is both burning and drowning, the Irish government are trying to weaken our ability to hold the Irish government to account via judicial reviews for breaching our emissions targets. #spéirghorm

Climate News@climatenews.bsky.social · last mo.

France caught between Fire and Ice - DW News

Southern Europe and Northern Africa are on fire, more than 10000 people so far in Europe have died because of the heat. And that's just the beginning. These people as well as their fossil fuel buddies should be tried for what they're doing.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Astonishing attack on civil society and environmental justice by a government lacking either vision or basic competence. www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...

Sounds familiar: 'Water UK said datacentres were already being built in water-stressed areas...Millions of people in these regions have been placed under a hosepipe ban by water companies after prolonged extreme heat and lack of rainfall.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’

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'We live in a world that has increasingly come under the control of “a gaggle of cruel, vain, very rich men who are fully engaged in the enterprise of stripping every public and societal resource for parts”.' - Omar El Akkad, cited by Kevin O'Sullivan

Joining the dots from climate to Gaza and all the injustice in between

Climate impacts, treatment of displaced people, growing inequality and other key issues are all interconnected

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The fuel protest, which began with serious and legitimate concerns about the cost of fuel and living, had more or less been hijacked by the anti-migrant, anti LGBTQI, anti woke, ‘Ireland First’ far right. This is losing the protestors a lot of support, as it should #fuelprotest

Who is funding the fuel protest's online campaign. www.thebriefing.ie/who-is-fundi...

Who is funding the fuel protest's online campaign?

Political mobilisation does not scale "spontaneously", and, once that fire is lit, there is no controlling what it burns.

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It’s beyond disgusting that the EU still gives this vile Apartheid state full and free access to our markets, never mind countries like Germany arming their genocidal army.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6mo ago

Israel’s death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners moves to final vote

Dublin council offers “Second Spin” of freedom for teenagers who’ve had bicycles stolen A programme in Dublin is offering teenage residents of the Fingal County Council area a replacement refurbished bicycle if theirs is stolen. "Most teenagers have low or no income, so if their bike gets stolen,…

Dublin council offers “Second Spin” of freedom for teenagers who’ve had bicycles stolen

A programme in Dublin is offering teenage residents of the Fingal County Council area a replacement refurbished bicycle if theirs is stolen. "Most teenagers have low or no income, so if their bike gets stolen, it has a disproportionate impact on their ability to stay cycling and use active travel. And what we generally see is that a lot of teenagers, when they get their bike stolen, will go back to unsustainable modes of transport, whether it's looking for a lift from their mum and dad or driving," said Stephen McGinn, a cycling and walking officer with Fingal County Council…

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'The bridge came out of nowhere.'

Anyone spot a cyclist (me) knocked off her bike along the canal at drimnagh today by someone who drove away? If you got a reg I’d love the help to report them! @ibike.ie

If you want an antidote to the ill informed announcements of the government this week, look no further than the wonderful people in Treo in Waterford - they have researched the e-scooter phenomenon, know the subject and now provide training to young people. Amazing www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

‘People are going to use them’: Waterford scheme promotes safe use of e-scooters, e-bikes

Department of Justice-funded Treo Port Láirge works with teens and young adults

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Same here in Ireland. It took us traders a threat to make helmets mandatory to finally get together and start a thing. The conservative attacks are coming from all fronts, and we need a narrative to counterattack.

Peter Flax@pflax1.bsky.social · 7mo ago

One thing that is on my mind this morning: There is a dangerous counterfactual attack on e-bikes all across the US right now and there are no bike companies or bike orgs pushing back with clear storytelling to combat it. A multi-billion dollar industry without a clear comms strategy.

And honestly, no offence, but if you don't cycle in a city regularly, I don't care what you have to say about it because you don't have enough knowledge or experience to comment You wouldn't care what I have to say about rugby and you'd be right

But I need to wear government approved clothes

It’s 2028 and all pedestrians are mandated by law to wear hi vis clothes at all times. Black north face jackets are illegal. Black mascara has been outlawed and replaced with neon. Drivers are still watching tiktok and saying didn’t see you there pal.

IrishCycle.com@irishcycle.com · 7mo ago

All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...

Maybe instead of harassing cyclists the government could do something about this kind of thing? But that'd be harder so no

Cycling In Kilkenny@cyclinginkilkenny.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Life is cheap in Ireland on our roads and sentences by a court are laughable, especially when an appeal can restore a license this early.

Reducing - and enforcing - speed limits for ALL vehicles to 30km/hr in urban areas & cameras to detect cars breaking traffic lights would save scores of lives annually, but it might annoy some motorists so instead we get this performative BS from gov’t. www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...

Helmets and hi-vis clothing to be made mandatory for e-bikes and e-scooter users

Cabinet will sign off on plans to explicitly ban the use of scramblers on roads this morning.

thejournal.ie

And there we have it folks, having failed to do anything to halt the injury and death toll on our roads the government now plans to criminalise cycling. This will kill bike share schemes around the country. @bleeperactive.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...

Helmets and hi-vis clothing to be made mandatory for e-bikes and e-scooter users

Cabinet will sign off on plans to explicitly ban the use of scramblers on roads this morning.

thejournal.ie

Fucking gombeens. Love to be seen to do something and it's inevitably the stupid knee-jerk wrong thing rather than the more difficult necessary evidence based thing that will upset some of their gombeen friends

I BIKE Dublin@ibikedublin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

And there we have it folks, having failed to do anything to halt the injury and death toll on our roads the government now plans to criminalise cycling. This will kill bike share schemes around the country. @bleeperactive.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...

"In a disaster, the skeleton of society is laid bare."

The Irish Green Party has a bit of work to do - this is the kind of message that could unite the left @greenparty.ie

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 8mo ago

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Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.