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Alastair McKinstry

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Climate Scientist and #GreenParty rep for Conamara South. #IFUT.ie branch chair in University of Galway. #Galway #ConnemaraGreenway. Sé/é/He/him. Also at @amckinstry@mastodon.ie and matrix: @alastair:mckinstry.ie

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Frame from helmet camera footage showing driver of a blue Hyundai Ionic registration 251D39415 overtaking a cyclist while holding a bowl with a spoon sticking out in her left hand.

Frame from helmet camera footage showing driver of a blue Hyundai Ionic registration 251D39415 overtaking a cyclist while holding a bowl with a spoon sticking out in her left hand.

No time for breakfast in the mornings? No problem - you can catch up and eat your cereal from a bowl with a spoon while overtaking cyclists in traffic.

04.03.2026 19:48 — 👍 158    🔁 47    💬 17    📌 7

Lol, just heard from a German friend who is calling the backup in the Straight of Hormuz right now the "fossil fuel dunkelflaute."

Niche humor.

04.03.2026 18:02 — 👍 280    🔁 75    💬 12    📌 8

I wonder if this will be noticed by folks in #bcpoli & #cdnpoli who have abandoned climate action (and other aspects of international law), social housing, and other progressive parts of their election platforms? Maybe vision and ethics have a future?

03.03.2026 15:58 — 👍 14    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Kash Patel Fired Entire Team of Iran Experts Right Before Trump’s War They were let go during a purge of people who investigated Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents.

No words describe the stupidity of the current US regime.

Kash Patel Fired Entire Team of Iran Experts Right Before Trump’s War newrepublic.com/post/207263/... via @newrepublic.com

03.03.2026 16:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Galway Co Co asks public to record frog sightings Galway County Council's Biodiversity Office is asking members of the public to help record sightings of the common frog across Co Galway.

Galway County Council's Biodiversity Office is asking members of the public to help record sightings of the common frog across Co Galway

03.03.2026 11:27 — 👍 52    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 1
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"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

03.03.2026 08:16 — 👍 6579    🔁 1561    💬 91    📌 45
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🗳️ BREAKING | Greens surge to 2nd (YouGov)

➡️ Ref: 23% (-1)
🟢 Grn: 21% (+4)
🔵 Con: 16% (-2)
🔴 Lab: 16% (-2)
🟠 Lib: 14% (=)

Poll: @YouGov, 1-2 Mar (+/- vs 23 Feb)

03.03.2026 09:43 — 👍 217    🔁 54    💬 6    📌 51
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Cycling in Dublin for commuting rises 50% as most residents back more bike lanes Residents of Ireland’s five main cities want more space for cyclists, even at the expense of cars

WE CAN HAVE NICE THINGS!

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

03.03.2026 06:33 — 👍 805    🔁 146    💬 15    📌 4
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Government's planned LNG terminal slammed as 'fundamentally incompatible' with climate policy Last year, the government approved the Floating Storage and Regassification Unit.

Irish government policy is to make us more reliant on foreign energy like LNG, while paying out tens of billions of euros in fines for failure to meet climate targets.

Moving to renewables is the only way for Ireland to develop its own sustainable, sovereign energy source. #speirgorm

02.03.2026 14:58 — 👍 68    🔁 31    💬 3    📌 0
IFUT Welcomes Launch of Research Ireland Strategy and Calls for Researchers to Be Placed at Its Heart | Irish Federation of University Teachers

IFUT welcomes the launch of the Research Ireland Strategy 2026–2030.

Ambition is important — but researchers must be placed at the heart of delivery. Secure careers, fair progression and academic freedom are essential to research excellence.

Read more: www.ifut.ie/content/ifut...

02.03.2026 18:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Childcare, traffic and fishing nets: Greens aim to hook voters in battle for Dublin Central Janet Horner is keen to build a campaign that centres the positive aspects of the constituency and doesn’t get distracted by any side shows.

Childcare, traffic and fishing nets: Greens aim to hook voters in battle for Dublin Central jrnl.ie/6969924 #Greens2026

28.02.2026 21:44 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

quite apart from the environmental risks of the proposed LNG reserve in the Shannon Estuary, I remain very unconvinced it is in Ireland's security interests to have a huge ship full of explosive material floating in the middle of our second largest port

01.03.2026 14:38 — 👍 21    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 0
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By election candidates and the left are releasing this joint statement of solidarity with Cllr Helen Ogbu following disgraceful online abuse.

01.03.2026 13:07 — 👍 23    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2

Surpressed UK govt report warns #ClimateChange risks ecosystem collapse, water & food insecurity - loss of arable land, severely reduced crop yields, fisheries collapse - & novel zoonotic disease, driving mass migration, political extremism & even nuclear conflict
theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...

01.03.2026 09:17 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran.

Iraq lessons must be learned.
Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe.

Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.

01.03.2026 09:48 — 👍 4664    🔁 1071    💬 210    📌 52
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05:33 Sun 1 Mar - L 100% 2 凸 ••• https://nation.cymru/feature/why-isnt-the-greens-growing-success-reflected-in-media-coverage/# • Reform UK • Conservatives • Liberal Democrats SNP •Greens • Plaid Cymru Frequency 69 60 40 45 20 14 13 4 Reform UK Conservatives Liberal Democrats SNP Greens 3 Plaid Cymru Number of items led by an opposition party on BBC News at Ten and ITV News at Ten. Cardiff University, CC BY-NC-ND < >

A new study by researchers at Cardiff University shows a massive broadcast media bias (including by the institutionally transphobic BBC) against the Green Party and others and disproportionate coverage in favour of Reform…

nation.cymru/feature/why-...

01.03.2026 10:08 — 👍 277    🔁 154    💬 6    📌 10

Historically massively left wing area has vote stolen by foreign minority, clearly it's theft because the corner of the city that has voted labour party since 1931 was the rightful property of a brand new far right party.

01.03.2026 07:08 — 👍 52    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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People power led the Greens to victory in Gorton and Denton The party’s historic byelection win was earned by listening to voters, not ignoring them, as Labour has done

“we produced videos in Urdu, because we believe that voters should be spoken to, not spoken about. Reaching out to communities in the languages they use at home is not division; it is democracy.”

@zackpolanski.bsky.social writing in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

01.03.2026 08:45 — 👍 101    🔁 38    💬 1    📌 1
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Green success in the UK by-election a good sign for its Irish sister party, O'Gorman says O’Gorman hailed the UK by-election result as ‘a momentous time for our sister party’.

GREEN PARTY LEADER Roderic O’Gorman told his party’s conference that the “Green tide is rising again” after the success of the UK Green Party yesterday in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

28.02.2026 19:45 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 — 👍 13063    🔁 5293    💬 86    📌 183
Annalena Baerbock # @UN_PGA.49m
I condemn the extremely dangerous military escalation in the Middle East.
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The UN Charter is clear: all Member States must settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered.
They must also refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.
Serious concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program, regional activities, and human rights violations must be addressed in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.
I call on the United States, Israel, and Iran to de-escalate, to not drag neighboring countries into this conflict and to return to diplomacy and negotiations.

Annalena Baerbock # @UN_PGA.49m I condemn the extremely dangerous military escalation in the Middle East. X The UN Charter is clear: all Member States must settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. They must also refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations. Serious concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program, regional activities, and human rights violations must be addressed in accordance with the UN Charter and international law. I call on the United States, Israel, and Iran to de-escalate, to not drag neighboring countries into this conflict and to return to diplomacy and negotiations.

28.02.2026 16:09 — 👍 214    🔁 100    💬 11    📌 4

Never heard of this law before right this second but holy fuck if it does not 100% check out

27.02.2026 16:45 — 👍 3841    🔁 862    💬 46    📌 5
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Green Party holding annual conference in Co Kilkenny The Green Party is holding its annual conference in Co Kilkenny, with the party hoping to build momentum ahead of the upcoming by-elections.

The Green Party is holding its annual conference in Co Kilkenny, with the party hoping to build momentum ahead of the upcoming by-elections.

28.02.2026 14:23 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost

28.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 3297    🔁 828    💬 283    📌 128

The Green menace, thinking everybody should be safe and have somewhere to live...

28.02.2026 11:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is big news. We are watching the process too 👀. If extra funding has indeed been sourced for this it shows an intent from @galwaycity.ie which goes beyond rhetoric.

Galway needs more funding for Active Travel projects, including big infrastructure and small wins. Ask your TDs for more!

28.02.2026 09:00 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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It's the day of our National Convention, and there has never been a better time to join The Green Party.

As this government turn its back on climate action, continues to put profit before the welfare of its people and the planet, we think you deserve more

28.02.2026 08:54 — 👍 22    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1

This week in the Dáil I highlighted how household customers pay so much more for electricity compared to big energy intensive data centres.

28.02.2026 10:51 — 👍 17    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
A panel discussion on AI in Cork.

A panel discussion on AI in Cork.

Fantastic conversation yesterday at the Energy Cork forum on AI — reaching into sovereignty, ethics and philosophy, as well as the practicals of Ireland's position as a hub for data centres.

Thank you to everyone who organised and made this discussion so uncompromising, energetic and involving. 👏👏

28.02.2026 10:32 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0