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Is this Beara or Costa Rica?

‘We’ve broken the barrier’: Optimism blossoms in the battle against rhododendron at Killarney National Park Investment in machinery to clear ‘scourge’ species a ‘game changer’, says National Parks and Wildlife Service

Brilliant to see @npwsireland.bsky.social staff in Killarney feel they're now making serious progress re invasive rhododendron and sika deer in the park.

But what about the feral goats?? The place is swarming with them, one of the world's *worst* invasive species.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Yesterday, I returned from 3 weeks in Costa Rica, where I went to find out what can be learned from their spectacular success rewilding a country.

I cannot overstate how awe-inspiring the trip was: nature loss CAN be reversed on a huge scale, benefiting *everyone*.

I love @theonion.com

Strange not to mention his former political party affiliations. Fianna Fáil and Labour in case anyone is wondering.

70% is an insane number, fucking hell

Sketch titled "Draw with Ciaraíoch: Hozier" Step 1: Draw an oval (pointing to a drawing of an oval) Step 2: SHIT. Wrong. Rub it out. Curse a LOT. (Drawing of a rubbed-out oval) Step 3. Question the life choices that brought you to this point. Maybe I should bave chosen a more stable career. Sure, I'd be unhappy, but maybe a job is just a job, and being mediocre at something I don't care about is- Step 4. Hozier! (Little drawing of Hozier) #bskyart #art #blueskyart #speirgorm #speirghorm

In the spirit of Draw With Don, have decided to launch a series of How To Draw Nice Irish Celebrities

Elon going full fascist. Lyrics from Frank Turners 1933

I don’t know what’s going on anymore,
The world outside is burning with a brand new light,
But it isn’t one that makes me feel warm..

A rare non-pisstake post.

If we were *really* serious about tackling nature collapse in Ireland (a very big if, I know), what would we be doing?

A thread...🧵

Boom. Fuck you pal. I AM Christmas.

"I have done nothing wrong, ever, in my life" "I know this, and I love you" Both characters are labelled with the Irish flag

people posting the antisemitism map of Europe over and over and over and over again:

A product photo with a supposed hospital employee wearing a vest with three visible pouches that are made of probably nylon and mesh, and they are buckled closed like the buckles on bike helmets, and in each pouch is a baby doll

I have to take an annual fire safety training for work, and I am reminded that I asked some of the folks who manage these things how they evacuate the NICU and apparently they have vests you can load up with babies

Yeah, and we didn't prosecute the ring leader either. As a matter of fact, we just put him in the White House. Nothing makes sense anymore.

I'd happily pay higher Local Property Tax if the money offset rates and other costs for enterprises of cultural value like bookshops, cinemas, heritage (non-franchise) cafes and youth clubs.

I think many homeowners would, but politicians seem to think we want tiny tax cuts.

Festive food essentials #food

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens MADISON, WI—In the hours following a violent rampage in Wisconsin in which a lone attacker killed at least two individuals and injured six others, citizens living in the only country where this kind o...

The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.

Funny comic strip. Two people, one says “how’d you know that?”. The other replies, “a little birdie told me”. First person says to a small bird “what the hell man”. Illustration drawn in simplistic cartoon line art style. By Amii Illustrates.

No joke: The ill-considered, lightning fast adoption of these faulty technologies across different sectors of society is nothing less than a mass cult conversion. It's the Kool Aid at scale, and we're treating it like a nice calming cup of green tea

An email from a health care company about making their employees sign a pledge

An email from a health care company about making their employees sign a pledge swearing they think for-profit health insurance and executives are important

Lmao they're so scared, this is deranged

I’m hoping Met Éireann will be on Bluesky soon.

Hope Kielty asks him about the nitrates derogation. These culchie kids have been getting an easy ride for too long #LateLateToyShow

It's also shit for the voters of Kildare South, who have been under represented for the last 10 years. Should be term limits for the Ceann Comhairle.

Just received this great photo book 'Gaelic Fields' by Paul Carroll @gaelicfields - an excellent account of a uniquely Irish universe with just the right amount of dispassion 👌

FFG = Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Current Irish government coalition. Both are centre right/right parties entirely beholden to neoliberal economics (especially when it comes to funnelling money to Landlords)

And I'm sorry, but with so many now claiming the Greens "punched above their weight in government", it has to be said:

One Green minister drafted a forestry plan that was mostly about ramping up sitka, while another Green minister insisted sheep graze a national park.

The idea that FFG need to give concessions to Labour or the Soc Dems is a nothing but pie in the sky wishcasting.
The last time the Greens negotiated hard they got a PfG that was full of vague commitments around social justice commitments that ultimately meant their demise.

I would politely suggest that officialdom in Irish Education (particularly the support services!) migrate their material and updates from X to here. It is so unfair that teachers are forced to engage with that platform in an effort to be informed. #edchatie

maybe RTE have questions to answer, had they a specific election debate on health? they did on immigration? #ge24

Exit poll showing that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil’s transfers to each other have fully consolidated. No longer any argument to be made that there is a meaningful difference between the two.