Diarmaid Walsh

Craughwell, Co. Galway just now.

'We've never protected nature well in Ireland:' Call for investment to protect Ireland's marine areas Increasing number of habitats in Ireland were listed as 'inadequate' or 'bad', Dáil committee told

'We've never protected nature well in Ireland:' Call for investment to protect Ireland's marine areas' - @Irish_examiner following Fair Seas session before the Joint Oireachtas Committee this week. 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41775131.html 

#FairSeas

Map of Greenland from JPL article based on UC-Irvine research showing a topographic map of the island with much of the "land" actually being below sea level, suppressed by the mass of the ice.

Oh it gets better:

Much of the "landmass" is actually below sea level and isn't really land (until it isostatically rebounds in 20,000 years).

www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-gre...

Suppressing Political Dissent, Who’s Doing It Better? US v Iran NOW IS NOT the time for the media to look on in horror at how two different countries deal with dissent but rather treat it as an amusing sport to maximise viewership and declare one …

Suppressing Political Dissent, Who's Doing It Better? US v Iran https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/12/suppressing-political-dissent-whos-doing-it-better-us-v-iran/

One would assume that all confidence in Minister O'Donovan's ability to do his job is completely lost. His lack of any semblance of awareness is astonishing.

The Gist: The Abuse Factory X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.

New Gist: The Abuse Factory

It shouldn't be difficult to act swiftly and without hesitation when the question posed is "Is it OK to work with the child sexual abuse material factory?" But our state failed this most straightforward of tests this week.

www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

My word. (Again.)

Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan: "At the end of the day, it's the choice of a person to make these images... technology is moving so fast... even if the law is changed there's no doubt about... the advances are far faster than law is able to respond..."

🧵 As we look towards the #LateLateToyShow next week, it's time to remember that everyone - including the State - will expect us all to donate generously to the very worthy causes supported financially by the Toy Show Appeal. Let's think about this.

Resting miffed face

It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.

This black-figure terracotta kantharos-rhyton has a sculpted donkey-head attachment and Dionysian figures around the body of the vessel. In fact, on the rear of the cup Dionysos is shown riding on an ithyphallic mule or donkey, so the head on the cup is Dionysos' own steed. The fun part is that when you grasp the cup by both handles and raise it to your mouth to drink, you look like you’re wearing a donkey mask, providing a great deal of chuckles from your fellow symposiasts. This appears to be the earliest preserved Attic rhyton (a vessel for wine, frequently with animal head pouring spouts), and this rhyton-kantharos as a whole is a rare preserved example of an Athenian plastic vase with black-figure decoration. In design, the donkey's tall, outward-flaring ears are echoed by the kantharos' tall looping strap handles. In order to assemble this vase, the potter cut a hole in the kantharos' bowl and precisely inserted the donkey's head, thereby forming a dual-chambered wine vessel with a large capacity. But the resulting rhyton-kantharos is overweighted toward the donkey's head, which extends down so far that the donkey's lips set the vessel off kilter, and it rests unstably on the kantharos' foot. Greek, Attic, about 520-500 BCE, possibly found in Athens. Black-figure terracotta with some pigments (purple on the Dionysian figures and red inside the donkey's mouth). Height: 21.59 cm (8.50 in.) Diameter: 13.65 cm (5.37 in.) British Museum, London (1876,0328.5)

How often can you say that you've seen a kantharos-rhyton? This cup has a bridled donkey head attachment, usually seen only on rhyta. It mirrors the donkey seen on the reverse of the cup, ridden by Dionysos. When you drank from this vessel, you looked like an ass! 🏺 1/

Greek, 520-500 BCE. 📸 me

I'm guessing Mr Donnelly.

A perfect meme that encapsulates the current attitude of the Irish government.

That's why he got into politics.

What is the reasoning behind PBP recieving such a low score. It seems far too low.

Churning them out here..

This is a (first?) poll of BlueSky users from a representative sample. (Voting intentions of those that reported that they used BlueSky in the preceding 24 hours).

Quite similar to what Twitter used to look like.

A few FG candidates on to me since last night with real concern about Kanturk moment.

They feel it looks very bad for them and they expect it to be something they have to deal with for days to come.

Disability issues and school access have repeatedly come up and have underfeatured in media

Nature is healing!

I lived in the liberties while in college. Hands down the best area of Dublin.

Rory Hearne is also running in DBN & DNW!