Shivaun Quinlivan

Bus drivers' union want to see hi-vis jackets become 'mandatory' for cyclists The union said that the issue has grown due to a ‘proliferation’ of electric vehicles.

We firmly oppose this measure, as existing evidence indicates that such laws do not, in fact, protect people who cycle.

The union should be calling for better active transport infrastructure instead of deflecting responsibility to the most vulnerable people on the roads.

Makes total sense 😉

And yet we have no OTB.

“Three European governments accuse me - based on statements I never made -with a virulence and conviction that they have NEVER used against those who have slaughtered 20,000+ children in 858 days.”

- UN SpR Francesca Albanese

Agnès Callamard:

“It is reprehensible that ministers in Austria, Czechia, France, Germany and Italy have attacked the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese, based on a deliberately truncated video to misrepresent and gravely misconstrue her messages.”

European states must retract outrageous attacks on Francesca Albanese They should publicly apologize and retract calls for her resignation

Doctored video triggers attacks by five EU States on UN Special Rapporteur - now who would do that?

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

What have the EU done to protect a UN Special Rapproteur?

Taoiseach says Ireland against Israel football fixtures should proceed ‘Sport can be challenging when it crosses into the realm of politics,’ Martin says

@fiannafailparty.bsky.social the party of no princple, not in the least surprised by the FAI

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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

I think my favourite thing about this clip where HC explains that current legislation is unfair to victims is that after she explains it, Michael Martin almost chides her and explains that her words are, in fact, very unfair on the government. The real victims.

Micheál Martin has been a TD for 37 years. He’s been in government for 25 of those years and in cabinet for 20 of those years. He’s been either Tánaiste or Taoiseach since June 2020.

And every time he’s asked to anything other than build a data centre, he acts like he’s just been handed the job

This is cycling in Copenhagen.

No hi-vis. No helmet mandates.
People cycle because it’s safe — by design.

This is what cycling should look like.

Ireland is moving in the opposite direction. Instead of designing safe places to cycle, we're blaming the people cycling...

I guess if I ran the transport for one of the few EU countries without a rail link to the airport from the capital; without decent cycle or walking infrastructure, in a car clogged pollution nightmare, this is the kind of badly researched ill-informed nonsense I’d be expected to produce.

Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.

On to Panel II on the Feminist Drafting Workshop at University of Limerick.
Some great discussions on the theory and practice

#feminist #DFLW

Header for Conference 'Feminist Drafting: Legislation, Activism & Reflection

Heading off to School of Law in Limerick today for #DoingFeministLegalWork event tomorow 👇

Lots of fab feminist legal folk @drmaebhharding.bsky.social @ruthfletcher.bsky.social Eithne Dowds, @sineadring.bsky.social Aisling McMahon, @shepersisted4.bsky.social, Kathryn O'Sullivan to catch up with!

Connecting humanity graphic explaining how to donate to purchase eSIMS for Palestinians. You can use Simly, Nomad with the discount code: NOMADCNG, Airalo, Truely with the discount code: TRUELYCNG and then send a clear screenshot of the QR code to Gazaesims@gmail.com

Connecting humanity has been experiencing a shortage of eSIMS for a while. eSIMs are the only way for Palestinians in Gaza to connect with the outside world. If you have the means to donate, please consider.

connecting-humanity.org

Let Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael at it. Hope that the Labour Party don’t continue to prop up the right. I maybe wrong but suspect the Soc Dems have enough wit not to prop up FFG. Labour are where they are because of their time in Government.

It's been an odd night. As I was going to bed, someone named Katie Hannon tagged me in a post I didn't understand. I woke up at 1:30 to pee and saw that 30 strangers in Ireland were following me. I woke at 4:30 to pee again (yes, I'm old) and saw that even more Irish are following me...

Voted Left, transferred left!

Did not go down the full ballot.

#NoBillNoVote
#ActionNotWords
#SanctionIsrael

A horrible thread of examples of racist abuse the OP has endured. But we can use our vote to marginalise the racist candidates.

And remember the Palestinian people when you vote, vote for those that will pass the Occupied Territories Bill.

Vote left transfer left!

I’m sorry you receive this bile!

Well that’s not a surprise!

I don’t know what to do anymore! I feel so impotent in the face of the daily horror! I can’t imagine the actual trauma of being a Palestinian or Lebanese person right now.

I’m voting for parties I think will enact the Occupied Territories Bill!

#NoBillNoVote
#EndGenocide
#TradingIsComplicity

An overturned stick is held upright in an autumn forest and covered in mature Splitgill mushrooms, one stacked above the next, each of their gills radiating above the next

Here are some nice mushrooms

This is terrifying, meanwhile we are getting more data centres but need more public transport options.

I’ve lived in cities with good PT and only rarely had to use a car and it was preferable.

We are so poorly served with PT, times, frequency, safety, cleanliness all need work.

Cartoon of a torso with woolly hats in the place of bra cups. I am the Leonardo of my generation, a renaissance woman.

Was looking for thermal bras online and they don't seem to exist in the way I was envisaging, so I've come up with a prototype

Well, I forgot how many FF’ers are anti choice - good timely reminder!