Ciara Murphy

I read it the week between Christmas and New Year ☠️

Oof. Still not the better of that one

An Taisce did some polling on irish attitudes to water and the Nitrates derogation- the majority of those polled are not in support of another derogation.

We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.

It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.

Scares me when I see just how much information and photos some people post on social media about their kids. It's not private even if you think it is.

I'm glad they made this advert, let's hope people actually pay attention.

Just cycled through this down the quays to Connolly. I wouldn’t like to be on anymore than two wheels in town right now. Gridlocked. And considering they’re all beeping all the time, very loud. #Spéirgorm

21% reduction for transport sector emissions in 2030 instead of 50%.
This is criminal.

It's easy to add this to the long list of gov failures, but when taken in isolation, each one is a scandal & in unison, a catastrophe.

And yet people keep voting FFG
FFG can't & won't fix it
Vote left

#IrishPol

This thread from @feljin.ie is just depressing. We’re used to a lack of imagination but this wouldn’t even have been imaginative! @seontrack.bsky.social

Roads, roads, roads! That’ll work!

Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.

So disappointing! An open goal and such a financially feasible win for the area. The line is still there!

This is a bizarre contribution to this article. Social media commentary does not consensus make. We are reiterating our call to open this to public consultation.

Journalists using social media comments as data…

The LUAS Red Line was thrown into chaos at rush hour this evening due to an incident at St James's. In order to find out what was going on with the service, the LUAS expected thousands of affected passengers to check their X account. It's ridiculous, enraging, and at this stage totally unacceptable

Irish Rail are the exact same. I’d never have to go on that app again if they’d post literally anywhere else. It’s ludicrous.

Activist and artist Margaretta D’Arcy dies aged 91 Anti-war protester from Greenham Common to Shannon Airport had ‘life fully and purposefully lived’

Very sad to hear Margaretta D'Arcy has died.

Besides her relentless anti-war activism, her book on the women protesting in Armagh Prison, Tell Them Everything, is such an important piece of writing.

She was also key to springing Kate Millett from institutional confinement in Clare in 1980.

As per the next re-post I'm going to share after this, they might not all be US/US-based but rather English language troll farm / bot accounts being to target Ireland. I've seen some hints of this on FB comments too...

Listened to this piece this morning. Worth a listen for those interested in water quality and agricultural policy.

Margaretta D'Arcy, writer, actor, pirate broadcaster & life-long activist, outside the Dáil in June 2025. She is under a black umbrella, wearing a blue rain poncho & flashing a thumbs-up at the camera. She is carrying a homemade sign that says "STOP FUNDING GENOCIDE."

RIP Margaretta D'Arcy, pictured outside the Dáil, June 2025, aged 91. [pic: Rose Comiskey]

Rest in Peace to a legend. I interviewed her for my PhD in her kitchen in Woodquay and I’d say the secondhand cigarette smoke shortened my life by a decade. It was amazing craic.

The Irish Times published and lauded John Collison's op-ed, but did they fact-check it?

Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.

If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.

The fight against Bears is not against their claws, teeth, and massive muscular strength…but the blood spilled by unfortunate hikers eaten by them.

Record breaking prices for artwork sales do not, sadly, represent an investment in art and artists.

Investors are reducing their taxable profits before the end of the tax year with big one-off purchases while universities cut their humanities faculties and artists earn less than minimum wage.

An incredibly stupid decision if it comes to pass. And a big disappointment for the cafes.

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It's so encouraging to get a full house for this event. It's also the first time local councillors and TDs have attended one of our public events. The conversation is detailed, respectful, and engaged. We need an evidence-based strategy to #SaveLadysIslandLake

The amount of tax-payer money that these same people have handed to greyhound racing in the last few years would pay for this hospice for children with life-limiting conditions. The existence of one is contingent on private charity, the other has it's existence guaranteed by the state. Priorities.

Viktor Orban, YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF BEATING!!!!!!!

Not sure if they still make them but Wibbly Wobbly Wonders were elite.

"There are certain media figures whom I’ve seen develop X brain rot in real time, seemingly unaware that the algorithm is honing the contours of their outbursts and embarrassing “quips”, and hardening the shell of their echo chamber. Most of these people are Gen X conservative men"

It’s the hair. Can’t beat a good haircut. She looks fab!