A national slowdown on tackling dereliction continued in January
15.02.2026 21:01 — 👍 6 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 2@ciarannevin.bsky.social
Climate, economics, and a just transition. Economic advisor. Leitrim/Dublin, Ireland. Views my own - not those of my employer. http://ciarannevin.substack.com
SEN. KAINE: “You said American whites are victims of a cultural genocide… are they represented in the senate? House? Presidency? CEO’s?”
Trump’s white nationalist pick for a top state department spot Jeremy Carl skewered by @kaine.senate.gov
Photo of an article in the 25th January 2025 Sunday Times by Ciarán Nevin titled "How is our basic infrastructure so poor"
Thought provoking piece on the causes of our stumbling infrastructure by @ciarannevin.bsky.social in today's Sunday Times.
25.01.2026 15:02 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0. This is the playbook used by Trump and the other pseudo-populist strongmen the world over: throw some minor economic concessions to the base (or at least claim to do so), unleash the dogs of race and gender-based hatreds, and preside over a rapid upward transfer of wealth, alongside an authoritarian concentration of power.
Well put by Naomi Klein in Doppelgänger. (Even before Trump 2)
02.02.2025 21:55 — 👍 724 🔁 187 💬 11 📌 7If they don’t say “one for everyone in the audience” after this there will be riots in the audience #LateLateToyShow #Orlando
06.12.2024 23:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If Trump is watching this Patrick Kielty will be made education secretary. #LateLateToyShow
06.12.2024 22:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Strong start there. They should make this into a musical. #LateLateToyShow
06.12.2024 21:41 — 👍 16 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Look forward to a chat about your experience with this.
03.12.2024 10:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The @social-democrats.bsky.social predicted result is impressive if the exit poll is accurate.
Especially as they didn’t run a large number of candidates.
For compassion and vision. For a republic that cherishes all the children of the nation equally. #GE24
28.11.2024 19:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Three times zero credibility on climate is still zero. #rtept
26.11.2024 22:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you’re in Wicklow please consider giving your No 1 to #jenniferwhitmore #socdems #wicklow #ge24
26.11.2024 11:53 — 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0Andrew Marr recollecting the late John Prescott.
23.11.2024 17:42 — 👍 55 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0a cartoon with two panels panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there" The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons
Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
22.11.2024 11:20 — 👍 10793 🔁 2111 💬 132 📌 103“While often perceived as symbols of luxury, business aviation also serves critical functions in terms of efficiency and flexibility"
– so says FF junior minister James Lawless on #climate destroying private jets, the toys of the ultra rich.
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The damaged Finnish-German cable could take 15 days to repair, according to Finnish telecom Cinia Oy. www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/subsea...
19.11.2024 12:26 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Spreading too much fertiliser an issue on #RTEUpfront
18.11.2024 22:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0These things are so handy. Fair play for pulling it together.
18.11.2024 22:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Not sure I’ll last. Everyone’s a bit… nice.
18.11.2024 22:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Experienced the austerity at the hands of…? #RTEUpfront
18.11.2024 22:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Who will be the Weakest Link? #RTEUpfront
18.11.2024 21:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Scary
18.11.2024 19:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Don’t listen to the dinosaurs – heat pumps are fantastic
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