Ray Cunningham

Irish people used to emigrate to find work. Now we're a country where people immigrate for work, and we're better off because of them.

Betteridge's law - Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word "No".

Data centre operator successfully challenges decision to refuse it planning permission for two new centres | BreakingNews.ie EdgeConneX Ireland said that it was not within the remit of South Dublin County Council to determine whether there was sufficient capacity on the national grid.

New data centre secures planning permission in Dublin, absurdly arguing that being powered mainly by on-site gas turbines means it will “play a part in Ireland’s decarbonisation strategy” - it’s the most deceitful yet common argument thrown out there.

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Safer cycle lanes are coming soon to Auburn Avenue in #Castleknock.

With so many schools in the area, this will be a very welcome addition and will allow so many more vulnerable road users to choose active travel on their daily commutes.

Water should be accessible & free for all. Map showing the level of clean water shortages in the EU

Here are some actions the EU could take ✨right now✨ to improve our access to clean water:

❌ Phase out fossil fuels
✅ Prioritise water for drinking (and not as cooling systems for AI data centres…)
✅ Invest to modernise water infrastructures

Just spitballing here, but cryptobros throwing sex toys at WNBA players on the court and other cryptobros and male sports commentators calling it funny and telling the women and their coaches to 'lighten up' both explains the 'male loneliness epidemic' and why I don't care about it.

Red line graph time series of monthly carbon dioxide abundance from January 1959 through July 2025. There is a seasonal cycle and long-term increasing trend. Current levels of CO2 are at 428 ppm. This is the Keeling Curve graph. A line for CO2 10 years ago is also annotated.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 428 ppm in July 2025

10 years ago July averaged about 401 ppm

Preliminary data from @noaa.gov at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

which are *strategic* policy committees, not *special* policy committees. I always call them SPCs, so keep forgetting what the initials stand for!

Another video about how the council works - this time, SPCs

There are always people and organisations ready to help if you need it. You're not alone.

🧵 on racist attacks in 🇮🇪
The attacks on South Asian people in Ireland are not isolated incidents and this trend didn't start recently.

This behaviour from an impressionable section of Irish society has been getting worse over the past few years and you or I might be partly to be blame. 1/

And yesterday the fucking Arizona Supreme Court used an AI “reporter” to announce that a man’s death sentence was being upheld:

The Slovenian flag waving in front of a blue sky. Slovenia is the first EU country to ban trade with Israeli occupied territories Ireland needs to follow suit and pass the new Occupied Territories Bill with goods and services

The time to enact the Occupied Territories Bill came and went years ago, but it’s better late than never. We are seeing Slovenia lead in Europe and now Ireland and the rest of the EU need to follow.

#enacttheoccupiedterritoriesbill #withservices

Green Party condemns rise in racist attacks and calls on Government to speed-up implementing anti-racism measures | Green Party Green Party condemns rise in racist attacks and calls on Government to speed-up implementing anti-racism measures

What is being done about the recent spate of vicious racist attacks on innocent people around Ireland? Government action is needed now

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@lourdascottgreen.bsky.social @feljin.ie @rodericogorman.bsky.social

McGregor's latest petition is just more empty posturing. He knows he won't be nominated and he's probably relieved - because he knows he hasn't a hope in hell of being elected.

Have you seen this man, with an image of the justice minister Jim O’Callaghan. Missing in action across his face in red Justice minister silent while migrants attacked daily.

Indian taxi driver faces loss of livelihood as he recovers from unprovoked Dublin attack THE IRISH TIMES An Innocent Taxi Driver Indian family in Waterford say kids attacked their six-year-old and racially abused her The Journal An Innocent Child Indian man warns community not to go out alone after assault RTE News An Innocent Data Scientist Registrar left stunned By racial slurs from kids Lmfm An Innocent Medical Registrar He kept saying: what wrong have I done? Why me?' An Indian man is left stripped and bloodied on an Irish street THE IRISH TIMES An Innocent Tech Worker

The appalling attacks on migrants happening across Ireland need to stop.

These are just some of the recent attacks that the Indian and Pakistani communities in Ireland have faced.

If you see racism, please call it out. They will only get more brazen if they continue to get away with it.

Bloomberg: Musk's Boring company turning into a 900 million dollar flop

The astronaut "always has been" meme

HVO is a climate ‘quick fix’ that could be worse than fossil fuels At a Time of Climate Crisis: There are serious questions over the sustainability of hydrotreated vegetable oil and the industries that are promoting its use

On-the-button piece by @hannahdaly.ie - this crazy HVO bandwagon must be stopped! "HVO is a climate ‘quick fix’ that could be worse than fossil fuels"

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I guess he's realised that if he comes looking for a nomination from Dublin city council we will laugh in his face

Fucking eejit doesn't understand how the constitution works, and wants to be president
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This is unbelievable.

The high temperature at one of Finland’s northernmost weather stations, in the municipality of Sodankylä (Lapland region) within the Arctic Circle at latitude 67.3°N, reached at least 25°C for 26 days in a row.

Records date back to 1908.

Confidence in the Gardaí among the migrant community is on the floor at the moment. This has been going on for years and it has intensified to at least one attack every day now.

Silence from the Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan and silence from the government.

More than 200 residents raise concerns over plans for Dundrum drone delivery site A planning application for a new drone delivery hub in Dundrum, south Dublin, has been delayed as clarity is sought over noise and biodiversity concerns.

Cllr @robjonesdundrum.bsky.social asking the right questions about new #dronedelivery proposals for #Dundrum
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They are brilliant!

Opinion: Gesture politics will do nothing to fix the ecological disaster at Lough Neagh We cannot continue to neglect the largest and perhaps most special contiguous ecosystem on the island of Ireland

Opinion: Gesture politics will do nothing to fix the ecological disaster at Lough Neagh

You can't just tell the billionaire he's an idiot, you have to pretend he's *partly* right, yes sir, very astute...

But they *aren't* contacting you

Increase in number of derelict buildings in Dublin city by almost 70% in last 4 years Joe Caulfield reports on the impact of dereliction in Dublin city.

Cllr @janetphorner.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social today about some new ways to tackle #dereliction in #Dublin
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#Housing

Ireland's National Restoration Plan needs funding, yet nothing from the 3.15b Infrastructure, Climate & Nature fund has been allocated to nature

The Government has said that restoration measures on private land will be voluntary & funded but have shown no indication of how this will be achieved

Another businessman bashing himself in the head with the AI hammer