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@mooregroup.bsky.social

An archaeological and environmental consultancy based in Galway, Ireland. You can also find us on Mastodon here: @mooregroup@mastodon.social

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Plenty of capacity at Shannon Airport, and I'm sure at many other airports around Ireland.

08.02.2026 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you're a business owner who fires someone you have assigned to an overseas job and you don't buy them a plane ticket home you should actually go to prison

08.02.2026 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4241    ๐Ÿ” 1122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

Refuelling in Ireland.

www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...

08.02.2026 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Billie Eilish, stolen land, and the climate cost of Americaโ€™s dispossession Returning Indigenous land won't destroy civilization, it could save it.

Billie Eilish, stolen land, and the climate cost of Americaโ€™s dispossession grist.org/indigenous/b...

08.02.2026 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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News - Mysterious Medieval Tunnel Discovered Under Neolithic Monument in Germany - Archaeology Magazine REINSTEDT, GERMANYโ€”According to a La Brujula Verde report, archaeologists from the State Office for Heritage [โ€ฆ]

News - Mysterious Medieval Tunnel Discovered Under Neolithic Monument in Germany - Archaeology Magazine archaeology.org/news/2026/02...

07.02.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

British cities????

07.02.2026 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The US State Department plans to fund Far Right (and pro-Russia) think-tanks and charities in Europe to promote American policy positions and oppose European online speech regulations, the FT reports.

Americaโ€™s biggest export: fascism.

07.02.2026 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 663    ๐Ÿ” 317    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

Weird how the harder they try to nato us, the more the population says no..

07.02.2026 12:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin

Michelangelo drawing sells for $27.2 million - Medievalists.net www.medievalists.net/2026/02/mich...

07.02.2026 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
President Connolly with Greta Thunberg

President Connolly with Greta Thunberg

Ireland: A stunning 71 per cent of respondents favour putting a guarantee about neutrality in the Constitution.

Latest Irish Times poll.

07.02.2026 00:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 106    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Irish Time article with two suited men pictured above headline โ€˜Ex-SAS commander in North: โ€˜The idea that we played hard and fast with the law is nonsenseโ€™.

Irish Time article with two suited men pictured above headline โ€˜Ex-SAS commander in North: โ€˜The idea that we played hard and fast with the law is nonsenseโ€™.

Would it be a sunday morning without the Irish Times doing a puff piece on how great the Brits were in the North? Today we have ex-SAS saying they did nothing illegal, talking about govt betrayal. Oh the mirth, the numerous books, interviews, dogs on the streets etc were all imagining it!

07.02.2026 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Surrealing in the Years: Oh good, something else that Magic Wand Micheรกl is powerless to solve Weโ€™re not talking about orcs here, man.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/surre...

07.02.2026 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is one of the greatest pieces of public speaking Iโ€™ve ever seen.

07.02.2026 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Flood Prevention Is the way we are farming partly responsible for flooding, and what changes might decrease damage in the future? Geomorphologist Prof Mary Bourke. Sligo Farmers Eddie Davitt and Joe Leonard. Farming F...

โ€œYou donโ€™t treat a flood where it ends up, you treat it where it starts. Upstream at the top of the catchmentโ€

How to use the land more cleverly to adapt to changing weather and future floods.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm

Listen: ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

07.02.2026 10:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Have we tried putting the judicial reviews in hi vis jackets?

06.02.2026 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No longer content with banning Palestinians trying to survive genocide, @jay.bsky.team and @safety.bsky.app and @aaron.bsky.team have now suspended one of our activists for Palestine, Pastures. His account must be reinstated immediately.

27.01.2026 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Taxing times: Frank McNally on what links Thomas Kinsella, TK Whitaker and Myles na gCopaleen It all started in December 1965, when Revenue returned a cheque sent by the curmudgeonly Irish Times columnist

Taxing times: Frank McNally on what links Thomas Kinsella, TK Whitaker and Myles na gCopaleen

05.02.2026 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court issues significant ruling in favour of climate action in wind farm case The ruling could have implications for projects with a climate impact such as data centres.

Supreme Court issues significant ruling in favour of climate action in wind farm case www.thejournal.ie/wind-farm-co...

06.02.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Energy regulator urged to scrap data centre policy following Supreme Court's wind farm ruling Sinn Fรฉin MEP Lynn Boylan accused the CRU of kowtowing to โ€˜energy-hungry multinationalsโ€™ in its existing policy.

Energy regulator urged to scrap data centre policy following Supreme Court's wind farm ruling www.thejournal.ie/coolglass-da...

06.02.2026 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DUP MP defends Connolly encounter and says 'Londonderry' should have been mentioned in speech Gregory Campbell said he pointed out that Unionism was โ€œnon-existentโ€ in Connollyโ€™s speech in Derry โ€œin a polite and courteous mannerโ€.

โ€œyouโ€™re in our countryโ€. - DUP MP defends Connolly encounter and says 'Londonderry' should have been mentioned in speech www.thejournal.ie/gregory-camp...

06.02.2026 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TikTok found to be in breach of the Digital Services Act.

06.02.2026 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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'Vultures': Jeffrey Epstein's involvement in potential โ‚ฌ3 billion AIB deal is 'deeply concerning' โ€œThis is a glimpse into the murky world of [people] that sought to profit from the financial crash,โ€ Sinn Fรฉinโ€™s Pearse Doherty said.

'Vultures': Jeffrey Epstein's involvement in potential โ‚ฌ3 billion AIB deal is 'deeply concerning' www.thejournal.ie/reaction-jef...

05.02.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms โ€” Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Irelandโ€™s Government to make the wearing of helmeโ€ฆ

This is pure ridiculous (Sean Canney is the Minister responsible, well done East Galway) - All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...

05.02.2026 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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lizzie johnson
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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lizzie johnson
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil โ€” pen ink freezes โ€” by headlamp.

Pinned lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn ยท Aug 19, 2021 Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13) 0:02 / 0:10 lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn ยท 47m I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated. Quote lizzie johnson @lizziejohnsonnn ยท Jan 25 Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil โ€” pen ink freezes โ€” by headlamp.

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

04.02.2026 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22055    ๐Ÿ” 6957    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 546    ๐Ÿ“Œ 413

We think he'll fit in well over there

04.02.2026 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team @pfrazee.com you need to restore Dril's account asap. He is basically the only person who should have an account

04.02.2026 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ecologist accuses government of greenwashing by allowing tangle netting at Pรกirc Nรกisiรบnta na Mara Ciarraรญ | RadioKerry.ie Pรกdraic Fogarty states the practice of tangle netting being allowed at Pรกirc Nรกisiรบnta na Mara Ciarraรญ is an example of greenwashing

I am again calling out the vacuous nature of declaring an area a National Park without plans, resources or management measures. This time following the report showing that over a thousand seals were drowned in fishing gear around the Blasket Islands.

www.radiokerry.ie/news/ecologi...

03.02.2026 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Cโ€™mon, lads. Sign it. #Ireland #Speirgorm

03.02.2026 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Independent 

FEATURE

Meet the mother-of-two transforming the archaeological boys club

The Independent FEATURE Meet the mother-of-two transforming the archaeological boys club

However, for Mrs Verrecchia, like many detectorists, most objects found are not classed as treasure, which, rather than being sent to museums, instead fill up home collection drawers. Now, as the hobby continues to grow in popularity, she wants even more women to get involved.

However, for Mrs Verrecchia, like many detectorists, most objects found are not classed as treasure, which, rather than being sent to museums, instead fill up home collection drawers. Now, as the hobby continues to grow in popularity, she wants even more women to get involved.

I screamed at this for so many different reasons...

#Archaeology ๐Ÿบ #Detecting #Treasure

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

03.02.2026 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 174    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Performative levels of West Brittery. Like a poseurish teenage mosher, insisting he's never listened to George Michael, or suchlike. The holy, mortifying embarrassment. #spรฉirghorm #ireland

03.02.2026 00:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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