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Fine Gael saw 63% of voters back left-wing values but chose to pander to a perceived right-wing vote of 13%. Remember that when they try to claim they're "middle of the road" or centrists. They're a right-wing minority who are about to start pushing far-right. #spéirgorm

Now the Áras campaign is over, we cant afford to forget the Garda vetting story. We still don't have assurances that this information wasn't leaked by An Garda Síochána to harm someone. This is a criminal offence. AGS have form here and must be prevented from returning to those practices #spéirgorm

Daniel’s bail hearing is on this Wednesday at 1.30pm Irish time. There will be a gathering outside the German Embassy to let them know what we think of the German state’s repression of anti-genocide activism

German prosecutors have charged the five with being part of a ‘criminal organisation’ an offence created to target organised crime recently been used instead to prosecute climate and Palestine activists.

Daniel from Dublin, and 4 others have been imprisoned for allegedly disrupting an Elbit Systems facility in Ulm, Germany last month. Elbit is an Israeli weapons manufacturer whose weapons are central to Israel’s genocide. Daniel is held 23 hours daily in their cell, including meals, no phone calls

Look Gaeilge Uladh isn't for the feint of heart on a good day

Now you see me....

Now you don't!

A photo from a @rhodorangers.bsky.social day out from a while back

And an opportunity to reintroduce ourselves...

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I also recommend having TG4 on or an Irish podcast, even if it's above your level a bit. Your ears start to get it and your brain will catch up

It always sounds more confusing explained in grammar terms. You don't really sit and think about it like that most of the time, anymore than you would with English, once you get used to the rhythm. I just had to learn English and Irish like this so it sticks around 😅

I will say that online translators over use cuid because it means they don't have to restructure the sentence as much. Irish uses pronouns differently and it's easier for a computer to change my homework to mo chuid obair bhaile then to an obair bhail a bhfuil agam

"Dance change"

It's to do with the nouns in use. If the noun describes a concept or something that there's lots of, Irish grammar tends to want you to specify. You could say "an obair bhaile a bhfuil agam anocht" and it flows better than "m'obair bhaile" though the second isn't technically wrong.

What a time to be alive

James has changed the name of the group chat to Dangerously Woke Youth

Need to get a "Critique of powerful institutions is good actually" sign to tap now that people can't differentiate between that and conspiracy nonsense

I did.

I remain incredibly sceptical about how positive their influence was. Most of the climate policies brought in in the last five years were either mandated by EU or UN agreements, more press release than reality, or some combination.

New episode of From the Roots two since the launch, I revisit the figures of that first overview, a number of current headlines and whether anything can be learned from Budget 2026
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Five Merveille du Jour moths found by Alison Averis in her moth trap here in SE Scotland on the morning of 14th October 2025. Background: bark with lichens.

My wife Alison had these five Merveille du Jour moths in her moth trap this morning, here in SE Scotland.

State of the Systems (Episode 11) It’s been two years since this podcast first launched, and I began then with an overview of where Ireland stood in regards in the environment. It’s also budget week, which means the government has …

Text version on my website as always with my sources and some further reading. Really excited for the next few episodes and if there's anything you'd like covered you can ask

"But Heather Humphreys was the minister who saw the heritage Bill ammendments that increased scrub burning and hedge destruction how could Brian Leddin side with that over left wing economics...?"

Because plenty of green TDs never cared about the environment either

There are a few people expressing surprise that members of the green party in Ireland might be against left wing politics enough to resign from the party over backing Catherine Connolly for president...

I am curious how this could possibly still be surprising?

Gentle reminder…the Special Criminal Court was opposed trenchantly and for compelling reasons by Mary Robinson before she became President; its continued existence has been criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Special Rapporteurs, the Irish Human Rights & …

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Also I noticed when I was editing that all three of the environmental crimes/incidents I discussed from the last few months were in Cork. Wasn't intentional, but what's going on down there?

Episode 11: State of the Systems

Had a fairly long summer hiatus from the podcast but finally getting episodes out again. An overview of the current state of affairs, some series cases of felling and river pollution, and the questions over how the government is spending carbon tax revenue

every day that Heather Humphreys is not asked why she refused to meet with disability activists during the Scrap the Green Paper campaign is another day of ignominy for the Irish press. she's running on her record, yet she's not questioned on it any substantive way

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

A cynical person might suggest that - just as with the recent huge ecocide on the river Blackwater - nobody will ever face consequences for this www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

A post from Instagram stories with a swipe up link for the Irish Times. A composite image of Leinster House, Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe is titled "Budget 2026: Main Points" but the bullet points that follow comprise non-sensical filler text (Lorem ipsum) and snippets apparently borrowed from a restaurant review (One point reads: "Borgo review: Well-priced and welcoming", the next "everything a good neighborhood", and finally "restaurant needsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet")

Someone at the IT is having a 'mare rushing out the Budget coverage.

This was a sponsored post in my Insta Stories.

The social team needs a break and a hug maybe.

Environmental Sign-Posts for the 34th Dáil (Episode 10) For something that dominates a few days of news cycle every year, the national budget is not particularly well understood. Media coverage tends towards giving headline updates from the governing pa…

I make this point halfway through my last From the Roots Episode before the hiatus. 27% of carbon tax revenue is not spent on the intended projects and a number of other projects included are a real stretch for climate or energy mitigation (source the C&AG report linked at the end)

The Basic Income for the Arts Scheme is €325 a week, similar to what they gave out during the pandemic. This is how much they've deemed one needs in order to live in Ireland. So why is disability benefit only €244? Why are disabled and sick people expected to live so far below the poverty line?