here in Ireland Wicklow County Council did it for the car park at county buildings back in 2022. no reason why we shouldn't have them everywhere

Here are 5 common sense solutions to the energy crisis in Ireland action.uplift.ie/campaigns/en...

Protect civilians - keep landmines banned Landmines are coming back to Europe - quietly. Countries like Poland and Finland are moving toward producing and using them. Others could follow. These weapons don’t disappear after wars end - they ke...

Landmines are coming back to Europe - quietly. Countries like Poland are already moving toward using them. Others may follow. They don’t stop killing when wars end. We can still stop this, but we need to act now. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-04...

What does it say on the sign? I saw “illegal” - is forbidding dumping rubbish?

a segment of George Orwell's final interview, describing how 1984 could become a reality

"Don't let it happen. It depends on you"

#GeorgeOrwell #1984 #fightfascism

This is a sad and dark day for Palestinian civil society and for its children, Defense for Children International-Palestine has been forced to stop its crucial work due to apartheid Israel's attacks on, and criminalisation of, human rights organisations. 🧵1

I will never forget how a threat to annihilate the Iranian people has been met by silence from European govts, especially the Irish and Swedish ones.
I didn't expect them to say anything, but that doesn't make it any easier to live with the fact that we are ruled by gutless cowards and racists.

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

A country whose leader threatens the death of “a whole civilization” (i.e. genocide) is not fit to host the FIFA World Cup or any other international sports event.

Say No to Palantir in Europe A powerful US spy-tech company run by billionaires is linked to genocide in Gaza, helps ICE separate families, and fuels Trump’s war with Iran. And now it’s quietly expanding across Europe gaining acc...

A powerful US spy-tech company linked to genocide in Gaza, ICE deportations, and Trump’s war with Iran is now expanding across Europe into our hospitals, police and data systems. We must expose it and stop its expansion action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-03...

Beautiful!

Easter Eggs in the Bible BREAD EGG: The first ever Easter egg was hand made from bread by Jesus at the Last Supper. Came with a free Holy Grail and two bits of bread. [Image shows a very rough basic egg made of bread in a box clearly made by a carpenter.] FIRST SMARTIES EGG: St Matthew’s Gospel describes candy-covered rabbit droppings that came “actually inside the egg”, not in a separate packet like nowadays. GOD’S POSH EGG One for the aunties: the first ‘high-end’ Artisan egg made by God himself. Dark chocolate, posh box, infinite cocoa content. [Image shows a posh egg on a cloud in heaven] ROMAN YORKIE EGG: The first Yorkie egg came in a chariot-shaped box marketed at ‘Manly Romans’. Latin wordsearch on the back. [Image shows an elaborate cardboard chariot box containing the egg] EARLY SNICKERS: Snickers used to be called Marathon and before that it was called UNG-ERWEH which meant ‘Fourteen Lashes Unto The Shepherd’. We can see why they changed it! CREME EGGS: According to the Gospel of St Matthew, Cadbury’s Creme Eggs were “absolutely massive” and had “proper chocolate” in 2000 BKE (Before Kraft Era). Scriptures describe a ‘mystery filling’ that gave mild chemical burns. [Show a giant Creme Egg in someone’s hands] SATAN’S EGG: Never one to be outdone, the Lord of Darkness sought to compete with God on the ‘sophisticated’ market. High quality dark egg cursed by Satan himself, with two free bars of ‘loathesome matter’. Withdrawn from sale. [Show an evil looking red egg in a box with ‘666’ on it, two bars of what looks like bloody flesh, blood dripping out of the front.] [Ends]

It's time to repost this Easter masterpiece

1940: 🇩🇪🇫🇷The Nazis warned the French non-Jews to not hide any Jews, otherwise there would be consequences.

2026: 🇮🇱🇱🇧The Israelis warn the Lebanese non-Muslims to not hide any Muslims, otherwise there will be consequences.

More than there are available to the public in Dublin city

Sorry if I made it sound like history nerds don't care as much as everyone else either 😂

It's not just history nerds by any means - this is what Ireland thinks of Cromwell now! This isn't ancient history for us!! If you get this, you will understand why Palestine means so much to us today. "To hell or to Connaught" - from one genocide to another.

Everyone, no matter where they come from, deserves to live with dignity and freedom. I've just signed the open letter, calling on Jim O'Callaghan to stand up for a fair immigration process that keeps people safe and keeps our families and communities whole. Will you add your name?

I've just signed the open letter, calling on Jim O'Callaghan to stand up for a fair immigration process that keeps people safe and keeps our families and communities whole. Will you add your name? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/in...

Great article in today's Irish Times about the Triple lock written by Professor Raymond Murphy a top legal expert, former Irish soldier and UN peacekeeper.

#SpeirGorm

Keep Seismic Blasting out of Australian Marine Parks - Save Our Marine Life Most Australians assume our marine parks are protected from damaging activities like seismic blasting. But the truth might surprise you.  Seismic blasting is still allowed in about half of Australia’s...

Shout out to all #Australian Blueskyers @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop Seismic Blasting from Australian Marine Parks . Sign here: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/stop...

Murdering Lane and Cutthroat Lane in Dublin Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

"To preserve historical continuity" 😂
Do remember reading that after devastating the countryside, homelessness became a criminal offence -> deported as indentured labour to plantations in the Caribbean. (No refs, sorry)
www.atlasobscura.com/places/murde...

LGBT Disregard Visit the post for more.

Last night I got to hear about the restorative justice campaign which is lgbtdisregard.ie

This seeks a scheme to exonerate those who were convicted under our anti gay laws which were removed in 1993.

But many of those people left the country, but still live with this on their record.

Israel is intent on redrawing not only the geographic map of south Lebanon but also the demographic one.

Is there a term for this

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...

Harris condemns Israeli death penalty move as 'horrifying' and 'despicable' Tánaiste condemns Israeli vote on death penalty and warns attacks on peacekeepers could constitute war crimes

Every sane person would agree that Israel’s latest vile act is “horrible” AND “despicable” but real question is: what are we going to do about it?

Ireland is a major trading partner of this genocidal Apartheid state, are we going to finally break ALL ties?

www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

❗️WE NEED TO SANCTION ISRAEL NOW
❗️Enough with statements of concern
❗️Enough of the EU-Israel Association Agreement

#freepalestine #eu #euisraelrelations

Happy trans day of visability 🩵 we see you 💓

Creating the LGBTQIA+ tour for the National Museum | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions

🌈 Transgender Day of Visibility 2026 🌈
Honouring trans joy, resilience, and visibility today and every day. 💛🤍💜🖤
Go behind the scenes the creation of the National Museum of Ireland’s LGBTQIA+ Tour:
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... 🌟 #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog #Museumology #CulturalHeritage #LightingSparks

@adamzyglis.bsky.social

It’s the first time that 16-17 year olds have been able to vote, I wonder if they would be more supportive of the Greens?

We need this here. #Spéirgorm