Common across Ireland.

Well they technically could dictate if they and the government wanted to, but more worrisome is the distraction and discourse away from real action.

Oh no. This is Ireland. This is very believable 🙃

It's like brain worm...

State urged to step in as 1,500ac Lugnaquilla summit holding has asking price slashed by €5m A 1,500ac Wicklow holding, including the summit of Lugnaquilla, is for sale with a guide price of €2m – a drop of €5m from its guide price 12 months ago.

The Irish state has a terrible track record when it comes to looking after land for nature restoration, but it should immediately buy this and give the land back to the public.

Tipperary council seeks new law to compel walkers, cyclists, e-scooter users to don hi-vis Tipperary County Council's elected members have unanimously passed a motion to request the Minister for Transport to make it mandatory for these road users to wear hi-vis jackets or vests in the inter...

Who’s going to tell these councillors that the moment they step out of their cars, they’re pedestrians too? By their own logic, they’d need to be in hi-vis at all times.

Rather than tackling dangerous driving or poor road design, the responsibility gets dumped on the most vulnerable people instead.

Tipperary council seeks new law to compel walkers, cyclists, e-scooter users to don hi-vis Tipperary County Council's elected members have unanimously passed a motion to request the Minister for Transport to make it mandatory for these road users to wear hi-vis jackets or vests in the inter...

Why not paint every car in Tipperary bright yellow instead?
These cllrs want everyone else to dress differently while dangerous driving goes unchecked. Nothing about improving disastrous active travel infrastructure in their areas. Victim blaming at its finest.

www.tipperarylive.ie/news/your-co...

It is absolutely absurd that in the year 2026, there are emojis for no cycling and no pedestrians 🚳🚷 but no emoji for no cars 🚗.

Never mind how there are emojis for fuel pumps ⛽ but none for solar panels or wind turbines...

Madness.

This is my last environment column for The Irish Times and I’ve radicalised myself None of my own small changes is going to save the planet, but everyday choices and habits of individuals do matter

No, small changes are not going to save the planet (on their own), but we should still be making them!

I'll miss the Making a Difference column from Joanne Hunt. We need more of this type of journalism, not less.

Gardaí appealing for witnesses after collision between car and motorcyclist on main Sligo to Donegal road Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a serious injury road traffic collision on the N15 near Cashelgarran, Grange, Co. Sligo on Sunday 19th April 2026.

A textbook example of car-brained framing in the Irish media: a motorcyclist is identified as a person, while the other party is reduced to “a car,” as if it acted on its own.

Once again, the driver disappears from the story entirely.

Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major polluters

I suppose it’s positive that Ireland is counted among the participants, but the government’s track record doesn't exactly align with the idea of a “coalition of the willing” to break free from fossil fuels.

Ireland to seek cut in EU tax on imported US aviation fuel to ease airline cost crisis Move comes as Aer Lingus announces plans to cancel or reschedule 2% of flights

This is exactly the OPPOSITE of what we should be doing.

The ring road decision that could reshape Galway’s housing future After more than two decades of false starts, legal battles and planning setbacks, the announcement that stopped Galway in its tracks arrived quietly last Thursday morning. An Coimisiún Plean&aa...

Let the urban sprawl begin.

Sure none of the other thousands of roads have ever improved congestion, but THIS time it will be different...

purple billboard These Machines Fight Traffic in white with two bikes.

These Machines Fight Traffic.

Walked by this beauty last night - pretty awesome to see these messages out in the world.

Sure no need. The ring road will fix it.

I would argue it's not a failure. Their policies are working exactly as intended.

No nature, no food.

Baby toy that mimics a car steering wheel. “Driving fun.”

Propaganda.

Mick Kelly: We’re only ever nine meals away from anarchy. That risk is no longer just theoretical Ireland is sleepwalking into a food security crisis. We have just 74 field-scale vegetable growers left, down from around 600

Important read from Mick Kelly on Ireland's (dis)illusional food security.

Sitka Spruce is promoted in school? A problematic non-native tree grown in large plantations that have created ecological impoverishment at scale nationwide in one of the least forested countries in the EU27?

Sitka Spruce is now 44.6% of Ireland's total forest

Source assets.gov.ie/static/docum...

WFSA Statement on Deactivating Central Piped Nitrous Oxide Systems to Decrease Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions WFSA calls for the deactivation of central piped systems and a shift to portable cylinders to dramatically cut waste while maintaining safe, clinically appropriate patient care. Nitrous oxide (N2O)…

WFSA calls for the deactivation of central piped systems and a shift to portable cylinders to dramatically cut waste while maintaining safe, clinically appropriate patient care.

Is more security needed on Irish Rail? - Josh Crosbie Reports

Happy to contribute to this piece on saftey on trains in Limerick.
It’s easy to get bogged down in the negatives, but we need to see the bigger picture.
Limerick has real potential, the demand is there, it just needs decisive backing 🚆

open.spotify.com/episode/6akp...

Petrol and diesel hikes: Government pushes the same old fix in a worsening climate crisis As prices rise at the pumps, the Government should be changing course on fossil fuel use to secure our future, but instead it’s doubling down with subsidies.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about what the government could do instead of subsidising fossil fuels.

It has aged well in the sense that the Irish government has done none of what I (and others) suggested, and instead, showed more millions into the fossil fuel beast.

Effects of climate change on physical inactivity: a panel data study across 156 countries from 2000 to 2022 Rising temperatures are projected to increase the prevalence of physical inactivity, translating into additional premature deaths and productivity losses, especially in tropical regions. Prioritising ...

Rising temperatures are projected to increase the prevalence of physical inactivity, translating into additional premature deaths and productivity losses, especially in tropical regions.

Yea great potential!

Ireland’s hills are victims of policy that hurts farmers and nature Incentives to do the wrong thing have hindered habitats, wildlife and good farming practice

Sheep grazing is a sensitive issue but is also unavoidable if there is to be nature restoration on the hills.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

David McWilliams: Is Ireland the worst run country in Europe? There is no cost control. And no one seems to care about what we are getting for all this spending

If Ireland is the worst run country in Europe, Dublin is certainly one of the worst run cities in the world.

One picture, nine illegally parked cars.

Care are kings in Dublin.

Opinion: Carbon tax may be the tax we love to hate, but it's the one we can't afford to scrap Carbon tax may be unpopular, but we need it to avoid a far more expensive future, and the government was wrong to cave in after protests, writes John Gibbons.

Great piece by @thinkorswim.bsky.social in the Journal!

Next level propaganda ex-minister MHR and the government...