That’s exactly what the sky was like last night! A real wowzer.

Clapsholas i gConamara #spéirgorm

Ag sú na gréine #speirgorm

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Can we not just focus on the climate crisis.

I'll be in Dingle over the May Bank Holiday weekend for two talks related to Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara as part of Féile na Bealtaine

365 Challenge No. 1 - 2026 publish daily old unpublished pics
Day 103 - wet streets and curvy tramlines, Lisbon, Portugal 2025
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Cois claddaigh trathnóna #spéirgorm

I thought all it would take to end the protests was a meeting with gov?

Now it seems it will also take:

-oil & gas exploration off west coast

-Abolition of carbon tax

-Price caps on fuel

-Wider undefined cost of living supports

…and as of this morning, bringing down the government

It's when you read this you sort of think, well that explains why the IFA didn't ask him to join them at the negotiating table

Sorry, what now?

You want the carbon tax abolished and VAT and excise cut, but it transpires that you don’t actually pay your taxes.

Right so.

Cranes return to the UK due to rewilding effort in Somerset Cranes are still on the endangered species list but there are now 87 breeding pairs in Somerset, say conservationists.

A great success story which is hopefully being mirrored in Ireland (where we know cranes are breeding but accurate numbers are lacking, albeit much lower than in Britain)

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sailín Chuach - ceann do bhláthanna an Earraigh is deise liom.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Could Ireland’s burial grounds become memorial places where our late loved ones are remembered not with the deadly permanence of plastic, but with plants, flowers and trees that will, like all of us, eventually return to the earth?

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

Hannah Daly: Irish people are again paying a high price for our reliance on fossil fuels But renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression

“Energy security, affordability and climate action are not competing priorities. They point to the same solution: urgently reducing dependence on fossil fuels.”

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Nach raibh, bhí trí nduine dhéag clainne ag mo Mhamó.

Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan - mo Mhamó agus mo Dheaide ar a corróig, a máthair fhéin lena taobh agus cliabhán ar a droim.

Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

I'm not suggesting this is an open secret within the climate science community, but it's remarkable how little impact this sort of research is generating. Because if the rate of warming really has *doubled* then you can kiss goodbye to 2°C. www.carbonbrief.org/pace-of-glob...

Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

Drowning in plain sight: Thousands of sharks, skates, seals and dolphins are dying in tangle nets Critically endangered species are being killed in a rapidly expanding crayfish fishery, and the State has known the risks for decades, writes Pádraic Fogarty.

Why are thousands of rare and protected species drowning in fishing gear off the Irish coast, including in our only marine National Park?

jrnl.ie/6968217

Is mór an spóirt iad!

Meastú an bhfuil aon scadán le fáil ann anois?

Níos lú ná 1% d'earcaigh ina gcainteoirí Gaeilge in 2025 Cainteoirí Gaeilge iad níos lú ná 1% de na daoine a earcaíodh chuig an tseirbhís phoiblí anuraidh fríd PoistPhoiblí.

Is scéal mór nuachta é seo ó @news.rte.ie nach bhfuair aird chuí le cúpla lá anuas. Is gá tabhairt faoin dúshlán seo le fonn agus le fuadar ag leibhéal ard straitéiseach sa tseirbhís phoiblí féin agus sna hollscoileanna.

www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/...

Aighneacht le déanamh ag Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le hiarratas ar chearta bainte feamainne ar chladaí Chonamara Tá iarratais déanta ag Arramara, atá lonnaithe i gCill Chiaráin, ar cheadúnais bainte feamainne ar stráicí móra de chladaí Chonamara, ó Ros an Mhíl siar chomh fada le Cloch na Rón

'Dúirt Jim Keogh ó Arramara cheana nár cheap sé go mbeadh an comhlacht ag cur cosc ar aon duine a bhainfeadh feamainn d’úsáid phearsanta.'

Ní leor 'nár cheap sé' shamhlóinn, agus céard a bheadh i gceist le 'd'úsáid phearsanta' meas tú? 🤔

tuairisc.ie/aighneacht-l...

Communities fight 'corporate' bid for seaweed rights Communities on Ireland's west coast say they will fight to safeguard their traditional seaweed rights against what they describe as a "corporate takeover "of their livelihoods.

Communities on Ireland's west coast say they will fight to safeguard their traditional seaweed rights against what they describe as a "corporate takeover "of their livelihoods.

Angel Sharks are in real danger of going extinct locally, which would speed up their demise globally, because of the way the Irish government is issuing tangle net licences.
#RTECountrywide

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades - Eos That’s much faster than what most scientists thought.

Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades eos.org/articles/res...

Pádraic Fogarty: Ecosystem collapse is real and is happening here now Ireland can breeze through the collapse of our own ecosystems because of the stabilising effect of much larger ecosystems elsewhere. Now those ecosystems too are at risk of collapse, due principally t...

Global ecosystem collapse is a real prospect. An appropriate response would be for us to restore our own ecosystems and diversify our food production.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...