I'm finding the Sionnach app very good

Final result of #aras25:

Electorate: 3,614,450
Votes cast: 1,656,436 (45.8%)

Spoilt: 213,738 (12.9%)
Valid poll: 1,442,698

Connolly: 914,143 (63.3%)
Humphreys: 424,987 (29.5%)
Gavin: 103,568 (7.2%)

Catherine Connolly is elected the tenth President of Ireland.

A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 mins between feeding. These amazing pollinating insects are being hit hard by widespread habitat loss. So each nectar-rich flower you plant in a windowbox or in your garden or community green spaces could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝
#SaveTheBees #nature

Rock Pipit amongst seaweed and small rocks on the shore. Black and white linocut

Rock Pipit - linocut by Cornwall artist and printmaker, Lou Tonkin

More of this artist's delightful artwork, here: loutonkin.com/collections/...

#art #birds #linocut #printmaking 🪶

Concern for well-being of missing Limerick girls Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of two 14-year-old girls, Caoimhe Barry and Khloe Murphy, who are missing from their homes in Castleconnell and Annacotty, ...

Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of two 14-year-old girls, Caoimhe Barry and Khloe Murphy, who are missing from their homes in Castleconnell and Annacotty, Limerick since yesterday

On day six of my advent calendar - a matchbox sized selection of seeds, berries, petals, lichen and snail shells - arranged like a box of confectionery, to illustrate the bounty we provide for wildlife, in gardening with the taste of our wild-kin foremost in our minds.

My 6th wild whimsy ~ Wilds assorted fancies! Our wild-kin have their own particular take on what constitutes confectionery. What’s tasty to them, is often toxic to us. But there’s something delicious in providing them with a bountiful selection of fancies here in our #WildlifeGarden #AdventCalendar

A trampoline on its side in our garden having been blown through the fence from a neighbours garden

Looks like we now have a trampoline....
#StormDarragh

CULCHIE CHILD! CULCHIE CHILD SEGMENT!

EVERYBODY SHUT UP

#LateLateToyShow

#latelatetoyshow

Glad to see #thelatelatetoyshow chat is THRIVING here on bluesky. (formerly) #irishtwitter are a gas bunch. Glad to see ye here!

Stolen from reddit #latelatetoyshow

In the current game state, Andy was playing for fifth. Now Andy goes into final 6 with Genevieve, Rachel and Sam all supposedly “bigger threats” plus a huge resume point.

Maybe this backfires and he’s voted out but this gives him a shot to actually win. #survivor

White mountain hare in snow, amongst rocks an winter landscape

Dark Peak - woodcut by British artist and printmaker, Anthony Ratcliffe

I am in awe of this artist's talent!

#hare #mountainhare #woodcut #printmaking #art

Finally got to watch the probabilities scene on #survivor.

Andy did a very simple and reasonable analysis to claim it’s “remote” Kyle would win the next four challenges (6.25%).

The assumptions can be argued, but why it got so much pushback is fascinating and a case study in math communication.

Labour tops manifesto assessment on climate, the three largest parties all fail | Friends of the Earth Campaigners call for would-be Taoiseachs to be challenged on their party’s failure in Leaders’ Debate The Labour Party has come out on top in 

Labour policies on climate come out top in this review for Friends of the Earth, notable ahead of the Greens. FG and FF fail the review (mostly based on fossil fuels) www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-...

My #wildflowerhour week began splendidly on Monday with a little patch or two of my all-time favourite plant, Field Woundwort Stachys arvensis. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

After a freezing, snowy week I didn’t spot much in flower today for #wildflowerhour, just five but it was still fun looking for #thewinter10!Clockwise, from top left Gorse still looking glorious 😍, Common Daisy, Scentless Mayweed, Cow Parsley & Narrow-leaved Ragwort. 🌼🌿❄️

A troop of unidentified mushrooms grow on a tree

A thousand mushrooms crowd to a keyhole,
This is the one star in their firmament...

Finding mushrooms is like discovering a mysterious treasure! No idea what any of them are though. Maybe I need to get an id book

A basket full of Ivy umbels and a tumble of fallen leaves, savings for a rainy day - moments enjoying their loveliness, well spent today. Hoping you’ve spent the weekend keeping out of Storm Bert’s way too! He really is feeling stroppy! #VitaminN #RainyDay #StormBert #NatureTreasure

An overturned stick is held upright in an autumn forest and covered in mature Splitgill mushrooms, one stacked above the next, each of their gills radiating above the next

Here are some nice mushrooms

Two Starlings and a woodpigeon on a lawn that is covered with fallen autumn leaves

Starlings (and a Woopigeon!) on my leaf covered lawn last weekend. 😍
Taken through my cat-flap... 😁
#birds 🪶🐦

Had a small walk in between rain and found an unexpected friend. ✨

The official cast photos of The Traitors US season 3, premiering Jan. 9 on Peacock. #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUS

These Melaleuca flowers smell like honey and attract a huge number of insects including native bees and honey bees 🐝 they are in full flowering glory right now, the Pup and I were enjoying them today on our walk. Added fluffy grass for fun.

OK this place is definitely home, with Carlow weather guy and #sneachta chats! #blueskyireland

Some #Sneachta above Carlow

A bit disconcerting when one of the world's largest moth species is attracted to your headlamp! Found this beautiful Hercules Moth in far north Queensland.

#wildoz #wildlife #nature #biodiversity #insects

Beautiful!

Circumstances led me to dig out this video of a great bustard grunting and belching.

So here it is, in the hope that great bustard belching will improve your Monday by a solid 18.7%.

Sound up!