Richard Harris for Tánaiste

Sean McCabe (dialling in from Central Europe) exploring how an unexpected overlap between a soccer club and the Society of Jesus might clear ground for really innovative climate justice initiatives.

I can still be a St Pat's supporter and be very excited that @jcfjustice.bsky.social are working with @bfcdublin.bsky.social on the possibility of developing community wealth building for the northside of Dublin. Sean McCabe here laying out the vision

***Save the Date*** Registration will open soon for the JCFJ Annual Lecture 2026.

This year, we welcome Pieter De Witte from KU Leuven with a paper titled "For we know not what we do. Reflections on punishment, community and forgiveness."

Watched it on LOITV. Subs made a huge impact. Massive result!

@talamhbeo.bsky.social

iern.org/laulanie/ New prize for agroecology students

No Bad Chocolate for Lent - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland For many people, Lent is a time to temporarily abstain from chocolate. Is this self-denial pleasing to God? Niall Leahy SJ takes a closer look at the chocolate industry before making up his mind.

The uncomfortable truth is that much of the chocolate we consume is relatively cheap because someone else, and somebody much poorer than us, is paying the price. Our bargain is their poverty and our pleasure is their pain. 

www.jcfj.ie/2026/02/19/n...

Prison Has No Waiting List - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland Those caught in this situation are often too unwell to stand trial, condemned to spend an indeterminate time in an overcrowded prison. Prisons, which have a deleterious effect on those with stable men...

Last week, RTE's Psychiatric Care Scandal docs and Ivan Rosney's death report shone light on the some of the darkest recesses of Irish society.

"Prisons ... exacerbate the rapid fraying of a person’s mind. It is not too much to draw an equivalence to torture."
www.jcfj.ie/2026/02/16/p...

Moral of today’s match is bring on the subs!!

People get trapped in multiple false 'totalities':
- psychological
- cultural
- political, etc.

Genuine Christian conversion -> experience of utter 'transcendence', shattering every fake 'totality'.

Inauthentic 'conversion' -> entrapment in yet another totality, often with a 'religious' facade!

Head 12 Exemption from the Act of 2015 Provide that: Any function or exercise undertaken under this Act shall be exempt from the provisions of section 15 of the Act of 2015. Explanatory Note This Head provides that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 do not apply to any functions or exercises undertaken under this Bill.

An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.

13.02.2026 | Derry City 2-2 Dundalk FC.

📸 Sportfile

One in ten homeless people in Ireland living on one Dublin street One in ten people who are homeless in Ireland are living in accommodation on one Dublin street, according to figures released to RTÉ's Prime Time.

My office is on this street. If the people who live there vote a gangster into office, it should be very easy to understand since it is bordering on the criminal how their area is treated: www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months

* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor

If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…

www.carbonbrief.org/...

Ireland’s prison system under fire over treatment of inmates with mental illness RTÉ documentary lays bare how prisoners with severe mental illness are failed by the State, with devastating consequences for families

I interviewed a retired prison officer last year who told me of one prisoner’s mother showing up on the day of his committal with his teddy; he couldn’t sleep without it. Mick has been covering this for a long time
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

New book from Michael Byrne, seeking to map why the rent is too damn high

Everyone in @jcfjustice.bsky.social is very excited about this from @mickbyrne.bsky.social

More of this please. Badly needed.

Roderic O’Gorman 'still facing threats and social media abuse' 'I never got homophobic abuse until I was 39, a minister, and there’s a gang outside Leinster House with a noose," says Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman.

A good interview about how poor the new government has been, from the mouth of someone at the heart of the (much better) older one
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Cycling without a helmet and high-vis clothing may be made criminal offences in Ireland — Law areound cyclists being reviewed with e-scooter proposals for helmets and high-vis. Seán Canney, the Minister of State for road safety, is considering making it illegal to cycle without …

Having rowed back on lowering speed limits and reforming the Road Safety Authority, Minister Canney is now doubling down on the RSA's failed policies by scapegoating the most vulnerable on the road instead of following evidence-based measures to make our roads safer.

irishcycle.com/2026/01/23/c...

How Ireland got hooked on ultra-processed foods – and the only viable solution Reformulating ultra-processed food as effective as low-tar cigarettes or guns with fewer bullets

This sheds a lot of light on the science and business of food. Education is not enough. Time for government to start the shift away from ultra processed food www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

guess we know the reason why the Minister for Justice was sitting on this inspection report

Go raibh maith agat for the plug Marc!

‘Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin’: Judge reduces €50,000 damages award by 80% Court finds cyclist was mainly responsible for collision with motorbike in which he suffered brain and soft-tissue injuries

‘Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin’: Judge reduces €50,000 damages award by 80%
By the same token, I have to declare experientially that drivers seem to be out-of-control on our roads managing to kill 190 in 2025.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Opinion: 2025 was a devastating year on Irish roads. We need a transport system that keeps us safe Safety of pedestrians and cyclists on Irish roads is going in exactly the wrong direction, writes Dr Catherine Conlon.

"What we need is a transport system that supports heath. This means safe, high-quality infrastructure for walking and cycling integrated with high quality public transport that is complimented by car use when needed."

Excellent article by Dr. Catherine Conlon.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/road-...

Regime change in an oil rich country - I mean what could go wrong.

Looking forwarding to hosting this webinar on Pope Leo’s first major piece of teaching next Tuesday 28th with @kevinhargaden.bsky.social , Fr Peter McVerry SJ and Trocaire’s Jane Mellet

Believing Is Not Escaping: What Politics Could Learn from Religion - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland Naming the Assumptions Let us start by stating two common assumptions: The first position used to be extended often by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens and their ilk. I have heard it myself: t...

In our latest blog post @kevinhargaden.bsky.social calls for our leaders to be courageous in facing up to a climate crisis that won't negotiate. www.jcfj.ie/2025/10/14/b...

Buried at the back of an article - current Director of the Irish Car Park Association; David Cullen admits they were wrong about the #TransportPlan

“We’ve been embarrassed to say we got it wrong… some of our car parks are busier than ever”

‘Mon the Town!