Reposted by BertieSharrow 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026Again we need EU owned and based tech solutions or else this bullshit will continue. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...irishtimes.comCuban cafe in Belfast hit by US sanctions on HavanaOwner forced to cancel online delivery service due to stoppage in regular payments by US bank 13812
Reposted by BertieAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Greta Thunberg is not in the Epstein files, but Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump are. 393384888
Reposted by BertieAntain Mac Lochlainn @antainmac.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Mar a dúirt Greta Thunberg i gcomhthéacs eile: 'Blá, blá, blá.' www.thejournal.ie/wicklow-drui...thejournal.ieEU ministers will discuss measures to tackle Israeli West Bank settlers at Wicklow meetingThis week Ireland will host EU defence and foreign affairs ministers for wide-ranging discussions on security, the Ukraine war and the Middle East in Wicklow. 052
Bertie @bertie-peacock.bsky.social · 29/08/2026@lloislanel.bsky.social Always meant to ask you if you every thought about writing a book on Winifred Carney? A very interesting Irish woman. With whom I share a birthday 😊 110
Reposted by BertiePaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 15/03/2026This video was deleted from Twitter by Elin Musk. You know what to do ‼️ 431360881
Reposted by BertieEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Why is @news.rte.ie describing this as a "natural disaster", when all the experts say it was largely due to human-caused climate collapse? This sort of messaging is a big part of the problem. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comNearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 356Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims 13434135
Reposted by BertieIrish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The arrogance of a British PM who didn't get a single vote in Ireland, telling Irish people in Ireland that an instrument of international law is 'off the table'. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...irishtimes.comBritish PM Andy Burnham says border poll on united Ireland ‘off the table’‘I see how referenda can really take you backwards because it turns people in on themselves,’ Burnham says in Belfast 28219106
Reposted by BertieRob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Apples show the limits of using oranges in apple tart 1122
Reposted by BertieTony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Today the Government will have an emergency Dáil sitting over fuel excise duty. Later today the latest homelessness figures will be announced. A new record, no doubt, with over 7k children in emergency accommodation. But there’ll be no emergency sitting for them. 25131
Reposted by BertieThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 25/08/2026All progressive ideas banished to Room 101! Backtrack Burnham is putting the UK on the Road to Wigan Keir. 21236105
Reposted by BertieCarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026"One-bedroom apartments will be priced between €251,000 and €318,000 and are aimed at applicants with a single or combined income of between €56,000 and €71,000." And these are meant to be "Affordable". Jesus Christ. #spéirghorm 1125
Reposted by BertieAidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I look forward to Micheál Martin deflecting from this with the most suspicious statement possible 1327
Reposted by BertieEd O’Loughlin @edoloughlin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Good. Now do Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. 092
Reposted by BertieFeljin Jose @feljin.ie · 21/08/2026I have a novel idea, hear me out. We could ban all trade with these illegal settlements. Both goods and services. We could call it an Occupied Territories Bill or something like that. 716765
Reposted by BertieEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This coming Sunday at 6.30pm, the first of the 2-part tv version of An Irish Atlantic Rainforest will air on @rteone.rte.ie. It's a portrait of astonishing beauty, and of the raw joy and hope that rewilding brings into our lives. about.rte.ie/2026/08/18/a...about.rte.ieAn Irish Atlantic Rainforest: The Story of a West Cork Rainforest on the edges of the Beara Peninsula – About RTÉThe two-part series begins Sunday 23 August at 6.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player An Irish Atlantic Rainforest tells the story of Eoghan Daltun, who has created his very own rainforest by rewilding an o... 09827
Bertie @bertie-peacock.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Watched the fantastic Katie Boyle tonight on - @nextupcomedy.com who are streaming from #EdinburghFringe2026 Then to be blown away by the next show Sam Ely as Basil Crumbwick. Think the big scary man was too much for the pupster tho 🤣 000
Reposted by BertieSimon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue 32777335
Reposted by BertieGill Tate @gillyhx.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This guy is soooo good 👇 www.instagram.com/reel/DbJZkt3...instagram.com☁️Cloud Daddy☁️ on Instagram: "Good for rhe rich! . . #politics"14K likes, 306 comments - pissedmagistus on July 23, 2026: "Good for rhe rich! . . #politics". 011
Bertie @bertie-peacock.bsky.social · 21/08/2026@rgcceltic.bsky.social I thought there would be a post European pod up by now. Still nursing hangovers? 🙂 000
Reposted by BertieLawrieBhoy 🍀 @lawriebhoy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So, you’ve suddenly discovered Christianity? Name three Christian policies on: The meek The poor Neighbours 041
Reposted by BertieJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“Something has changed. And there is a contradiction here that is hard to ignore. Ireland has taken a strong public position on Palestinian rights. But that is not the experience Palestinians are having when they encounter our immigration system.” - Angie Goughirishexaminer.comWhy is department acting against Government policy and public wishes on Gaza students?Last year, 80 Palestinian scholarship students were granted visas. This year, at least half have been refused. What has changed? asks Angie Gough 1219
Reposted by BertieDeirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The M9 crash gang weren’t deterred by danger to themselves - punishments won’t work either. Retired sergeant Graham Kavanagh says young men like this must be identified a lot earlier in their journey to destruction www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...irishexaminer.comA retired guard on the M9 crash: What are we getting wrong with our young men?Retired garda sergeant Graham Kavanagh reflects on the tragic events in Kildare last weekend and asks how we can reach young men whose lives are going in the wrong direction 0164
Reposted by BertieEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We KNOW that rewilding massively reduces flooding and the effects of drought, not to mention reversing nature loss, boosting rural communities and the wider economy, and aiding against climate collapse. Why is the government still ignoring the obvious? www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 10416144
Reposted by BertiePhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Can't help thinking that if Hind had dreadlocks and tenure and maybe told a few fibs, the British media would be all over it ... Western media and journalism are not in a good place right now, and we need not just to ask why, but how we can fix them. 051
Reposted by BertieGerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026Record homelessness, evictions, healthcare crisis waiting lists and crowded A&Es, not worth recalling the Dáil. In case you were wondering who's calling the shots. 096
Reposted by BertieDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026finally figured out where abroad the "Nation Rises Foundation" is based. a supposed Irish nationalist project domiciled in Delaware with an English white nationalist as its secretary. again, any enterprising journalists who aren't me, feel free to ask Michael McCarthy about this 12315
Reposted by BertieC🎃lette Carr🎃ll ♑️ 💙🍂 @carrcole.bsky.social · 19/08/2026youtube.com/shorts/KR7PQ...youtube.comthe coffee enema to ai drone warfare pipeline ♥️YouTube video by matt bernstein 021
Reposted by BertieAodhán Ó'Coileáin @werslabber.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Just another reason to despise this government. Trinity 'deeply concerned' over refusal of Gaza students' visas jrnl.ie/7135535jrnl.ieTrinity 'deeply concerned' over refusal of Gaza students' visasA protest is to take place outside the department of justice’s offices in Dublin city centre this afternoon. 031
Reposted by BertiePhilip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Will never understand Irish media outlets using British honorifics when referring to these oxygen thieves. They have names, like everyone else. 3242
Reposted by BertieDean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026every single journalist anywhere should read this piece, but I would especially recommend it to Irish journalists since so many editors here seem intent on importing the most morally bankrupt qualities of the British press into ours 15314
Reposted by BertieThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 19/08/2026A petition has been launched to vocalise opposition to the development of a Starbucks drive-thru at Galway Shopping Centre on Headford Road jrnl.ie/7135622jrnl.iePetition launched to stop development of Starbucks drive-thru at Galway Shopping CentreThe proposed development is in the very centre of Galway city. 1113
Reposted by BertieIrish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Ireland can make bold decisions and move heaven and earth where this is political will. Let's employ this same energy to housing and healthcare. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...irishexaminer.comGen Z want active travel — temporary Adare Ryder Cup train station shows what's possibleThe new temporary train station in Adare for the Ryder Cup shows these things can be done — so why can't this approach be taken more widely? 0125
Reposted by BertieLyam Mc @lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Exactly 👍 I love how the far right got caught het on this one. Them royals are all foreign cousins 🤓😂😂😂 051
Reposted by BertieDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/08/2026“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus. 193102172090
Reposted by BertieT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains! Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world. 13872852044
Reposted by BertieIreland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Our protest against the participation of a team from genocidal Israel at the WUCC Frisbee Championships in Limerick today, lots of energy and anger that a team from the apartheid state is allowed to play here. We were joined by spectators, players and teams. #FreePalestine 05215
Reposted by BertieOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Don't let them! "Google plans to concrete over land at Arena Essex Raceway, which hosts 530 invertebrate species and has Local Wildlife Site status. Spread across 128 acres, the data centre is expected to emit more than half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year" via Protect the Wild 22530369
Reposted by BertieSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is a complete distraction. Ireland cannot build a nuclear power plant fast enough to matter. Making a decision to do so would excuse punting on all the wind and solar things it can and must do. This is a lobby project of the tech industry to have something to say when building data centres. 22270120
Reposted by BertieMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026CEO of Westerly Water has an idea. 1035197
Reposted by BertieLeo ᚑ ᚄᚓᚐᚉᚆᚅᚐᚄᚐᚔᚌᚆ @leoie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Barry O'Halloran who's written multiple favourable articles about nuclear power here laments that the eclipse caused solar power generation to dip to "near zero". He'll be glad to learn the next one isn't for 60 years. Also, wait till he finds out about night time. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...irishtimes.comEclipse threatened electricity shortage as solar power generation dipped to near zeroWind was also weak and three power stations were out of action, so EirGrid called on emergency backup 66713