Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳 7469202
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 12hDon't turn your performative anger against Irish players and FAI staff @social-democrats.bsky.social support civil society peace groups in Palestine and Israel, there are over 100 - ALLMEP 010
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 12hArya Satheesh invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades, an 18-year-old student from Letterkenny in County Donegal, Ireland, has spent the past couple of years studying microplastics. www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/t...smithsonianmag.comThis High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It BiodegradesEighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution 010
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 28/09/2026Join us on Friday, October 2nd for a full day event focused on the importance of Ireland's cultural heritage sector in shaping a European values-based AI ecosystem. There are still a few in-person places left! 🪑 Can't attend in Dublin? View the morning livestream ▶️ Register: dri.ie/events/winds...dri.ie 011
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 18hAnimals, which blabbers and stumbles and tortures for a backside-numbing 190 minutes,is an unusual swing for the Abbey,the folks in charge should always welcome new ideas and new challenges.But this is an insufferable mess,the emperor’s new clothes of Irish theatre www.independent.ie/entertainmen...independent.ieAnimals review: Pretentious and exhausting adaptation of Blindboy Boatclub’s short stories is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen on an Irish stageAbbey Theatre, Dublin, until November 7 000
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 21hGreat Billy, thank you! 111
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Look out for my article in @irish-tech-news.bsky.social on this event on Friday at @ria.ie Winds of Change: Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI - Irish Museums Association @irishmuseums.bsky.social @europeana.bsky.social @dri.ie share.google/axp2JbCB66rY...share.googleWinds of Change: Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI - Irish Museums AssociationIn-person registration has now fully opened for 'Winds of Change: Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI', a collaborative event jointly organised by the Digital Repository of Ireland, the I... 223
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Half a million viewers tuned into Ireland v Israel game on RTÉ despite controversy Plus 230,000 views on the RTÉ Player #COYBIG www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...independent.ieHalf a million viewers tuned into Ireland v Israel game on RTÉ despite controversyCoverage has received more than 230,000 views on the RTÉ Player 101
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Damn, invasive Harlequin ladybird in the garden Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) is an invasive, non-native insect species that is established in parts of Ireland and poses a serious threat to native biodiversity. 021
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The murky story of Manchester City and 115 charges www.bbc.com/sport/extra/...bbc.comThe story of Manchester City and 115 chargesThe story of Manchester City and 115 charges 023
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Jack Moylan’s scintillating start to his Ireland football career makes him hard to ignore www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comJack Moylan’s scintillating start to his Ireland career makes him hard to ignoreKiss emoji from Palestinian teammate adds another layer to a surreal international window 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The murky story of Manchester City and 115 charges www.bbc.com/sport/extra/...bbc.comThe story of Manchester City and 115 chargesThe story of Manchester City and 115 charges 023
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Damn, invasive Harlequin ladybird in the garden Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) is an invasive, non-native insect species that is established in parts of Ireland and poses a serious threat to native biodiversity. 021
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Reluctant" Éirígí member (!) and Garvaghy Road resistance point man Breandán Mac Cionnaith rises to Drumcree challenge No. No. No to mediation? www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...irishtimes.comReluctant Garvaghy Road resistance point man Breandán Mac Cionnaith rises to Drumcree challenge‘Nobody saw this coming. I never thought we’d see this again. It’s like we’ve woken from a bad dream’ 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Half a million viewers tuned into Ireland v Israel game on RTÉ despite controversy Plus 230,000 views on the RTÉ Player #COYBIG www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...independent.ieHalf a million viewers tuned into Ireland v Israel game on RTÉ despite controversyCoverage has received more than 230,000 views on the RTÉ Player 101
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My essay from Metz, the final day of the France trip. Leo preached against revenge in the cathedral, then used the flight home to push back on Nvidia’s chief over AI regulation and call Germany’s far-right religion “not an authentic expression of Christianity.”thelettersfromleo.com“It Is Not True That Those Who Seek Revenge Are Stronger” — Pope Leo XIV Ends His France Journey in MetzHours after preaching against revenge, the first American pope pushed back on Nvidia’s chief over AI regulation and called Germany’s far-right religion “not an authentic expression of Christianity.” 0194
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Look out for my article in @irish-tech-news.bsky.social on this event on Friday at @ria.ie Winds of Change: Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI - Irish Museums Association @irishmuseums.bsky.social @europeana.bsky.social @dri.ie share.google/axp2JbCB66rY...share.googleWinds of Change: Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI - Irish Museums AssociationIn-person registration has now fully opened for 'Winds of Change: Ireland's Cultural Heritage Sector and Public AI', a collaborative event jointly organised by the Digital Repository of Ireland, the I... 223
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Pope LEO pushed back on Nvidia’s chief over AI regulation and called Germany’s far-right religion “not an authentic expression of Christianity" by @christopherjhale.bsky.social www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/it-is-not-...thelettersfromleo.com“It Is Not True That Those Who Seek Revenge Are Stronger” — Pope Leo XIV Ends His France Journey in MetzHours after preaching against revenge, the first American pope pushed back on Nvidia’s chief over AI regulation and called Germany’s far-right religion “not an authentic expression of Christianity.” 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Only two EU countries tax diesel more heavily than Belgium Not Ireland, Italy and Malta www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2338...brusselstimes.comOnly two EU countries tax diesel more heavily than BelgiumAccording to the Commission’s calculations, 42.5% of the average price per litre paid by diesel drivers in Belgium last week went towards various government taxes. 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I see harassment of players and FAI continues in @irishtimes.com, sports corrs have led the charge #COYBIG www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comGavin Cooney: Long week ahead as Ireland brace for emotional fan reaction at Aviva StadiumFAI unlikely to make any significant noises about second Israel fixture until home match against Austria out of the way 000
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.thebetter.newsFinland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.meIn Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness. 9372150
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Unholy Podcast @unholypod.bsky.social · 29/09/202628 days to E-DAY. At least once a day, we'll share a term related to Israeli elections. If you listen to Unholy regularly, you probably heard these before. Follow us to get the 101 on Israeli elections. 033
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sam McBride: As Michelle O’Neill behaves like a medieval monarch, flouting courts she’s bound to respect, Stormont is lurching towards collapse www.independent.ie/comment/opin...independent.ieSam McBride: As Michelle O’Neill behaves like a medieval monarch, flouting courts she’s bound to respect, Stormont is lurching towards collapseO’Neill’s view of her power akin to that of Richard Nixon, and has profoundly disturbing implications in other areas 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026👏John Banville cancels appearance at Spanish festival after it drops Jewish author over pro-Israel 'stance' - free speech? www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...irishtimes.comJohn Banville cancels appearance at Spanish festival after it drops Argentinian author over pro-Israel stanceBooker Prize-winning novelist was a headline act at Granada literary festival but withdrew over exclusion of author Ariana Harwicz 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just imcompetence then? ‘No one in Fianna Fáil was beholden to any banker,’ insists Brian Cowen at biography launch in Offaly www.independent.ie/county/offal...independent.ie‘No one in Fianna Fáil was beholden to any banker,’ insists Brian Cowen at biography launch in OffalyFormer taoiseach Brian Cowen has strongly defended his government’s handling of the financial crisis in 2008, insisting that “no one in Fianna Fáil was beholden to any banker” and that the controversi... 011
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026John Banville pulls out of Spanish literary festival in protest at its exclusion of Jewish author www.independent.ie/irish-news/j...independent.ieJohn Banville pulls out of Spanish literary festival in protest at its exclusion of pro-Israel authorFollowing the announcement of his withdrawal from the festival, Mr Banville claimed “my cancellation was my statement” 010
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Gabriel M Ahlfeldt @ahlfeldt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Who hasn’t wished for consistent European micro-geographic house-price indices? Start: Germany + England & Wales in one dashboard. Data ready to download. Send me yours sites.google.com/view/ahlfeld... Send me your AHS index from your country! @bsoeberlin.bsky.social @heblich.bsky.social 15415
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ireland fulfil fixture against Israel, but pressure to cancel return game - from sports journos will not let up - like this in @irishtimes.com Let people who know write, Mark Weiss, Michael Jansen? #keepsportsjounosoutofpolitics www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comIreland fulfil fixture against Israel, but pressure to cancel return game will not let upFollowing 3-0 win in Debrecen, attention turns to Austria game at Aviva Stadium, with protests expected 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ireland win 3-0 #COYBIG www.bbc.com/sport/footba...bbc.comIsrael 0-3 Republic of Ireland: Irish impress in Debrecen victoryRepublic of Ireland claim their first win of their Nations League B3 campaign with an impressive showing against Israel in Debrecen. 100
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Preview: Israel vs Republic of Ireland - prediction 1 -1 draw, team news, lineups - Sports Mole share.google/kWTpxWZCXnZN...share.googlePreview: Israel vs Republic of Ireland - prediction, team news, lineups - Sports MoleSports Mole previews Sunday's UEFA Nations League clash between Israel and Republic of Ireland, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. 100
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There is something profoundly unfair about political leaders failing so spectacularly,viewed from Israeli or Irish side,dumping consequences on to young men in their 20s who are not geopolitical analysts. To rage at them with a kind of righteous fury,whatever they say tinyurl.com/8w86m4azindependent.ieTséla Rubel: Here in Israel, I wish we were having a different conversation about the Ireland gameIt’s only in recent days that coverage of tonight’s football match against Ireland has gathered momentum here in Israel. 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Football has won" Players follow FAI Council and vote for game to go ahead, despite huge pressures from anti Israel lobby www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...independent.ieIreland players ‘left adrift’ by FAI, says Eamon Dunphy after team votes to go ahead with Israel games‘Football has won,’ says Israeli FA after uncertainty over fixture ends 110
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Extraordinarily poor coverage from @irishtimes.com on Ireland-Israel matches saga Independent/informed/quality/neutral? Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAI @ruaidhrioc.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...irishtimes.comIreland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAIGavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Context? Gavin Bazunu was first choice for Southampton over the first half of the 2025/26 campaign but lost his place to Daniel Peretz (Israeli goalie) in January this year. 010
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪⚫️🐦⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Day 668 of nonstop protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests 📹 Giorgi Burjanadze 413557
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026John Banville leaves the Granada International Festival of Arts, Literature and Humanities due to the veto against Ariana Harwicz www.lavozdegalicia.es/amp/noticia/...lavozdegalicia.esJohn Banville abandona el Festival Internacional de Arte, Literatura y Humanidades de Granada por el veto a Ariana HarwiczEl escritor irlandés, ganador de los premios Príncipe de Asturias y Booker, era el encargado de clausurar el evento este domingo 010
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 12/09/2026More than half a century ago, one of the darkest figures in Northern Ireland’s history recorded a tape. That man was the Beast of Kincora, William McGrath. The tape lay hidden until another deeply sinister figure — Jeffrey Donaldson — was convicted of child rape three months ago.belfasttelegraph.co.ukHidden for over half a century, audio tape exposes Beast of Kincora’s hate-filled religiosity which snared young men and fuelled TroublesFerociously anti-Catholic McGrath, who believed Ulster Protestants descended from Lost Tribes of Israel, recorded tape in 1971 while a rampant paedophile 063
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Amid myriad crises and without a budget half way through the financial year, Stormont is spending three days debating if someone can invent their own gender...& if people should be jailed for trying to "suppress" that. It's been a remarkable debate so far.belfasttelegraph.co.ukAmid myriad crises, Stormont is spending three days debating if someone can invent their own genderAssembly in third sitting of wrangling over whether trying to ‘suppress’ a self-declared identity should carry a jail term 151
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Photonics use in data centres? Will a switch to light speed cut power use at data centres? by @joefay.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comData centres: Developers hope fibre optics will cut power useTo save power and add capacity, data centres are switching from copper wires to tech using light. 011
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Shurely shome mishtake? Data centre article by the excellent Mark Paul, photo places Slough (UK) in west Dublin (poss. Blanchardstown?) And Blanch Debenhams is also closed @irishtimes.com @ruaidhrioc.bsky.social 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Look forward to 3 Days of Invention and Creativity at Maker Faire Rome, read @irish-tech-news.bsky.social Festival of creativity brings together creators, artists, scientists,engineers and enthusiasts of all ages 📍 #MFR2026 al Gazometro Ostiense See vid from 2025 www.instagram.com/reel/DQwHCdR...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 000
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Photonics use in data centres? Will a switch to light speed cut power use at data centres? by @joefay.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comData centres: Developers hope fibre optics will cut power useTo save power and add capacity, data centres are switching from copper wires to tech using light. 011
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The proposed ban on non-essential use of PFAS in the EU is being fought by the chemicals industry on a scale, "far bigger than anything the tobacco industry have been able to pull together." share.google/r69snPliLy5N...share.googleIndustry using ‘tobacco playbook’ to fend off ‘forever chemicals’ regulationIndustry-funded research and exaggerated claims litter arguments made by fluoropolymer industry against stricter regulation 313293
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Herzog Park naming debacle caused ‘deep’ community division – Dublin Cty council report Officials should have recognised potential for reputational damage and international criticism, accusations of antisemitism www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...irishtimes.comHerzog Park naming debacle caused ‘deep’ community division – council reportOfficials should have recognised potential for reputational damage and international criticism 000
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Maoz Inon's parents were killed on October 7. Aziz Abu Sarah's brother died in Israeli custody. On #RestIsPolitics, they explain why peace is closer than you think. Together with 200+ orgs in our network, they're building its foundations: @johnlyndon.bsky.social #ALLMEP youtu.be/_XMPsszDAR0?...youtu.beCan Israelis and Palestinians Find A Path To Peace? | Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz InonYouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading 043
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪Shane McKee @shaneir.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Listening to Aziz & Maoz on @restispolitics.bsky.social Leading atm. Two very impressive people. Peace is hard. Peace takes work. It's worth it. 053
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪John Lyndon @johnlyndon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Good to join @f24debate.france24.com to discuss ALLMEP & @parispeaceforum.bsky.social civil society roundtable w/ Macron at #UNGA80 as Pal state recognised. With: ✅ new ALLMEP poll showing 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇺🇸 support for regional TSS deal ✅ vital role civil society must play on the ground in making it a reality 061
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026FACT FOCUS: Trump made the usual multiple false and misleading claims in front of the UN General Assembly apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comFACT FOCUS: Trump made multiple false and misleading claims in front of the UN General AssemblyPresident Donald Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term... 001
Reposted by Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 21/09/2026Overall, how similar are Britain and Ireland? Very similar: 7% Fairly similar: 45% Fairly different: 25% Very different: 8% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... 3123