Reposted by Cosáin ClimatePaul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 13h"On a per capita basis, Ireland is subsidising fossil fuels at a rate up to 5 times the EU average." "The total fossil fuel subsidy figure for 2026 may well now be more than €6 billion." Compare: the new Children’s Hospital cost €2.24 billion & the total Education Budget for 2026 is €13.5 billion. 33327
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026@garda.ie may as well not exist. When it comes to traffic law enforcement in particular, their absence would not be noticed. 040
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Traffic consultants NRB Consulting Engineers said the revised scheme would add no more than about 4% to traffic through the Kinsale Rd junction. That is below the 5% threshold Transport Infrastructure Ireland applies to congested junctions." www.irishexaminer.com/property/dev...irishexaminer.comPlanning refused for Cork city KFC and Costa Coffee outletsCouncil said drive thru isolates the cafe/restaurants from the main walking route serving the district 141
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"The Irish Government’s Road Safety Strategy has established a target of no more than 130 or fewer fatalities in 2023." 100
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026static.klipy.comHilary Duff as Sophie: Do It!ALT: Hilary Duff as Sophie: Do It! 000
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Starbucks customers not wearing high vis. That's the problem right there. 010
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 01/10/2026On National Poetry Day, here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world. 22555181
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Geometry: "The most important concept in transport planning. Everything else is footnotes." ~Jarrett Walker (@humantransit.bsky.social). 16712
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateGreen Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenparty.ie · 30/09/2026✊ Join the Greens at the ‘Fund Our Future’ protest from 12:30pm on Thursday at the Garden of Remembrance. Students Unions, opposition parties, and third-level students will be gathering to say Budget 2027 must support students and younger people. 1115
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateRob O'Mhantain @mhantain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Roads would be a lot safer if he wasn't using his mobile phone while behind the wheel of a car 5339
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Large drowned rat the size of a small rat on Salthill Prom earlier today. It was a wild night. 030
Reposted by Cosáin ClimatePaul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Ending Fossil Power", the latest report from Stop Climate Chaos Ireland. –Data shows Ireland far off track from meeting climate commitments so urgent action needed. –Climate Action Plan is now long-overdue –Government is actively evading climate obligations. www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2026/09...stopclimatechaos.ieEnding Fossil Power | Stop Climate ChaosStop Climate Chaos launch their latest report Government must urgently act to close Ireland’s widening emissions gap, new report warns Recent data shows that Ireland needs urgent change of tack to ... 089
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateCathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 30/09/2026‘His message is clear – wanting kids to be able to walk and cycle is not radical, wanting them to be safe is not radical, and expecting paint to protect them is absurd’. From notes on Tom Flood’s speech in Dublin. Well worth a read by all road-users. 0194
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lots of illegally parked vehicles to be seen. 👇 @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social is a department of @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social. Perhaps a senior manager in the former could have a word with a senior manager in the latter, about a very effective intervention known as Enforcement? They have the powers. 040
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateEd Moynihan @emcreative.ie · 30/09/2026“Had Kerry accidentally assembled a civilian road-safety investigation unit? Residents were counting collisions, measuring footpaths, recording speeds and cross-referencing design standards – effectively doing the evidence-gathering long abandoned by Government” 💯 www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...irishtimes.comSinéad O'Sullivan: What one Kerry road tells us about road safetyAn impromptu civilian road safety investigation unit emerged in Kerry, where residents counted collisions, measured footpaths and cross-referenced design standards 1158
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateDublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every piece of Government advice is telling them to Stop the Fare Hikes The Just Transition Commission is urging public transport fares to be maintained at an affordable level to reduce the National Carbon Footprint Please Email your TD’s!! 📧 www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...independent.ieCoalition urged to scrap public transport fare hikes as €100m-a-month fuel excise cuts continueThe Government is being urged to halt planned public transport fare hikes amid warnings that climate action and the cost of living should not be pitted against each other. 23516
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateCaroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Ireland's climate adaptation planning does not match the scale and urgency of increasing climate risks" @ccacireland.bsky.social says delays in flood defences, coastal protection, funding, water security & all-round preparedness leave homes & businesses at risk www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.comFlood protection delays leave homes at ‘increased risk’ from extreme weatherClimate Change Advisory Council ‘extremely concerned’ by delays in planned schemes 1128
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"One of the most significant measures is the new boiler scrappage scheme, which will provide €2000 towards replacing fossil fuel systems [in addition to] the increases in heat pump grants already introduced this year. Existing supports of up to €12,500 are available towards installing a heat pump." 021
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateFrank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Bus Eireann charging 2 of us €15 single from Cork to Macroom really shows how much this country cares about getting people out of cars No option to buy return on bus Bus 3/4 empty If we'd a car it would cost €11.00 return on fuel 6 times price This government hates public transport #speirghorm 46626
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateNuala Ní Chonghaile @nools.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Balla feidín - an bhfuil fhios ag aon duine cén bhunús atá leis an bhfocal ‘feidín’? 5112
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026R337 Kingston Road. Let's see how long it takes for @galwaycity.ie to take effective action. 120
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"We have 700,000 homes using kerosene and a lot of those people are elderly and have homes that are not retrofitted. We need the carbon tax taken off kerosene." www.rte.ie/news/2026/09...rte.ieFuel protest group call on Govt to abolish carbon taxA meeting organised by the group involved in fuel protests earlier this year is taking place in the Midlands. 201
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Gardaí said that the van failed to remain at the scene." 110
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Sadly, only the design was our responsibility. You have to take up the rest with NTA, which has the powers to both develop needed infrastructure and hold the operating companies to account. 211
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026An asteroid caused the dinosaurs to go extinct. Dinosaurs like Colm McCarthy are determined to see the human species suffer the same fate. 1143
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateBrian Caulfield @briancaulfield.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The gaping hole in Colm McCarthys article in the Business Post today is this "The only available evaluation of MetroLink’s costs and benefits was released as part of the TII’s preliminary assessment in 2022."..... A business case was published last week..... www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...businesspost.ieColm McCarthy: There’s a gaping hole in the case for the €16bn MetroLink 23111
Reposted by Cosáin ClimateCarlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Over 36mm of rain in Carlow Town and some flooding now. 46413
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"In 1987 the government started designing the motorway that would become the M1. When designs were published for the phase from Swords to Balbriggan the proposal was to terminate the motorway south of Julianstown. Locals expressed serious concern that the exit would funnel traffic into Julianstown." 122
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"We have to respect the water and the land when it comes to conservation, but people and the farming community will always come first in respect of the River Shannon." 030
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026@humantransit.bsky.social Dublin's public transport is performing poorly. The problem with #BusConnects in the capital, and in regional cities such as Galway, is not so much with the design as with delivery. Much is promised, but what is provided often falls far short. 240
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Observed today on a one-hour walk: six drivers using their mobile phone, and two ignoring pedestrian right-of-way at a junction. #WalkingObservations #FromThePavement 230
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Pedestrian killed: #AbsentDriver Motorist receives multiple speeding fines over a period of several days: "families on the brink". 010
Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Whose woods these are, of course we know We saw him on a TV show 041
