Sign in

Duine éigin

@duineeigin.bsky.social
1.8K followers 2.7K following 1.2K posts

#FBPE Irish in London

PostsRepliesMedia
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is just about plonking floors on top to make money, the station works well enough and won’t change much
000 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meanwhile, the Irish government is about to waste hundreds more millions of euros subsidising petrol, diesel instead of putting that same money into supporting people to buy EVs, save the #climate & a ton of money too. Far too sensible, clearly, for Micheál, Simon & Co.
1278 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Shocked to hear of the passing of Frank McDonald. A great champion for Dublin's built heritage and good #planning. Key driver behind Mahon & Flood tribunals. We owe him a huge debt. Ar dheis lámh Dé go raibh a hanam uasal. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
irishtimes.com
Frank McDonald, former environment editor of The Irish Times, dies
McDonald’s reporting on planning corruption was pioneering in Irish journalism, and he regularly reported from abroad on climate negotiations
02410 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“up to his last days, Frank [McDonald] was justly incensed at recent dismantling of Ireland’s planning process & kowtowing to institutional property lobbying in reducing hard-won housing standards & coherent urban design principles” Graham Hickey Dublin Civic Trust www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
irishtimes.com
Frank McDonald was Dublin’s greatest champion
Former Irish Times environment editor was in many ways the living embodiment of the capital
11913 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 22/08/2026
An online, and unfunded, encyclopaedia of Dublin's architectural history celebrates 30 years. Archiseek specialises in "unbuilt Irish architectural proposals and lost buildings, giving the public a rare look at 'the Ireland that almost was'", says founder Paul Clerkin.
dublininquirer.com
An online, and unfunded, encyclopaedia of Dublin's architectural history celebrates 30 years
Started in 1996, the site – now known as Archiseek – specialises in "unbuilt Irish architectural proposals and lost buildings, giving the public a rare look at 'the Ireland that almost was'", says founder Paul Clerkin.
0308 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Found it
010 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
You could say the dog got high on the mountain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Dog rescued from Ben Nevis suspected to have eaten discarded cannabis
Tokyo the black Labrador collapsed half way up the UK's highest mountain during a hike with her owner.
020 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article... may God have mercy on his soul
bbc.com
US Senator Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness', his office says
The influential politician has just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
000 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
lol
010 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Fantastic? Really? 🤮
000 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I don’t think we own this. It’s leased
000 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Isn’t FPTP still a risk though? Trump’s negative perception didn’t stop him getting in. His supporters were more motivated than Hillary’s/Kamala’s. No reason for complacency
000 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests
Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
1122261838 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The one I’m thinking of was close up. Wherever I saw it (here or twitter presumably) you had joked that he couldn’t walked past a window without addressing the crowds from it. I’m pretty certain it was liberty hall but I can’t find it anywhere
010 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Maybe! Can you share it if you have it?
000 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
@archiseek.bsky.social do you have the photograph of Jim Larkin addressing a crowd from the window of liberty hall?
100 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I live near it and there’s an annoying alarm that keeps going off. I have reported it to London Borough Hammersmith and Fulham council but responses out of hours are lousy.
010 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Did the police arrest the victim on arriving at the scene?
000 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
If ISIS or another Jihadi terror gang were doing this, the world would be literally up in arms, but hey, it’s the actual Israeli army, so nothing to see here. Again and again and again.
1317 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
you’re wrong. The ancient word ‘philos’ has nothing to do with sex.
120 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Surely brotherly love need not mean incest?
220 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Harborne gave the Brexit Party £6 million in 2019 and was mentioned in the Panama Papers but luckily the UK has the memory of a goldfish... so nobody talks about that
static.klipy.com
Animated Goldfish Making Funny Faces
ALT: Animated Goldfish Making Funny Faces
261066400 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
More than 4 in 5 vans sold in Holland in the first quarter of 2026 were fully electric, with around 1 in 3 in Denmark, Sweden & Finland. And Ireland? Yet again we’re stuck at foot of the table as tar-loving FF/FG gov’t asleep at the wheel as renewables revolution sweeps Europe.
44513 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The real price of Ireland’s toxic car culture: woefully poor infrastructure makes cycling dangerous as billions flood into road funding. Meanwhile, incidence of diabetes, asthma & heart disease largely due to car-centric sedentary lifestyle is a major killer. www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-s...
thejournal.ie
'I miss my old life': Doctor severely injured in hit-and-run speaks out on road safety crisis
Seán Owens was on the way to a house call when he was hit by a car. He lost his right ear and spent nine months in hospital. He can no longer work as a GP.
26528 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ @baoigheallain.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Ciarán's letter is good. mastodon.ie/@ccferrie/11...
mastodon.ie
Ciarán Ferrie (@ccferrie@mastodon.ie)
Attached: 2 images My letter in the Irish Times today in response to Pearse Doherty and Sinn Féin's faux outrage about cycle parking at Kerry University Hospital. Cycling infrastructure is Public H...
175 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Another triumph for the NIMBYS…this offshore wind farm would have powered 350,000 homes, but no, we’d rather burn the world down with foreign oil, gas. RTÉ chatshow host Tommy Tiernan among the objectors. Well done, Tommy, as long as you’re ok. Joke’s on the rest of us.
99727 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Why share the link though?
100 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
It was such a great night in Dublin
100 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
NEW: I’ve written a call to arms. Journalists are being murdered in unprecedented numbers by a Western ally that operates with total impunity. Enough. Publishers & editors have failed us. But if we can’t speak up about this, what is journalism even for? open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com
Journalists of the world, unite!
You have nothing to lose but the cowardice/apathy of your corporate overlords. Something has to change.
231013462 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Make #FarageCamps trend on every available platform. Nobody wants their name associated with evil crap like that
51845403 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Why are these people giving Farage so much money?
93722275 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Can’t appreciate any accent modifications 🤷🏼‍♂️
000 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Absolutely sickening. Israeli bulldozers wrecking solar farms in southern Lebanon yesterday. It’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from an “army” that bombs hospitals, schools and refugee camps & slaughters children for fun.
46726 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Frank McDonald @frankmcdonald60.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
So right …
021 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
And yes, it was done with a view to making it an asset for later sale as a development site but it think it’s not quite the same as if they were directly demolished to make way for this scheme
000 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Panti I’m sure you know this, but the group that developed the shopping centre didn’t demolish the buildings that previously stood on the site (except for one or two maybe at the very corner) for it — most of the site was razed while in the ownership of the Slazenger family who assembled it
100 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Architecture should win over the public. This has managed that. That should mean something. I have always loved it, that hasn’t changed as my tastes have matured.
010 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Totally disagree. At a point it’s a matter of taste that can’t be accounted for. Yes the Slazenger property speculation blighting the site for years was a disgrace, but the fondness people have for the building in 2026 has zilch to do with anything being better than the long forgotten dereliction
110 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I would also like to know this
010 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
😢
000 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It’s coming.
692373171 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
What a beautiful piece of writing from my boss, @brycetetraeder.bsky.social. theonion.com/at-long-last...
With this new InfoWars, we will democratize psychological torture, welcoming brutal and sadistic ideas from everyone, even the very stupidest among us. It will be like the Manhattan Project, only instead of a bomb, we will be building a website. 

The InfoWars of tomorrow will converge into a swirling vortex of content about content, talent acquiring talent, rings of concentric media mergers processing all human artistry into one endlessly digestible slurry. This will be a dank, sunless place, one where panic and capital feed on each other like twins in the womb of a hulking, unknowable monster—a monster known by many names, but which I like to call modern-day America.
311330162 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴 @bheanilla.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Please no carbon taxes to invest in public transport, renewable energy or heat pump retrofits. Please shit the country’s future away on tax cuts for angry man business owners and leave us all more exposed to a massive global fuel shock in 6 months with turbo austerity. I am very left wing.
3433 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.
932752612 0
Duine éigin @duineeigin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Since when are you far right?
000 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A recipe for total chaos. And worse, cos we know who'll be most militant and it won't be the ones looking to help the vulnerable or most in need
6706 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Internet Archive @archive.org · 13/04/2026
👀⬇️
7893443 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
It is hilarious in every way but my fingers are still firmly crossed for Hungary today.
44910161 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Our statement on the fuel protests. We call on governments at all levels to act now and deliver a faster transition to clean energy for a healthier, more secure and more resilient Ireland.
Ireland’s continued reliance on fossil fuels leaves households, communities, farmers, the transport sector, healthcare and other essential services exposed to global instability. We have the renewable resources to build a cleaner, healthier and more secure future, but we are not moving fast enough.

The US-Israeli war on Iran has once again showed us how dependent Ireland remains on imported fossil fuels. When supply is disrupted, costs rise and communities feel the impact immediately.
The response however, cannot be more fossil fuel subsidies or lower fuel prices that further lock in this dependence. The response must be to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, starting now.People across Ireland are under real pressure. The cost of living is high. Any subsidies should directly benefit people, not fossil fuel companies. But decades of policy decisions have tied our economy and daily life to fossil fuels, leaving us vulnerable.

At the same time, burning fossil fuels is driving climate change and harming health. Air pollution contributes to heart disease, respiratory illness and premature death. Extreme weather is becoming more frequent and more damaging.

Reducing fossil fuel use is a health, economic and environmental necessity.

The Government’s Moving Together transport strategy sets out a clear direction: better public transport, safer walking and cycling, cleaner air and more liveable towns and cities. These are practical solutions that reduce costs and improve quality of life.Yet, the ongoing protests in Dublin are blocking public transport and active travel routes. These actions are disrupting the very solutions that can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and lower costs for people. Calls to remove VAT, carbon tax and excise duty on fuel chain us ever further to fossil dependence that is subject to geopolitical volatility – a price that we are so fortunate to pay with only our pockets, and not our lives, as do others around the world. 

Ireland is well placed to change course. Our wind energy can power homes, transport and industry while reducing exposure to volatile global fuel prices.Investing in electrified transport, rural infrastructure and sustainable farming will improve health and strengthen our economy. Renewable electricity has already reached record levels, supplying more than half of demand at times in late 2025.

We need to accelerate this progress.

We call on governments at all levels to act now and deliver a faster transition to clean energy for a healthier, more secure and more resilient Ireland.
35923 0
Reposted by Duine éigin
Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
James Geoghegan, one of the organisers of the fossil fuel protests, on Prime Time this evening asking for the government to open Irish oil fields. This is absolute madness. Yes, we need to support people, but this is not the way.
youtube.com
Fuel protests cause widespread disruption | Prime Time
YouTube video by RTÉ News
2339 0