Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 12hA newly published wastewater report shows the extent of the Covid wave currently hitting Ireland. Ringsend in Dublin has seen a near-vertical rise in Covid levels, with its peak likely to exceed last year's wave. 042
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026OPW should be disbanded. I suspect it's beyond reform. Seems to be a vehicle for transferring State wealth to the well-connected. jrnl.ie/7179368jrnl.ieOPW rented vacant Phoenix Park homes to staff and retired workers for as little as €56 per monthAn audit of how the OPW managed 92 residential properties produced a long list of damning conclusions. 000
Reposted by Kieran RyanThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 01/10/2026Chronic absenteeism: More than 75,000 secondary students missed 20 days in school yearirishtimes.comChronic absenteeism: More than 75,000 secondary students missed 20 days in school yearReport from Tusla Education Support Service shows ‘one in five students continue to miss a month or more of their school year’ 001
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tusla has published its school attendance report for the 2024/25 school year, and attendance still hasn't recovered compared to pre-pandemic levels. Illness is by far the biggest cause of absence, accounting for 52% of explained absences in primary schools, and 57% in post-primary. 030
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We're in a proper Covid wave here in Ireland at the moment with a significant number of hospitalisations each week. Flu cases are ramping up too. For all the recent news coverage of the flu vaccine shortages, there has been very little public acknowledgement of this Covid wave. 12311
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Straight out of JP's Oligarchy playbook. www.independent.ie/county/water...independent.ieMark Zuckerberg donates €150,000 to three Waterford GAA clubsThree clubs near the billionaire couple’s newly acquired Strancally Castle to receive €50,000 each 1256
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Didn't think Packie Bonner's penalty save against Romania would ever be bested by an Irish goalkeeper, but here we are. 063
Reposted by Kieran RyanJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller. 20847501188
Reposted by Kieran RyanPaul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I remember the 80s in Ireland when ordinary people put their jobs on the line because they refused to handle goods from apartheid South Africa, got bollocked for it by the Indo & the Irish Press at the time but now regarded as heroes, seems it's footballers who have to do the dirty work this time. 09013
Reposted by Kieran RyanAlan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026cute photo op. incidentally I spent 10 minutes trying to find a picture of the Taoiseach using public transport in Ireland and guess what 1110439
Reposted by Kieran RyanWear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. 871286088258
Reposted by Kieran RyanGerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Numbers without context are numberwang. I have no idea if this is a lot or a little. Maybe it's half of the vaccine stock. Maybe it's a half of one percent. The article doesn't say The only number I have to measure it against is an overall HSE deficit of €1bn, against which it's a drop in the ocean 2375
Reposted by Kieran RyanTheresa O'Keefe 🍉 @treesaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'll be calling Jim O'Callaghan the cruelty man from here on out. 084
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The way you can tell it's a Covid wave by how many of your favourite radio shows have fill-in presenters. 🤒 020
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In Ireland, "Respiratory Virus Season" is officially considered to run from Oct to May, with reporting & vaccination programmes geared around that. But...the Covid wave that's currently overwhelming hospitals took root in *JULY* and exploded when schools returned. "Season" is an outdated concept. 1119
Reposted by Kieran RyanDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Why is everyone sicker these days? ‘Relative to adults reporting no SARS-CoV-2 infections, those reporting two or more had significantly greater odds of being diagnosed with a new condition’ Gov of Canada, Sept 2026 www.canada.ca/en/public-he...canada.caAssociations between self-reported SARS-CoV-2 infections and the diagnosis of new health conditions - Canada.caExploratory analyses examining associations between SARS-CoV-2 infections and newly diagnosed health conditions 010551
Reposted by Kieran Ryanwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hanna Van Aelst, contemporary basket maker and artist making functional and sculptural work from willow based in Tipperary, Ireland. #WomensArt 2659110
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The govt now uses this phrase exclusively as a dogwhistle for landlords, business owners, and anyone else who uses wealth to extract more wealth from society. 040
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I visited the Hill of Uisneach yesterday, only to realise when I got there that it's on private farmland and you have to prebook a tour. The lesson learned? All property is theft. 130
Reposted by Kieran RyanPhilip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This summer has made it clear how big a job of climate adaptation Irish farming has to do. I’ll break down what we learned in this thread, but the programme is worth listening to as a whole. #Climate #Drought #RTECountrywide Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/listen/show/...rte.ieCountryWide - RTÉ PodcastsThe CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across Ireland. Listen live Saturdays at 8am on RTÉ Radio 1. 1175
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There was only a 34% uptake of the flu vaccine by HSE healthcare workers last season, well below the target of 75%. The disinformers are winning the information wars. 110
Reposted by Kieran Ryanjacob galapagos @jacobgalapagos.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It’s think for yourself thursday 241492353
Reposted by Kieran RyanSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The recent subsidy to fuel costs over €1billion. One of the arguments Eamonn Ryan used against making public transport free was that if they did that, people would use it too much. Meanwhile a recent survey found Dublin the most traffic congested EU capital city. 69956
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026None of these things are unconnected, unfortunately. 040
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A new wastewater report published today shows that Covid is currently widespread in Ireland. Castlebar, in Mayo, has had one of the sharpest increases in Covid wastewater levels since tracking began in 2021. 2155
Reposted by Kieran RyanKarSteN Haustein @khaustein.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Globally, the hottest August in observed history is just about to end. In Western Europe, the summer of 2026 (June, July, August) has been the warmest as well. Compared to this year, 1976 (the famous UK summer) and 2003 (the hottest EU summer so far) look like amateurs in terms of heat (1/2) 18049
Reposted by Kieran RyanDeirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Didn’t know I was drinking sewage for the past few months - and the EPA wouldn’t have known if our reporter Donal O’Keeffe hadn’t started asking questions. Real journalism is worth subscribing for. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...irishexaminer.comRaw sewage flowed into Cork river feeding drinking water reservoir for five monthsAn apartment development was mistakenly connected to a storm drain, sending wastewater into the Butlerstown river 16021
Reposted by Kieran RyanSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A reminder, again, that Ireland has *chosen* not to take regulatory action against this abuse factory, whose office sits in Fenian Street in Dublin. I think this failure to act in the face of clear knowledge is an unforgivable act. 9935325
Reposted by Kieran RyanGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New from @vantortech.bsky.social. Absolutely astonishing images of the China-Nepal Gyirong Port/Rasuwagadhi border post. Literally nothing is left. (Before 19 April, After 27 Aug) 251064459
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Hot take: In light of catastrophic climate breakdown, we should be looking at the people "conquering" the world's tallest mountain the same way we look at big game "hunters." 010
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Those Nepal videos are like watching Pompeii in real time. Absolutely catastrophic, incomprehensible scale of destruction. 040
Reposted by Kieran RyanCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Wow. SIEMENS EXEC: “.. We are actively working to not be wholly dependent on data centers. .. We understand at some point there could be a bubble and we’re racing to pay back the investments as quickly as possible.” @blsuth.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... 811928623
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Best of luck to all the wags wishing the politicians best of luck with their best of luck in the Leaving Cert results posts. 010
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026In data published today, weekly Covid cases and hospitalisations in Ireland have increased substantially. We're in a Covid wave. 172
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026After a prolonged lull for most of this year, Ireland is now experiencing a surge in Covid, as shown by wastewater surveillance. 194
Reposted by Kieran RyanEmma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Meta using disabled people to justify the obscene pervert glasses & the disgusting violation of privacy for everyone, everywhere. Meta is being sued for targeting & firing its own disabled workers. It’s not about accessibility, it’s faux-inclusion. #spéirghorm novaramedia.com/2026/07/15/m...novaramedia.comMeta Used AI to Target Disabled and Pregnant Workers for Layoffs, Lawsuit ClaimsDozens of workers are suing Meta over claims it used AI to identify workers for mass layoffs, with those taking disability or maternity leave disproportionately targeted. 121394621
Reposted by Kieran RyanKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026Meta is so unbelievably evil. They make a technology primarily designed to enable abuse, harassment and privacy violations, but also embed real disability aids. The tactic now is to use an entire community as human shields to defend against criticisms www.engadget.com/2236054/meta... 13038171425
Reposted by Kieran RyanCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability. 653559954
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Our little wildflower meadow. Lush, colourful, and drought-resistant. I'll be cutting it throughout August, probably in 3 or 4 stages. In previous years I've cut it later but I learned the hard way that if the weather turns - and doesn't turn back - it's a pain to cut by hand (with a scythe). 130
Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026As climate breakdown bites, we have a choice: Use public money to bail out the private for-profit insurance industry, or scrap that model and socialise insurance. www.eenews.net/articles/cli...eenews.netClimate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmareThe European Central Bank and EU insurance regulators have called on Brussels to set up an EU-level reinsurance scheme and a public natural disaster fund. 140
Reposted by Kieran RyanNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It’s now official: June–July 2026 was the most anomalously warm two-month period ever recorded in France by a staggering margin. France is now virtually certain to record its warmest summer on record. 9493241
Reposted by Kieran RyanConor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The latest from the Irish Times investigations unit. ‘A ticking environmental time bomb’: What lies beneath Aughinish Alumina www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.com‘A ticking environmental time bomb’: What lies beneath Aughinish AluminaAn Irish Times investigation shows the Russian-owned Co Limerick industrial plant is consistently polluting groundwater 43018
