Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsRaven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Open for your browsing pleasure 'til 5pm 0247
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ah @ryanairofficials.bsky.social Late again No explanation But the great question of will it be over 3 hours looks like being answered in the affirmative 211
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 24/09/2026The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built, or tens of thousands of jobs created across education, health or social sectors, if the resources used to expand data centres were directed elsewhere. jrnl.ie/7165266tjrnl.ieGovernment report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claimsThe study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere. 33424
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsPatrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Myself, Seán Fearon and Pat Brodie have published a report today examining the exaggerated benefits and significant costs of data centres to Ireland. Below is a short thread on some of the key takeaways. Read the full report here: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/21... 1/6 25240
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com 745276708830
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I bore myself explaining what a bad idea age-based bans on internet access is. You can do it a few ways, ranging from bad to extraordinarily bad. But it always ends up building and embedding tools of authoritarian surveillance for everyone (adults and children) with no positive trade-offs. 16924
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Will the fuel protesters be out to protest Trump who caused the fuel price rise #Protest #Trump #Doonbeg 010
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 31/08/2026📌Google maps. These sniveling tech companies and the billionaires who own them are grotesque — geographically and morally lost. We must never forget who surrendered to hate and fascism. 901143290
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026As the annual college places/accomodation debate gets going is it time for a debate about timetabling in college Labs on a Friday afternoon do not suit the commuting or working student of which there are more and more @maynoothuniversity.ie I'm looking at you 000
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Christ but this is desperately sad Heartbreaking for his family Don't do this Call a friend. Call a medic Call #samiritans Ask for help 000
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsJen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Every split vaccine is another opportunity for a missed or skipped appointment. Many children already experience structural barriers when accessing the combined vaccines, and splitting them merely increases those barriers, ultimately resulting in more childhood illnesses and deaths. 327549
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsNaomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The megaphone given to an extreme-right framing of this incident by supposedly centrist politicians is a gift to their harder right political competitors 210553
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Less meaningless talk, MORE ACTION PLEASE!! 12812
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 25/07/2026Misleading maps and false stats are spread by the far-right to manufacture a crisis. They are intended to scare people into feeling that Ireland is changing so fast that they can’t keep up. jrnl.ie/7108860jrnl.ieHow statistics can be twisted to push the Great Replacement conspiracy theoryMisleading maps manufacture a crisis that the data does not support. 21913
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsImbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Half yearly transparency on 4% of revenue we give up: €12,000 given to Women's Aid €10,000 to bridge builing program at Colombia co-op we buy from €9,000 to local projetcs €10,000 to staff pool on top of salary/bonus We've 6 full timers. If we can run like this a large business EASILY could too. 25512
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsBusiness Post @businesspost.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Civil legal aid solicitors threaten action over feesbusinesspost.ieCivil legal aid solicitors threaten action over feesJim O’Callaghan, the justice minister. Picture: Brian Lawless 012
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsAntifa Bird Photog @antifa-bird-photog.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Zohran Mamdani: "For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty". 31523152
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Switzerland mandated in 2023 that all new buildings exceeding 300 square metres of roof area must install solar panels covering a minimum percentage of that surface — the most aggressive building-integrated solar mandate in continental Europe #ActOnClimate #SolarPower #Renewables 265112992766
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 07/06/2026All books belong in every library. Pay no attention to any argument by loo lahs presenting themselves as concerned parents that *any* book is inappropriate in a library. Ireland was famous for its avid censorship of books throughout the 20th C, the same time it is now famous for abusing children. 623863
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsLegal Aid Board @legalaidboard.bsky.social · 12/05/2026What is Civil Legal Aid? Civil legal aid and advice is a State-funded service, provided by the Legal Aid Board, which provides legal advice and legal aid in civil cases to people who might not be able to afford to pay for a lawyer themselves. For more information, visit the link in our bio. 011
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026In a world of manicured lawns and deliberately chosen plants hurrah for the cowslip. Resolutely wild and unchosen. Delicate yet formidable. Unapologetic. Unplanted but there. Redolent of childhood altars Mow around them. Let them bloom. Love them #Wildflower #Nature #Cowslip 000
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 01/05/2026For the love of God would the drivers of this country STOP MAKING UP THE RULES OF THE ROAD In a line of traffic moving at 60km per hour today some humpty decided to stop to let someone in off a local road. That's one thing at a crawl in traffic - terrifying at pace 000
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Is any of this the Justin Barrett/National Party gold? Almost €1.4m raised at auction of seized gold bullion jrnl.ie/7016041jrnl.ieAlmost €1.4m raised at auction of seized gold bullionThe gold was seized by the Dublin Crime Response Team as part of investigations into organised criminal activity in the Dublin Metropolitan Region. 000
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Avoid AI Beware the Bots Careful now Down with this sort of thing Eeek! Forgo Facebook Give Hate is out Inclusiveness Justice for all Kings - No Love Multicultural No Numpties Open Peace Queens (Drag) Racists out Share Tolerance Understand Etc Etc My type of alphabet We can all do better ❤️❤️❤️ 000
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsLouth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I’ve managed to string together my thoughts through the rage this week, please read & share 💭✍🏼 #Spéirghorm #IrishPolitics #Fascism 🔗 tinyurl.com/wak45j7d 57381217
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsConor Molloy | 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 @conormolloy.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026Given the Agri opposition to #Mercosur can we all take a moment to reflect on CSO data? Ireland imports 78% of its total energy use as fuel. We then burn it. We are literally burning €1.6+m per HOUR in imports whilst sitting on Europe's largest wind resource (offshore). #speirgorm #fuelprotest 414449
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsAndy Muirhead @andymuirhd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc. 40697812326
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 12/04/2026France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible. 542207704
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 12/04/2026If the government upped the grants for solar and heat pumps we would all have electric cars #fuel #fuelprotests #prices #protests 020
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 09/04/2026Just worth saying, for absolutely legal clarity: the government does not have the legal prerogative to abolish carbon tax in its entirety. Carbon tax is a form of excise, and EU directives require excise on diesel to be a minimum of 33c per litre. (1/2) 11275107
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Delayed with appointments for my Elderlies this week must I now look at them and fear that there will be no ambulance? 000
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsHiro Ohta @xlix.me · 09/04/2026Sometimes, what matters most is not the light or the dark, but the in-between moment. 04750552
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsGillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Bernie Sanders on Lebanon #ethniccleansing #landgrab #warcrimes #Netanyahuisawarcriminal 284111693592
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Where are the adults USA? Are there any of them in the room. Any chance they might intervene? #Trump #USA #Tweet #Tantrum 000
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This season every year I think of a colleague I only have the joy of meeting from time to time I think of her because she had a hound called Barabbas So called so she could shout with gusto "Release Barrabbas" 000
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsMatt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026AAAAAAAAAAAnd there it is www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...nytimes.comTrump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict 591404505
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I have just spent some time reading the judgment in the Mammy and Ammi case It is well worth reading And Brian Cregan is fantastic 110
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Fascinating thread setting out a timeliness if events re Iran 000
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Dear "Influencers" STOP Stop putting your kids on the net Stop selling them for free shit Stop invading their privacy and dignity Stop. 100
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026This one hits hard. 7713572610542
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026OK.peeps If you wanted to have a little confidential convo with a journo about the shit show of place where you work there eoukd you startmedia.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie talks to another man with the hashtag #mr mayor on the bottomALT: a man in a suit and tie talks to another man with the hashtag #mr mayor on the bottom 000
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 18/02/2026The government’s plan to restrict social media use for under 16s has been criticised by the Children’s Rights Alliance. Restricting social media “punishes children for the fixable faults created by the tech giants" who run the platforms, the group said. www.thejournal.ie/social-media...thejournal.ieGovernment confirms plan to restrict social media for teenagersIt’s understood Cabinet will discuss measures concentrating on restrictions for under 16s. 25324
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 02/02/2026No fan of Robert Troy TD but the fact that he had to explain on social media in the teeth of what he called vile abuse that anyone of any class colour or creed can be buried in a county council graveyard says so very much about how horribly racist commentary and thinking in this country has become 131
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsRoyal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 01/02/2026Today, St Brigid’s Day, marks three years since Ireland’s first public holiday named after a woman. It’s a chance to celebrate the vital role women play in Irish culture and history. Discover St Brigid's story on the @dib.ie www.dib.ie/biography/brigit-brighid…. 29236
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsDublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 01/02/2026Chatbots are being considered for providing legal counselling to people seeking asylum, documents suggest. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission doesn’t believe chatbots are suitable “in provision of legal counselling”, a spokesperson said.dublininquirer.comChatbots considered for providing legal counselling to people seeking asylum, documents suggestThe Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission doesn’t believe chatbots are suitable “in provision of legal counselling”, a spokesperson said. 1125
MadAsABoxOfFrogs @madasaboxoffrogs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Bank Holiday blessings to Bridget and Leo I fucking love this Bnk Holiday #BankHoliday #Bridget #Imbolc #Leo 020
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsTaryn de Vere @taryndevere.bsky.social · 28/01/2026"Children are living in hotel rooms...That is devastating. That is something that we need to be more focused on than attendance rates and blaming parents if their children are missing 20 plus days." share.google/uQV5nSr0OFLY...share.googleLimerick principal warns housing crisis is driving record school absencesWhile post-pandemic health confusion remains an issue, she argues the biggest problem of all is emergency accommodation. 1228
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026“Access to justice must be a universal right and not one that is determined by the financial means of those bringing it. "This measure would be a regressive step and would weaken the rule of law and erode essential democratic safeguards.” - Rosemary Loftus, President, Law Society. #justice #power 12213
Reposted by MadAsABoxOfFrogsSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Joint statement of EU Commission president and European Council president ec.europa.eu/commission/p... 13327111