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Ciaran Hanrahan

@merriton1.bsky.social
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Like the environment .wildfowl and birds my favourite. Remember the bogs full of snipe Grow fruit veg.love a swim.and tennis and football.back Ukraine not Trump. Irish and love the Craic and my dog and family of course!

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️
Rachel Carson photo credit: Science History Images / Alamy
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Green Bean @iamgreenbean.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Horrific news
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Ciaran Hanrahan @merriton1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Mark Urban (@MarkUrban01) on X
Director of Central Intelligence Ratcliffe has left Moscow. Quick thoughts: 1. No attempt was made to do this covertly (as his predecessor did in 2021) taking a US military plane, and acknowledging th...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Fellow solar nerds will enjoy this. "Fuyao Glass has confirmed mass-production capabilities for solar sunroof glass, with photovoltaic cells embedded" in cars www.pv-magazine.com/2026/08/19/c...
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Chinese automotive glass giant announces vehicle-integrated solar roof - pv magazine Global
Fuyao Glass has confirmed mass-production capabilities for solar sunroof glass, with photovoltaic cells embedded in laminated automotive glass to power auxiliary vehicle loads. While reports have link...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
According to reporting from Bloomberg, more than 30 corporations have been targeted by lawmakers this year over surveillance pricing. This has led to a big lobbying blitz from corporations like Kroger, Uber, and Walmart. Here's what you need to know about the shady pricing practice.
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The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?Well, they may already be doing that thanks t
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
An innovative floating offshore solar project that generates electricity and converts seawater into drinking water. The farm near Gran Canaria produces 85 MW of renewable electricity while using that same power to operate reverse osmosis systems that desalinate seawater #ActOnClimate #renewables
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
No more Infantile. No more FIFA. No more corruption. That has to be a good thing.
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Infantino’s opponents developing new framework for running world football
Uefa, Concacaf and AFC are working together on a new framework for running world football to replace what they regard as Fifa’s system of patronage
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Atlantic: Raytheon and Lockheed, makers of Patriot, justify their concerns with intellectual property theft and technology transfer, but what they are really worried about is that Ukrainians will find a way to improve Patriot and produce it faster and for much less money than they do in US.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We've been sold a lie: that GDP growth equals progress. But what's the real cost? 🌍 20-40% of global land is now degraded 🦋 1 million species face extinction 💨 Pollution causes 9 million premature deaths/year A healthy economy cannot exist on a dying planet.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Government To Recognise Data Centres As Religious Orders, Exempt From Tax And Criticism waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/08/0…
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Inconsiderate Public Urged To Please Think Of The Data Centres Before Watering Lawns waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/05/1…
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Inconsiderate Public Urged To Please Think Of The Data Centres Before Watering Lawns
IF YOU'RE planning to water your lawn or plants during the current hot spell, the government is urging citizens to be a little bit more considerate and spare a thought for the country's 82 data …
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Oceana in Europe @oceanaeurope.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Plastic is everywhere. But how much do you know about it? Test your knowledge and take the quiz to find out with Oceana’s #PlasticFreeJuly quiz 👉 bit.ly/4yLgW1E
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greencentaur.bsky.social @greencentaur.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
DATA CENTERS: THE TRUTH "A big employer who uses the water of 50,000 people - which only hires about ten people - is not an employer. They are an extraction."
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Norwegian Football Association donated all proceeds and ticket revenues (totaling over $350,000) from their World Cup qualifying match against Israel to Doctors Without Borders for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Guess which team I’m rooting for . . .
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 01/07/2026
Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges Irish Government to cut off alumina supply to Russia
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges Irish Government to cut off alumina supply to Russia
Air Corps spent much of Wednesday tracking a ship as it travelled up the Irish Sea during Ukrainian leader’s visit
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
By generating #renewableelectricity and fresh water from the same installation,these projects address #clean-energy and water scarcity Although still emerging, integrated solar-desalination systems could become especially valuable for islands, coastal communities, drought-prone regions #ActOnClimate
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Another certifiably insane decision from this truly dismal government eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The move comes at a time when the European Commission is proposing a range of 'simplification' measures to reduce regulations on businesses in Europe. Much of this 'simplification' involves reducing environmental protections: cxfc4.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/mr/sh/SMJ...
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Chemicals Omnibus deal limits deregulation despite Commission push (Toxic-free for EU N°136)
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
France is leading the way by enacting a total ban on harmful chemical treatments to protect our essential pollinators. Bees are the backbone of global agriculture and food security. Let us hope that more countries follow this incredible example.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Chinese carmaker BYD unveils a recharge as fast as filling up with gas. Original post
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Ciaran Hanrahan @merriton1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) on X
Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Kazan - more and more Russian cities are introducing restrictions on gas purchases. In most places, no more than 20 liters of gas can be purchased at a time. https://t.co/...
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Team Iran arrived at the World Cup wearing pins with #168 for the number of school girls that were savagely murdered by the MAGA regime at the start of their illegal attack on Iran. I don’t blame them one bit, no one should ever forget.
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Ciaran Hanrahan @merriton1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Phillips P. OBrien on X: "I'm not sure the Irish understand the damage the recent story of their pumping economic support into Putin's war machine is doing to their reputation in Central/East Europe. The idea of Ireland standing on the side of the oppressed against imperialists is gone, probably forever." / X
I'm not sure the Irish understand the damage the recent story of their pumping economic support into Putin's war machine is doing to their reputation in Central/East Europe. The idea of Ireland standing on the side of the oppressed against imperialists is gone, probably forever.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
HODGES: We are going to regret that we, United States, didn’t do more to help Ukraine, because Ukraine going to win this war. Ukraine’s defeat of Russia is in best interests of all of us. Ukraine will become dominant defense industry power in Europe. America will be left behind.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Analysis by @oceanauk.bsky.social finds oil + chemical spills at sea occur much more frequently than officially reported. share.google/dWXSlNVpHdfY... 3/4
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Oil pollution in UK waters far worse than reported, says conservation group
‘Opaque’ recording system means recorded volume of everyday oil pollution over the past decade should be increased by 43%, according to Oceana report
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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The May edition of SEASCAPES Podcast. tommacsweeneymaritimepodcast.ie and Podcast platforms Apple, Spotify, Acast, Marine Times
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Wind farms built on carbon‑rich peat bogs lose their ability to fight climate change So any benefit from wind farms is negated by the fact that they destroy a critical carbon sink theconversation.com/wind-farms-b...
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Wind farms built on carbon-rich peat bogs lose their ability to fight climate change
We discovered wind farms in Spain that had carved up peat bogs, causing them to release carbon to the atmosphere.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Every year, seeing this blows my mind. Far side of the fence, grazed by sheep: a deadzone. Our side of the fence: full of wild native trees, flowers, insects, birds. WHY are we not giving hill farmers other livelihood options that *benefit*, instead of destroy, nature, like paying them to rewild?
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jasonroberts3114.bsky.social @jasonroberts3114.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Seems it wasn’t that long ago western democracies were outraged by nations firing on unarmed merchant vessels. 🤷‍♂️
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The Irish government is doing more to house computers than it is to house people, and is somehow making less money from it. #SpeirGorm
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Blaming hungry birds for taking fish and doing nothing whilst mega factory ships take more fish in a minute than these birds would take in an entire year Both EU and Trump now want to target mass killing of Cormorants birds that only a few decades ago were almost extinct
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Ireland's data centres nationally are already using energy at 4 times the PROJECTED European average for 2030. If we're serious about energy conservation the very first thing we have to do is reintroduce the moratorium on building any more of them. #spéirgorm
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Carrie @lkd98.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Please remember that dandelions are not truly weeds. They are the bees first meal in the spring. Grow and protect the dandelions, save the bees and you save the world. ✌🏻🥰
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If this is accurate, it is just one more reason why dim-witted Donald's useless war will prove to be a huge mistake.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Trump’s massive miscalculation on Iran is going to hit hard. The NYT spoke to US officials who say Iran is fighting back more effectively than the Trump administration expected, with stronger military capability and continuing attacks on US targets. More American casualties are likely, they say.
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TOM MacSWEENEY SEASCAPES @tommacsweeney.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation says: As #Irish pelagic fleet face imminent tie-up with meagre quotasalmost caught for the year, 36 Norwegian pelagic #trawlers off the west coast of Ireland, reported landings of over 40,000 tonnes of blue whiting last week - more than the entire Irish quota
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The best way to save nature is to leave nature alone Greenways as advocated by some Greens do not support nature The lead to more development with bike hire and repair shops, cafes and saunas springing up in once untouched places of nature
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Ireland Greenway craze Threatens another untouched place of nature in Wicklow The Kilcoole Marshes, which hold large numbers of ducks, geese, waders, herons and cormorants throughout the winter months. threatened by Greenway development www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Richard Nairn: How green are greenways?
The proposed Wicklow to Greystones Greenway route runs right along the edge of the ecologically sensitive coastal area known as the Murrough Wetlands
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Whenever flooding hits, we hear in detail all about the wrecked homes, livelihoods, property, and related misery. But NEVER the major cause: that Ireland has been totally stripped of the native ecosystems like forest & bogs that would naturally have absorbed the water. share.google/aNF6Fg26wdmB...
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As it happened: Storm Chandra wreaks havoc on Ireland
Follow live updates as Storm Chandra brings strong winds and heavy rain across the country.
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Ray Minehane @rayminehane.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Microsoft could do the most Microsoft thing …
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Denmark/Europe should organize a counter-Olympics. Every freedom-loving nation should opt to participate there and boycott the United States. The world was slow to react to fascism a century ago. Let’s be quicker to the draw this time.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18/01/2026
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
What can/should the EU do in response to US imperialism against Greenland? 1. Refuse to sign/ratify any trade agreement with the US that is not truly reciprocal. 2. Respond to any US punitive tariff with corresponding tariffs on sensitive US goods. /1
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
"Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!... HELP IS ON ITS WAY" - Trump.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The European Union plans to suspend a trade deal with the United States over Trump’s Greenland tariffs, Bloomberg reports.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🇩🇪🇬🇱 German soldiers arrive in Greenland for a NATO-linked reconnaissance mission led by Denmark.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Mitch "Turtle" McConnell Deserves Most Of The Blame......
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
An air alert has been declared in many regions of Russia due to an attack by Ukrainian drones, - Russian media For the first time in the entire war, on New Year's Eve, there were more Ukrainian drones over Russia than Russian drones over Ukraine.
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