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Oilibhear O Mordha

@olliemoore.bsky.social
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For a people's agroecology and a free Palestine. From bo-ring policy work to processing heritage apples around the gaf in ecovillage-land.

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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For people who say it's not a genocide because only x number/x% of people have been killed: What makes you think Israel has stopped killing Palestinians? ( And yes I know genocide is defined by other factors too)
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The IRFU now regret the 1981 tour of South Africa. Of course they feckin do. Now that's it's safe to. #StopTheGame
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Like press conference - they just said they are going to play the game www.youtube.com/live/r3Uo-0p...
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LIVE: Ireland Press Conference Ahead of UEFA Nations League Game With Israel | AD15
YouTube video by DWS News
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu tells Irish squad he does not want to participate in games against Israel
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Gavin Bazunu tells Irish squad he does not want to participate in games against Israel
Some other players understood to be considering whether to join goalkeeper in withdrawing from Nations League fixtures
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To all those who said - if Ireland doesn't sell the bonds someone else will...I present euobserver.com/239181/no-is...
euobserver.com
No Israeli bonds on sale in EU for now, in de facto €2.2bn sanction
Neither Ireland nor Luxembourg have been authorising sales of Israeli bonds since the start of September, potentially costing Israel €2.2bn a year, as shock over Gaza and West Bank grows.
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What a very specific day for that orange lad to decide to be in.... Ireland and not, say, New York? Weird af
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good idea. We need more of them www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
irishtimes.com
Farming and food unprepared for global warming, says advisory council
Extreme weather events being treated as ‘isolated incidents’ rather than fundamental change, says Climate Change Advisory Council
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here's what I'm up to end of the month - @electricpicnic.bsky.social 2026 - the #globalGreen area! Pop on by to our pop up ecovillage if you are at the festival - we run from 11am to 4am each day, with 50+orgs and hundreds of people doing their thing. www.electricpicnic.ie/news/global-...
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News - Global Green Returns to Electric Picnic 2026!
Global Green Returns to Electric Picnic 2026!
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Deidre Duffy from @foeireland.bsky.social has this in Monday day's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
irishexaminer.com
We cannot build an economic model around data centres if we want to reach our climate targets
The forthcoming Budget gives the government the opportunity to put in place measures to help us meet our climate targets, such as reforming electricity pricing to ensure data centres pay their fair sh...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This government is galloping backwards away from doing even the EU average of activities on Palestine. Tours cancelled,visas cancelled, botched OTB, and on and on and on
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Gaza Health Ministry warns medical system nearing collapse after Israel destroys drug warehouse www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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Gaza Health Ministry warns medical system nearing collapse after Israel destroys drug warehouse
Destruction of warehouse to deepen humanitarian crisis, accelerate collapse of healthcare system, official tells Anadolu | Anadolu
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September". Reasons for refusal include - "failure to account for gaps in their education" www.rte.ie/news/educati...
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Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan students
Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s #pesticides law - High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife By @zdboren.bsky.social @grilledmedia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Today, 11.30am. The Central Bank of Ireland must #StopFundingGenocide
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Did you know that the European People's Party (EPP), aligned with further right forces in the European Parliament, is trying to keep banned pesticides on the market for 2 years? 1+
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 20/07/2026
The Dublin Commuter Coalition has said upping the age limit on the e-scooter ban from 16 to 18 will push more people into cars and result in more congestion. It also hit out at the “hypocrisy” in banning 16 and 17-year-olds from e-scooters when they can “use two-ton tractors”. jrnl.ie/7108218
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Dublin Commuter Coalition says e-scooter ban will result in more cars and increased congestion
The coalition also hit out at a ‘hypocrisy’ in banning 16 and 17-year-olds from e-scooters when this age cohort can drive tractors.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
ALL EYES ON MASAFER YATTA! The Israeli military and settlers have been on an ethnic cleansing rampage — destroying five Palestinian homes in just two weeks in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It's also a solution to accessable mobility and they display zero imagination or strategic thinking here . We are letting cars get massive while banning other mobility options. In this case, this means more annoyed and annoying parents driving their u -18s places now...in massive SUVs...horray.
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Always worth a listen youtube.com/watch?v=n-XU...
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PSA to all irish you are not keeping enough eyes on seleners we are being COLONISED AGAIN #waterford
YouTube video by ali mcforever
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
EU Commission meets in Cork today. euobserver.com/224203/eu-co...
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EU commission see ‘no overriding public interest’ to release secret Gaza reports, on day UN calls out genocide
On the same day that the UN human rights office called out genocide in Gaza, the European Commission told me there was no public interest in releasing 17 documents it wants to keep secret on the encla...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Ali Mac forever is prolific and v interesting. Here's some of what's wrong with SpaceX fro lm her...wow. youtu.be/I2SCDHm4RS0?...
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Elon Cannot Go To Mars He cannot go to Mars
YouTube video by ali mcforever
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"Cuba’s Communist Party approves opening economy in unprecedented move. The emergency economic package comes amid an ongoing US pressure campaign that has left the island nation reeling." www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...
aljazeera.com
Cuba’s Communist Party approves opening economy in unprecedented move
The emergency economic package comes amid an ongoing US pressure campaign that has left the island nation reeling.
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
500+ million for emergency fertilizer purchasing ...sure, fine, ok...but and how are agroecological approaches ever supposed to gain a foothold when every 18 months or so there is a bailout like this to supply 'cheap' food? - it ain't cheap is we're paying this way. www.agriland.ie/farming-news...
agriland.ie
Commission to fast-track fertiliser aid through CAP and €540m package
The European Commission has proposed changes to CAP to give farmers quicker access to fertiliser supports...
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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Ireland should invest in nature, retrofitting and food and energy security to mitigate against current and future shocks, the Environmental Pillar will tell the Government at the National Economic Dialogue www.environmentalpillar.ie/prudent-inve...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"To date, Ireland spends the lowest relative amount among all EU Member States on nature, at only 0.9% of GDP as compared with the EU average of 2.2%" What we need? E700 million for Nature Restoration. assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
assets.gov.ie
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
On next Saturday in east Clare. The DJ side of me comes out! A fab wee garden party to support a great initiate. Dod pop along!
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“IFI commenced an inspection of the catchment from Castlebellingham to Aclint. The source of the pollution was identified as agricultural discharge from a location in County Monaghan, close to the Louth border.” www.independent.ie/county/louth...
independent.ie
Source of major Louth fish kill was in County Monaghan, council confirms
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Powerful new report on sneeky Israeli ag goods on sale in the EU - and the report writers are taking action too www.globalecho.law/importingocc...
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Importing Occupation – Global Echo
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Here's @news.rte.ie on that Yugoslavia game we didn't play back then - euro qualifier and all! #StopTheGame www.balls.ie/football/ire...
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How Ireland Risked Expulsion From The European Championships Over Yugoslavian Quarrel | Balls.ie
With Ireland once again drawn a qualifying group with Serbia, we look back on when the Irish government refused to allow a match between Ireland and the Serbian...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"Payments for farmers to use natural methods to fertilise grass have been suspended despite a growing crisis in the supply of chemical fertiliser." How many different ways can we go backwards exactly? www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
irishtimes.com
Natural fertiliser aid schemes shelved despite rising cost of chemical variety
Six months ago, Minister said he was ‘delighted’ at interest farmers were showing in the scheme
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Fertility of fertilizer ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Commission presents plan to secure Europe\'s fertiliser supply and food security
Today, the European Commission adopted the Fertiliser Action Plan: an initiative to support farmers facing rising fertiliser costs and scarcity, reinforce domestic production and reduce Europe\'s depe...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"We develop a process model where energized consumer solidarity framing serves as a catalyst for mobilizing ecosystem actors, leading to the widespread adoption of the venture's solution to an economic and social crisis" www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) The Power of Consumer Solidarity Framing in Scaling Up Social Impact
PDF | We study how a French social venture helped scale up social impact by selling fair-priced milk. Besides market success, the venture became a... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
"The current CAP threshold is 0.1LU/ha, so increasing it to 1LU/ha would represent a ten-fold increase that would effectively leave thousands of suckler, sheep and drystock farmers without any CAP payment whatsoever."
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Here is an explainer for what they've just done. We described it then as one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced. Now it has come to pass www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
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All Hands on Deck Needed to Respond to the Latest Attack on Access to Justice
The Government is seeking to dramatically erode the public right of access to justice via the courts by imposing prohibitively expensive costs on eNGOs and members of civil society who seek to challen...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Resilience self reliance = food sovereignty? Maybe....
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
UAE is creamin it! And controlling nearly 1 million ha of eu farmland www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies
Al Nahyans’ control over farmland in Europe has meant they receive proportion of payments to farms
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
NEW - Talamh Beo has launched lands and hands - Connecting people with land and land with people. Check the listings for positions and places for land work land.talamhbeo.ie
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Land – Talamh Beo
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Janet Horner @janetphorner.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
V good article: "The reason our European peers have seen a 12 per cent drop in road deaths since 2019 in the same time we have seen a 31 per cent rise in ours is because we simply are not using the evidence-based solutions that already exist." www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
irishtimes.com
We underestimate the true impact of our dangerous roads
The real burden of road trauma on the health system is far greater than the fatality count might suggest
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Good news but also fuk belin cops and it is as o brien says still all about Gaza www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
irishtimes.com
Shane O’Brien acquitted of all charges related to Gaza protest in Berlin
Charges thrown out after video appeared to contradict key testimony minutes earlier from two police officers
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Cereal crop production up in Ireland (15%) according to latest CSO figures - for most categories this is still below 2011 figures however. its all here - www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...
cso.ie
Area, Yield and Production of Crops 2025 - Central Statistics Office
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"to extensive to ensure food security" Interesting take on CAP www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/fa...
farmersjournal.ie
Farmers with off-farm jobs face battle to avoid exclusion from CAP
The CAP should focus on farmers who derive most of their income from farming, the Commission says. The move leaves the security of income supports for part-time farmers in question.
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Do people fully grasp that it's Trump who is keeping the straits closed right now?!? I really don't think it's being reported as such - or in a way that properly names this a a standalone thing. Earlier in 2026 they were opened. Now they are closed. Trump is keeping them closed.
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"External companies and organisations are free to make direct contact with schools with regard to their own resources" Course they are. Free for all. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
irishexaminer.com
Department has no control over school book about tree that doesn't sustain Ireland's ecology
The book about the Sitka Spruce, which was sent to all primary schools last week, also features a foreword by former forestry minister Michael Healy-Rae expressing 'hope' that the story will help the ...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Thanks to RTE's morning time radio show ( David mcCollagh's) for having me on to discuss food shortages and fuel crises. You can listen to it here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
rte.ie
How secure is our food supply chain?
Dr. Peter Alexander, Professor in Global Food Systems at the University of Edinburgh and Dr. Oliver Moore, from the Centre for Co-operative Studies in University College Cork.
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Good thread on the current situation re fertilizers
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Solidarity Statement by La Via Campesina with peoples of Palestine, Iran and Lebanon - viacampesina.org/en/2026/04/s...
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Solidarity Statement by La Via Campesina with peoples of Palestine, Iran and Lebanon | Via Campesina
International Solidarity La Via Campesina strongly condemns the widening war imposed on our peoples, from the ongoing genocide in Palestine to the recent aggression against Iran and the continued assa...
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Some readings worth reading on #FuelCrisis "That is the worst of all worlds; having heavily taxed workers receiving poor services in a country running a €23 billion surplus funded by companies it doesn’t control." Sinead O Sullivan substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
Mind the Gap
Ireland is the second richest country in Europe, and this week a single protest shut it down. Here's why.
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The tax protests of 1979 - when the burden shifted from PAYE to others? rebelnews.ie/2020/10/09/p...
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'Largest Protest in Post-War Europe': PAYE Revolts & Social Partnership - REBEL
Forty years ago, the PAYE revolts rocked Ireland. Paul O’Neill tells the…
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Yetvmore insane levels of escalation
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Oilibhear O Mordha @olliemoore.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Feeding Ourselves 2026 – local communities, local producers sustainable.ie/new-site/fee...
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