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Rothar

@rotharphibsboro.bsky.social
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Bike shop in Dublin inner city with a lot of opinions. Cargo bike specialist. Bicycles, feminism, active travel and cats. Among other things.

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We have the technology! #wheelchair
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Two secondary school students have lost an eye and one has now lost a hand in the repression of the student protests by the French police. The French police, the most violent in Western Europe, are now turning that violence on minors, with the support of the government. www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...
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French teen loses hand as student protests continue
A French student lost a hand after a police grenade exploded during school protests nationwide.
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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A) Yes you can. B) But anyway, nobody is saying that you have to. C) It is perfectly possible to own a car and also do most of your journeys NOT by car (and/or want to reduce how many journeys you drive). D) What do the many people who don't have a car do? So fed up with this ridiculous argument.
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Rothar @rotharphibsboro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
These kids are asking for their rights. Some classes are 40 + students in one room. There are reports of rats, falling ceilings in classroom and fecal matter in the water. No heat, no enough tables or chairs. The government's response is to send heavily armed police to 15 year olds.
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Neill J @neillj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rather than restrict kids from social media it's violent racist dimwits like this woman that need kicking off social media.
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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
You can order a Palestinian mezze box for next Saturday or this tea box for Oct 10 and support Dublin’s Silk Road Cafe while it is involuntarily shut down during the EU presidency. Collect in Kimmage. Highly recommended!!! silkroadcafe.ie
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 17/09/2026
‘Stop the Fare Hikes’ protest outside Dáil today as NTA says further increases likely Commuter groups, opposition parties, and others are encouraging people to join a protest against public transport fare hikes this evening in Dublin outside Leinster House at 6pm....
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‘Stop the Fare Hikes’ protest outside Dáil today as NTA says further increases likely
Commuter groups, opposition parties, and others are encouraging people to join a protest against public transport fare hikes this evening in Dublin outside Leinster House at 6pm. The planned protest comes after the Government was criticised for 15-35% increases in public transport fares from 2027, and the National Transport Authority yesterday confirmed further hikes are likely if inflation continues to rise.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
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They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Send the Message: Stop the Fare Hikes 📣 Public transport users can stop the fare hikes before budget day 2027, but you need to pressure your TD’s now!! If you’ve never contacting a TD before, there’s a template email you can send from the link below 👇 galwaycommuters.ie/fares/
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 11/09/2026
Dublin City Council, again, has banned poster to spare a US president's feelings. Even a version which made no direct reference to Trump and removed his image, and simply read: “No welcome for warmongers” was turned down.
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Dublin City Council, again, bans poster to spare US president's feelings
Even a version which made no direct reference to Trump and removed his image, and simply read: “No welcome for warmongers” was turned down.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 10/09/2026
As of Cabinet yesterday, one now needs the ability to communicate in order to be considered a citizen. Yet in the first three months of 2026, not a single child in ten counties was given a plan on how the State would deliver them with speech and language therapy. This week’s column @thejournal.ie:
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Gavan Reilly: Six months by law. 24.3 months in reality. Ireland's disability numbers don't add up
The eye-watering numbers of children waiting for Assessment of Need in this country expose a broken system offering little hope to families.
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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026
Been looking at the most recent MIPEX report (on EU migrant integration policies) and I would respectfully suggest that the arguments being put forward to justify changes to Irish naturalisation laws are, not to put too fine a point on it, absolute horseshit: a🧵 www.migpolgroup.com/wp-content/u...
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Nuala Ní Chonghaile @nools.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So the commuter who helps reduce carbon emissions gets penalised while those who held the country up to ransom have been rewarded. Meanwhile we’re hurtling towards a climate crisis as global heating gets worse and worse.
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Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Ok so when do urban commuters block O’Connell St and set up motorway roadblocks?
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Alan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026
question for #speirgorm #ireland users: is anyone aware of schools that have made proposals like this for the new term? welcome any sharing of info on the subject @irishcycle.com @ibikedublin.bsky.social @dublincycling.bsky.social
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“And now the weather…”
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Dublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
#Glencullen Co. Dublin Firefighting operations are continuing at the gorse #wildfire on the Dublin mountains at Glencullen. High winds are driving smoke across a wide area and limiting visibility on roads. The smoke has travelled as far as the #M50. We are asking residents to close all windows
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CarolC @carolconnolly.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ireland hosts the EU Presidency at the moment. While an EU country is both burning and drowning, the Irish government are trying to weaken our ability to hold the Irish government to account via judicial reviews for breaching our emissions targets. #spéirghorm
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Rothar @rotharphibsboro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Southern Europe and Northern Africa are on fire, more than 10000 people so far in Europe have died because of the heat. And that's just the beginning. These people as well as their fossil fuel buddies should be tried for what they're doing.
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Sounds familiar: 'Water UK said datacentres were already being built in water-stressed areas...Millions of people in these regions have been placed under a hosepipe ban by water companies after prolonged extreme heat and lack of rainfall.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says
Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
'We live in a world that has increasingly come under the control of “a gaggle of cruel, vain, very rich men who are fully engaged in the enterprise of stripping every public and societal resource for parts”.' - Omar El Akkad, cited by Kevin O'Sullivan
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Joining the dots from climate to Gaza and all the injustice in between
Climate impacts, treatment of displaced people, growing inequality and other key issues are all interconnected
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The fuel protest, which began with serious and legitimate concerns about the cost of fuel and living, had more or less been hijacked by the anti-migrant, anti LGBTQI, anti woke, ‘Ireland First’ far right. This is losing the protestors a lot of support, as it should #fuelprotest
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Tom Gleeson @tggleeson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Who is funding the fuel protest's online campaign. www.thebriefing.ie/who-is-fundi...
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Who is funding the fuel protest's online campaign?
Political mobilisation does not scale "spontaneously", and, once that fire is lit, there is no controlling what it burns.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
It’s beyond disgusting that the EU still gives this vile Apartheid state full and free access to our markets, never mind countries like Germany arming their genocidal army.
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 06/03/2026
Dublin council offers “Second Spin” of freedom for teenagers who’ve had bicycles stolen A programme in Dublin is offering teenage residents of the Fingal County Council area a replacement refurbished bicycle if theirs is stolen. "Most teenagers have low or no income, so if their bike gets stolen,…
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Dublin council offers “Second Spin” of freedom for teenagers who’ve had bicycles stolen
A programme in Dublin is offering teenage residents of the Fingal County Council area a replacement refurbished bicycle if theirs is stolen. "Most teenagers have low or no income, so if their bike gets stolen, it has a disproportionate impact on their ability to stay cycling and use active travel. And what we generally see is that a lot of teenagers, when they get their bike stolen, will go back to unsustainable modes of transport, whether it's looking for a lift from their mum and dad or driving," said Stephen McGinn, a cycling and walking officer with Fingal County Council…
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Phibsborough - The Milan of Ireland >>> waterfordwhispers.shop/collections/…
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
'The bridge came out of nowhere.'
Vehicle strike on bridge clad in hi viz
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Deirdre @deirdreni.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Anyone spot a cyclist (me) knocked off her bike along the canal at drimnagh today by someone who drove away? If you got a reg I’d love the help to report them! @ibike.ie
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Rothar @rotharphibsboro.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
If you want an antidote to the ill informed announcements of the government this week, look no further than the wonderful people in Treo in Waterford - they have researched the e-scooter phenomenon, know the subject and now provide training to young people. Amazing www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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‘People are going to use them’: Waterford scheme promotes safe use of e-scooters, e-bikes
Department of Justice-funded Treo Port Láirge works with teens and young adults
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Rothar @rotharphibsboro.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Same here in Ireland. It took us traders a threat to make helmets mandatory to finally get together and start a thing. The conservative attacks are coming from all fronts, and we need a narrative to counterattack.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
And honestly, no offence, but if you don't cycle in a city regularly, I don't care what you have to say about it because you don't have enough knowledge or experience to comment You wouldn't care what I have to say about rugby and you'd be right
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Éamonn Reilly @darthratz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
But I need to wear government approved clothes
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Bionic Laura @bioniclaura.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It’s 2028 and all pedestrians are mandated by law to wear hi vis clothes at all times. Black north face jackets are illegal. Black mascara has been outlawed and replaced with neon. Drivers are still watching tiktok and saying didn’t see you there pal.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Maybe instead of harassing cyclists the government could do something about this kind of thing? But that'd be harder so no
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Reducing - and enforcing - speed limits for ALL vehicles to 30km/hr in urban areas & cameras to detect cars breaking traffic lights would save scores of lives annually, but it might annoy some motorists so instead we get this performative BS from gov’t. www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...
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Helmets and hi-vis clothing to be made mandatory for e-bikes and e-scooter users
Cabinet will sign off on plans to explicitly ban the use of scramblers on roads this morning.
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I BIKE Dublin @ibikedublin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
And there we have it folks, having failed to do anything to halt the injury and death toll on our roads the government now plans to criminalise cycling. This will kill bike share schemes around the country. @bleeperactive.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...
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Helmets and hi-vis clothing to be made mandatory for e-bikes and e-scooter users
Cabinet will sign off on plans to explicitly ban the use of scramblers on roads this morning.
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Fucking gombeens. Love to be seen to do something and it's inevitably the stupid knee-jerk wrong thing rather than the more difficult necessary evidence based thing that will upset some of their gombeen friends
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"In a disaster, the skeleton of society is laid bare."
THE IRISH TIMES

In a disaster. the skeleton of society is
laid bare. Politicians need scapegoats
when their inability to make hard
strategic decisions is exposed. Whether
it be Met Éireann. the Habitats
Directive, the freshwater pearl mussel
civil society groups, or local authority
officials. blame has to be ascribed
somewhere. But who rezoned the
floodplains, who allowed housing
closer to river banks than was wise.
who has drastically underfunded
climate-adaptation measures for the
past 20 vears?
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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The Irish Green Party has a bit of work to do - this is the kind of message that could unite the left @greenparty.ie
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Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
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Rothar @rotharphibsboro.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If you're looking for grace in this hell hole of a world, go and see 'Sentimental Value'. It'll give you a bit of faith back in human things, as fucked up as they can be.
Promotion poster of sentimental value by Joachim Trier. The poster features the two sisters featured in the film hugging on a bed
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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Here's a starter pack of various accounts related to Dublin City Council on Bluesky. go.bsky.app/4naJbid Any missing? Cc @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Man Exiting From 7 Lane Highway Can't Believe Entitled Cyclists Riding Two Abreast.
highway traffic

Man Who Exited From 7 Lane Highway Can't Believe Entitled Cyclists Riding Two Abreast.
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
There's a long history of bikes as tools of resistance. And for good reason!
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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
⚠️ All Hands on Deck Needed to Respond to the Latest Attack on Access to Justice ⚖️ "This is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced" - @antaisce.bsky.social 🔗 Details and call for public submissions: www.antaisce.org/news/all-han...
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Have been contacted by some victims of deepfaking / non-consensual manipulation of their images by AI - about their experiences. If anyone else in Ireland has a story they'd like to share on the issue, please feel free to contact me.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Telling the government my new home is going to be a data centre so they'll build it for me
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