Reposted by Susan GallagherWWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Gardaí Called To RDS After Reports Members Of World's Largest Copyright Theft Gang Inside Building waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/10/1… 014065 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Re the Sally Rooney news, I was looking up data on arrests under terrorism legislation the other day, and hadn't quite realised how utterly bonkers the effect of the Palestine Action prohibition had been. That big purple spike is basically all PA-related arrests. 331245544 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 13/10/2026it’s just great marketing 3483672082 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherPaul Waldron @majorpaul.bsky.social · 12/10/2026www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm... Ciarán Cannon nails it in this article. Canney is the worst road safety minister we’ve ever had. He still uses “accidents” in interviews (including when responding to the recent appalling, deliberate wrong-way motorway collision).irishexaminer.comCiarán Cannon: No, Seán Canney, 'everybody' is not responsible for road deathsAs road deaths rise, the Government dropped planned reforms of the RSA and increased public transport fares — and now the minister seems to be disavowing political responsibility, writes Ciarán Cannon 54419 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 12/10/2026AP: "Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military…stipulated that any Catholic soldier assigned to the U.S. Army firing squad should ask to be excused from that duty, which he described as contrary to the teachings of the church."politico.comArchbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squadThe archbishop described the planned execution of a gunman who killed 13 people on a military base as contrary to the teachings of the church. 141128293 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/09/2026UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY 011082 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherQueen Mary University of London @qmul.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o 13371168 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here. We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times. We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics. This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare. 28938471052 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherDublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Government have spent over a billion euro on fuel subsidies this year… yet have no room in the budget for new BusConnects phases, Luas expansions or Dart+ projects Opposition parties need to get their priorities straight 19141 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Despair is not just wrong. It's irrational. Things can change, at astonishing speed. In fact, the flip might be happening already. My article for the Guardian's climate support campaign. www.theguardian.com/membership/2...theguardian.comDon’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feelThere are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen 1021969820 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton 22672322813 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherMarc Ó Cathasaigh @marcocathasaigh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026A reminder that this legislation was passed at Final Stage by 129 votes to 10, with every political party bar Ind. Ireland supporting. This headline shows: > Enormous over-reach by officialdom on an unequivocal democratic mandate, > The craven backtracking of FFG in this gvt on climate action. 14730 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Shooting interests & the rightwing press want to exploit the wildfires to reinstate moorland burning. But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water. This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs: www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875... 224588 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Just sitting on the pavement and clapping is now terrorism. Not saying anything, not holding or displaying any signs, just sitting on the pavement & clapping. Andy Burnham can stop this. But he isn't. Reporting by Steven Methven for @novaramedia.com 491104525 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Now that’s how you run a newspaper advert. 110139 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026While others carry on arming a genocidal regime, Greens stand in solidarity with Palestianians living under occupation. www.politicshome.com/news/article...politicshome.comGreen Party Manchester Mayoral Candidate Pledges To Twin Manchester With Palestinian City Of RamallahExclusive: The Green Party candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election will pledge to twin Greater Manchester with Ramallah, the admin... 7503127 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Simple message, really. Thanks for the bluntness, @nondriver.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth 12939370 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherSocial Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This summer, water conservation is important. But hosepipe bans can be frustrating, especially when there is so little governance around water usage by data centres. Yet, when it comes to data centres, the Taoiseach is just sticking his head in the sand. 77223 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherElaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This is very interesting 👀 2279 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/07/2026After I wrote last week's column, I learnt that a neighbour with severe disabilities, an extremely tough & resourceful woman who lived to the full, died in the heatwave. Everyone here is devastated. I can scarcely express my anger towards a mindset that treats people like her as collateral damage. 🧵 692930802 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherDáiligh @dailigh.eurosky.social · 06/07/2026He sums it up so well, here. youtube.com/shorts/t4mSZ...youtube.comPerfectly Explained! 🤣🤣 #usa #israel #palestine #politics #congress #canada #news #uk #europeYouTube video by Breezy Politics 021 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherElaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 03/07/2026If I read one more reference to 'gold plating' of EU law in Ireland....Can anyone show me the evidence? Should we look to the over half our rivers and lakes polluted? The trend which is getting worse? The 25% of our most pristine waterbodies now lost? A 🧵 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...irishtimes.comTop Government adviser calls for action to roll back ‘gold-plated’ environmental lawLaws exempting key projects from national climate goals should be followed by moves to curtail environmental screening, says taskforce chief 1011657 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherEmma Rua @ealadubh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026You know when you lift up a rock & all the critters scurry to find more shadows? Light, a great disinfectant #SpéirGorm "In a statement, Powercourt Estate said that it was “relieved and pleased” that the event was no longer taking place" www.thejournal.ie/wicklow-hote...thejournal.ieWicklow hotel cancels Peter Thiel-linked 'Dialog' conferenceIn a statement, Powercourt Estate said that it was “relieved and pleased” that the event was no longer taking place. 13313 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherNPR @npr.org · 01/07/2026Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away. n.pr/4eR3u39n.prMonths after he sent a harsh email to ICE, agents tracked him to his home and a hotelFederal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away. 42322147 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/06/2026There are people all across Belfast helping relocate people, get them food, clothes, meds and more. You will likely never hear about them on the news. But they are many. And *they* are Belfast. 171525438 0
Reposted by Susan Gallagher🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Three adorable barred owlets waiting until they can break free! It takes 5 weeks until they can leave the nest and learn to climb, then slowly fly. 405133741 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 20/05/2026At this stage, even if Israel actually started bombing EU countries, Ireland included, we’d *still* refuse to impose sanctions on this terrorist regime, for fear of hurting their feelings. www.rte.ie/news/2026/05...rte.ieDáil votes against bill to impose sanctions on IsraelThe Dáil has voted against legislation seeking to impose sanctions against Israel by 77 votes to 62. 46822 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherCiarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Shameful to see Israel’s Minister of National Security Ben Gvir disgracing himself and his Government again by ill-treating peacemakers he illegally detained. 0233 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Amputees in Gaza participated in the 10th Palestinian International Marathon. 3261108 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 10/05/2026“Even if you stopped climate change today, New Orleans’s days are still numbered,” he added. “It will be surrounded by open water, and you can’t keep an island situated below sea level afloat. There’s no amount of money that can do that.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study findsLouisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors say 431117490 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherAlan Dunne @aldunne.eurosky.social · 10/05/2026fair play to Martin, using RIP dot ie the way the lord intended #speirgorm 26402145 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherLeo ᚑ ᚄᚓᚐᚉᚆᚅᚐᚄᚐᚔᚌᚆ @leoie.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I am so sick of the criticism of the "designer" bicyle storage facility in Kerry Hospital. Lets have a look at these costs, understanding them is about reframing what was actually built, and comparing it fairly against the infrastructure society routinely accepts for cars. 1/ 613766 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 08/05/2026How on earth is this acceptable? 41530158 0
Reposted by Susan Gallagher💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 24/04/2026💖 cats just wanna have fun 💛💙🩷🤎 #caturday 💛💚🩷💜 423106471973 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026When a Border Collie has no sheep to herd …and the Cat being so Catlike 😸 449128211704 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 19/04/2026“…Irreversible for hundreds to thousands of years” “Irreversible”. This is infinitely more consequential than Trump, oil prices, Hormuz etc. yet we continue to ignore it. 315498 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them. 416467 0
Reposted by Susan Gallagher𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wow. 13143614916659 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026The vid as it was share.upscrolled.com/en/post/436d...share.upscrolled.comFrancesca Albanese (@franceskalbs) / UpScrolledWatch my AJ Forum speech last week: the common enemy of humanity is THE SYSTEM that has enabled the genocide in Palestine, including the financial capital that… 233 0
Reposted by Susan Gallagherc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon. Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty. 146122533705 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherCaroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Where is Ireland at with flood defences and what's holding them up? www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.comMost ‘priority’ flood defences have still not entered planning after eight yearsThirty-one of 54 big projects deemed priority works in 2018 remain on the drawing board 174 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherPeg Kerr @pegkerr.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch. 273894770 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherRichard Miller @richardmiller.bsky.social · 14/02/2026This rules. I love how delighted they all look! 143962582 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Phillips "This is not a country where people get thrown in jail for things they say" @zackpolanski.bsky.social points out 2,700 people have been arrested for holding signs And well done to Zack for challenging Phillips smear that 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic 691338420 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherPaul Waldron @majorpaul.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Unfortunately with not-so-sleepy Eamon Ryan gone, extending and developing these great LocalLink services has stopped. Eamon Ryan - like all Green Party TDs in Govt - achieved more in 4 years than many ministers achieve in 10 years. Best Govt in years has been replaced by Worst Govt in years. 021 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/11/2025NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it. 13005951136348 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherIrish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Conor Pope argues that an air-travel tax would be unfair. We would like to remind him that the vast majority of people on Earth will never take a flight. It is a wealthy minority (read: us) who pollute, while others around the world bear the consequences. So we ask: is that fair, Conor?irishtimes.comThe Debate: Should we introduce an air-travel tax to aid climate efforts?Is a levy on the aviation industry a necessary corrective or just another tax on consumers? An environmental campaigner debates Conor Pope 23712 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherMarc Ó Cathasaigh @marcocathasaigh.bsky.social · 29/10/2025One of the very last things to go into the 2020 Programme for Government (at about 2 a.m. in the morning) was a commitment to triple Local Link passenger journeys. Huge push-back, we were told it was impossible to achieve. By the time we left government, numbers were up x5. If you build it....... 0152 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherIzzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman." This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women." RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...share.googleWoman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attackA woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away. 262060863 0
Reposted by Susan GallagherSaoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025MM refusing to do anything on climate shows that he puts disproportionate weight on the opinions of lobbyists for data centers, car manufacturers, dairy, etc cause support for government action on climate change actually unites people across the country..so who is he talking about? 48337 0
