Can the weather always be this unreal for fieldwork? Please and thank you!
07.03.2026 16:13
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Can the weather always be this unreal for fieldwork? Please and thank you!
Nice view of the Donaghadee Lighthouse after some spectacular weather for our first field trip
On Mew! <3
Darragh O’Brien drafts in state agencies to find solutions to traffic congestion in the capital Transport Minister ‘not writing anything off’ in bid to ease problem in urban areas
Has he considered not shelving rail projects? Not cutting funding for expansion of public transport could be worth looking at too.
Before I start fieldwork on offshore islands, I wrote about what the sea means to me.
Heritage, policy, climate change and a lot of soul searching from someone who grew up far from the coast.
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I wonder how many of the victims were also wearing shoes.
Ah thank you so much for this Marc! 💚
Apparently, yesterday was St Berahert's Day (who knew?), so altogether timely to share this beautiful piece by @aislinnn.bsky.social on the holy well named after him in Co. Tipp.....
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Anton Savage's comment that “98% of pedestrians killed weren’t wearing hi-vis” shows a lack of understanding of statistics.
If few people wear hi-vis while walking, then of course almost everyone killed won’t have been wearing it. Without comparing actual risk rates, that figure tells us nothing.
If we want to reduce risk, we need to follow the evidence.
And the evidence is clear: mandatory high-visibility clothing laws do not meaningfully improve safety for people who cycle.
What does make a difference is better, properly segregated active transport infrastructure.
Ireland No. 1 in Europe - yet again. GHGs rose faster (+3.2%) in Ireland in Q3 2025 than ANYWHERE else in Europe.
#Climate action, my eye.
It’s encouraging that the Supreme Court ruling could stop some of these projects.
But once again, we’re seeing narrow, sensational, bizarre coverage that fixates on how inconvenient it might be to pause road building, while ignoring the far greater and ongoing harm caused by climate breakdown.
Finally, a place for Dublin’s stilt community to gather.
On the Grow College Green project and Ireland’s habit of treating “progress” as a goal in itself.
#ReimagineDublin
bundle the child into the car at the first sign of poetry
new essay 💌:
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Head 12 Exemption from the Act of 2015 Provide that: Any function or exercise undertaken under this Act shall be exempt from the provisions of section 15 of the Act of 2015. Explanatory Note This Head provides that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 do not apply to any functions or exercises undertaken under this Bill.
An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.
Supporting Irish food is not sentimentality, it is means supporting the local economy and buying traceable quality. It needs to be supported on the shelf, supported in policy, supported in oversight.
Another brilliant take by @aislinnn.bsky.social!
Trust is the real ingredient in Irish food branding.
And right now, people are asking who carries the proof burden.
I wrote about Bord Bia, organics and uneven scrutiny.
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The Schools’ Collection was compiled between 1937 and 1939 under the supervision of the Irish Folklore Commission. At the time, there was a growing fear that Ireland’s oral tradition was disappearing and had gone unrecorded under colonial administration.
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Another excellent piece by Pádraic Fogarty. The Nature Restoration Law and the Land Use Review offer the government a real opportunity to address challenges like flooding head-on, but I have little faith they’ll take it.
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On RTE 1 there, Today with David McCullagh, @mcculld.bsky.social asks: "what advice would you give to road users?"
RSA spokesperson: "Very dangerous conditions for drivers." Continues to talk about drivers. Drivers only.
DMC: "any advice for any other road users such as cyclists?"
RSA: "Eh...."
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Conscious any discussion on transport is polarising but can we agree on:
🚗 Less speeding in cities and towns
👮♀️ A Garda focus on speed enforcement
🛣 Road design and landscaping to reinforce this
🚴♀️ Cycling facilities that protect children (and ourselves)
🏍 Confiscation of illegal souped-up e-bikes?
“At the well, belief is not singular but layered, a mosaic made from memory, ritual and the land itself.”
Lá Fhéile Bríde sona daoibh. I wrote a piece about St Berahert’s Well in the Galtee Mountains and the mosaic of belief that bubbles there.
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It’s not just Irish beef at steak… chicken sourced from Brazil in Dunnes Stores today…
When was the last time you asked nature how it is?
It’s beyond time we got the conversation between us, humans, and nature going again.
A to-do list for the Government from the Irish Times and friends…
Zero mention of climate change, emissions, biodiversity or nature.
The planet is on fire, but apparently that didn’t make the cut.
Every driver wants streets to be widened to “speed up traffic” unless it’s the street where they live. They’re so close to getting it
Insanely effective political communication
Do you eat food?
