Orla

somebogwitch.bsky.social

15 October 2026 08:45

Missing from the conversation about the carbon tax is that it wasn't being spent on decarbonisation efforts. Hypothecated is the technical term for what we usually call ringfenced funding. Graph from the state auditors in 2024 below already showed the carbon fund was increasingly non hypothecated.

Tony - Pod Guy - Groves

tonygroves.bsky.social

15 October 2026 08:45

Next on Newstalk we’re talking free speech, Sally Rooney, book bans, and the ongoing oppression of straight white middle class men with David Quinn, Larry Donnelly and feminist icon, Eamon Ryan. Tune in.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍

irishrainforest.bsky.social

15 October 2026 08:45

Such rare integrity and bravery, and in such contrast to so many who've opted to stay silent on the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians because their personal careers might suffer. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

Simon McGarr

tupped.bsky.social

15 October 2026 08:45

Today saw a really significant strike- the biggest in, really, decades. It happened because the people in the Government (politicians and civil service management alike) had no experience with how to address a strike. It had never happened to them and they were all over the shop in responding.

fionnulamac.bsky.social

01 October 2026 12:55

Went to very interesting book launch yesterday- Before the Vote: Planning for a United Ireland by John Doyle, prof of politics at DCU. Available as a free download from DCU press! doras.dcu.ie/33485/