New reporting reveals the Trump administration is planning to allow oil and gas drilling across the entire Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain. This landscape has been protected for over 4 decades.

The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe

Desperately vying for the Peace Prize, while building a legacy that will see him vilified by all humanity for a thousand years. Landmark global shipping deal suspended under US pressure

President Michael D. Higgins has written a message to mark the 25th anniversary of UN Day for Eradication of Poverty, 17th October

Once more for the particularly stupid & disingenuous: WE DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK THAT MACCABI TEL AVIV'S FANS ARE JEWISH. THE PROBLEM WITH THEM IS THEY MARAUD THE STREETS SINGING SONGS ABOUT RAPING & MURDERING ARABS, AND THEN CRY VICTIM WHEN THEY GET THEIR ARSES HANDED TO THEM.

SDG Challenge Schools - Training for Teachers Date: Thursday 1st May 2025 Time: 10:30am Location: Development Perspectives Offices Drogheda, A92 PY68 Register: https://t.co/BacW2YFvOO Join us for a day of learning and collaboration as we explore ways to incorporate global

✊The world ignores Palestinian HOSTAGES because of a “specimen barrier”: in the hierarchy of human worth Palestinians are not seen as fully human, and thus cannot be “hostages” of the superhuman. Gosh. We are still there, barbarism disguised as order.

Nine of the 10 hottest years have been recorded in the past 10 years, and all 10 since 2005. There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #biodiversity #GreenNewDeal

It's ONE WEEK until polling day! 🗳️ Polling stations will open Friday October 24, 7am - 10pm for Ireland's Presidential Election. 🚨 Now's the time to make your plan to vote! 🚨 More info: https://t.co/al32PbKmpQ

🎥 We need to take #ClimateAction & choose climate resilient development pathways Learn more: https://t.co/HhLX83VaR2 PL RP 🩷💚💙 #Video  original graph @IPCC_CH @SpringF_kx @LaurieThrasher @BastaGal @Picklepants715 @seth_leitman @janisonhiatus @drummike2012 @patgagnon_75

📣 It’s Health Literacy month so let’s talk about #HealthLiteracy & literacy friendly approaches in #Healthcare 🎥 Watch this video to learn about #TeachBack, a tool GP's can use to ensure patients understand information about their condition & treatment:

📢Are you an experienced #Tradesperson eager to train the next generation of #apprentices? 🔎Apply for #Instructor opportunities: #AircraftMechanics: @LimClareETB_FET Shannon: https://t.co/HYuEsywxwX #Plumbing & #MetalFabrication @GRETBOfficial TC Mervue: https://t.co/R85CdH4iCw

📢It's #MathsWeek, so #AdultLiteracyForLife are drawing attention to #Maths, #Numeracy & #FinancialLiteracy skills over the next few days!➗📏🔢 🤔Looking for a way to brush up on any of those skills? 📆Get started by exploring these events & resources:

British.

'What are we going to do with our trigger fingers now that we have to stop bombing Gaza?' It never stops.

I mean every one of these words.

🚨WHAT THE F**CK? As Ed O'Keefe was pulled from the Oval Office he asked about a mockup of a massive stone arch to be built in Washington DC. When he asked who it would honor, Trump said "ME." Our government is SHUT DOWN and THIS is what he’s spending taxpayer money on??

This looks like a useful piece of kit for everyone working in the field. @CorkETB @ALOA_Ireland @CorkCityPartner

Glorying in wanton destruction …

In the wake of a damning EPA Report this week on water quality, I questioned the Taoiseach today on Lady's Island Lake. The local action group are seeking monthly tests to be carried out along with confirmed funding for actions that will support local farmers to reduce runoff.