Michael O Brien
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Undergraduate University of Limerick Law Plus ⚖️ End the destruction of nature 🌳 🍃 🌱
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Reduce the herd, fly less, eat less meat and dairy, ban plastic, burn the least harmful fuel you can, re-wild your garden, re-wild 20% of your farm, pay farmers properly, replace Job-bridge 2.0 with biodiversity projects that pay a living wage, tax aviation fuel, more trains...
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I'm driving one of the cars coming from the opposite direction of this. It was absolutely terrifying. Driving 100kmph to suddenly see four lines of cars coming at me. Two small kids asleep in the back seat. This needs to be stopped.
Would the Garda Commissioner or
@GardaTraffic
care to comment?
How about local TD in the Croom area.
@rtenews
didn't see this on any news programme.
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Leo Varadkar : "I'm proud of the fact that we produce nine times more food than we need."
He wants us to think we are feeding the world when in reality we are among the most environmentally destructive nations on earth.
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Apart from anything else, there should be a legal right to have a pet in a rental home.
Landlords dictating every aspect of how people live their lives is disgusting.
The landlord/peasant British colonial times are alive and well in modern Ireland.
'I could never abandon them': IT technician sleeps in tent rather than leave his dogs
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Locking up climate activists is going to look pretty stupid when the penny really drops.
Fresh water scarcity, food shortages, supply chain disruption, mass migration, desertification etc.
These are the reasons why people are willing to be imprisoned and risk their safety.
All your activists who were slow marching in the road today have been arrested.
Your activists showed no inclination to leave the road, the only way they are is in the back of a police van.
More than 110 activists have been arrested.
Londoners continue to face the brunt and
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My parents weren't married. I was called "ba***rd" many times in primary school. It was profoundly upsetting and confusing. Thankfully we have mostly moved past that kind of thinking but the constitutional definition of family is still discriminatory.
Vote yes to the family amdmt
Catholic bishops have advised the electorate to vote no in the upcoming referendums in masses across the country.
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From the party who gave us the lowest ecological integrity in the European Union. ♻️🌱
♻️The take, make, consume, throwaway pattern is not sustainable and is causing harm to our environment.
Over the next few weeks, Fine Gael will explore how Ireland can adopt a circular approach that would help lead to a sustainable future.
Learn more:
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If I just gave €40 Billion to a plane manufacturer who's reputation is in the gutter, I might be trying to stay out of the limelight for a while.
Whatever you think of Eamon Ryan, this is absolutely unacceptable from Ryanair.
Time to wake up
@EamonRyan
Forever asleep at the wheel… 😴
2022 - Asleep during security queues crisis
2023 - Asleep when drones closed Dublin Airport on 6 separate occasions
Now - Asleep once again when Dublin Airport capacity capped
Eamon,
@RTE_PrimeTime
is on!
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We don't have royalty by birthright. In Ireland you earn your crown. Queen.....
#KatieTaylor
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@LeoVaradkar
People spending money in December was more important than people being with family at Christmas. Simple enough, at least own it.
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@IrishMirror
That was one of the best interviews I've ever seen. I laughed and cried and all I wanted to do was show it to other people.
This is your headline? Do me a favour!
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An elderly relative of mine, farmer and GAA man, who has had a few big trailer loads of turf brought to him for the last 30 years. This year he had timber delivered, he's going to dry it out in storage and avoid burning peat. "I want to do my bit" he told me.
He only has a stove.
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If one of your honestly held opinions is that climate change is a hoax, you have absolutely no credibility on any other issue.
The aggression coming from the floor is boiling over now. Many speakers are calling climate change a hoax & calling for Ireland to leave the EU, to applause. One individual has approached the panel to shout in Colm Markeys face.
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@Independent_ie
I agree with him. It was acceptable as a temporary measure but they seem to be locking it in for the foreseeable.
Obviously Omicron has put a spanner in the works for everyone but we should be looking to get rid of the vaccine passes in 2022.
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@CathalCroweTD
@AgrilandIreland
@IFAmedia
For a TD to reduce a complex issue like climate change to this simplification is pathetic. You should be incredibly embarrassed. Do you have anything to say about Ryanair being Europe's most polluting airline?
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@PlzPassThePie
@johnsuchet1
@JujuliaGrace
Races are delayed all the time. Horses die every year in this race. No offence but that take is ridiculous and baseless.
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"You can produce 36,000 kg of potatoes and 10,000 kg of grain on the same land area that produces 250 kg of beef."
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Banning private jets and super yachts would give the climate movement a massive boost of momentum. People are willing to change their behaviour but not unless they see the elites doing the same.
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UK residents only but please sign if you live there.
Petition: Suspend trade agreement with Faroe Islands until all whale & dolphin hunts end
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@CapodeiCapi05
@GaryLineker
@PSG_English
They had an absolute disaster of a pre season. He's a very good coach.
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@sinead_ryan
Yes Sinead, 25c is lovely summer weather but what exactly are you trying to say? That people shouldn't highlight the changing climate? What will you say when it's 40c and higher? It's coming and people will die because of extreme heat in this country. Enjoy your ice cream.
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Would a FREE, accredited course on the climate and biodiversity crises, delivered online be a workable idea? Available to every citizen.
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@Juicywalnuts0
@rtenews
It's not his money though. It's borrowed money. We are in a situation where the worlds resources need to be fairly distributed and the Elon Musks of this world are a major barrier to that.
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@andrew_lilico
Wow! The right wing aren't even trying to pretend anymore. Imagine an educated middle aged man resorting to proudly symbolising a slave trader.
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@SenatorKeogan
Firstly €50 against this inflation is reasonable.
Secondly there are many reasons why people are on Jobseekers.
Example: full time mature student and parent required to apply for Jobseekers during the summer period. Has to care for children full time as other parent is working.
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@ReginaDo
"Peatlands store twice as much carbon as all of Earth’s standing forests"
Have you anything intelligent to add to the discussion or just more dog whistling?
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Pearse Doherty was asked on
#TonightVMTV
for a plan to make Irish agriculture sustainable.
His answer: remove the planning process for forestry.
Sinn Fein are pathetic on climate action. Absolutely pathetic.
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@FineGael
🌱2050 is not ambitious enough 🌱 reducing methane is the most powerful tool we have in slowing climate change 🌱 capitalism will not solve this 🌱 make ecocide a national and international crime 🌱 end fossil fuel state control 🌱 tell your supporters the truth
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An Rabharta Glas have challenged Irish energy companies offering "100% Green Energy". This claim by various companies misrepresents the service offered. The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland finds that this advertisement should not appear in its current form again.
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@Lainey_Doyle
It was nuts. The little silver car near the end is me. Luckily the boys were asleep and didn't know it happened. We were flying along at 100km and only had around 100 yards to figure out what was happening and slow down.
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@NatalieORegan1
If I was a person going to electric picnic and considering using the HSE testing service, after hearing this Garda statement, I would 100% change my mind.
"we won't be watching" he says. Some of them definitely will.
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Anyone who says they don't have "any political affiliations or leanings" is too privileged to be taken seriously in a political discussion.
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything" Malcolm X
My two cents on Limerick's directly elected Mayor, John Moran can make a real difference 💪🙏🏻
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Humans can't survive on milk and steak.
What happens when the countries who supply our fruit and vegetables are impacted by floods and droughts?
Those who say we are food secure are lying to us.
Ireland has good conditions for dairy production, but we need food diversity.
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@emilyhewertson
Except he isn't. He has fought for the people who can't fight for themselves his whole life and you hold Johnson and Patel as beacons of virtue. Absolutely laughable.
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Live exports
No native woodlands
No roaming rights
7 million cows
Polluted waterways
Toxic air quality
Constant beaches of Habitat Directives
This is complete hypocrisy from Fianna Fail.
In relation to animal welfare, this country is barbaric.
We want to pay tribute to our four legged friends and those who look after them, this National Animal Welfare Awareness Day.
#AWD22
🐶😼🐴🐹
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The Green Party of Ireland ladies and gentlemen... Gaslighting, smug, self-satisfaction and environmental destruction. Surely the bluest green party in the world? Fine Gael on bikes indeed.
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SUVs are a disease. Our entire country is infested with them.
What's the cure though?
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@rtenews
The penalty for mobile phone use should be a mandatory 12 month driving ban. That would have a substantial impact and is proportionate to the danger.
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FG and FF have known about climate change since the 1980s.
Car dependency, poisoned waterways, toxic air, nitrogen toxicity, animal cruelty, deforestation, monoculture.
You can blame the people who created and enforced these policies or the people who want to improve them.
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@dfarrell_ucd
@AuschwitzMuseum
@mattiemcgrathtd
He should be removed from office. This is almost a weekly occurrence at this stage.
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Very sad to say, the Queen of my house died today. Rip Lily.
Animals would break your heart. 💔
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@panchdeburca
@boucherhayes
We can't stop that glacier but there are lots of things we can do. We can stay below 1.5° of warming.
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@NatalieORegan1
Translation: bullying young lads is their number one source of information and they think that is more important than evidence based solutions that would benefit society as a whole.
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Wildfires raging all over the world and Michael O'Leary thinks he can offset
@Ryanair
emissions by planting a few trees. It's time to acknowledge that carbon offsets are largely greenwashing nonsense.
Here is a link to Michael's very own page on Desmog
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@andrew_lilico
Abondon a UN Treaty and risk a return to violence in Ireland?
You do realise the US will never negotiate a trade deal with you if that happens?
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preserve wetlands, stop building data centres, tax tech companies and invest the money in Irish water, respect the importance of access to justice in a climate emergency.... We can do it. We're up shit creek but we do have a paddle....
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I'm sorry but if you are a farmer who genuinely cares about the environment then publicly call out the rural TDs who deny climate change. Your silence is deafening.
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@SenatorKeogan
Example two: person who is participating in residential addiction treatment. Unemployable until such time as they have rebuilt their mental health, social network and education/training for work. This process takes a minimum of 12 months.
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Social media is very odd. I feel like I knew Daithí without ever meeting him or knowing what he looked like.
I knew that when his messages crossed my timeline I was about to read something compassionate, insightful, inclusive or empathetic.
Beautiful energy is powerful. 🌱
Hi all, Daithi's daughter here.
With great shock & sadness I want to tell ye he passed last week. My dad was the kindest, funniest person I know.
I know some of you were friends so it was important to me I told ye.
Thank you to everyone who loved my dear, sweet, righteous dad
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The aviation industry is unsustainable.
It's being propped up by badly paid staff, tax exemptions and massive state subsidies.
Obviously there's a big difference between the "once a year" holiday cohort and the wealthy frequent flyers. The latter need their wings clipped now.
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@arrivalofspring
@banbloodsports
@McConalogue
@Fexcogroup
@DiageoIreland
@AstellasEurope
@rockshore_ie
@kerrycouncil
@mir_ocall
Please Google review these businesses! It's worked many times before.
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The EPP don't want you to have...
❌Clean air
❌Clean water
❌Healthy ecosystems
❌Child safety
❌Livable cities
❌Public transport
❌A healthy work/life balance
They have no vision for a better world. I hope they get obliterated at the ballot box.
🚨Don’t ban cars from city centres!
We need ambitious and realistic measures to improve air quality, not populist or drastic ones.
“We are against banning cars from inner cities. The new rules must not lead to shutting down industry sites”, says
@LinsNorbert
.
Read⬇️
#FitFor55
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"Ireland argues the European Convention on Human Rights, which the court is set up to uphold, does not guarantee the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment."
Eamon Ryan's department are actively fighting a legal battle against more robust climate action.
Irish Government defends moving against Swiss grannies who are fighting for the climate
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@MickWally100
@Aisling_Pash
@davidmcw
Michael the data is clear. 60-70% of ICU covid patients are not vaccinated despite them only making up 10% of the population. Vaccines work. If you don't want one, fine. You don't get to spread misinformation and not be challenged.
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@mr_space_chimp
@TG4TV
And had the courage to show OZ which was an absolute game changer for television.
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I met Eamon Ryan once. We had a very brief conversation. My parting words "please don't go into government with Fine Gael" We laughed. For different reasons apparently.
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@azejournal
People who are sexually incompatible shouldn't stay together. It should be a massive red flag in my opinion. Recognise the signs early and save both parties a lot of pain and misery.
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@Michael_O_Regan
If the greens fail to go into government it will be because FG are unwilling to do what the country needs. Have you considered that or are you too blinkered?
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@markgoldbridge
Unnecessary Mark. Would you have spoken about Ryan Giggs the same way in his last couple of seasons? It's a nice picture and a sign of the great atmosphere in the camp.
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@AoDespair
If Bernie Sanders isn't the next US president then the US deserves its worldwide hatred.
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@LimerickCouncil
@GardaTraffic
Enforcement... Enforcement... Enforcement
It's the only way.
The majority of offenders either won't see this message or will dismiss it.
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@Conor1960
Catherine Connolly would win a presidential election tomorrow. And I love how much that bothers you Conor.
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@FineGael
Yes but a 4 day week would be the foundation for a proper work/life balance. Im sure you're appalled by the thought.
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@PlzPassThePie
@johnsuchet1
@JujuliaGrace
49 horses have died in UK horse racing events this year. To suggest that the protest was a significant cause of the carnage today is completely unreasonable in my opinion. I like racing but I think the protesters have very legitimate concerns.
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If you're pissed off with the status quo and want to give Sinn Féin a go, I completely understand. But our children's future can't be left to chance. Challenge them on climate action and make them get it right because it's plainly obvious that they're out of touch with reality.
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@IrishTimes
Nope,
Takes too long
Costs too much
Needs too much water
Vulnerable to heatwaves
Ireland can benefit from French nuclear power with the Celtic interconnector.
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@LeoVaradkar
In 100 years you will be the leader who protected big business at the expense of our children's futures.
Economic growth as a result of tax avoidance is not success!
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@rtenews
If you are a Sinn Fein voter, please give The Green Party your number 2. Its the best way to get a left coalition and it would be fantastic for the future of our country.
#GE2020
#WantGreenVoteGreen
#votegreen
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@KevFish37
And if football fans could show the same passion for socialism and climate action as we did to stop the Super League the world would change immediately. 🤞
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Eamon Ryan saying "ambition" and 2050 in the same sentence. 😂
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There's incredible momentum behind
#voteyesno
. It's wonderful to see.
Sinn Féin, Social Democrats and Labour can still do the right thing here. It's not too late.
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@gavreilly
To be fair if you only have take away once a week it's still probably makes up 1/4 of your calories. 🤷♂️😂
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Beautiful day today. That's as hot as I like it.
Over 30c is tough. Over 40c terrifies me.
This is the Clare Glens (Limerick/Tipperary border). We need to replicate this all over the country to provide shelter during heat waves. We know they will get worse. We need to plan now!
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Absolutely pathetic from AP McCoy, Ed Chamberlain and Mick Fitzgerald and the
@itvracing
team. They are all saying the protest is not fair on the horses. What utter BS.
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@deric_tv
It's always men. That's the point. It's in our own interest too to call out toxic masculinity. That's exactly what women have been saying.
Organise a vigil if you want, people will be glad to attend.
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@rtenews
Destroy nature to fix problems caused by destroying nature? Sounds like an Irish solution alright.
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