...them to keep kicking the can down the road on moving away from fossil fuels for wealth gains in the short term. The grants given currently aren't near enough and only serve upper-middle income households. We have the resources to transition everyone away from FF, just no political will.

The problem with carbon tax in Ireland is that it's one element of a feeble, languishing climate action non-strategy overall, and its implementation is not accompanied by a truly just transition away from fossil fuels. Opposition to carbon tax and division among the left suits gov agenda and allows

The point of the post is to highlight the dissonance between topic and image choice. Writing about the Super El Niño with a joyful image of people playing in the snow is like reporting on road fatalities with a photo of happy, smiling people in a car - entirely tone-deaf.

Eres completisto entonces! Mi camino de aprendizaje ha sido muy caótico y sin estructura. Acabé sacando el C1 y luego haciendo un Máster mediante español, pero desde haberme vuelto a Irlanda no he practicado tanto! Buena suerte con el aprendizaje! 🍀💃

Aprendes español? I loved Busuu and moved away from Duolingo as the site became slower and slower. Learning it from zero, the first few units gave me great functionality when I first moved to Spain.

The absolute gall of some people in leadership

"Mind-boggling that there's so much demand for cycling and yet such a lack of infrastructure to keep them safe", is what was said - in a parallel universe where we have leaders who actually listen to evidence and care about public health and safety. A girl can dream.

On National Poetry Day, here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

This is the definition of cowardice. Taking backwards steps instead of adopting real, long term solutions - for fear of being held to ransom by the far right and some of the agri sector? Yes, these sectors should be supported. But not like this. There is no action towards real food security.

SHACKLE HIM