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🐟 BLOW-INS! A new species for Ireland. In August, an angler fishing at Passage East, Waterford, spotted a fish close to shore. It was identified as a Margined Flying Fish (Cheilopogon cyanopterus) – a first record for Ireland! Explore More! exploreyourshore.ie/

Glad to hear they prioritise financial accountability. What’s the plan for environmental data collection with €18b for x2 depts of education during the eu presidency? What will @MichealMartinTD @EUCssrMcGrath @lawlessj @SimonHarrisTD achieve for citizen science, democracy and statistics?

Taoiseach Micheál Martin on what the government is doing to keep Ireland safe. #LateLate

Tom Felle, the journalism lecturer at the University of Galway is now not responding to questions about his faked Phd, which he initially defended as genuine, forcing RTE to file Freedom of Information requests and an appeal. With that scale of deception, Felle is likely for the high jump. What sort of questions might Felle be asked? "Tom, did you defraud the Fulbright scholarship programme of €10,000's with your fake Phd?" The more serious questions are for his employer, the University of Galway - led by President David Burn with ex-FF minister Maire Geoghegan Quinn leading its governance body - which says that Felle's fake qualifications are a "private and internal matter" Not when students and funders have been deceived. The taxpayer sinks €100m+ into that university each year, so the FF higher education minister James Lawless might find himself in the firing line if there are no answers forthcoming.

Commission preliminary finds TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act. The platform may lead users into harmful 'rabbit holes' by showing them an endless stream of personalised videos, including those related to mental health struggles & body image. link.europa.eu/WQj3qy

To celebrate Irelands EU Presidency I am releasing a statement of No Confidence in Research Ireland who are not capable of supporting the development of citizen science following the launch of the iPhone reddit.com/r/openlittermap/s…

that’s mad local authority refuse to release environmental report to own elected representatives independent.ie/county/wexfor… wonder how many times this happens, and existence of reports is never mentioned

A worker responsible for cleaning Dubai’s beaches has been sharing some of the things he finds every day.

Next week's major European Union-led event in Dublin, dubbed the largest diplomatic event in Irish history, will face significant disruption as thousands of civil servants plan to strike, sources have said. jrnl.ie/7213646t

Britain is decaying. Walk down any ordinary high street and you’re looking at a country where local and national governments have stopped caring about civic pride - despite financially punishing local businesses with numerous tax increases. Boarded-up shops with peeling paint and graffiti tags. Vape shops everywhere. Boarded windows. Road signs covered in dirt. Weeds in the pavements. Road drains blocked. The litter is everywhere and it is getting worse. Keep Britain Tidy found only about one in ten places completely clear of rubbish. In the poorest areas it is three times worse. The roads are a national embarrassment. Roadworks that continue in certain places for 2 years. Potholes that destroy cars while local councils glibly talk about community strategies. This is what managed decline looks like when nobody in charge is willing to enforce basic civic standards, spend our taxes wisely or admit that Britain is decaying. Dirty streets, decaying towns and a quiet dismal acceptance that this is just how Britain is now. It isn’t acceptable. It was allowed to happen.

Up The Workers.✊️ About time we stood up for ourselves. Standards of living are plummeting across the EU except for the elites in the mercy who will be arriving en masse. Public sector unions announce 24-hour strike on day of major EU presidency event in Dublin Planned strike day coincides with arrival of more than 50 heads of government to Dublin for European summit independent.ie/irish-news/pu…

↪️ On Thursday Nov 12th, #Dublin hosts a summit with literally the whole of Europe. Over 50 leaders attending. Everyone hopes the public sector industrial dispute is resolved by then.

Why rich Ireland still feels poor ft.trib.al/ql1fStF

EU law says every Member State has to offer citizens a digital identity wallet by the end of 2026. That deadline lands while Ireland holds the EU Council presidency. So the country chairing the room also has two months to hand in its own homework. daildex.com/news/eu-presiden…