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Law, Music, Politics, Bikes, and LFC. 🇮🇪🇪🇺 Dyslexic....so excuse the odd grammer issue and left out word. Views my own etc etc. (I give out about Ireland not being a grown up country alot.)

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · Jan 9

Good governance isn't sexy, its doing the basics right, picking the stuff that works. Good systems for administration, good research and development, simple implementation processes, asking the people who know/are affected what could be done, its not hard. Its just hard to tell governments.

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 4d

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Please stand for this banger of our National Anthem. #speirgorm #lankum #thespecials #greensky

Lankum - Ghost Town (Official Video)

YouTube video by LankumDublin

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 5d

Its made a huge difference in the part of West wicklow im in. So many people use the local link in and out to the main town and on the weekends people use it to get home from a local small village pub. Its breathed life into people and places. #speirgorm

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Cycling Ireland @cyclingireland.bsky.social · 11d

GOLD FOR GILLESPIE 🏆

Lara Gillespie has secured the gold medal in the Elimination race at the Track World Championships ☘️

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 21d

If only the government understood the concept of opportunity cost.

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 22d

It should be absolutely this, plus you can't do anything with the land re planning for, I dunno, 150 years.

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 22d

Id guess 10k is nothing, If long term, if you're going to develop the land. Or rent/flog it it to a corporate farm/tax avoidance scheme as its now arable land and not forestery.

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 22d

Ahh, I thought the fines for offences in the district had been upped in general! But its worse the I suspected.

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 22d

It doesn't, but there's next to no enforcement for anything related to nature,and even if there is, its probably a district court matter, and you'll get a fine of less than 10k, "if" its taken seriously and the case is built on good evidence.

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 22d

Most, if not all, trees can't be "replaced" in our lifetime, let alone Oak.

This is ecocide pure and simple, from ignorant, profit chasing landowners, and contractors. If you tried to stop this happening, by court proceedings or by blocking access, you'd feel the full force of the law. #speirgorm

Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 22d

A cynical person might suggest that - just as with the recent huge ecocide on the river Blackwater - nobody will ever face consequences for this www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 22d

It's also rampant inequality.

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 22d

Agreed 100% and FFs general secretary epitomises that maxim.

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 22d

Id say its reasonable to guess the vast majority are either over 65 or farmers/landlords. I agree most parties in Ireland are wildly out of step with the public on climate. FF being at a front runner on that.

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 23d

The vast majority of his PP have zero time for climate or the housing crisis. They genuinely dont care about anything outside of business as usual. MM is actually a more left than the vast majority of ff, but he shoots himself in the foot constantly and also cant bare to lose power.

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Brian Caulfield @briancaulfield.bsky.social · 25d

Imagine if Ireland could lay rail tracks as quickly as it builds roads.... my article in the @irishtimes.com today

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Brian Caulfield: Now Metrolink is going ahead, what’s the next rail project for Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway?

If Luas Finglas is delivered on time, there will have been a 15-year gap since the last Luas extension

www.irishtimes.com

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 27d

@news.rte.ie your reporting is wrong here. Its a dedicated transport aircraft. Its not a maritime patrol aircraft. It's not fitted out for that. You might want to correct the article, fairly large mistake there.

Maritime surveillance plane delivered to Defence Forces share.google/XyMHZfaeA4Br...

Maritime surveillance plane delivered to Defence Forces

A new aircraft equipped for maritime surveillance has been delivered to the Defence Forces at Casement Aerodrome.

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 28d

It must be getting close to Swan Lake appearing on a loop on US tv and Internet, no ?

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · 29d

Guess we wont be seeing the euros jersey next year. God dammit Tadej have a day off man. #couchpeloton #cyclingbluesky #pog

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · Oct 1

So TII is going to extend the Luas red line out to this site before its built....right? They'd defo do that,it would make the most sense....right? #speirgorm #transport #ireland

www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Johnny Ronan consortium gets planning permission for 20-storey hotel at glass bottle site

The development got the green light after adjusting the design of the ‘landmark’ tower building

www.irishtimes.com

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Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · Sep 30

Slot hasn't settled on a system to blend everyone in and thats not help him at all. Plus, the rest of the team lost one of their mates tragically in the summer, thats understandable having an effect on them and the whole club. So the settled players aren't as settled as usual.

Shane @shanerazor.bsky.social · Sep 30

Long term Infrastructure planning and prioritisation of same....no, not in Ireland, we've roads to tar to keep the Indos happy. Ffs 250m, if it was for a roads issue it'd be found. #speirgorm #irishsky #transport

m.independent.ie/regionals/du...