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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1h

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Plane carrying Pete Hegseth forced to land in UK due to crack in windshield

US defense secretary was returning from a brief trip to Brussels, and everyone onboard was safe, Pentagon said

www.theguardian.com

Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 4h

Still image of a news piece from 1994. There is a Russian plane and the caption reads "Boris Yeltsin arrives at Shannon Airport".

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 13h

In Dublin you see problems like this every weekend around places like St. Anne's Park or Ballyboden. Funnily enough, I've seen that limited parking at a match destination usually leads to more carpooling and fewer single-passenger cars travelling. It's almost like it's a good idea.

Parking ban planned for busy road by football pitches

Wirral Council is considering restrictions on part of Arrowe Book Road in Upton to improve safety.

www.bbc.com

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 13h

In Dublin you see problems like this every weekend around places like St. Anne's Park or Ballyboden. Funnily enough, I've seen that limited parking at a match destination usually leads to more carpooling and fewer single-passenger cars travelling. It's almost like it's a good idea.

Parking ban planned for busy road by football pitches

Wirral Council is considering restrictions on part of Arrowe Book Road in Upton to improve safety.

www.bbc.com

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Will is too honest to ever be an MP 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️ @williamnb.bsky.social · 17h

Don't buy kit that relies on someone else's cloud-based service to function.

Ken Tindell @kentindell.bsky.social · 1d

"Bose will brick key features of its SoundTouch Wi-Fi speakers and soundbars soon. On Thursday, Bose informed customers that as of February 18, 2026, it will stop supporting the devices, and the devices' cloud-based features, including the companion app, will stop working."

Bose SoundTouch home theater systems regress into dumb speakers Feb. 18

Ending support for SoundTouch may help Bose avoid a Sonos situation.

arstechnica.com

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 1d

Brian Leddin seems to think it's impossible to fulfill the duties of a President while disagreeing with FF/FG, but Michael D has managed it just fine for the past 14 years.

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

I consider @beardedgenius.bsky.social as practically one of our own

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 1d

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

Aw, hell. Devastated to hear this. A genuine musical genius. Released three albums in three different decades, all bona fide classics. Rest in power, D

D'Angelo, Soul's Modern Visionary, Dead at 51

D'Angelo, the soul and R&B great whose three albums — 'Brown Sugar,' 'Voodoo,' and 'Black Messiah' — are all revered as modern classics, has died.

www.rollingstone.com

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

Although it's not my area I suspect the fear of those difficult conversations that you mention is a huge factor. Agriculture is by far the biggest source of emissions but it seems like Transport is seen as an easier target

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

Any reference to the Special Criminal Court should, for full context, reference the UN Human Rights Committee's recommendation that it should be (more or less) abolished.

It always comes up during elections and, let's be honest, is really a 'do you support the IRA'–coded question

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition

Presidential candidates clash over Special Criminal Court

The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition.

www.rte.ie

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

another exhibit, if it were needed, of the damage that's being done

#spéirgorm

Quality of surface water continues to decline, says EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency has said that although there has been a reduction in levels of excess phosphorous and nitrogen in Ireland's rivers and lakes, the overall water quality of surface w...

www.rte.ie

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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 1d

Let's explore the Green credentials of Heather Humphreys - The woman former GP member Brian Leddin thinks should be president.
She advocated for an increased burn period during her time as Minister for Heritage, as well as prolonging the period during which hedgerows could be cut. #Spéirgorm 1/n

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

Very worrying signs. Where's the updated Climate Action Plan? Where's the Moving Together (demand management) strategy for Transport? A lot of good work has been done in recent years but the deprioritisation since December is way beyond what I'd even pessimistically expected

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 1d

The current Irish government is hostile to climate action #spéirgorm

"The report from this second stage was completed and sent [to DoCEE] eight months ago.

It has been sitting on the Minister for the Environment Darragh O’Brien’s desk ever since, awaiting publication, only partially leaked."

Eamon Ryan: Why is the Government delaying publication of the land use review?

Fears around the report are misplaced and it is long past time for it to be published

www.irishtimes.com

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Love it, it absolutely slaps

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

We'll allow it for Bleak House though, cos it's funny as fuck

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

The increasingly desperate attacks against Catherine Connolly aren't that surprising when you remember FFG's scare tactics during last year's general election

#Áras25

Fine Gael politicians Peter Burke and Pascal Donohue in front of a sign that reads "Sinn Féin would raid our public finances". Image taken during Ireland's 2024 general election

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Olympian levels of delusion among that group but Laois's least favourite wannabe fascist describing herself as an 'Independent Politician and Entrepreneur' really takes the biscuit

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

This reminds me of discovering a few years ago that there's an Earl of my home town Portarlington. The peerage is still extant and the current Earl lives in Scotland. Rage

Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 2d

A weird rabbit hole I've fallen down is Irish Peerages. There are way more Dukes & Earls of Irish estates knocking about than I thought, even if they're just in-name-only these days.

Like, there's an Earl of Cavan, which sounds like a slang term for someone who's particularly cheap.

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

Watching the highlights of Mariners vs Blue Jays from last night and if there's a more Junior C–shaped player in baseball than Cal "Big Dumper" Raleigh I've yet to see him. Throw him in at full back he'd mash lads all around him

Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners baseball team post-swing

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 2d

Trump can say this is the beginning of a lasting peace all he wants, but the reality is:

The Occupation continues, settlers continue to terrorise Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza is a ruin and could collapse into civil war, and the Israeli government still does not want a Palestinian state

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

And will only last until the next thing Israel deems to be a provocation against it

Alan Dunne @aldunne.bsky.social · 2d

The so-called "peace in the Middle East" is nothing more than a suspension of Israel's genocidal air campaign against Gaza. Palestine remains unfree and the Palestinian people still live under a regime of apartheid

Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 2d

In sharp contrast:
Palestinians are NOT ALLOWED to celebrate their released family members/ friends.
Some find that their released loved ones has been deported to an unknown destination. When they tried to leave to find their loved ones: they were denied.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2d

Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to witness release of captives - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/thousands-gather-tel-aviv-witness-release-captives

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