John Stephens
@drjohndublin.bsky.social
Beer (Beoir.org), Biodiversity, Birdwatching (Birdwatch Ireland), LUFC.
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Israel to remain in Eurovision Song Contest www.bbc.com/news/article... (Not surprised but European hypocrisy at its best on show here. Ireland and the Netherlands will not participate next year)
Israel to remain in Eurovision Song Contest
There had been calls for Israel to be excluded over the conduct of the war in Gaza.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Israel to remain in Eurovision Song Contest www.bbc.com/news/article... (Not surprised but European hypocrisy at its best on show here. Ireland and the Netherlands will not participate next year)
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Support the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland 🦊
Background & call to action here 👉 iwt.ie/support-the-...
@banbloodsports.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social #BanFoxHunting
Background & call to action here 👉 iwt.ie/support-the-...
@banbloodsports.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social #BanFoxHunting
Support the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland - Irish Wildlife Trust
The Irish Wildlife Trust supports the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland. We are calling for a free vote for all TDs on this Bill. It is an amendment to the Animal Health and Welfare Act (2013) which ...
iwt.ie
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Support the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland 🦊
Background & call to action here 👉 iwt.ie/support-the-...
@banbloodsports.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social #BanFoxHunting
Background & call to action here 👉 iwt.ie/support-the-...
@banbloodsports.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social #BanFoxHunting
It's a nice winter's day in south Roscommon today
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's a nice winter's day in south Roscommon today
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1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6
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Waiting for Godot, Usher's Quay, Dublin, 1969, photo by Mick Brown.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Waiting for Godot, Usher's Quay, Dublin, 1969, photo by Mick Brown.
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Now that's quite a #dublinghostsign reveal on the side of Cumiskey's pub at Broadstone today. Here's hoping it'll be held on to.
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Now that's quite a #dublinghostsign reveal on the side of Cumiskey's pub at Broadstone today. Here's hoping it'll be held on to.
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Articles like this annoy me when they start quoting journey times as if they are universal understood to be unacceptable. My normal commute by bus this morning was 1 hour and 10mins door to door around Dublin. It was 9.4km. There are no plans mooted that would shorten it.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
'We've done all we can do to fix M50,' warns TII
Transport Infrastructure Ireland says there is almost nothing it can do to address traffic gridlock on the M50, while accepting that the road has reached capacity
www.rte.ie
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Articles like this annoy me when they start quoting journey times as if they are universal understood to be unacceptable. My normal commute by bus this morning was 1 hour and 10mins door to door around Dublin. It was 9.4km. There are no plans mooted that would shorten it.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
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CEO of BirdWatch Ireland says Buzzards aren’t to blame for decline in wild bird species – ‘It’s entirely the fault of humans': www.independent.ie/regionals/we...
CEO of Birdwatch Ireland says buzzards aren’t to blame for decline in wild bird species – ‘It’s entirely the fault of humans’
Suggestions that the buzzard is responsible for the dramatic decline in native bird species in Co Wexford have been dismissed by the CEO of Birdwatch Ireland. Responding to an article in The Wexford P...
www.independent.ie
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
CEO of BirdWatch Ireland says Buzzards aren’t to blame for decline in wild bird species – ‘It’s entirely the fault of humans': www.independent.ie/regionals/we...
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I was approached by @braciatrix.bsky.social a while back to help with recipes to tie in with the Porter Wars chapter of her book. More about those beers later in the week when I find out what exactly Trouble did with them, but I'm telling you now they are *not* based on actual historic beers! ...
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I was approached by @braciatrix.bsky.social a while back to help with recipes to tie in with the Porter Wars chapter of her book. More about those beers later in the week when I find out what exactly Trouble did with them, but I'm telling you now they are *not* based on actual historic beers! ...
Sad news
Architect and television presenter Hugh Wallace, best known to RTÉ audiences as a long-serving judge on Home of the Year, has died at the age of 68.
Home of the Year judge Hugh Wallace has died aged 68
Architect and television presenter Hugh Wallace, best known to RTÉ audiences as a long-serving judge on Home of the Year, has died at the age of 68.
www.rte.ie
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sad news
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November pub wrap-up: we said goodbye to Underdog, and also visited McGowan’s and Grainger’s.
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/2025/11/
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/2025/11/
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
November pub wrap-up: we said goodbye to Underdog, and also visited McGowan’s and Grainger’s.
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/2025/11/
#SpeirGorm
www.weirdodublinpubs.com/2025/11/
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Vacancy and dereliction, Carlow Town.
1. Housing, Brown Street
2. Former warehouse/factory at north edge of town (Athy Rd)
3. Cigar Divan shop, Dublin St
4. House, Burrin St
Historic Structures Fund currently open. Applications through local authority by 16 Jan 2026
www.gov.ie/.../services...
1. Housing, Brown Street
2. Former warehouse/factory at north edge of town (Athy Rd)
3. Cigar Divan shop, Dublin St
4. House, Burrin St
Historic Structures Fund currently open. Applications through local authority by 16 Jan 2026
www.gov.ie/.../services...
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Vacancy and dereliction, Carlow Town.
1. Housing, Brown Street
2. Former warehouse/factory at north edge of town (Athy Rd)
3. Cigar Divan shop, Dublin St
4. House, Burrin St
Historic Structures Fund currently open. Applications through local authority by 16 Jan 2026
www.gov.ie/.../services...
1. Housing, Brown Street
2. Former warehouse/factory at north edge of town (Athy Rd)
3. Cigar Divan shop, Dublin St
4. House, Burrin St
Historic Structures Fund currently open. Applications through local authority by 16 Jan 2026
www.gov.ie/.../services...
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Get ready for the Irish Garden Bird Survey, which kicks off on Monday 1st December! We need records from as many gardens across Ireland as possible, so please spread the word! birdwatchireland.ie/irish-garden...
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Get ready for the Irish Garden Bird Survey, which kicks off on Monday 1st December! We need records from as many gardens across Ireland as possible, so please spread the word! birdwatchireland.ie/irish-garden...
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What have we become?
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What have we become?
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The Gravediggers pub, Glasnevin, Dublin. #streetphotography #urbanphotography #archtecture #Dublin 📷
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Gravediggers pub, Glasnevin, Dublin. #streetphotography #urbanphotography #archtecture #Dublin 📷
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
I sincerely hope that this display is not correct! It's a long, long way etc.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I sincerely hope that this display is not correct! It's a long, long way etc.
Inspired by Donal Fallon's book on Dublin pubs, I'm visiting the Oval. I've not been here in years! #Bskybeers
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Inspired by Donal Fallon's book on Dublin pubs, I'm visiting the Oval. I've not been here in years! #Bskybeers
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If you'd like to see more local beers and ciders in pubs near you, consider lending your voice to the campaign.
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Join the Campaign for Real Ale now. If you love beer and pubs, join now to help us keep pubs alive and thriving in every community, serving quality live beer and cider. With a CAMRA membership, you're...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If you'd like to see more local beers and ciders in pubs near you, consider lending your voice to the campaign.
Sign up here: join.camra.org.uk
Sign up here: join.camra.org.uk
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Poor show by the NI government on calls for licensing reform (from @camrani.org.uk ): camra.org.uk/media-centre...
Fury as Communities Minister blocks plans to support drinkers, local breweries and new pubs across NI
Consumer group CAMRA NI says it is furious at Communities Minister’s decision to block modernising of alcohol licensing systemThe Minister for Communities, Gordon Lyons MLA, today gave an oral stateme...
camra.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Poor show by the NI government on calls for licensing reform (from @camrani.org.uk ): camra.org.uk/media-centre...
Dublin's Henry Street starting to look a bit festive.
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Dublin's Henry Street starting to look a bit festive.