Joe Noonan
@joenoonan.bsky.social
Cork-Donegal migrant blend. Knows some law.
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Absolutely excellent rebuttal of John Collison's recent op-Ed in the Irish Times. Well done Andrew Jackson
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 7:42 PM
Absolutely excellent rebuttal of John Collison's recent op-Ed in the Irish Times. Well done Andrew Jackson
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My interpretation of Ze's speech: 1) tells Trump Ukr won't surrender; 2) warns Europeans not to leave Ukr to deal w Trump's pressure and Ru's onslaught alone, because Ukr may buckle and then European freedom is on the line; 3) tries damage control over the corruption scandal by reminding...
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My interpretation of Ze's speech: 1) tells Trump Ukr won't surrender; 2) warns Europeans not to leave Ukr to deal w Trump's pressure and Ru's onslaught alone, because Ukr may buckle and then European freedom is on the line; 3) tries damage control over the corruption scandal by reminding...
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Two years ago it was the Habitats Directive, now the European Court of Justice has found that Ireland hasn't bothered implementing the Water Framework Directive either!
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Two years ago it was the Habitats Directive, now the European Court of Justice has found that Ireland hasn't bothered implementing the Water Framework Directive either!
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
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The Collison front is all front - shameful how taken in the @irishtimes.com Editor has been by this ego-tripping neo-liberal puff - but good to see a very well-written, evidence-based taken down of the vague vacuum that is 'tech rich lads' Collisonism and its agenda 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 7:23 PM
The Collison front is all front - shameful how taken in the @irishtimes.com Editor has been by this ego-tripping neo-liberal puff - but good to see a very well-written, evidence-based taken down of the vague vacuum that is 'tech rich lads' Collisonism and its agenda elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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This is what Ireland does.
Ignore EU law and continue with business as usual.
Receive warnings and a time scale or derogation
Ignore warnings.
Continue as usual.
Get taken to court and fined
Appeal
Pay fines eventually
See nitrates derogation and carbon emissions for more of the same...
Ignore EU law and continue with business as usual.
Receive warnings and a time scale or derogation
Ignore warnings.
Continue as usual.
Get taken to court and fined
Appeal
Pay fines eventually
See nitrates derogation and carbon emissions for more of the same...
BREAKING: EU's top court has ruled that Ireland has widespread non-compliance with EU's main water law e.g. a lack of regulation on physical damage to our waters, & poor monitoring & control of water abstractions.
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is what Ireland does.
Ignore EU law and continue with business as usual.
Receive warnings and a time scale or derogation
Ignore warnings.
Continue as usual.
Get taken to court and fined
Appeal
Pay fines eventually
See nitrates derogation and carbon emissions for more of the same...
Ignore EU law and continue with business as usual.
Receive warnings and a time scale or derogation
Ignore warnings.
Continue as usual.
Get taken to court and fined
Appeal
Pay fines eventually
See nitrates derogation and carbon emissions for more of the same...
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I was*
…have a listen, Irish Times Inside Politics podcast last week
( *I wasn’t )
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
…have a listen, Irish Times Inside Politics podcast last week
( *I wasn’t )
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
What is wrong with Ireland’s housing and planning system?
Is John Collison’s view of Ireland’s housing problems correct or ‘naive’?
www.irishtimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I was*
…have a listen, Irish Times Inside Politics podcast last week
( *I wasn’t )
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
…have a listen, Irish Times Inside Politics podcast last week
( *I wasn’t )
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
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As incidents of settler violence in the West Bank have multiplied, the lawbreakers have begun openly boasting about their deeds... posted a detailed list of the Palestinian villages that have been attacked, along with a video of a masked teen wearing ritual fringes
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Beyond the Jewish pleasure principle: West Bank expansion and the settler 'death drive' | Opinion
***
www.haaretz.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As incidents of settler violence in the West Bank have multiplied, the lawbreakers have begun openly boasting about their deeds... posted a detailed list of the Palestinian villages that have been attacked, along with a video of a masked teen wearing ritual fringes
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Has anyone in the Govt been asked about this?
BREAKING: EU's top court has ruled that Ireland has widespread non-compliance with EU's main water law e.g. a lack of regulation on physical damage to our waters, & poor monitoring & control of water abstractions.
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Has anyone in the Govt been asked about this?
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The US is threatening to cut intelligence and weapons support if Ukraine doesn’t sign the Russia-friendly deal, Reuters reports.
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The US is threatening to cut intelligence and weapons support if Ukraine doesn’t sign the Russia-friendly deal, Reuters reports.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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This is a fantastic deep dive rebuttal to this widely lauded John Collison Op Ed.
Recommended reading.
Recommended reading.
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 6:18 PM
This is a fantastic deep dive rebuttal to this widely lauded John Collison Op Ed.
Recommended reading.
Recommended reading.
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Analysis of the language used in Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” shows it was drafted in Russian and translated into English.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Analysis of the language used in Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” shows it was drafted in Russian and translated into English.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
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Refueler out of Milwaukee going the distance and now over the Caribbean. Usually these crews do orbits over Wisconsin or the Duluth-Lake Superior area. So, a little interesting.
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Refueler out of Milwaukee going the distance and now over the Caribbean. Usually these crews do orbits over Wisconsin or the Duluth-Lake Superior area. So, a little interesting.
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UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
At least 67 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since ‘ceasefire’ began: UN
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
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Trump says he will soon speak with Nicolás Maduro, and that he has "something very specific to say."
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump says he will soon speak with Nicolás Maduro, and that he has "something very specific to say."
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Ireland once again in the dock, for issues that @antaisce.bsky.social & SWAN have long highlighted as being legally problematic.
Amongst other serious issues, this judgement highlights that the arterial drainage act is not compliant with the WFD.
Time to give that archaic legislation the boot!
Amongst other serious issues, this judgement highlights that the arterial drainage act is not compliant with the WFD.
Time to give that archaic legislation the boot!
BREAKING: EU's top court has ruled that Ireland has widespread non-compliance with EU's main water law e.g. a lack of regulation on physical damage to our waters, & poor monitoring & control of water abstractions.
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ireland once again in the dock, for issues that @antaisce.bsky.social & SWAN have long highlighted as being legally problematic.
Amongst other serious issues, this judgement highlights that the arterial drainage act is not compliant with the WFD.
Time to give that archaic legislation the boot!
Amongst other serious issues, this judgement highlights that the arterial drainage act is not compliant with the WFD.
Time to give that archaic legislation the boot!
"Neither ABP nor the bats can be blamed for the fact that the developer hasn’t delivered on the planning permission in Killarney, just as they can’t be blamed for the estimated 90,000 other homes nationally (including c.45,000 in Dublin) which reportedly had unused planning permissions in 2025." 💯
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 5:49 PM
"Neither ABP nor the bats can be blamed for the fact that the developer hasn’t delivered on the planning permission in Killarney, just as they can’t be blamed for the estimated 90,000 other homes nationally (including c.45,000 in Dublin) which reportedly had unused planning permissions in 2025." 💯
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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...
Fascinating report by Daniel McLaughlin. www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
‘To flood this place again would be a crime’: Ukraine’s Great Meadow springs back to life after destruction of dam
Ukrainians debate whether to rebuild reservoir after the war or protect new landscape of meadows, wooded islands, lakes and streams
www.irishtimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Fascinating report by Daniel McLaughlin. www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
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BREAKING: EU's top court has ruled that Ireland has widespread non-compliance with EU's main water law e.g. a lack of regulation on physical damage to our waters, & poor monitoring & control of water abstractions.
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: EU's top court has ruled that Ireland has widespread non-compliance with EU's main water law e.g. a lack of regulation on physical damage to our waters, & poor monitoring & control of water abstractions.
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
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An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Two human rights solicitors have been awarded more than €400,000 each in damages after a High Court jury found they were defamed by businessman Denis O'Brien and his spokesman, James Morrissey, almost ten years ago
€400,000 each for two solicitors defamed by Denis O'Brien
Two human rights solicitors have been awarded more than €400,000 each in damages after a High Court jury found they were defamed by businessman Denis O'Brien and his spokesman, James Morrissey, almost...
www.rte.ie
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Two human rights solicitors have been awarded more than €400,000 each in damages after a High Court jury found they were defamed by businessman Denis O'Brien and his spokesman, James Morrissey, almost ten years ago