Mick Walsh
@mickwalsh.bsky.social
Love GAA (@cualaclg and @dubgaaoficial) ,fishing and the great outdoors. Keep servers running when I'm not on a sideline or riverbank.
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Today in Bantry Bay and in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) around Garinish Island, two under 18m vessels have been pair trawling.
While they are most likely fishing for sprat, and that's not illegal for these trawlers, we have 3 key questions for the government ...
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While they are most likely fishing for sprat, and that's not illegal for these trawlers, we have 3 key questions for the government ...
🧵
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Today in Bantry Bay and in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) around Garinish Island, two under 18m vessels have been pair trawling.
While they are most likely fishing for sprat, and that's not illegal for these trawlers, we have 3 key questions for the government ...
🧵
While they are most likely fishing for sprat, and that's not illegal for these trawlers, we have 3 key questions for the government ...
🧵
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A new Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by An Taisce, reveals Irish public appear at odds with Government’s application for a derogation from EU Nitrates Directive.
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A new Ireland Thinks poll, commissioned by An Taisce, reveals Irish public appear at odds with Government’s application for a derogation from EU Nitrates Directive.
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
It comes days before a crucial EU vote on the derogation expected on December 9th.
Full results:
www.antaisce.org/news/public-...
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"Why is it now widely considered acceptable to heap pollutants into lakes until the ecosystems they once sustained are eliminated?"
There's "no system in place to assess whether or not the land on derogation farms can absorb the extra nitrogen"
Great piece 👇
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
There's "no system in place to assess whether or not the land on derogation farms can absorb the extra nitrogen"
Great piece 👇
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Nitrates not giving our rivers a chance to breathe
Why is it now widely considered acceptable to heap pollutants in to lakes until the ecosystems they once sustained are eliminated?
www.irishexaminer.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Why is it now widely considered acceptable to heap pollutants into lakes until the ecosystems they once sustained are eliminated?"
There's "no system in place to assess whether or not the land on derogation farms can absorb the extra nitrogen"
Great piece 👇
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
There's "no system in place to assess whether or not the land on derogation farms can absorb the extra nitrogen"
Great piece 👇
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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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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What will it take for the @ec.europa.eu to take meaningful action, i.e. Economic #sanctions, against #Israel?
What will it take for the @ec.europa.eu to take meaningful action, i.e. Economic #sanctions, against #Israel?
UN panel says Israel operating 'de facto policy of torture'
Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.
bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
bbc.com/news/article...
What will it take for the @ec.europa.eu to take meaningful action, i.e. Economic #sanctions, against #Israel?
What will it take for the @ec.europa.eu to take meaningful action, i.e. Economic #sanctions, against #Israel?
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IFI report finds that the 834 fish killed in Lough Sheelin was due to low oxygen levels resulting from environmental pressures, and high water temperatures that will become more frequent with climate change.
We're wiping out our wildlife with pollution. 🐟💀
www.fisheriesireland.ie/news/media-r...
We're wiping out our wildlife with pollution. 🐟💀
www.fisheriesireland.ie/news/media-r...
IFI publish Lough Sheelin fish kill investigation reports
www.fisheriesireland.ie
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
IFI report finds that the 834 fish killed in Lough Sheelin was due to low oxygen levels resulting from environmental pressures, and high water temperatures that will become more frequent with climate change.
We're wiping out our wildlife with pollution. 🐟💀
www.fisheriesireland.ie/news/media-r...
We're wiping out our wildlife with pollution. 🐟💀
www.fisheriesireland.ie/news/media-r...
52% of rivers in Ireland are in an unsatisfactory condition (moderate, poor, or bad status) according to the EPA but Farmers get a special derogation to keep pumping Nitrates into our catchments. 🤦
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
#pollution #rivers #ireland
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
#pollution #rivers #ireland
Commission recommends extension of nitrates derogation
Ireland's EU Commissioner Michael McGrath has said the European Commission has recommended to extend the nitrates derogation for Ireland.
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
52% of rivers in Ireland are in an unsatisfactory condition (moderate, poor, or bad status) according to the EPA but Farmers get a special derogation to keep pumping Nitrates into our catchments. 🤦
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
#pollution #rivers #ireland
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
#pollution #rivers #ireland
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"every year, bottom trawling releases 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere"
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
The hidden deforestation beneath the waves | Euractiv
Tackling the carbon emissions of bottom trawling is a fast and effective way to forestall climate change while protecting our precious marine ecosystems. But despite the minimal returns, governments across Europe keep subsidising the practice
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"every year, bottom trawling releases 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere"
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...
If you can afford to invest your Child Benefit payment you shouldn't be entitled to it.
#Finance #Ireland #Money
www.independent.ie/podcasts/mon...
#Finance #Ireland #Money
www.independent.ie/podcasts/mon...
‘Money makes money’ – how to invest your child benefit with Sinead Ryan
“You’ll put in €30,000, but you’ll end up with about €41,500.” Personal finance columnist Sinead Ryan doesn’t mince her words when it comes to the potential power of child benefit, if it’s saved strat...
www.independent.ie
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you can afford to invest your Child Benefit payment you shouldn't be entitled to it.
#Finance #Ireland #Money
www.independent.ie/podcasts/mon...
#Finance #Ireland #Money
www.independent.ie/podcasts/mon...
No they won't unfortunately
Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No they won't unfortunately
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"Continuing deterioration of rivers, lakes and estuaries risks arriving at a point where they become ecologically dead" - we know a number of water bodies are already at that point
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
The Irish Times view on Ireland’s waterways: an ecological death
Nutrients from agriculture and poor wastewater treatment have led to 48 per cent of waters being rated below minimum standards
www.irishtimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"Continuing deterioration of rivers, lakes and estuaries risks arriving at a point where they become ecologically dead" - we know a number of water bodies are already at that point
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...
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Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/
October 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
October 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Thousands of people lined the streets of the Spanish city of Valladolid to pay tribute to Irish war hero Red Hugh O'Donnell. The Gaelic chieftain died in Spain in 1602 and last night Valladolid came to a standstill as Red Hugh's royal funeral was re-enacted
Spanish city honours Gaelic chieftain Red Hugh O'Donnell
Thousands of people lined the streets of the Spanish city of Valladolid last night to pay tribute to the Irish war hero Red Hugh O'Donnell.
www.rte.ie
September 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thousands of people lined the streets of the Spanish city of Valladolid to pay tribute to Irish war hero Red Hugh O'Donnell. The Gaelic chieftain died in Spain in 1602 and last night Valladolid came to a standstill as Red Hugh's royal funeral was re-enacted
Pete Hegseth really is an odious wretch
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Pete Hegseth really is an odious wretch
It's important to keep poisoning our waterways I guess
Nitrates derogation for farmers ‘a top priority’, says Minister
Nitrates derogation for farmers ‘a top priority’, says Minister
Government is in ‘detailed negotiations’ with the European Commission, says Heydon
www.irishtimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It's important to keep poisoning our waterways I guess
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Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Rules to protect Ireland’s fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached
Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Why does this not surprise me
EXCLUSIVE | A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is now part of a group of vigilantes, who have been ‘patrolling’ Belfast's streets and claim to be protecting women and children from migrants
Thug convicted of bid to murder child is part of far right ‘save our children’ vigilante group in east Belfast
A man convicted of the attempted murder of a 14-year-old child is part of a far-right vigilante ‘save our children’ group patrolling Belfast’s streets.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Why does this not surprise me
There's a special place in hell for people who do things like this.
Local children said they were "devastated" to discover damage caused to their playground after an apparent arson attack in south Dublin
Listen: Children 'devastated' by damage to playground
Local children said they were "devastated" to discover damage caused to their playground after an apparent arson attack in south Dublin.
www.rte.ie
September 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
There's a special place in hell for people who do things like this.