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My first time seeing the extraordinary John Spillane johnspillane.ie live. What a wonderful, captivating, moving & thought provoking set at Róisín Dubh roisindubh.net Galway, 22 February 2025. Great guitar playing. Joined by Nigel Grufferty on fiddle.
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Really cracks me up when someone addresses a letter to me like this, yet it still actually arrives (it's happened a good few times).

Fair play to you, An Post!!

St Pancras and Channel tunnel plan rail routes to Germany and Switzerland Partnership comes as London station looks at ways to almost triple passenger numbers London’s St Pancras railway station and the Channel tunnel operator have agreed to work together to open up more trains from Britain to France, and routes to Germany and…

St Pancras and Channel tunnel plan rail routes to Germany and Switzerland

Paying farmers to rewild is by far THE most important thing society could do to reverse nature loss. But here in Ireland, it wouldn't involve 'doing nothing'.

As someone practising rewilding for almost 16 years, I can tell you it requires very hard work: removing invasives, and much more.

A Financial Times investigative documentary has found evidence that Russian executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war are not isolated incidents but are likely to be part of a broader pattern that points to a systematic policy.

Watch the full documentary here: on.ft.com/3Qs7oDW

Anja Murray: Rewilding makes space for nature to thrive All across the country, families, farmers and communities are embarking on their own adventures with rewilding

"In his memoir, 'An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey into the Magic of Rewilding', Daltun charts the extraordinary journey of how [...] restoration can grow into a powerful and inspiring legacy."

Great piece on rewilding by @miseanja.bsky.social
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Trump Elevates Kremlin Talking Points, a Familiar Pattern From His First Term President Trump’s description of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as a “Dictator without Elections” echoes the Kremlin’s messaging.

A day after President Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, the U.S. leader's description of the Ukrainian President Zelensky as a "Dictator without Elections" echoes the Kremlin's messaging. It's not the first time Trump has done this.

Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexually assaulting Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso Former president of Spanish football federation kissed player after team won women’s World Cup in 2023 The former president of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales has been found guilty of sexually assaulting the footballer Jenni Hermoso by…

Luis Rubiales found guilty of sexually assaulting Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso

Great driving & melodic set by Ex-Vöid ex-void.bandcamp.com/album/in-lov... (@ExVoyd) to launch new album "In Love Again" at the George Tavern thegeorgetavern.london (@GeorgeTavernE1) London, 15 February 2025.
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Yet another wonderful Sunday afternoon with Hank Wangford & The Lost Cowboys www.hankwangford.co.uk/hank_news.html, Half Moon, Putney, London @halfmoonputney.bsky.social, 15 December 2024.
Uplifting Christmas misery.

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London St Pancras Old Ancient Church

Magical pre-Christmas evening with the wonderful & exceptional Jack Lukeman @jacklukeman.bsky.social at St Pancras Old Church London www.facebook.com/SPOCMusic/?l..., 6 December 2024. Captivating, engaging & inclusive, leaving lovely lingering memories.

Stormont Executive moves to ban fracking in NI Stormont ministers have backed a ban on fracking in Northern Ireland.

Fracking is a controversial process by which liquid is pumped deep underground at high pressure to fracture shale rock and release gas or oil trapped within it, and there are no active licences currently in operation in Northern Ireland
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

Great news.

Breaking: Convicted criminal Gerry Hutch loses out on seat as Labour’s Marie Sherlock elected in Dublin Central. Follow live updates www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Turns out Galway West likes integrity with Catherine Connolly, human rights & people with disabilities campaigner, doing really well. The parachuted ‘celeb’ in 8th place, & her arrogant campaign, says it all.

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Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please share. Picture of library aisle filled with books.

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WA blog:
Tove Jansson, Moomins Creator Artist & Author 💙
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Ross McManus with The Joe Loss Orchestra - If I Had A Hammer [Colour Promo 1963] YouTube video by Classic Music of Yesteryear

Frittering away a Sunday afternoon watching videos of Elvis Costello’s Da Ross McManus singing his wee heart out in the 60s and looking so much like his son would twenty years later it’s untrue!

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🇮🇪 Best teller outfit ever.

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Colour photograph of the front of a two storey building on a street viewed at an angle in dim light, four doors and four windows are visible through which light shines on the front facade, adorning the wall is a colourful abstract mural with dots, organic lines, leaf shapes and dashes all in different colours on a white background, three figures walk on the street to the far left and the sky above is pale blue

Mural by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, Porto, Portugal

Mission accomplished. This year I wanted to put up my greenhouse & expand my garden a bit to utilize my space better. Today I finished putting my garden to bed for the year, added two beds & removed the cinder blocks along the fence. Plus more trellises using used gates. Great feeling #Gardeningfeed

What also follows is to “Use the right tool for the job” which is the mantra at our gardening project. It gets the job done, ensuring tools have a longer life because they aren’t being bashed around.

Thanks to Conor Pope of the @irishtimes.bsky.social for these words on Kennys.ie in today's list of 100 Irish websites to shop with this Christmas.

Great to see this post on the mind-blowing benefits of rewilding getting so much traction.

Ever more people are developing a strong eco-consciousness, and it could *not* be more needed.

Top of the league!!
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Call me an old traditionalist, but it just isn’t Christmas until you can buy Churros in a German market in Birmingham.

…while a man plays “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” on steel drums.