Environmentalism without a social or moral conscience amounts to nothing more than gardening.
#GreenParty
#HousingCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #TrolleyNumbers #EnergyPrices #HealthService
#PublicTransport #Emigration

#Stardust

Now for something delightful and different!
A glorious evening of Asian inspired music & song at the Whyte Recital Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row #Dublin tomorrow April 16 at 6pm RIAMDublin
Admission €5. Free entry for students of music 👏🏼 #WhyteRecitalHall

BEAUTIFUL DUET. Rudy has dementia but that didn't stop him from sharing his beautiful tenor voice during this lovely duet of 'Panis Angelicus'.

They performed for his caregivers and fellow residents at his Senior Care facility. (🎥:🎶Myoso.music)

What does being an ‘independent’ TD actually mean or stand for today?
Seems very much like having your cake and eating it too.
A bit of a swizz, in other words…

It rained and it rained and it rained. Piglet told himself that never in all his life, and he was goodness knows HOW old - three, was it, or four? - never had he seen so much rain. Days and days and days. Every day the water got a little higher. ~A.A.Milne #rain #flooding

The sheer capacity that teenagers have for sleep remains one of the great mysteries of this world to me… 😂
#Easter

Outrageous.
Irish Water are going to send a leaflet to 300,000 households to inform them of high levels of cancer-linked toxins in their drinking water.
But no details being provided about urgent remedial measures currently underway.
Darragh O'Brien Simon Harris TD Uisce Éireann - Irish Water

Sally Rooney: Killing in Gaza has been supported by Ireland’s ‘good friend’ in the White House. Our Government is basking in the moral glow of condemning the bombers, while preserving a cosy relationship with those supplying the bombs

irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

NB Media Publishers & Platforms
Survey or poll finds….
This statement does not mean that the entire population expressed these views.
Rather, that selected respondents - usually circa 1,000 people - have replied to a particular question posed by telephone/text.
#RandomThoughts

‘He’ll have to be cut out of that waistcoat’.
Terrific colour writing from Miriam Lord ⁦The Irish Times⁩ on the aftermath of #Referendum24 irishtimes.com/politics/oirea…

To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay the Royal Irish Academy of Music RIAMDublin have a wonderful Lunchtime Concert in celebration of women composers at 1.05pm tomorrow, March 8.
Venue: Whyte Recital Hall at RIAM, Westland Row #Dublin
Free admission 👏🏼
#IWD2024 #WomensDay2024

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #Ireland

“In March I’ll be rested, caught up and human.”
~ Sylvia Plath

Snow was general, all over Usher’s Island. #jamesjoyce #snow #sneachta

The magnolia trees are blooming right now in Mount Congreve #Waterford

'Sacred Spring' by stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott #WomensArt

Why are venues allowed to charge stealth fees on top of the advertised ticket price?
Just charged per ticket:
* A Service Charge of €1.90
* A Facility Charge of €1.50
What exactly are these charges for, given that I am serving myself
by booking online 🤷‍♀️
Anyone?
#RipOffIreland

Michael O’Regan, ‘generous, compassionate’ Irish Times journalist, dies at home in Dublin irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

The LUAS in Dublin city is increasingly overcrowded and more often than not an intimidating and deeply unpleasant experience I have found, especially the Red Line.
Never see any security staff on board either 🤷‍♀️
#Dublin # #LUAS #PublicTransport
rte.ie/news/dublin/20…