🚨BREAKING🚨 The Hate Crime Bill amendments have passed. The vote saw 78 TDs voted in favour of the Bill and 50 against, out of 160 sitting TDs. Make no mistake - this is a major step towards dictatorship in Ireland over what people can think, do and say. It’s absolutely

Consumers returned fewer than one in every two drink containers placed on the market with the Re-turn logo between February and the end of August to the Deposit Return Scheme, according to new figures rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

We are all devastated with the news of Jon Passing and our thoughts are with Margy Aaron and Leah. I was lucky to spend so many years touring with Jon and learning from him. Creating some great shows and videos. Hilarious hours in the rehersal room and playing great tunes. But

The elves are putting the final touches on the ham radio SSTV event that starts 12/25. The event will run 12/25 to 1/5. Set your radios to listen on 145.800 (+/- 3kHz doppler shift). Set your SSTV decoders to PD120 mode. When you've got an image, don't forget to upload it to

HSE figures reveal the average number of "did not waits" at EDs around the country averaged 300 per day between the months of January and June. newstalk.com/news/thousands…

SSTV Series 26, "Humans in Space" is now underway from the ISS. Listen on 145.800 MHz for PD120 transmissions. Submit reception reports and request certificates at the SSTV gallery: ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/

Let me explain to you why Donald Trump just lifted the tariffs on electronics. It has nothing to with creating jobs. It’s just about rewarding CEOs who donate to Trump and flood Washington with lobbyists.

The amateur radio crossband voice repeater and the packet radio (APRS) on the ISS are up and running today. Contacts with Africa and Asia are just a couple to watch for later this week.

Department of Social Protection fined €550,000 over facial scans. Full article: irishtimes.com/business/2025/…

Here's the latest pre-brief for the ARISS SSTV Series 28 ham radio event that begins on Monday. Note there was a time change from Monday's post. Due to other activities on the ISS, start time for transmissions is now around 16:05 UTC | 12:05 PM ET. (reposted with correct

Fresh from the #ISS space station at 19:45 GMT.

Working the ARISS packet radio is a fun activity. Here are some tips on how to set up your radio for best results using  APRS via the ISS!

Recall of various brands of O'Hanlon Herbs potted Coriander | Food Safety Authority of Ireland #Listeria share.google/DequUi15qwxBX8…

Coming up this weekend at the RSGB National Radio Centre: ▶️Saturday 27 September - World War Two SOE station, GB1SOE will be set up in the foyer ▶️Sunday 28 September - the Centre be hosting three special one-off broadcasts to mark the 70th anniversary of GB2RS. Go to

Clarification from the satellite operator: A test broadcast will start today, Oct 24, at 23:20 UTC and will conclude on Sunday around noon.

Get ready for ARISS SSTV Series 30 starting Wednesday! Celebrate the ISS at 25, ARISS at 25, and the amazing work that Scouting does! Thanks to the ops team for passing along all the timings for this event from the crew schedule.

ARISS Ops is anticipating the SSTV Series 30-1 event from satellite RS-38S will start around 00:01 UTC on Friday 05-Dec. (7:01 PM ET Thu 04-Dec). Event is expected to run until December 13. Details in the graphic.

There's an new ARISS SSTV event on the drawing board. In a few weeks time, the ARISS radios on the ISS will transmit Series 31 images on 70 CM. Everything we know so far is in the graphic. Stay tuned for updates.

The traditional gavage practice of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a custom that forcibly fattens girls aged 5-15 for marriage. They are force-fed milk or high-calorie foods several times a day. If they refuse, they are subjected to torture and having their toes crushed.

Looking forward to getting some great SSTV images from the ISS 📡