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Everyone in Limerick is gone to Kilkee and Ballybunion.

Every book on the front window display of O'Mahony's Bookshop in Limerick is about the climate and environment crises. Some excellent reads there. 👏🏻 @omahonysbooks.bsky.social

What a cowardly act by the Healy Rae brothers. www.independent.ie/irish-news/g...

Government wins confidence vote after Michael Healy-Rae resigns as minister over fuel protest response{ "themeId": "lct_64772ae4d1d7dec0c5b716ac", "clientId": "64772ae4d1d7dec0c5b716af", "liveblogId": "69d496e1b1c5b010a19711d6"}www.independent.ie

It is widely agreed that the transport sector is the most difficult of all to decarbonize due to sprawl and dispersed settlement patterns caused by these kinds of road projects. It isn't the cleverest idea to make that challenge even harder. www.rte.ie/news/2026/04...

€70m for a 27km greenway (€2.6m per km) seems like an awful lot. Then again, a 2km road costing €80m (€40m per km) was opened during the week in Limerick, despite having dubious benefit, but nobody batted an eye. If anything there was a surreal level of fanfare. www.rte.ie/news/munster...

Kerry council defends €70m investment in greenwayKerry County Council has insisted that an investment of more than €70m in the construction of a 27km greenway in the south of the county will be recouped, despite a threefold increase in the estimated...www.rte.ie

This is like an airport saying it's reducing its emissions but ignoring the emissions from the planes. www.rte.ie/news/busines...

€200m to decarbonise Ireland-Scotland gas interconnectorGas Networks Ireland has announced plans to spend €200m to decarbonise its two compressor stations in Scotland - a development which it says will decrease its greenhouse gas emissions by 42%.www.rte.ie

Finally, there's a focus on politicians using X / Twitter and it looks like it's becoming less acceptable for them to use the platform. But politicians use it often because they know the journalists are on it. Media needs to look in the mirror. @drivetime.bsky.social

The power of a headline.

Good to hear this raised in the Dáil. www.clare.fm/news/governm...

Government Urged To Give Timeline On Shannon Airport Rail Link - Clare FMGovernment Urged To Give Timeline On Shannon Airport Rail Link - News % Clare FMwww.clare.fm

I find myself agreeing with Councillor Healy Rae. Integrating the rail, road, and air infra makes a lot of sense. One other thing I'd add is the need for passing loops / double track on sections of the Mallow to Tralee railway to ramp up its capacity. m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...

Moving train station closer to Kerry Airport ‘a no-brainer’ for connectivityThe idea of relocating Farranfore train station closer to Kerry Airport has been raised by a Kerry Councillor who said Farranfore should serve as a national template for rail, road, and flight connect...m.independent.ie

High tide in Limerick City this morning. The construction works are flood defences. They'll be needed sooner rather than later.

This really does sound like great news for the city. Credit to all who were involved in making it happen. I'm not aware of the company but these read as very high skilled roles. Ideally, most of those who fill them will live in or near the city centre. www.limerickleader.ie/news/breakin...

BREAKING: Spanish firm announces plans for 70 jobs as it expands into Limerick city centreChipmaking company Openchip set to open at landmark building in heart of cityshare.google

Politicians in Counties Clare and Limerick have some explaining to do. It was announced today that Cork is getting massive rail investment through the National Development Plan while the Midwest is getting nothing at all. Did our politicians even lobby for it? www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Revised National Development Plan delivers €1bn for Cork rail expansion and new stationsMore than €1bn will accelerate Cork’s commuter rail expansion as the updated NDP shifts transport spending towards a new 1:1 ratiowww.irishexaminer.com

My old phone gave up the ghost but have to say I'm fairly impressed with the camera on the new one! Beautiful night out there.

Early morning on the Shannon

"what was once a safe road" What does that mean? Was it safe for children walking and cycling, for example?

There is nobody that I'm aware of who is joining the dots between our economic model and the destruction of nature quite as well as Aislínn Kelly is. This thoughtful and articulate opinion piece deserves to be widely read. open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...

The Land Calls AgainThe fields where freedom once took root now call for protectionopen.substack.com

Some people want more cars and fewer homes in Limerick City. It beggars belief. www.limerickleader.ie/news/plannin...

Just 27 parking spots planned for 285-home development in LimerickConcern raised at affordable housing development at Limerick's docklandswww.limerickleader.ie

Good progress being made outside Thomond Park on the TUS to city centre active travel scheme.

Limerick folks, can you identify the building marked with the number 27? The map dates to 1786.