Just a reminder: the only protest against airport expansion which will probably directly lead to us missing our targets and the state having to pay fines have been - farmers...

If shitty treatment of staff, if horrible standard of care for people with additional needs & general awful service, if lobbying to stop kids getting cheaper school buses (Disney villain level) on their own to stop you using Ryanair, maybe this will
m.independent.ie/irish-news/rya…

An Irish-language Russian propaganda website called Pravda IE has been set up as part of a wider network of pro-Kremlin pages uncovered by French investigators.

Read more:
jrnl.ie/6367392t

Makes you wonder how different things would look today if legacy car makers had gone all-in on electric vehicles instead of 20 years of concept cars, compliance cars and fighting clean car legislation.

Spitzenkandidaten missed a chance to properly address a key electoral issue such as agriculture offering no food policy vision for the next five years at the #MaastrichtDebate . For details, check my reporting on euronews:
euronews.com/my-europe/2024…

Wait til they realise just how much 'derisking' needs doing in farming & how little the EU/Ireland has done up til recent token gestures
But hey reliable food only contributes a % to an economic metric (one useless in Ireland) according to those lecturing the next generation!

Meanwhile…

Ursula Ursula von der Leyen is asked about the Rwanda model. 'It's a British model. It has nothing to do with us. Britain left the Union, leave it to them'

Point to note...

Mr. Murphy, who's an election candidate for Ireland First, was born as Tommy Blighe. He has convictions for burglary & cocaine possession. He changed his name to avoid admitting responsibility. Be sure to ask about his convictions as he campaigns.

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Good analysis there:
'spending has gone gangbusters, up 45% from €66.5b in Bud19 to €96.5b in Bud24”
How much has agriculture seen of that increase I wonder?

If you listen closely you can hear the sound of millions of people laughing in French.
Unless those Nestle made 'burgers' are made of nutella you're just encouraging food waste, you don't tell French people what they should eat

experts have struggled to replicate the findings of Impossible and Beyond’s LCAs, raising concerns about the accuracy and validity of certain claims

Is plant-based meat more sustainable? Experts question data fooddive.com/news/beyond-me… Food Dive FAO Chief Scientist Julian Mellentin

Anyone any clue as to what this thing is? Biodiversity Ireland Liam Lysaght?

official Eurovision account liking a tweet calling my jewish ass antisemetic was not on my bingo card but here we are

Eurovision Song Contest you should actually be ashamed of yourself

Today's salad is a lot more colorful than normal. The bees have had a good source when there's little else out yet.

Great indepth presentation on this vital research sciencedirect.com/science/articl… by University Of Limerick researcher Daniel Henn
Reinforces need to address GWP metrics politically to more accurately represent methane
No easy path to reaching 2050 targets but can be done WITHOUT sacrificing food/protein

This message is in support of a tweet referring to
- right-wing farmer types
- anti-democratic EU
- those standing up to try & stop the war in Palestine & find peace as 'left-wing pimply student types' 'focused on hating the West' while characterising them as all anti-Semitic