Welcome to the first instalment of our IrelandEU50 podcast series.

In this episode Brian Milne discusses the idea of European cosmopolitanism with our guest Fergal Lenehan @FergalLenehan.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xI1q4DqzHRLqCovVcEthn

Read Fergal's article here: https://theeuropeannetwork.eu/ireland-eu-50-an-ethical-cosmopolitan-turn/

The IrelandEU50 series is in partnership with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs' Communicating Europe Initiative.

#IrelandEU50 #Ireland #EU #EuropeanUnion #Cosmopolitanism #CommunicatingEurope

Blue-Green algae is filling rivers with toxic sludge.

Harmful algal blooms are taking over as the world warms and grows richer in carbon dioxide—and there’s no easy fix.

“It’s starting to build. Tomorrow, you’ll find that there’s clumps like that all over the river—and then the day after that there’ll be more and more”.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/blue-green-algae-northern-ireland-climate-change-toxic-sludge

#NorthernIreland #Ireland #Rivers #Water #CarbonDioxide #Algae #Science

The EU will unlock more than €1bn in funding to boost reconciliation in Northern Ireland, days after military-grade equipment was seized that police believe was intended to kill officers in the region.

Ireland’s taoiseach Leo Varadkar, EU VP Maroš Šefčovič and UK’s N. Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, will launch the new €1.14bn plan in Belfast, the latest instalment of a programme begun in 1995 to support peace and reconciliation

https://www.ft.com/content/d09a1a94-dfbe-4237-88b3-103219cf2f4b

#NorthernIreland #Ireland #EU #UK

We are launching our new podcast series which celebrates 50 years of Ireland in the EU, in partnership with the Irish Foreign Ministry for the #CommunicatingEurope initiative.

Featuring interviews with our contributing writers, the Ireland EU50 podcast takes an in-depth look at Ireland's path in Europe.

Follow us on your favourite podcast platforms.

#Podcast #Ireland #EU #Europe #IrelandEU50 #CommunicatingEurope

Wasn’t expecting thunder and rain today. Probably won’t be mowing the back garden (started yesterday but grass is long and heavy so probably need 1-2 hours more)
#weather #ireland

TikTok says flagship center to store European data operational in Dublin

> TikTokon Tuesday said its new $400 million data center in Ireland is up and running with the migration of the data of its European customers to the facility underway.

> A second location in Ireland is currently under construction along with a third in Norway.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/09/05/EU-Ireland-TikTok-opens-first-dedicated-European-data-center/3781693916548/ #EU #TikTok #Ireland

The summer weather decided to show up again in #Ireland #NorthernIreland and the Nepeta (Catmint) Walkers Low is proving to be a start attraction for the butterflies and bees on the nursery.

Such a downgrade on yesterday. #Waterford #CopperCoast #Ireland

The view over the bay from my bedroom window, on a very glorious evening #Waterford #coppercoast #ireland

An alright view out my front door, I suppose.

(utterly glorious here today - why couldn't the rest of the summer be this lovely?)

#Waterford #CopperCoast #Ireland

Congratulations to #Iceland #NewZealand #Ireland and the rest in the top 10. I was not expecting to be in there 😂 🍸 :sp_pride: But again, well done and I am happy for you all.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-safest-place-in-the-world-to-live-is-across-the-ocean-this-country-ranks-most-peaceful/ar-AA15RoaJ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=870d2fcc559b47aeb0e57dafa447d965&ei=17

On way home after wonderful break, including a week in #Ireland. Hugely important battery-recharging, embracing the fresh air, rest, reading, family time and me-time. Lovely to connect with some favourite places, including @rathmullanhouse @thebluegoatramelton and #Derry. Invigorating. #selfcare #wellbeing

In this EBC graduate interview, Kristina tells us about her experience taking the EBC Trinity CertTESOL course and how it helped her teach in Ireland.
Read more here: https://www.ebcteflcourse.com/teach-in-ireland-kristinas-ebc-trinity-certtesol-story/
✉️ info@ebcteflcourse.com
#TrinityCertTESOL
#TeachinIreland
#Ireland

Over the past 18 months we have run a series of articles celebrating Ireland's 50th anniversary of joining the European Union. The first set by Irish contributors, the second set by non-Irish contributors.

Would you like to contribute to our IrelandEU50 series?

Contact us at info@theeuropeannetwork.eu for more information and remuneration details.

https://theeuropeannetwork.eu/category/ireland-eu-50/
#EU #IrelandEU50 #Ireland

#CovidIsNotOver #Ireland #MaskUp

It is very hard to get a PCR test in Ireland. Even > 80ys with a fever & cough may not get you a PCR test.

Yet the positivity of the past 7 days is 38,8%

https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/pages/hospitals-icu--testing

#Ireland - Government launches action plan on construction jobs

>The Government is also launching a new mobile retrofit training unit.

>have developed the Mobile NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Buildings) Training Unit.

>"Increasing the number of workers with retrofit skills will be critical to building on this momentum so I very much welcome today's announcement,"
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0823/1401127-construction-jobs/

#Inistioge #woodstockgardens #arboretum #silentsunday #ireland #Kilkenny #Photography
This is always a wonderful peaceful place to visit.

'we never claimed to be an irish rap group, but the press, given the choice between saying that 'these are a communist group' & 'these are an irish group', choose to call us an irish group.
gem of an interview (from french telly?) with #marxman.
#hipHop #ireland #marxist #bristol #music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNJ71Sx5djg

banned by the bbc...
#jukeboxFridayNight #marxman #hipHop #ireland #bristol #music #radicalPolitics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtU-uQYqTQE
('sad affair' - marxman, 1992)

my perfect companion today (& for #jukeboxFridayNight) has been marxman. there's a magic in their political hip-hop.
#marxman #marxist #hipHop #ireland #bristol #politics #music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5AewIe4fs
('all about eve' - marxman, 1993)