War is a failure of diplomacy. The only winners in a war are the military industrial complex (#MIC). Everyone else, especially the poor, loses. War is always a waste of young men's lives and their children's futures. Wise leaders know this and instead work for peace. Let's elect some wise leaders.

War means needless deaths, mostly of poor people. All wars end in peace talks. The sooner peace talks start, the fewer the deaths. Good leaders know this. Our western leaders however believes more weapons are the way to peace. They are wrong. Time to change them at the next elections so.

Please don’t light fires outdoors. This is the shocking result. Thanks.

It is reckless and irresponsible to be considering increased military defence spending when the defence spending we need to be prioritising is to mitigate against climate change.

Re Irish Presidency of the EU, well said Jim Clarkin of @oxfamireland.bsky.social to the question as to what should be the priorities? @micheal-martin.bsky.social @simonharrisireland.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu please note:

And one more called 'A Lament':

And here's another called 'After Loos' [i.e. the Battle of Loos Sept-Oct 1915]:

Looking forward to #MacGill26 next month @macgillschool.bsky.social - perhaps to hear some of the great man's poetry - such as this excerpt from 'Letters':

#StopTheGame statement from @rodericogorman.bsky.social of @greenparty.ie 👏👏👏

@greenparty.ie calls out the violence in Northern Ireland last night for what it is - a racist pogrom. Well done Greens! But the question remains: who is funding these thugs and why?

Let’s be clear about Musk and his plutocratic bros. They are promoting a ‘look squirrel’ strategy as follows . ‘While we squirrel away more wealth than we can ever spend we want you to look the other way - and we’ve decided that way is for you to blame your troubles on immigrants not on our greed’

Let's save the Triple Lock, and so save Irish neutrality!