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drjohndublin.bsky.social
Beers (Beoir.org), Biodiversity, Birdwatching (Birdwatch Ireland), LUFC.
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Beautiful morning on the Galway/Roscommon border. And 3 new #birds for the year; Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting and a flock of Grey Plover.

We want clean, cheap, renewable energy, not LNG! Sign and share this petition to keep expensive and dirty LNG out of Ireland. LNG will drive up electricity bills, accelerate climate collapse, and increase our reliance on privately owned fossil fuel corporations. my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke...

I spoke to Lunchtime Live on @newstalkfm.bsky.social on the future of the Victorian Fruit & Veg market. I'm delighted that the project is finally at a stage where we are seeing progress. The revived markets will be transformative for the area & the city as a whole: www.newstalk.com/news/how-can...

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

And that's a wrap! That's another Birdwatch Ireland winter garden bird survey done. No Sparrowhawk visits this time.

Not pretty in pink, green or black!!! Please take home your dog poo bags and leave NO trace! #shame #litter #environment

Tommy’s new job #earlydoors

A couple from Larkin's this evening. #beers

This gross industry literally only exists for gambling

Clapping back at the anti-alcohol lobby on warning labels. They don't get to own the narrative on what's good for consumers.

I'm down at my local taproom. Rascal's

February

New blog post! Number 25 and a bit of a milestone, so it required one on glassware and a deepish dive into another famous 'Irish' tankard ... beerfoodtravel.blogspot.com/2025/02/100-...

Poor @brynlaw.bsky.social - voice is shot! #lufc

Oh my days! #lufc

Clondalkin village, Dublin #walkininclondalkin

#patchbirding in Corkagh Park #walkininclondalkin . 30 species including Kingfisher, Lesser black-backed Gull and Bullfinch.

The Bierhaus, Cork 🇮🇪 1st visit. Nice service, phenomenal beer selection, best of all their only keg of West Kerry Brewery (on our Top 💯) Carraig Dubh Porter, a symphony of straw dryness and rich honeyed molasses. No cask sadly.Grey is not a good colour for a pub or a bar - if destroyed still true 👍🍻

Ok, so here are the scores from Cork 🇮🇪 yesterday! One of the highest quality hauls in one day. 1st visit 🔹 New Guide Entry ⭐ Hi-B 8.7🔹⭐ Mutton Lane 7.9🔹⭐ Sin é 8.8🔹⭐ The Oval 8.7🔹⭐ Welcome Inn 8.5🔹⭐ Maureens 8.6🔹⭐ Abbots 8.7🔹⭐ Corner House 7.6🔹⭐ Callanan's 8.8 🔹⭐ Dennehy's 8.2🔹⭐

The Mullingar Wild Beer Festival is back again this year on the 12th of April. It’s always well worth the trip 🍻 www.eventbrite.ie/e/mullingar-...