Climate Solutions Storyteller : people, places, nature #bogs #TócharStories AthenaMedia.ie #housing & #climate-just city #Irelandhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mura2vjams2zMomentous day for Katie Taylor- we started following her nearly twenty years ago when she was sparring with boys in the National Stadium and dreaming of Olympics. We made a short documentary with her in 2008 'Going for Gold' and finally got to see her win gold, London 2012 https://vimeo.com/athenamedia/katietaylor?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci#t=15605 Sep 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mura2vjams2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3muoowhbl2k2qwhen art and culture are the enemies and they are tearing down sculpture - you know it's fascism https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/arts/design/kennedy-center-sculpture-removal-blue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.XcoL.QdpFx0XW5AFD&smid=url-share04 Sep 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoowhbl2k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mujqfgjzoc2dhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0902/1590030-climate-change-un/. We're here not because we have to - but because policymakers, under the thumb of vested fossil fuel industries - have refused to act. We're sacrificing the future of our species for short-term gain, profit and greed. What a price. Phase out fossil fuels NOW02 Sep 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujqfgjzoc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mudfy565zs2dGoogle ......bowing low [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudfy565zs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mu7cqpmkys2xIt's not alone - Climate Change Advisory Council is pretty much ignored too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7cqpmkys2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mtxvk4nk3c2rKeith Duggan piece captures eloquently why #Dolly had our hearts ( and why Bob Dylan is an ungracious buckeroo) https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/08/26/keith-duggan-dolly-parton-offered-the-best-of-what-the-united-states-can-be/26 Aug 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxvk4nk3c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mtswhcxp522oIreland and @rte.ie needs to adopt a similar stance - Eurovision is not 'neutral' https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0824/1588955-dutch-broadcaster-pulls-out-of-eurovision-2027/ one rule for Russia and quite another one for Israel24 Aug 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtswhcxp522ohttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mtr3jm6lg22r14% hike in drownings linked to prolonged heatwaves in France https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlxlp4lx9yo // and these deaths often impacting quite different age groups/profile to those dying from heat stress/stoke #climateCrisis23 Aug 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr3jm6lg22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mtqnrwz6cs26'published by several websites' - these online PUBLISHING platforms need to be held criminally responsible. Also shows the dangers for police in pursuit - similar 'copycat' to Irish fatal crime with young males behind wheel https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2026/08/22/seven-people-killed-after-car-driven-wrong-way-on-dual-carriageway-in-northeast-england/?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IT_EDIT_EveningUpdate_Email_202606_v4.0_RSS_UTM_PNG_Logo&utm_term=big_story&utm_id=195269&sfmc_id=25182149&utm_content=Seven_people_killed_after_car_driven_wrong_way_on_dual_carriageway_in_northeast_England23 Aug 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqnrwz6cs26https://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mtjejgjwok22seems Ireland is swapping the old colonial absentee landlords for the silicon tech absentee landlords who all want an Irish trophy castle and an EU base https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0820/1588634-mark-zuckerberg-strancally-castle/20 Aug 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjejgjwok22https://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mtbn66fg222iBrilliant weekend working with @tocharstories.bsky.social in Kilcormac, Offaly on Saturday co-hosting Luke Casserly's Distillation theatre piece - powerfully received in a village that has been shaped by Bord na Móna #Regeneration #PeoplePlacesNature [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbn66fg222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mteaenk4sc27I mean the surprise is it has taken so long to float out .... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-truth-social-natalie-harp-b3034302.html18 Aug 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteaenk4sc27https://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mtduwqgylk2nBut it is far more that these videos and this one platform / - we need to regulate across the social/online web - not just react to one horrific event linked to one set of viral videos on one platform - it's a culture, it's an vampire industry, it is an AI fed algorithm https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0818/1588328-m9-crash/18 Aug 2026 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtduwqgylk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mtbn66fg222iBrilliant weekend working with @tocharstories.bsky.social in Kilcormac, Offaly on Saturday co-hosting Luke Casserly's Distillation theatre piece - powerfully received in a village that has been shaped by Bord na Móna #Regeneration #PeoplePlacesNature [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbn66fg222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mt33prlyqc2fThis seems deeply deeply sad - we all make mistakes nothing is worth a life lost https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j1ye6n30no14 Aug 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt33prlyqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3msydmipssc23BBC NI reported the story with a lot more accuracy https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xnwk78xe8o ( although I think the idea these guys say this is 'research' is a big stretch - as he says himself he wanted the kudos of catching a big blue shark and get a photo with it - it's not about research or conservation) [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msydmipssc23https://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3msxnq3k4322uBananas, wishing the guy well but again how is @news.rte.ie reporting this as 'a shark attack'?? the shark - a blue shark, under threat species, had been hooked and dragged on board and assumed it was being killed - it's hardly an 'attack'> https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0813/1587690-shark-attack-sebastian-achim/13 Aug 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxnq3k4322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3msxhwuncks2pLovely piece @codohertynews.bsky.social but as someone who spent my adult life living beside park - I'm always amused by call to 'get rid' of deer: when biggest barrier to rewilding in the park is intense, fossil fuelled car traffic. Now there's an elephant https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2026/08/13/the-deer-are-the-elephant-in-the-room-is-a-phoenix-park-cull-the-best-way-forward/13 Aug 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxhwuncks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3msvy37fwpk2tfrankly if any of us were blue sharks ( extremely beautiful and threatened marine species) I think we'd be entitled to defend ourselves - what an appalling 'sport' - should be banned and media reporting on this today disgraceful https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0812/1587642-shark-bite-waterford/12 Aug 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvy37fwpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3msvrf7c34s2vthe absolute joke that is the Eurovision where somehow they think this is a solution -so genocide isn't enough ? They would have let Hitler enter ...https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2026/0812/1587633-eurovision-song-contest/12 Aug 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvrf7c34s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3mssaj445rs2dHandful of free tickets available for Luke Casserly's beautiful bog inspired show - Distillation -in the Fiesta Hall, Kilcormac, Offaly this Saturday - hosted by @tocharstories.bsky.social - link in story below if you are interested #spéirghorm [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssaj445rs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3msobivwvw22gsuch a better idea than simply laying solar on arable land as we're still doing in Ireland .... #spéirghorm #climate - use roofs, all roofs, make it mandatory and then when using land, invest in co-location [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msobivwvw22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/athenamediaie.bsky.social/post/3msoasmoabc2yGreat piece by @codohertynews.bsky.social untangling the thorny issue of a land use strategy in Ireland - https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/09/how-irelands-land-is-used-and-why-it-has-to-change/ #climate ´#agriculture09 Aug 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:hhvpr4ste3zhfcdd2hg7pp2g/app.bsky.feed.post/3msoasmoabc2y