Andrew Lyons

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Andrew Lyons

Andrew Lyons

@AndyDrewLyons

Katılım Ağustos 2013
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@Muinchille Specific/ speciality trades have special requirements above those set out by the working conditions and terms mandated by government legislation. Occasionally different unions unite on issues
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Jonathan Mills@Muinchille·
There's people who make a big fuss about NGOs. Fair enough, they're unaccountable, outside democratic process, or the legal structures of the civil and public service, but isn't the sane true of trades unions? How deep are they in with the NGOs? Are they privileged clubs?
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Darragh O'Brien
Darragh O'Brien@DarraghOBrienTD·
In the Dáil today, I supported the motion of confidence and thanked frontline workers and bus drivers for their efforts in recent weeks. This is a global crisis, and we must work together to support households and businesses with practical measures, not political point scoring.
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H swanson@h_swanson1·
@AndyDrewLyons @JohnCleese Lost? No we paid to free the slaves. And thousands of British sailors died stopping Africas international slave trade.
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@rtenews The cost of the government giving €27bn in optional fines to the EC
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RTÉ News@rtenews·
Irish electricity prices were the eighth most expensive in Europe in 2024, according to research from the Economic and Social Research Institute rte.ie/news/business/…
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Mark
Mark@pulse_carbon·
@AndyDrewLyons @GavinTobin @tbald101 Its worse than that - we'd need 10x current wind capacity if we just did wind (see my calculator). So we cant stay on fossil fuels, and the official plan (switch in wind & solar no problemo) is obviously unworkable. No easy answers. I look to Transition Engineering.
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Theo McDonald
Theo McDonald@tbald101·
Why should carbon taxes even exist? Energy is an inelastic product meaning it will be used regardless of price. If the goal is to reduce consumption, then it's pointless. If the goal is to raise revenue, the State already has a surplus so why bother?
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Mark@pulse_carbon·
@AndyDrewLyons @GavinTobin @tbald101 Well, I am certain we are moving to a significantly lower energy future, landing at about 25% of the energy we use now (so lower living standards etc). Heres some software I wrote to estimate the whole energy system transition per country: wind-and-solar.vercel.app
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@pulse_carbon @GavinTobin @tbald101 Overbuilding renewables just to provide in winter is really poor design unless you use the excess. Ireland can go 6-8months carbon neutral, outside of winter, fairly easily. What do the excess wind and solar produce in summer? I Propose fertilizer chemicals. Time is a killer
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@pulse_carbon @GavinTobin @tbald101 Yes phase out should be planned. Biomass releases CO2 but is not a fossil fuel and can be sustainable. Wind turbines capacity that took 20+years to build, Ireland needs 5times this amount, when can this be achieved 30years? Not something thing that happens in one generation.
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נועה מגיד | Noa magid
Between 1939–1945, children in concentration and labor camps were stripped of their names - turned into numbers. (Holocaust in Color) We will never forget.
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@visegrad24 Not much of a surprise. Antisemitism and corruption are the conjoined twins of human history.
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Visegrád 24
Visegrád 24@visegrad24·
🇪🇸 Spanish PM Sanchez’s wife charged with corruption Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish far-left Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has been formally charged with multiple corruption-related offenses, including influence peddling, business corruption, embezzlement, and misappropriation. The investigation began in April 2024 following a complaint by the anti-corruption group Manos Limpias, which accused Gómez of using her position to influence public contracts and secure university sponsorships. At the time, Pedro Sánchez took a five-day “period of reflection” to consider resigning over the allegations before ultimately deciding to remain in office.
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@IrishTimes Will the government form a committee to give a little tax back to specific people? Perhaps scraps the spending on commitees and reduce taxes
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Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@rtenews Politicians' prize is a job in Brussels after Irish politics
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RTÉ News@rtenews·
The Irish Government is looking for a range of flexibilities under EU law in order to help tackle the fuel crisis, RTÉ News understands rte.ie/news/2026/0413…
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@57timj @tiberiusfiles @C_3C_3 "to compensate slave owners for the loss of "property," rather than compensating the enslaved. This loan, equivalent to roughly £17 billion today, was paid off by British taxpayers through taxes until 2015. " Ancestors of slaves may have paid off slave owners compensation by tax
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Tim James@57timj·
@tiberiusfiles @C_3C_3 The slave owners of the UK were only persuaded to give up their slaves because the government gave them financial reparations (which were still being paid in the 1990s i believe)! The “freed” slaves, of course, received no reparations! Justice UK style!
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C3@C_3C_3·
Want some truth? There are ~195 sovereign countries in the World and all 195 have had slavery. But… Out of those 195 countries the United States is the only one that fought a full scale Civil War to end it.
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@C_3C_3 The US is the only country to fight a civil war with one side wanting to keep slavery?
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@thejournal_ie They all want jobs in Brussels after Irish politics, it should be considered a conflict of interest
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TheJournal.ie
TheJournal.ie@thejournal_ie·
Fianna Fáil politicians tell Taoiseach that life-long party supporters have said they will never vote for the party again after the government's handling of the fuel protests jrnl.ie/7011568
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Andrew Lyons
Andrew Lyons@AndyDrewLyons·
@griptmedia They need money to pay €27bn in fines they voluntarily signed up to
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gript@griptmedia·
PETER CADDLE: LEAK: Fine Gael document says EU climate targets will remain despite public uproar gript.ie/leak-green-age…
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Mark Henry
Mark Henry@Mark_J_Henry·
Elderly people in Ireland are the healthiest in the EU. Among those aged 65+, Ireland has the highest share who rate their health as very good or good (62%). Beyond the European Union, only the Swiss and the Swedes claim a healthier proportion. 🇮🇪👴👵 ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/we…
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