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Catherine Fogarty retweeted
We are outraged by the Supreme Court’s decision allowing Trump’s border wall construction to resume in @BigBendNPS. This destructive project threatens irreplaceable wildlife habitat, sacred cultural sites, and one of America’s most treasured landscapes. Big Bend deserves protection, not destruction!
Breaking News: The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue construction of a wall along the southern border in Texas, including within Big Bend National Park. nyti.ms/4iGCTIa
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
A very dangerous storm #Charles is moving in from the Atlantic towards the Iberian Peninsula and then further into the Mediterranean. ⚠️⚠️ Parts of Portugal and Spain are expected to receive over 200 mm of rain, while rainfall totals could exceed 300 mm in Tuscany and Croatia. The affected areas face a risk of flooding and widespread damage. 🧐 The storm is currently approaching the Canary Islands and is expected to reach Portugal tomorrow: ventusky.com/wind-gusts-map/…
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
BREAKING: Proposals will go ahead to change rules and make teenage games non competitive in new report going to the GAA.
Teenage GAA games set for radical rules shake-up the42.ie/7221525
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
California is experiencing one of the most extraordinary marine heatwaves in it's history. Water temperatures off Santa Barbara reached nearly 75°F today, 12°F above normal. Off San Diego County, temperatures reached above 77°F in the past week.
From the Bay Area to San Diego, coastal waters are running 6–12°F above normal. Category 5, or “beyond extreme,” marine heatwave conditions are occurring along virtually the entire Southern California coast.
Farther north, temperatures off Monterey have reached 68°F and 67°F off Half Moon Bay.
This exceptional warmth could have major consequences for marine life and could help enhance storms this winter.
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
Thanks to all who want to keep hearing our story. So much of Ireland on the International stage this week and our little group of 40 survivors and a 65 year campaign is still getting covered.
Because so many think it's justified.
@C103Cork @LMFMRADIO @TippFM @fogartyc64
Replying to @RabbiJeffx
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FT reports a diplomat briefed on the talks saying Netanyahu calls Trump every day urging resumption of the Iran war. An Israeli source confirmed he favors renewed action but denied any current concerted push. Trump has publicly said the military phase is effectively over and sees a good chance of a deal.
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
The hockey boycott is now a front:
Finland. Sweden. Norway. Denmark. The Czech Republic. Latvia. Switzerland.
And the host, Canada, won't let Russia in at all.
The sports court ruled for Russia. The hockey world is ruling against it.
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
Thank you, members of the Dublin Civil Defense, for rushing to help victims of the attack in Kraków. Dear Irish friends, we are grateful for your courage, responsibility, and compassion.
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
“The planet now heating at an extraordinary rate of 0.4C a decade, we can expect to smash through 2C in the late 2030s"
If only people realized what this means but instead the main priority of every Govt is more economic growth and more consumption
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Catherine Fogarty retweeted
Castlebar councillor Michael Kilcoyne has placed blame directly on Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill for the current pause in nurse recruitment at Mayo University Hospital. The Independent councillor contends that the Minister underestimated the necessary funding for the annual health budget, leaving up to 90 nursing posts vacant at the facility. This freeze has reportedly led to the withdrawal of job offers both permanent and temporary previously extended to recent graduate nurses. The situation is causing direct strain on staff and patients, coinciding with Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation figures showing 25 patients on trolleys at Mayo University Hospital and 70 at Galway University Hospital
#MichaelKilcoyne #Castlebar #RecruitmentPause #MUH #MayoUniversityHospital #SafeCare #UnfilledPosts
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Catherine Fogarty retweeted
You could spend an entire year commuting, heating your home, cooking meals, and going about your daily life — and still produce less c02 than a private jet releases on a single flight
250,000 people use private jets; that represent just 0.003% of world’s population
BAN PRIVATE JETS NOW
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Catherine Fogarty retweeted
🚨 Leaked HSE report contradicts Cabinet claims on €1B health deficit!
Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Cabinet colleagues have blamed a regional "hiring spree" for spiraling costs. However, an internal HSE oversight report reveals the truth: non-pay overspending is actually 2.4 times higher than staff pay overruns.
Out of a €659M deficit recorded through August, €431M comes from non-pay expenses like GP payments, medications, clinical supplies, and IT. Meanwhile, staff pay was over budget by €180M.
Despite using the recruitment narrative to strip four health regions of their financial autonomy, the data shows the worst cost control actually sits with Children’s Health Ireland (€50.8M deficit) and non-pay operational costs.
For taxpayers, this points to a deeply flawed budgeting system raising serious concerns that staffing levels and frontline patient care are being squeezed to cover miscalculated central costs.
#HSE #LeakedReport #BudgetDeficit
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Catherine Fogarty retweeted
Poundland's private equity owners extracted £18.3m in 17 months, bought for £1.
£8.6m interest, £3.8m store closure fees, £2.6m debt arrangement plus other fees.
PE has £22.5m secured loan, will get paid first. HMRC owed £97m. Trade creditors owed £127m.
news.sky.com/story/revealed-…
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
Today we launched the Vulcănești–Chișinău power line, linking Moldova to Romania and the European grid. For decades, Moscow used energy to blackmail us. No more: Moldova buys zero Russian gas, and two more power lines to Romania are on the way. Thanks to all who made it happen.
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
Thwaites is a runaway climate disaster. New studies show how. grist.org/science/thwaites-r…
A single glacier sitting at the bottom of the world may be all that is holding back catastrophic amounts of sea level rise. As it melts away faster than ever, scientists are racing to get a better understanding of when it might fail. Unfortunately, they’ve recently found more bad news.
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
Imagine pouring four years of hard work into earning your degree, signing your employment contract, and quitting your job only to be told days before starting that your new role in the HSE has been abruptly "paused". That is the heartbreaking reality for Mayo healthcare graduates like Lucy Brennan and Mae Hession, who are now forced onto jobseeker’s benefit while frontline vacancies remain unfilled.
Following pay budget overspends, the HSE has tightened financial controls across four regions, creating what local representatives call a recruitment freeze in all but name. It’s a frustrating contradiction: as patient waiting times soar and millions continue to be spent on temporary agency staff.
The very nurses trained to heal our system are left with no choice but to look at emigrating to Australia or Canada. While health officials insist these controls are essential to restore budgetary discipline and protect patient care, affected workers are left completely in the dark without a clear timeline. Our young healthcare workers stepped up to serve. Isn't it time the country stood by them?
#LucyBrennan #MaeHession #Mayo #Embargo @HSELive @roinnslainte
#Nurses #AgencyOverSpend
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Catherine Fogarty retweeted
CHI has previously described VBT spinal surgery as involving “experimental technology”.
CHI has failed to answer questions about VBT spinal surgery, charitable funding, any private hospital involvement and patient safety.
Who funded and authorised these procedures? What clinical oversight applied? Where are the long-term outcomes? @CHI_Ireland
CHI raised concerns about the volume of questions.
The Minister for Health must now demand a full, documented account of the funding, approvals, oversight and outcomes. Children deserve answers, not another deflection. @CarrollJennifer @SimonHarrisTD
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
All 18 US Intelligence Agencies told Donald Trump that Iran did not have a nuclear weapons program.
•@grok• TRUE or FALSE
Catherine Fogarty retweeted
I usually investigate tax. But I also care deeply about how the legal system can be used to silence people - not least because others have tried to use it to silence us.
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