Notices by Ciarán Ferrie (ccferrie@mastodon.ie)

Important notice for #Mastodaoine who are not citizens of Ireland.

There are two important votes coming up next year - the Local Elections and the EU Elections.

You do not have to be a citizen of Ireland to vote in these elections.

Citizens of other EU countries resident in Ireland can vote in the EU Elections, all residents can vote in the Local Elections regardless of citizenship.

You must, of coures, be over 18, and registered to vote.

Register here: https://www.checktheregister.ie/en-IE/

#LE24 #EU24

I suppose in a city that has imported US automobility values, it's not surprising that the #Galway Advertiser would print a US cartoonist rather than commissioning someone locally, and one that reinforces #motonormativity and the victim blaming that is such a feature of Ireland's #RoadSafety approach. #GalwayCityOfCars

An entire country of 88 million people, over 1% of the world population, is shutting down for two days because of climate change.

#ClimateEmergency

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/iran-shuts-down-two-days-because-unprecedented-heat-3669416

A comment complaining about coverage of the #ClimateEmergency in the media.

How do we get people to see the connection between the changing climate and the cost of living?

"Cuttlefish eggs are turning up in lobster pots in West Cork, a species of red jellyfish rarely found outside the Mediterranean has arrived in numbers in Ventry in the past week, and large Spanish octopuses have been eating the lobsters in Schull."

The warming of the north Atlantic is having catastrophic impacts on our marine ecosystem.

#ClimateEmergency
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41177896.html

RIP Christy - you were one of a kind!

Aslan frontman Christy Dignam has died aged 63 https://jrnl.ie/5970401