Martin Breen (he/him)

Positive news #MastoDaoine #Rail RTÉ News: Major expansion for Ireland's busiest rail corridor announced https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0724/1584928-irish-rail/

Met Éireann still not reading the room. ‘Good weather just keeps on coming’ - Met Éireann #ClimateEmergency #MastoDaoine

It looks like our “emissions free” electricity imports might be under pressure. #MastoDaoine #ClimateEmergency https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/09/great-britain-grid-operator-issues-another-warning-over-power-supplies-in-heatwave

Rathdrum to Arklow a Potemkin sylvan railway. Climb out of the valley floor and the forest quickly disappears.

Nice though.

#MastoDaoine

@daedalouseros thanks, I agree but I would also say that regulation is required to maintain community safety.

The tragic death of a local man really brought a point home to me this week.

Ordinary people are trapped by corporate social media and will find it very difficult to leave regardless of how their data is mined.

My local community lives in that corporate owned space. Cut yourself off from it and you cut yourself off from your community.

#MastoDaoine

@PatrickOBeirne thanks for sharing Patrick

@bovine3dom 💯

Seems to be sailing season in Dublin Bay (but only if you look very closely!)

#Dublin #train

If a company can’t keep your data safe they shouldn’t hold it.

This really should be an extinction event for Eurail B.V. or any other company too careless or incompetent to secure customer data.

#interrail

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/23/some-interrail-travellers-told-to-cancel-passports-as-hacked-data-posted-online

For those in need of a palate cleanser here’s some railway goodness.

(I’ve just been listening to the lunchtime news on Irish radio.)

#MastoDaoine

https://youtube.com/shorts/uYKolIwPPWc

@ElizabethHilliardSoprano it’s ironic that flashing lights are so commonly part of the badly behaved driver’s bag of tricks!

In small town Ireland, where does one park when collecting someone from the train? In one of the many free spaces in the freely accessible car park a mere 30 seconds walk from the train? Of course not. Block the approach road lined in double yellow instead. #MastoDaoine

I’ve been kicked three times by my seat “mates” sitting across the table from me.

I’ve said nothing.

In Ireland, a certain class of individual* cannot be corrected by a middle aged man.

*other peoples children

#MastoDaoine

@MikeFromLFE the UK does a lot of things well even if it doesn’t feel that way when you live there. It’s a policy failing in the end of the day if a state doesn’t require accessible transportation. Policymakers may argue it would impose too high a cost on providers but that just exposes their actual level of commitment to equality.

@MikeFromLFE it’s a real shame our societies fail to value everyone equally regardless of their abilities or lack thereof.

@tml that’s true - to a point. Eurostar London-Paris already showing no Interrail 1st class availability on some services in early June. Also hate paying €20 instead of €10 for a TGV. Meanwhile Intercity Notte to Sicily not available to purchase yet. I’m on a tight schedule this trip and will mostly need to take high speed reservation only trains.

Patience, patience, patience.

Booking long distance rail journeys is just like a puzzle. Fit all the pieces together and then try to actually book individual segments only for it all to fall apart.

Guess I love it really.

#interrail #traintravel #SlowTravel

Panda, the waste collection company, have just sent a text message and I’m amused. Why send me a message if you end it by asking me to ignore it?

“Dear customer, we are aware of a fraudulent SMS from an unrecognised number impersonating Panda and requesting payment using a link. Please ignore this message”

#MastoDaoine