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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Paragneiss at Mannin Bay, low spring tide

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Call me old fashioned but I don't think the mission of Irish universities is to educate Chinese students in China or American students in America. We are not budding multinational businesses- we are a public service for students in Ireland, wherever they come from. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

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Irish colleges should focus on teaching abroad, not attracting foreign students – Minister

State already has insufficient accommodation for those in higher education, James Lawless says

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What about the cost of NOT investing in public transports? Air quality, missed climate targets, traffic congestion - there’s more to public transport that ticket sales. It doesn’t make sense to treat it as an enterprise that needs to break even.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

President Connolly at the Ploughing: “Approximately 83pc of all fruit and vegetables consumed in Ireland are imported; we also continue to export 90pc of the food produced in this country. I think we all could agree that this requires urgent attention.”

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President Connolly says climate change warnings are ignored ‘at our peril’ on opening day of Ploughing Championships

Over the course of the three-day championships, 270,000 people are expected to visit the event in Screggan, Co Offaly

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New data from @epaireland.bsky.social shows Nitrogen levels remaining too high across much of south and southeast's rivers & estuaries. Main sources are from fertiliser run-off & excess amounts of manure. Evidence-based change is urgent to reverse this dangerous trend. www.epa.ie/publications...

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some great fungi in Ballynahinch woods today

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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The public transport fares hike must be stopped!! Join us at Leinster House on Thursday to protest and make our voices heard Protest 🪧 Location: Leinster House Date: Thursday 17th Sept Time: 6pm Please email your TD’s at the link below 👇 galwaycommuters.ie/fares/

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A few flowers still in bloom on Iorras Aithneach, Conamara: Harebell (Méaracán gorm, Campanula rotundifolia) #FavouritePlant, Marsh Woundwort (Cabhsadán, Stachys palustris), Devil’s Bit Scabious (Odhrach bhallach, Succisa pratensis) and Sea Rocket (Cearrbhacán mara, Cakile maritima) #WildflowerHour

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Place names in Irish show the deep connections our ancestors had with wildlife, from wolves and eagles to wild boar and oak forests. The names are still there but the animals are long gone www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names

Long-standing Irish place names hark back to a world alive with cranes, wolves and eagles. Now these old names are piquing the interest of nature-lovers and ecologists.

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Great to see the CCAC raising food security. How can we claim to be feeding the world, when we can't even feed ourselves? 'The council says the State’s food security is at risk and the department should review the support schemes in place to encourage more fruit and vegetable production.'

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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"We cannot keep treating every prolonged wet period or drought as an isolated crisis" @ccacireland.bsky.social criticises Dept of Agriculture failures in cutting farm emissions & helping farmers adapt to climate change www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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Irish farming is unprepared for impact of climate change, says advisory council

Extreme weather events being treated as ‘isolated incidents’ rather than fundamental change, says Climate Change Advisory Council

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Why increasing bus, train and tram fares does not add up. 'It's ironic that the one sector in which the Govt are willing to increase prices is the sector where they should be doing the opposite'. By @howardemma.bsky.social @wearetudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Why increasing bus, train and tram fares does not add up

In the middle of concerns over the cost of living, energy supply and climate change, hiking the price of using public transport does not make sense

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just caught up with the second part of An Irish Atlantic Rainforest on the RTÉ Player - highly recommend both parts!

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Then, when we sampled water from Lough Neagh, we found genes resistant to even the strongest antibiotics in the lough - which supplies drinking water to 40% of people in NI: share.google/uHFFfxs8aiqY...

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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Government and industry have tried to sell the lie that data centres bring significant economic benefits to Ireland. What they bring is higher energy bills, increasing dependency on fossil fuels and the privatisation of the energy system. -> Backlash www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

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Una Mullally: That’s not a hum you’re hearing from your local data centre, it’s a growing backlash

The pro-data centre language of US politicians sounds strikingly familiar to an Irish audience

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 07/09/2026

We haven’t just changed our weather. We’ve changed the climate in which our weather happens. climatelabbook.substack.com/p/learning-f...

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Learning from the summers of 1976 and 2026

We have changed the climate in which our weather happens

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Make this make sense. Data centres are to be offered cut price gas, on the condition that they use diesel generators when gas demand is high?! That'll be wonderful for the health of all the communities saddled with these data centres, not to mention emissions. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

irishtimes.com

Data centres in Ireland to be offered cut-price gas in return for possible supply disruption

Data-centre expansion will make it hard to source enough gas to meet demand during extreme cold events, state regulator warns

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Recreational users of the narrow SDCC roads at the edge of the Dublin Mountains around Cruagh might also want to consider a submission today

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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 03/09/2026

So the government cut excise on fuel to reduce fuel prices but are increasing public transport fares because of inflation. In a cost of living and climate crisis. Make it make sense.

Commuters to face increased fares on buses and trains
Rising cost of State funding for public services has been a spending concern for some time

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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

PROTEST AGAINST FARE INCREASE - TOMORROW Join us tomorrow evening at 5:30pm outside the government buildings to oppose this outrageous increase during an ongoing oil crisis.

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Nuala Ní Chonghaile @nools.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

So the commuter who helps reduce carbon emissions gets penalised while those who held the country up to ransom have been rewarded. Meanwhile we’re hurtling towards a climate crisis as global heating gets worse and worse.

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Tranaun beach on Inishturk in today’s five minutes of sunshine! Caher Island in the background.

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Very contorted Ordovician rocks on Inishturk with sea spleenwort and scabious(?)

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Impressive sea stacks at the northeast end of Inishturk

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Inishturk - climbing up to the ruined Napoleonic signal tower

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Maol Réidh (Mweelrea) from the Doolough Valley

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Tírdhreacha Chonamara @duichechonamara.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

An Caoláire Rua

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

“And now the weather…”

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

‘Govnt has a responsibility to lead Ireland through the energy transition. On profound national issues, people deserve the full truth: who benefits, who pays, what alternatives were considered and how decisions fit with commitments already made in law.’ www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

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We cannot build an economic model around data centres if we want to reach our climate targets

The forthcoming Budget gives the government the opportunity to put in place measures to help us meet our climate targets, such as reforming electricity pricing to ensure data centres pay their fair sh...

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I feel like xkcd has been getting more into geoscience the last couple of years, and I absolutely love it. Bonus text reads "the administration thinks it's weird, but the geologists say it looks normal." xkcd.com/3284/

xkcd comic #3284, which shows a building labeled "department of geology," but all of the features of the building are slightly offset along a fault running diagonally through the middle. Caption is "The administration regretted giving the geology department free reign to design their new building."

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Bogshuffler 🐛 @bogshuffler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As close to totality as we're going to get #Eclipse2026

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Fun solar eclipse watching with pizza boxes and colanders! 😀 (For a sequence of excellent images see @bogshuffler.bsky.social )

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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Blog: The Government's own risk assessment has concluded that Cherry Laurel poses a High risk to Ireland's biodiversity. The IWT + Gaelic Woodland Project are calling on the Government to commit to a clear, published timeline for a nationwide ban on its sale. iwt.ie/cherry-laure...

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Cherry Laurel Assessed as High Risk Invasive: The Science Is Clear. Ireland Must Now Ban Its Sale. - Irish Wildlife Trust

The assessment found that this widely sold hedging plant poses an overall High risk to Ireland's biodiversity, with High confidence.

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Public consultation on this issue finishes tomorrow night!

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The Land Use Review raises lots of questions for Ireland - the answers raise lots of dilemmas. A farmer, forester, renewables consultant, land lecturer, environmentalist & and nature restorer share insights @hometreecharity.bsky.social @fintankelly.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

irishtimes.com

How Ireland’s land is used and why it has to change

Agriculture takes up 74 per cent of the country’s land

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

'Another aspect cut from the final report is a suggestion that policymakers should “mandate sustainability standards” related to data centres’ high energy and water use' 'The draft and final reports also appear to reach different conclusions about the impact of data centre land use.'

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 06/08/2026

One aspect raised in the draft version is whether the infrastructure support and investment provided to data centres “could be more impactful if directed toward public services like transport or housing”. But this was cut from the final report. jrnl.ie/7122123

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Concerns over supporting data centres ahead of transport or housing scrubbed from government report

Several aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector were later cut from the final version released to the public.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 06/08/2026

A draft version of the government’s recent data centre report included several key aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector but were later cut from the final version released to the public. jrnl.ie/7122123

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Concerns over supporting data centres ahead of transport or housing scrubbed from government report

Several aspects which questioned continued investment in the sector were later cut from the final version released to the public.

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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Some thoughts on whether Ireland did meet CB1, the first five-year carbon budget as claimed: the serious CB1 caveats required and why meeting CB2 is the real test of Ireland's past & upcoming Climate Action Plans. (I also posted this on LinkedIn.) climate-change-and-ireland.ghost.io/did-ireland-...

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Did Ireland meet Carbon Budget 1? Some key caveats and why CB2 is the real policy test

In July EPA issued its report on Ireland’s Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990-2025, stating that the first statutory five-year carbon budget (CB1) of 295 MtCO2e, covering 2021–2025 had been met...

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

For #Wildflowerhour here are some plants #bythesea on Muighinis, Conamara (sea holly, sea mayweed, sea rocket and wild radish)

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It would be easy to call this the “new normal“ but that’s incorrect. In actual fact, “normal” is going to keep getting worse and worse and worse. Just how bad it will get depends entirely on how fast & far we go on real, legitimate (not performative) #ClimateAction. We know how. It’s about will.

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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 30/07/2026

🚨Pearl Mussel Kill on the Owenriff river in Co. Galway! Devastating news shared with us by our member organisation, Carra Mask Corrib Water Protection Group! Much more needs to be done to protect freshwater pearl mussels and the clean, free-flowing rivers on which they depend.

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Two aquatic flowering plants from Loch Piobram, Iorras Aithneach, Conamara for #Wildflowerhour - Water Lobelia and Pipewort

Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna / Plúr an locháin)

Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum / Píbín uisce) found in Connemara, Donegal and Kerry, and in north America

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Catherine Coxon @catherinecoxon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some #wetlandplants for #wildflowerhour and #InternationalBogDay2026 from a very dry blanket bog at An Ros Rua, Conamara on 22 July - only 5mm of rain in July up to then (cf July av. 77mm) and max temp 29.7 C on 15 July. (6mm of rain yesterday so the bog should be happier now!) See Alt text for IDs

Seed heads of Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) and White beak sedge (Rhynchospora alba)

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Celebrating our amazing bogs on #WorldBogDay An Taisce holds a number of precious properties in trust, including areas of Ireland’s internationally important boglands Thanks to Creative Ireland, A Bog Worth Keeping is our new project with Sliabh Beagh communities: www.antaisce.org/news/a-bog-w...

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