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@coastalconcern.bsky.social
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Citizens’ group seeking to ensure that as Ireland rolls out offshore wind, our valuable vulnerable marine ecosystems are protected. Yes to Marine Protected Areas. No to developer-led planning.

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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/so... @uplift.ie
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Solution not Pollution - Real Time Sewage Discharge Monitoring
Ireland Needs Real-Time Reporting of Sewer Discharges - Just Like the UK  Across Ireland, rivers, lakes, estuaries, bathing and coastal waters are being polluted by regular storm overflows and se...
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Apparently, according to Dr Lorcan Sirr, meeting housing targets would, in itself, mean emissions targets will not be met. We need some joined up thinking on this! And, of course, protecting and restoring nature is crucial.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Regulator’s Data Centre Proposals a ‘Kick to Touch’ on Climate | Friends of the Earth www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/regulat...
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Regulator’s Data Centre Proposals a ‘Kick to Touch’ on Climate | Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth criticises CRU proposals on Data Centres given absence of restrictions on fossil gas use and lack of compatibility with climate law   Friends of the Earth Ireland has …
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Denmark Gets No Bids in Its Offshore Wind Tender as It Offered No Subsidies
Denmark’s decision to forgo subsidies for offshore wind has led to a lack of interest in its recent lease auction.…
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
It would be wonderful to see this appreciation spread . It's so badly needed in Ireland. elflaw.org/news/histori...
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Historic decision sees River Ouse set to become first in England with legal rights - Environmental Law Foundation
Lewes, – In an exciting and groundbreaking decision, Lewes District Council have agreed to recognise the Rights of the River Ouse, paving the way for the Ouse to become the first in England to have it...
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
"The evidence for Homo sapiens playing the dominant role in the global megafauna extinctions constitutes one of the clearest, most well-supported patterns in ecology." - @jcsvenning.bsky.social
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
It may well be that @npwsireland.bsky.social are finally turning a corner on rhododendron, but I would call on them to release the report on the issue that they commissioned some time back and to publish their methodologies and work programmes so we can be sure www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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‘We’ve broken the barrier’: Optimism blossoms in the battle against rhododendron at Killarney National Park
Investment in machinery to clear ‘scourge’ species a ‘game changer’, says National Parks and Wildlife Service
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Never underestimate the vengeful nihilism at the heart of this movement. The glitter-eyed fanatics behind Project 2025 and other such programmes will smash whatever is most precious to you, partly at the behest of commercial interests – but also to enjoy watching the pain it inflicts. They will crush beauty, joy, community and hope precisely because other people value them.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Having weighed up various options, Norway opts to cancel fixed bottom and commits to developing floating offshore wind. Ireland should take note & truly examine our options to ensure best practice for Irish citizens. www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/11/n...
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Norway Drops Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Plans, Shifts Focus to Floating Wind
The Norwegian government has cancelled plans for another fixed-bottom offshore wind tender in the North Sea due to cost concerns, shifting its focus toward developing floating offshore wind projects.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
www.rte.ie/news/ireland... The principal issue here is conservation of nature vs development. Last year the Irish government voted for the Nature Restoration Law. Adhering to that law must include protecting what has survived human impacts to date.
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Pat Kenny blocking developers to protect badgers at home
Broadcaster Pat Kenny has stated that he will not allow nursing home developers Bartra enter the Kenny residential property in Dalkey in order to access a badger sett at the centre of a planning dispu...
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This money might facilitate more balanced reporting on such issues as how offshore wind infrastructure is sited and the vital need to protect the very ecosystems we will decimate with developer-led plans. @fiannafailparty.bsky.social @fine-gael.bsky.social @news.rte.ie @newstalkfm.bsky.social
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Exploring the complex & concerning practical implications of the New Planning and Development Act with contributions from Dr Lorcan Sirr, @fplogue.bsky.social and An Taisce's Phoebe Duvall Listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Implementing the new Planning and Development Act
One of the first tasks facing the new Minister for Housing, is enacting the provisions of The Planning and Development Act. Our reporter Kate Egan has been looking at these changes...
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This @pbresnihan.bsky.social podcast is essential listening for all who have an interest in the environment, energy, data centres and how the capitalist movement is embedding itself deeply & deviously, in such critical systems as Ireland's energy infrastructure.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It’s on my wish list - at the top. So delighted you got to go there.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Jay | Bird Songs with Seán Ronayne
To celebrate the beginning of spring in the Gaelic calendar, Seán Ronayne is across the schedule on RTÉ lyric fm with a new series to discuss the distinct bird songs, melodies and calls that we have t...
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Rebecca Hunter @irishtimes.com bemoans decline of wildlife in our seas. Beautifully written essay calls for honest & urgent response from @npwsireland.bsky.social @COSullivanTD. Areas designated must TRULY protect. No more paper parks or manipulated boundaries & please give us honest processes too.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Red = lowest ecological integrity. Ireland has the great honour of being probably *the* most ecologically trashed nation in all Europe. 🏆 🏆 🏆
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Absolutely charming to hear @seanronayne.bsky.social with his Bird Songs on Lyric FM, a birdsong vignette to celebrate beginning of Spring! A perfect place to broadcast the music of birds…Today it was the starling. Who knows what tomorrow will bring? 🐦‍⬛
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
And an Irish non-fiction by Dermod Dwyer & his son, Denis. Copy just arrived & looks beautiful.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
"A region of the Pacific Ocean that’s larger than Switzerland is now fully protected from fishing, thanks to the creation of a massive new marine sanctuary in the Marshall Islands" More fantastic news for your Friday! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a....
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A New Marine Protected Area in the Marshall Islands Is Brimming With Life, Like a 'Time Machine' to Oceans Long Ago
The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
So many of the impacts of wind energy remain inadequately understood. www.eurasiareview.com/27012025-off...
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Offshore Wind Farms Could Cause Significant Ecosystem, Economic And Human Health Risks
The materials used to protect wind turbines from corrosion leach into the surrounding water, which could pose risks to ecosystems, seafood safety and human health, new research from the University of ...
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Protect All Wildlife @protectallwildlife.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
On January 28th, 2025, 14 Dolphins were stolen from their families Taiji, Japan to meet the demand for captive Dolphins. Don't forget that when you buy a ticket to a Dolphin show, or to swim with Dolphins, you supply the demand for captive Dolphins. Please #DontBuyATicket. Credit @OP_Society
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Absolutely delighted @christopher_o_sullivan_TD to see your appointment this morning, having quietly hoped that you would get this job. We look forward to a new, straightforward approach to the protection of nature. Congratulations.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
High levels of PFAS in Enniscorthy otters, revealed by WATERSHED, indepent journalists reporting on freshwater & marine environment. Fish in Irish rivers also impacted.
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
One thing I appreciate about Jonathan Cary's book, Scorched Earth, is how resolute he is in arguing that the 'internet complex' is beyond reform. The ideas of 'ethical AI' or 'green AI' are very much part of the problem.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
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Press Release: Irish Wildlife Trust calls on an Taoiseach, Michaél Martin, to show leadership for nature and treat the climate and biodiversity crises as the emergencies they are - Irish Wildlife Trus...
Press release  Date: 23rd January 2025 Irish Wildlife Trust calls on an Taoiseach, Michaél Martin, to show leadership for nature and treat the climate and biodiversity crises as the emergencies they a...
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Loved the first, that is about so much more than just rainforest, as it tells a personal story, so really look forward to this. Sure it will be an equal success!
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Ciaran De Buitlear | Gardeningwell @gardeningwell.ie · 20/01/2025
Free Trees Ireland @freetrees.ie will give away 60,000 native Irish trees Opens Sat 25th Jan at 10 am 🌱 #spéirgorm 🌎 freetrees.ie/next
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Our next application for free trees will take place at the end of January 2025
We are a non-profit organization, mission – to plant over 250,000 free Native Irish trees across the Island of Ireland by the end of 2030 for wildlife, rewilding, nature and the future of our childre...
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Marc (with a Sea) Diamond @marcwithasea.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hello new people & old friends! I'm Marc & this is Master Pippin. By day, I create Lego Duplo Marvel Apps for little kids. And yes, it IS the best job ever. By Dawn, we walk the shore & capture ireland's incredible sunrises. Come with us? Pls share & follow if you like what we do!
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Don’t believe they would have ever opposed government policy, just had speaking time taken from opposition.?
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Haven’t spoken to anyone who doesn’t hold the same view.
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Women are really making headlines this week. The bishop & now Pamela! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Marine Protected Areas Bill is valuless unless it is based on honest science - the best available - not 'analyses' that pre-exclude the richest habitats, feeding & foraging areas of birds, reef, molluscs etc... mailchi.mp/ien/irelands...
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Ireland's Ocean Movement Newsletter
Sign up to receive monthly updates on Ireland's campaign to protect 30% of our ocean by 2030.
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
pollution of water from septic tanks and millions of farm animals a serious threat to human health www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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600,000 rural dwellers are at risk of E.coli due to untreated water supplies
Ireland regularly reports having Europe's highest rates of the potent STEC strain
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coastalconcern.bsky.social @coastalconcern.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
DAA and the problem with PFAS contamination x.com/kemper_sabri...
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