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David Healy

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Clr. Glas i gContae Fhine Gall Green Cllr. on Fingal County Council www.davidhealy.com Active in www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.org

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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NTA's timetable for future phases of the bus network redesign in Dublin is "in due course." To add to the frustration, the report also demonstrates how massively successful the completed phases have been. www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/u... See p.14
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My proposed amendments to the Dunsink Urban Area Plan include Luas phasing Tolka flood risks water quality and building materials dezoning wetland motorway noise land contamination construction traffic diversity of housing units Dunsink Observatory and light pollution davidhealy.com?p=2024
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Proposed Amendments to Dunsink Urban Area Plan | David Healy
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have given feedback to Safer Schools proposals in Howth and Sutton from @fingal.ie's Active Travel team. My observations are at www.davidhealy.com; the consultations are open until midnight at www.consult.fingal.ie.
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David Healy | Green Party / Comhaontas Glas, Howth / Beann Éadair – Malahide / Mullach Íde
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
RIP Frank McDonald "Over a reporting career lasting some 50 years, he campaigned for better urban planning and design, and against the sort of corruption that can attend the nexus where swashbuckling construction comes into contact with politics and public administration."
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Frank McDonald obituary: campaigning journalist changed how we think about urban planning
His reporting was relentless and led to the publication in January 1985 of his ground-breaking book The Destruction of Dublin
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenparty.ie · 03/09/2026
To raise public transport fares by 15% in the middle of a cost of living crisis is a slap in the face to these commuters, who see the hundreds of millions that Government has spent protecting some sectors from inflation costs, yet they are expected to pay out more, every day, every journey.
fare increase protest 04/09 5.30pm Govt buildings
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Public meeting on aircraft noise, Wednesday 8th August 8pm Portmarnock Sports and Leisure Club. info:www.wrongwaydaa.com
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
ACP has granted permission for a replacement Deer Park Hotel, following appeals. I'm glad that what looks to me like a credible sustainability analysis of the demolition proposal was done and that the Board again refused the additional road proposed. davidhealy.com?p=2007 davidhealy.com?p=1834
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An Coimisiún Pleanála decision on Deer Park Hotel replacement | David Healy
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thanks @michaellanigan.bsky.social for covering this. Given the political consensus on the need to incentivise landowners to build the planning permissions they hold, I hope the Government will act on this loophole. davidhealy.com?p=1999
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Don’t exempt car parks from the Residential Zoned Land Tax | David Healy
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 07/07/2026
Unbearable heat in France: Dún Laoghaire councillor Conor Dowling cut short his family holiday after temperatures topped 40°C... jrnl.ie/7092906
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Irish family: We abandoned our holiday in France when the temperature hit 41 degrees
Dún Laoghaire councillor Conor Dowling cut short his family holiday after temperatures topped 40°C, but what frightened him most was how quickly ordinary life ceased to function.
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thanks @michaellanigan.bsky.social for covering this. Given the political consensus on the need to incentivise landowners to build the planning permissions they hold, I hope the Government will act on this loophole. davidhealy.com?p=1999
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Don’t exempt car parks from the Residential Zoned Land Tax | David Healy
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FP Logue LLP @fploguellp.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Environmental groups take challenge to legal costs caps in successful cases New costs rules breach Irish and EU law, @antaisce.bsky.social and Friends of the Irish Environment say @fploguellp.bsky.social acting for the applicants www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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Environmental groups take challenge to legal costs caps in successful cases
New costs rules breach Irish and EU law, An Taisce, Friends of Irish Environment say
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 05/07/2026
Our heatwaves will get hotter and hotter and hotter until we get to global net zero greenhouse gas emissions and so stabilise the climate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peak temperatures during June heatwaves of 1976 and 2026Night temperatures during June heatwaves of 1976 and 2026
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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
250 years of burning fossil fuels fuelled a record shattering humid heatwave in Eastern North America for the 250th anniversary celebrations on 4th of July. Turning any outdoor activities into a dangerous health risk. - @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuels...
Timeseries of the highest 5-day wet bulb globe temperature over a region bounded by the box to 95°W to 67°W and 35°N to 50°N. 2026 by far highest value highlighted in pink.
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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
If I read one more reference to 'gold plating' of EU law in Ireland....Can anyone show me the evidence? Should we look to the over half our rivers and lakes polluted? The trend which is getting worse? The 25% of our most pristine waterbodies now lost? A 🧵 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
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Top Government adviser calls for action to roll back ‘gold-plated’ environmental law
Laws exempting key projects from national climate goals should be followed by moves to curtail environmental screening, says taskforce chief
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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Much of Europe is sweating in an exceptional heat wave. Heat in Europe has increased 4 times more than in other mid-latitude areas, which has been linked to the Atlantic #coldblob in several studies. #AMOC Slide from a talk I'm about the present at London Climate Action Week #LCAW2026. 1/
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thanks to Isobel Ryan of Baldoyle Wild Towns for a wonderful guided tour of the wildflowers of the Baldoyle Portmarnock Greenway, including orchids and viper’s bugloss.
Isobel Ryan pointing out the blue flower spike of viper’s bugloss growing on the edge of the Baldoyle- Portmarnock Greenway.
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Well done to Abbey Park and District for their work in having a planning decision taken by An Bord Pleanála in breach of the Fingal Development Plan remitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála. Their legal challenge was successful in front of Holland J in the High Court. davidhealy.com?p=1983
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Abbey Park and District Residents again stand up for proper planning in Baldoyle | David Healy
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Following the excellent training by Leave No Trace on North Bull Island last week, I'm continuing to try to get @fingal.ie to adjust our beach management on the beautiful Burrow Beach to protect and restore the sand dunes. Details and photos, good and bad: davidhealy.com?p=1978
Access to Burrow Beach, Sutton.
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Janet Horner @janetphorner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The Liffey is an icon of Dublin, but it’s also a dividing line. It divides the north from the south. There’s politicians in this election who want to further that division. But I don’t think that’s what we are about. When you’re on the Liffey you can see clearly that we are one city and one river.
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Land Development Agency is consulting on their proposals for Stapolin Square on the Baldoyle side of Clongriffin Station. davidhealy.com?p=1963
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Land Development Agency consultation on Stapolin Square | David Healy
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My response to @fingal.ie's consultation on car parking charges on Harbour Road, Howth: *integrate with the Harbour *cover the areas affected by parking issues *address safety issues and improve conditions for people walking in Howth. Details and a link to the consultation: davidhealy.com?p=1959
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Proposal for car parking controls on Harbour Road, Howth | David Healy
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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Case taken by @clientearth.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social & Friends of the Irish Environment against @utilityregcru.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Environmental groups granted leave to challenge data centre policy
High Court told new rules allowing data centres to use fossil fuel power breach climate law
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Rezoning greenbelt land, rather than zoning a brownfield site and right beside a train station, is bad planning with negative consequences for all of us. @fingal.ie executive and a majority of councillors are getting it wrong. Thanks @michaellanigan.bsky.social for this detailed coverage.
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In response to proposals to rezone green belt land, I have proposed instead changing the zoning of brownfield and disused sites currently zoned for employment to mixed use or residential. The zoning proposals will be discussed by the Council on Monday. davidhealy.com?p=1943
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Motions in relation to proposed Variation to County Development Plan | David Healy
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Frank McDonald @frankmcdonald60.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Congratulations to ace environmental lawyer Fred Logue on another great victory over the powers of darkness …
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Dublin Commuters @dublincommuters.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Today is your last chance to respond to the College Green Consultation!! You have until midnight tonight to add your support for this vital public realm project engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thanks to Claire Byrne of Newstalk for our discussion of parking cash out law, where employers who offer car parking must offer a cash alternative. Giving people this option leads to a 30% shift away from driving to work. Podcast: pca.st/episode/c5d0... More info: shoup.bol.ucla.edu/Parking%20Ca...
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Parking in Dublin City: should it be made more difficult?
Should employers offer cash alternatives instead of free parking to staff to get people out of their cars? Green Party Cllr David Healy, of Fingal County Council thinks so and he explained why to…
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.
Head 12 Exemption from the Act of 2015
Provide that:
Any function or exercise undertaken under this Act shall be exempt from the provisions of section 15 of the Act of 2015.
Explanatory Note
This Head provides that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 do not apply to any functions or exercises undertaken under this Bill.
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Thanks to my fellow councillors for agreeing unanimously that @fingal.ie should stop using X, especially mayor Tom O’Leary for taking the suspension of standing orders and John Smith for suggesting that approach.
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 04/02/2026
As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, a councillor suggests another vision. “It’s not that the people who live there don’t have cars,” he says. “It’s that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.”
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As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, councillor suggests another vision
“It’s not that the people who live there don’t have cars,” he says. “It’s that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.”
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
My submission on the application for 1350 housing units at Belcamp calls for design of a safe walkable neighbourhood, with shops and childcare, and good quality public transport including a reservation for light rail. davidhealy.com?p=1926
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Submission on Large-scale Residential Development at Belcamp | David Healy
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
John Gibbons, author of The Lie of the Land: A Game Plan for Ireland in the Climate Crisis, will speak at a public meeting in the Marine Hotel, Sutton at 7.30pm on Wednesday 4th February.
Public meeting Climate Change John Gibbons discusses his book The Lie of the Land with Cllr. David Healy. Marine Hotel, Wed 4th Feb 1930 (photographs of John, the book cover, David, Green Party logo) david.healy@greenparty.ie; davidhealy.com
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Darren J. Prior @darrenjprior.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
My article online this week quoting @davidhealy.bsky.social: dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
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Green Party not impressed with Fingal plans
Darren J. Prior A public consultation is running on the Fingal County Council Online Consultation Portal up until January 29 […]
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 18/01/2026
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
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We must completely change the way we build homes to stay below 2°C
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A strange car parking rule is in @fingal.ie bye-laws which discriminates against people living in apartments rather than houses, not in any way connected to whether they have access to off-street parking. We've agreed to start the process of changing it. www.dublininquirer.com/apartment-dw...
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Apartment-dwellers in Fingal should be able to get resident parking permits for their area, councillor argues
During a debate Monday over new parking bye-laws, which raise the cost of parking in the county from 1 February.
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Subsequent to this article, I have put my queries formally to the Council Executive. davidhealy.com?p=1906 We seem to be failing to take account of some major residential planning permissions in exactly the right highly accessible locations.
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Queries about proposed Variation to County Development Plan | David Healy
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Darren J. Prior @darrenjprior.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
@nearfm.ie @davidhealy.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXN...
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Fingal Management propose 11 fast-track green sites for housing – David Healy (GP) – Near FM (2026)
YouTube video by Darren J. Prior / Mac an Phríora – DJP 🎙️☘️
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Cláir raidió Ar Mhuin na Muice – Near FM @gaeilge-nearfm.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
@darrenjprior.bsky.social @nearfm.ie @davidhealy.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TiG...
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Cúrsaí tithíochta i gComhairle Contae Fhine Gall – Comh. David Healy (CG) – Near FM (2026)
YouTube video by Raidió Gaeilge "Ar Mhuin na Muice" @ Near FM 🎙️☘️
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The Active Travel Unit of @fingal.ie runs “Second Spin”, in conjunction with @rediscoveryctr.bsky.social. The scheme provides free, upcycled bikes to teenagers who have had theirs stolen. To apply: www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-...
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Fingal wants to help teenagers ride again with Second Spin Project
Fingal wants to help teenagers ride again with Second Spin Project
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision
Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
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Ireland’s new apartment guidelines to be referred to European court after challenge
Interpretation of EU’s Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive a key issue in case
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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 12/12/2025
Ireland's energy regulator finally published its data centre connection policy. It facilitates a new era of fossil growth to facilitate this enormous energy user. hannahdaly.ie/2025-12-12-C...
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A new era of fossil fuels to facilitate data centres?
Reaction to the CRU policy in relation to data centre connections
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Join #BirdWatchIreland for an online webinar on the latest insights into the seabird population on Ireland’s Eye and the measures implemented to protect them. 📆: Wed, 10th Dec, 8 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... A Zoom link will be shared on the afternoon of the 10th.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become #climate migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Ireland’s climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 27/11/2025
Shovel-ready Luas and Dart projects delayed “to free up funding for more roads” The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has…
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Shovel-ready Luas and Dart projects delayed “to free up funding for more roads”
The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has claimed. He said that this is a "disaster" that large new areas of housing in Dublin -- including a development of nearly 900 homes approved in Adamstown today and the major housing project at Poolbeg -- were being left without the promised transport links, forcing more people into cars on the capital's congested roads.
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David Healy @davidhealy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Essential reading on development, the environmental crisis and the rule of law in Ireland.
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 21/11/2025
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenparty.ie · 14/11/2025
Tomorrow afternoon, as COP negotiations continue in Brazil, the Green Party will be one of over 60 groups and organisations coming together to march through the streets of Dublin calling for climate action, now! We hope to see you there!
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Pádraig McEvoy @padraigmcevoy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Some corrections to recent misinformation on judicial review and context around facts behind the application of EU law in Ireland, access to justice teased out on the Echo Chambers Podcast with Sabrina Kemper and Fred Logue pca.st/episode/824e...
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The Collison Corrections and Access to Justice
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