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Not Here Not Anywhere

@nhna.bsky.social
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Nationwide, grassroots group campaigning to end fossil fuel exploration and the development of new fossil fuel infrastructure in Ireland 🌎 linktr.ee/notherenotanywhere?utm_so…

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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
On 7 November, join concerned citizens, community groups and civil society organisations to demand the future we want to see - starting with a moratorium on data centres! 💪
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Government's planned LNG terminal is bad for County Clare and for all of us New film explores impacts LNG import and export has on communities in the US and Europe Ennis 11/10 6:30pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/gaslit-spe... Dublin 14/10 6:00pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/gaslit-spe...
eventbrite.com
Gaslit Speakers Tour - West of Ireland
Join us in Ennis for the Irish Premiere of the award-winning Greenpeace documentary
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
220 jobs lost at Oracle this year "Oracle’s share price, which has fallen by more than 25%,...has been under pressure as investors queried its enormous capital expenditure on data centres..." Our Government has inflated this AI bubble Time to change course! www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
irishtimes.com
Oracle to cut another 70 jobs in Ireland in AI cost-cutting push
Cloud computing giant has already shed around 150 Irish roles this year
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ireland cannot “credibly take leadership on a fossil fuel phase-out while simultaneously pushing new fossil fuel infrastructure and ever-expanding energy demand driven through the proliferation of data centres” …or while cutting carbon taxes! www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
irishexaminer.com
Ireland to miss climate targets with renewable energy being 'cannibalised by data centres'
Ireland could not 'credibly take leadership on a fossil fuel phase-out while simultaneously pushing new fossil fuel infrastructure and ever-expanding energy demand driven through the proliferation of ...
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sam Altman: "...we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology" We're already enduring astronomical energy prices, water shortages and climate breakdown Enough is enough! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let’s ban LNG terminals and stop feeding the data centre monster once and for all! 💪 my.uplift.ie/petitions/op...
my.uplift.ie
Ban LNG Terminals in Ireland: Sign open letter to Darragh O' Brien
Climate impact LNG has a devastating impact on the climate because of the methane emissions released by fracking, cooling, shipping and regasifying it. It produces Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions 33% ...
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"What is needed now are not alternatives to more fossil fuel subsidies but political leadership to implement transformational change – and protect our shared future" Terri Morrissey, Chair, An Taisce www.antaisce.org/news/yet-mor...
antaisce.org
Yet More Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Ireland?
An Taisce calls stop on this climate madness. Ireland is subsiding fossil fuels up to five times the EU average. It is likely to account for 6 billion euro this year. There are alternatives that can m...
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Find out what Ireland's first LNG terminal means for County Clare and for all of us 'Gaslit' explores impacts LNG exportation and importation has on communities in the US and Europe Ennis 11/10 6:30pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/gaslit-spe... Dublin 14/10 6:00pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/gaslit-spe...
eventbrite.com
Gaslit Speakers Tour - West of Ireland
Join us in Ennis for the Irish Premiere of the award-winning Greenpeace documentary
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'Data centres pose an “urgent and serious risk” to Ireland’s electricity security and must find a way to stay connected to the grid during system faults, the country’s energy regulator has warned.' archive.li/eYSA8#select...
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
2/2 - Plus some victim-blaming from the CRU: "Larger energy users…engage in direct negotiations with suppliers, whereas that is not the case for residential consumers...and that is why we…encourage people to switch and to keep competition alive." So regulation is also not within their ‘bailiwick’?
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1/2 - Spokesperson for the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU): “…considering a limit or cap on data centre development was not being considered, as it was "not within our bailiwick" Whose ‘bailiwick’ is it within if not theirs? www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
irishexaminer.com
Reduced gas prices for data centres ruled out by energy regulator, Dáil committee told
Asked whether it was fair domestic customers pay twice per unit of electricity as data centres, CRU commissioner Gannon encouraged users to switch where they can
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A majority of people in Ireland want a moratorium on data centres. As community opposition to new developments intensifies and energy costs increase, this majority will only grow. The government will continue to call it NIMBYism and anti-tech populism. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
irishtimes.com
How Ireland feels about data-centre construction revealed in new Irish Times poll
More than two-thirds of respondents say they support Ireland’s ‘current model of neutrality’
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Taxpayers' money spent to justify ramming through data centre development contrary to public interest Who is The Government serving? Disturbing report by Seán Fearon, @pbresnihan.bsky.social & Patrick Brodie outlines what we've lost so far bit.ly/4jlJ5ak www.thejournal.ie/government-d...
thejournal.ie
Government report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claims
The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere.
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Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI) @mu-ssi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New report: How We All Pay for Big Tech examines the economic, social and environmental costs of data centre expansion in Ireland. By Seán Fearon, @pbresnihan.bsky.social & Patrick Brodie. Read more: bit.ly/4jlJ5ak #DataCentres #Research #Energy #DigitalInfrastructure
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“CFI wants to see data centre development become a “key area” for the industry…” Meanwhile… “…it recorded a net decline year-on-year in home building projects in the pipeline.” Yet another reason the moratorium on data centres must be reinstated! www.thejournal.ie/construction...
thejournal.ie
Top government adviser calls for data centres to be housed in purpose-built energy parks
The development of the contentious sector is the focus of a construction industry conference in Croke Park today.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“…There is currently 700 megawatts worth of data centre development at the planning stage across Ireland…if this comes to fruition, it would equate to adding a county the size of Cork to our grid in the next two to three years…" Enough is enough! www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
irishexaminer.com
Ireland a 'cautionary tale' over data centre construction, committee to hear
Friends of the Earth Ireland due to tell Oireachtas committee on artificial intelligence that increase in centres is 'fundamentally oppositional' to climate targets
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“By ruling that the Mayo [data centre] project actively breached the commitments of the Climate Action Plan, the planning board has proven that these warnings are a legal reality...” www.waterfordlive.ie/news/massive...
waterfordlive.ie
‘Massive boost’ for campaign against development of new data centre in Waterford
The Waterford branch of People Before Profit addressed the subject in a post on social media
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Overturned for breaching national climate policy The tide is turning! 💪 www.westernpeople.ie/news/plannin...
westernpeople.ie
Planning permission for Mayo data centre overturned after appeal - news - Western People
Planning permission for Mayo data centre overturned after appeal - news - Western People
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
2/2 “While satellites have helped reveal previously unknown methane emissions, such pollution is still vastly underreported, with researchers recently estimating actual US oil and gas methane emissions are about 64% higher than official EPA figures”
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
1/2 “As America’s oil and gas industry ramps up production, it can no longer ignore what can only be described as super-sized pollution events seen from space.” The Irish Government should not ignore these either and should abandon plans to import dirty LNG! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
3/3 “The [fracking] process emits particulates and other pollutants that can impact the cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological health of people in nearby communities” www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
nationalgeographic.com
What fracking is doing to the Earth—and to our bodies
Beneath layers of ancient rock, a high-pressure process is reshaping the modern energy landscape. As fracking expands across the globe, so does the growing debate around its impact.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
2/3 “A review of chemicals released into air and water by fracking identified 55 chemicals that may cause cancer… …A study in Pennsylvania found a two-to-three-fold increase in leukemia among children who lived near a fracking well during early life—or while their mothers were pregnant with them”
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
1/3 The Irish Government is ‘considering’ buying US LNG, outsourcing fracking public health risks and accelerating climate breakdown in the process www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
irishtimes.com
Ireland ‘seriously considering’ importing fracked US gas for LNG reserve in Clare
New Mexico petroleum body says talks centred on creating a ‘long-term supply relationship’; Ireland previously banned importation of fracked gas
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The German auto industry and its products have exacerbated the climate crisis for more than 100 years Now the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment will take us further towards climate breakdown backing an 'industry' that benefits mainly big tech! www.thejournal.ie/energy-minis...
thejournal.ie
Energy minister says data centres are to Ireland what car factories are to Germany
Energy Minister Darragh O’Brien says he doesn’t want to bring the shutters down on data centres.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“…data centres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... …and how many of these will go to robots? novaramedia.com/2026/09/04/m...
novaramedia.com
Meta Tests Robots That Could Replace Human Workers at Data Centres
Meta is testing robots that can plug in cables and reset servers at data centres, sparking concerns among workers that they will soon be replaced.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The European Commission’s Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) is after 17% of the AI market... ...but when the AI bubble bursts we’ll be left with 17% of nothing and a broken climate Have your say before 11 September! enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultat...
enterprise.gov.ie
Public consultation on the European Commission proposal for a Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA)
The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (DETE) is undertaking a public consultation to inform an evidence base responding to the European Commission’s Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA) ...
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"The CRU has outlined that just 17 planned new data centres will have the same gas demand as six large gas-fired electricity generators or 2.6 million homes" www.rte.ie/news/busines...
rte.ie
No decision on proposed discounted data centre gas tariff
The energy regulator has said it has not yet made a decision on a proposal that would see data centres being offered discounted gas tariffs in return for accepting possible disruptions to their supply...
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Whether it’s noise pollution, water, electricity,...people are really getting a much deeper understanding of what these data centres mean.” www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
irishtimes.com
‘We just don’t want them’: Hundreds gather in a Kildare town over data centre plans
Noise issues in Clondalkin are a cautionary tale – but it’s not too late for Kildare, town meeting hears
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ireland's electricity capacity mechanism funds fossil fuel infrastructure, works against climate action and in favour of large energy users such as data centres Have your say before 4 September! Learn more at electricityactionireland.wordpress.com
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“They push up [electricity] costs without generating commensurate benefits to the local economy. Because once the data centre is built, it is just a hulking structure with a bunch of computers inside...” No wonder they don't want them - but neither do we! www.thejournal.ie/data-centres...
thejournal.ie
Backlash to data centres stateside means US may 'prefer to see them built in Ireland'
Former White House adviser Brad Setser said data centres are increasingly viewed by Americans as facilities “with a bunch of computers inside and not many jobs”.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thanks for your message and sorry for the delay in replying. You might want to check out 'Kilmeaden Says No's Facebook page for a local group that is campaigning against a data centre near them. NHNA is a nation-wide group so KSN might be a better fit for a community group?
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ireland is turning forty shades of brown as our water (as well as our clean energy and land) is taken by big tech! www.thejournal.ie/ireland-data...
thejournal.ie
Data centre water use almost doubled during Ireland's long, hot summer months
Data centres used over 514 million litres of water between May and July this year, increasing during the hosepipe ban.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ireland's electricity capacity mechanism funds fossil fuel infrastructure, works against climate action and in favour of large energy users such as data centres. It is coming up for its 10-year renewal, so this is a key moment to intervene Learn more at electricityactionireland.wordpress.com
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“The WHO said in May (before the summer’s record temps) that heat-related mortality in its European region had increased by more than 30% over the past 20 years and was on course to climb significantly as a result of the climate crisis...” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
Figure only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
3/3: “…Decentralised, small scale renewable energy — particularly solar, wind and micro-hydro — can and must be scaled up to replace fossil fuels and address energy poverty, while avoiding the climate-devastating emissions associated with fossil fuels.”
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
2/3: “…The climate crisis is here and with us now. It is causing disproportionate harm in the Global South, and now it is coming hard and fast to Europe. In Ireland we are feeling this…”
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
1/3: “In 2023, the investments made into fossil fuel companies...in Ireland generated an estimated 72.5 million tons of CO2e This is more than the CO2e emissions for the entire country of Ireland, and more than 10 times that generated by Sierra Leone…” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
irishexaminer.com
Karol Balfe: Ireland cannot tackle climate change while billions remain invested in fossil fuels
Ireland’s investment sector has an outsized role in fossil fuel financing, with the climate crisis hitting vulnerable communities hardest
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“...households will face another increase in their electricity bills, after the energy regulator approved higher network charges to fund upgrades to Ireland’s electricity grid.” Why are we subsidising big tech as they waste our wind power and water for profit? www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
irishexaminer.com
Large data centres must be forced to cover rising cost of electricity, says environmental body
Data centres now consume approximately 23% of Ireland’s electricity, one of the highest proportions anywhere in the world
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Government has just passed a law to bring an FSRU to Ireland, ignoring the climate, military and economic risks of this dirty, dangerous and unnecessary fossil fuel www.rivieramm.com/news-content...
rivieramm.com
Egypt confirms drone strike on FSRU and LNG carrier in Damietta
Egypt’s chief executive body has confirmed a drone struck two LNG vessels located at Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company in the port of Damietta, Egypt
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“…It’s clear an environment of secrecy has favoured [the data centre] sector amidst its ever-growing impacts… ...the government has admitted it does not even know the exact number of data centres located in the country." This is not good enough! www.thejournal.ie/readme/data-...
thejournal.ie
Data down the drain: We're told to cut our showers short, but data centres face no such pressure
As the hosepipe ban stays in effect around the country, it is becoming increasingly clear that data centres have a transparency problem no one wants to solve.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Development (Strategic Gas Reserve) Act 2026 was signed into law last week Luckily the Government’s lack of concern for the climate is matched by their lack of competence in delivering large projects So there is still time to stop this! Here’s how: extinctionrebellionireland.com/resist-lng
Darragh O'Brien wearing a crown with text reading: 'The Bill which was just signed into law  bypasses An Coimisiún Pleanála and the Climate Act to allow Climate Minister, Darragh O’Brien, to ram though Ireland’s first climate wrecking liquefied natural gas terminal in the Shannon Estuary'
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"Only the largest data centres are required to report this information to the EPA each year, meaning that the true figures of data centre water use are likely higher..." www.thejournal.ie/investigates...
thejournal.ie
Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more
The Journal Investigates found that while data centres use huge quantities of water every year, pharmaceutical companies often use a lot more.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Astonishing attack on civil society and environmental justice by a government lacking either vision or basic competence. www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...
thejournal.ie
Chambers claims climate law has been 'weaponised' by NGOs to halt infrastructure projects
Friends of the Earth have said disapplying climate laws sets ‘an alarming precedent’.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 23/07/2026
For years fossil fuel companies argued that gas was a bridge fuel. What they didn't say was that it was a bridge to climate breakdown.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"We cannot have energy security by introducing more fossil fuels which are not only highly polluting but also highly vulnerable to price hikes and geopolitical events." www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
irishtimes.com
Minister set to have final say as planning application for State LNG storage expected this year
Law to give Minister powers to directly approve facility passed by Government last week
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Under the Critical Infrastructure Act..., projects will not be subject to Section 15 of the Climate Act, which requires all public bodies to consider the climate implications of new infrastructure…" 2026 has been a terrible year for the climate and for democracy www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
irishtimes.com
Minister set to have final say as planning application for State LNG storage expected this year
Law to give Minister powers to directly approve facility passed by Government last week
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"A 2024 study found that liquefied natural gas, which is intended to be the fuel of the reserve, emits 33% more greenhouse gases than coal in terms of its 20-year global warming potential." www.clare.fm/news/trocair...
clare.fm
Trócaire Brands Clare LNG Terminal Plans "Nonsensical" And "Indefensible" - Clare FM
Trócaire Brands Clare LNG Terminal Plans "Nonsensical" And "Indefensible" - News % Clare FM
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Trócaire @trocaire.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Government’s first of two bills to introduce a state-led LNG facility has been passed in the Oireachtas. In short, LNG = more fossil fuels, more fracking, more environmental damage, more negative health outcomes, more climate-related disasters and higher energy prices.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Will the Irish Government confirm how many deaths due to climate breakdown and water shortages (exacerbated by their policies) they are willing to accept? www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026... ...and will they collect this data? www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
rte.ie
More than 2,700 died in England, Wales heatwaves - study
At least 2,700 people died in England and Wales as a result of heatwaves that struck in May and June, according to a study.
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Not Here Not Anywhere @nhna.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
TASC found nearly 90% of Dublin's 97 data centres are in areas experiencing economic deprivation www.tasc.ie/news/2026/05... Now these areas are being deprived of water as well! www.thejournal.ie/hose-pipe-ba... www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
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