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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 30/09/2026

🚨Today, EU ambassadors approved the Council’s position on speeding up environmental assessments. Fast-tracking permits for “strategic” projects risks rushed assessments and public consultation. Now it's time for MEPs to stand up for environmental rules that protect people, communities and nature.

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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ireland Thinks asked people how big a difference EU policy can make to issues. Environmental issues came out strongly with 68% saying it makes quite a difference or very big difference to protecting nature & water quality, 61% saying the same for reducing climate & air pollution bit.ly/EP050626

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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

More than three quarters of people say the introduction of a new EU-wide windfall tax on the excess profits of energy companies should be a priority for Ireland’s EU Presidency. 7 in 10 people say reducing our dependence on fossil fuel energy should be a priority. Full poll results: bit.ly/EP050626

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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

To mark World Environment Day, we asked Ireland Thinks to measure public opinion on the EU’s role in environmental protection. 8 in 10 Irish people think the Govt should use its upcoming Presidency of the EU to strengthen or uphold EU environmental protections. Only 1 in 8 people want them weakened.

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This is a dark day for the environmental movement. In one of most regressive moves I've seen by this Government, they are effectively shutting down the majority of environmental public interest litigation. Over 1400 people told them not to do this. Did they listen? Of course not.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

By lifting the Dublin Airport passenger cap, delaying funding for public transport that has planning permission and opening the door to commercial LNG, Minister @darraghobrientd.bsky.social's message to his constituents seems to be: prepare for much more climate chaos. www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

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Commuters disrupted as north Dublin hit by heavy rain

Follow developments as flooding is being reported in parts of the capital, with north Dublin particularly impacted.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court! A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest. A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/02/2026

Breaking news: The UK government’s contentious ban on Palestine Action under anti-terror laws has been ruled unlawful in a landmark legal victory for civil liberties campaigners. ft.trib.al/V0bk3dr

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Barry McMullin @autofac.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

"Crunch time for the Government’s climate commitments" - timely commentary from @oisinc.bsky.social www.energyireland.ie/crunch-time-...

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 28/10/2025

Our letter in response to John FitzGerald's article last week, which made several incorrect claims about our research, including that it calls for Ireland to "end all livestock production". www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I've written to @rte.ie Prime Time urging them to ask the about climate change in the final Presidential debate next Tuesday. Both candidates supported the 2019 declaration of a climate emergency by the Dáil. I want to hear how they would approach it as president. www.linkedin.com/posts/oisinc...

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The views of the presidential candidates on climate change | Oisín Coghlan

I've just written to RTE's Prime Time urging them to ask the presidential candidates about climate change in the final TV debate next Tuesday. Here's what I said. Prime Time's email is just primetime@...

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

This is honestly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time- banning the use of the words burger & sausage on plant based products. The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'? P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?

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a package of via emilia plant based burger patties

ALT: a package of via emilia plant based burger patties

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 10/10/2025

The full quote as reported: “I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change,” he said. “This might be controversial, because I believe in addressing climate change....

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

"No recollection or records" now vaults over "on mature recollection" to the top of the phrases-that-sank-an-Irish-Presidential-election-campaign charts. In both cases a considered "recollection" proved to be in contradiction with the truth and sank a @fiannafailparty.bsky.social candidate.

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 18/09/2025

Infuriating radio debate sparked by our "temperature neutrality" analysis. Drennan, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, throws out a load of untrue statements that suggests farmers are being unfairly treated in GHG accounting & targets ... www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

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Scientists dispute climate advisers’ emissions cuts plan | Newstalk

Scientists want an urgent review of Ireland’s proposals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions af...

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We Act @weactireland.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Charities and community groups are behind so much of the quiet, unseen work that happens in our communities. We want to make that work loud and visible. Visit WeAct.ie.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Sally Rooney won’t be 35 until February. But can we elect her President in October, let the presidential commission do the job for a few months and have her inauguration on her birthday? You have to be 35 to be President but do you have to be 35 to be elected? www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it

I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal

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Jerry Mac Evilly @jerrymacevilly.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We now have ESBN & GNI on record that they can't prevent data centre connections. Upshot is no limits on data centres outside of Dublin + expansion of sites in Dublin - skyrocketing demand, impacts on housing, higher costs, gas dependency & emissions. Urgent need for legislative + policy change!

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This decision by the EU shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that has been paying attention to water quality. What should come as a surprise is that to date the Government has no contingency plan in place for any loss or major revision of the derogation. www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...

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An Taisce — The National Trust for Ireland welcomes EU Commission Decision

An Taisce welcomes the EU Commission requirement that more stringent environmental conditions be applied to farmers applying for a nitrates derogation in order to bring them into compliance with the E...

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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🧵1- 📆Today is the EU deadline for Social Climate Plans. In Ireland: ❌ No plan published ❌ No public consultation These plans are needed to access EU funding to help with heating & transport costs, especially for lower-income households.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

What to make of the fact that the sockets at the #NED25 aren’t connected to any power supply 😬? Our infrastructural deficit is getting out of hand altogether 😛.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Good to hear @micheal-martin.bsky.social at #NED25 reiterate the “existential challenge of climate change”, the growing threat from storms like Eowyn, and commit to accelerate #ClimateAction, “doing more and faster”. But we haven’t seen decisions and delivery to match that rhetoric so far.

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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Time for Taoiseach @micheal-martin.bsky.social to listen to expert advice - top official highlights risk of data centres to housing and need for demand reduction - key elements of @foeireland.bsky.social campaign 👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/ www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

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Power shortages mean we’ll have to choose between new homes and data centres, top official warns

Power shortages mean the country will have to choose between artificial intelligence (AI) and housing, a senior government official has warned.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Today @trocaire.bsky.social is launching a new climate justice campaign with a powerful report: ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how we’re enabling climate harm & calls on @micheal-martin.bsky.social’s Gov to do its fair share to drive a fast, funded, fossil-fuel phase out

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Great to hear Minister Jerry Buttimer speak so positively about the role charities & voluntary organisations play in communities around Ireland, especially in times like Storm Eowyn, and acknowledging the sector’s calls for multi-annual funding and efficient regulation at The Wheel’s #CharitySummit.

Minister Jerry Buttimer speaking at The Wheel’s Charity Summit.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Useful summary by Prof @hannahdaly.ie of the shocking and alarming new figures from @epaireland.bsky.social on Ireland’s emissions that stoke climate chaos.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Stop Climate Chaos calls @epaireland.bsky.social's new emissions projections "alarming and shocking" and says what @micheal-martin.bsky.social does next is the acid test of his commitment to delivering the Programme for Government and upholding the climate law www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/05...

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EPA emissions figures “alarming and shocking” as Ireland goes backwards on climate | Stop Climate Chaos

What Government does now is acid test for Micheál Martin’s legacyCommenting on the EPA emissions projections figures published today, which indicate Ireland will only reduce its climate-changing &#823...

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

My take on @micheal-martin.bsky.social's climate reputation after a few months back as Taoiseach, for @eolasmagazine.bsky.social. He's undone much of the work he'd done to be regarded as serious on climate change. What he does next will determine his legacy. www.eolasmagazine.ie/lip-service-...

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Lip-service or a lasting legacy on climate? | Eolas Magazine

eolas Magazine is Ireland's leading policy, politics and business magazine which reaches over 10,000 senior decision-makers and influencers in government, business and the voluntary sector

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Mr Foley seems to be saying that a habitable planet for our children is unrealistic and that short term corporate profits and tax revenues are more important: "Climate chaos is a price worth paying for corporate profits".

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 26/05/2025

It’s really bizarre to hear the Taoiseach call the debate around data centres “ill informed”, “without perspective” & “name calling”. It’s not “just” NGOs & academics raising concern - SEAI & CCAC have both said such expansion is a threat to climate targets www.businesspost.ie/politics/wat...

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Watch: Taoiseach condemns ‘ill informed’ debate on data centres

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Ali Sheridan @alisheridan.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

It was also great to have a chance to discuss the work of the Just Transition Commission with Mary Robinson and to receive a Dandelion pin as part of Project Dandelion, which I look forward to supporting.

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Tara Connolly @taraconnolly.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Wow. An honest review of an SUV. www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...

For the rest of us? We need to stop. Not only does the International Council on Clean Climate (ICCC) reckon that the extra weight and bulk of SUVs outmatches the gains in efficiency we’ve made with improved petrol engines and electric power, but more recently Imperial College London has released a study that shows you’re 44 per cent more likely to die if you’re struck by an SUV as opposed to a more conventional saloon, hatchback or estate. For children, chillingly, that figure rises to 130 per cent. I’ve been known to soften my SUV stance in the face of examples that are charming, or stylish, or notably comfortable, practical or good to drive, but those figures are enough to make any potential SUV purchaser blanch at the prospect. Or, at least, they ought to.

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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Gaza.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Ok @gavreilly.com, entertain me 😎. (Or Lord Reith me if you must)

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 19/05/2025

🔥 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍? 🔥 📢 New EEB study: Just one-third of the EU’s Social Climate Fund could ✅ Deploy 20M heat pumps ✅ Cover every energy-poor household in 9 EU countries ✅ Cut EU gas use by 11% Carbon revenues = a game changer for homes 📘 Read the report: www.coolproducts.eu/heating-and-...

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

These kinds of things are worth remembering.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Too true from Prof @hannahdaly.ie: “This erosion of corporate responsibility matters deeply because each broken promise sends a message to the public and policymakers alike that climate commitments are negotiable, further weakening collective action and ambition.” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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Weakening corporate climate pledges is a symptom of waning momentum

Recent high-profile corporate backtracking from climate commitments shows the fragility of pledges when attention and accountability drift

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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

up at 5 with @silviap.bsky.social to get from brussels to venice for about €110 by train with *this one weird trick* (doctors hate them, you won't believe what they found, etc etc) step one: metro to gare du midi

me and Silvia smiling in an orange metro carriage

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Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Met Éireann have now updated today’s report to state that Athenry did beat the April record by 0.1c with 25.9c!

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I had a right old rant about Tony Blair's ignorant, self-interested statement on The Jeremy Vine Show today. I mentioned that he has worked as a lobbyist for PetroSaudi, earning Tony Blair Associates £41,000/month, plus 2% of any deal he brokered. Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Radio 2 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to BBC Radio 2 on BBC Sounds

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Useful summary response to the @ccacireland.bsky.social's power sector from @foeireland.bsky.social.

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Climate Change Advisory Council Ireland @ccacireland.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The Climate Change Advisory Council has today published its Annual Review of the Electricity sector. It says critical action is required to reduce Ireland’s emissions while ensuring public confidence in the transition to electrification. Read more: shorturl.at/AEjEE

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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The far right and their allies in EPP (FG’s group) are ramping up a full-scale attack on civil society. They’re pushing for new EU committee to interrogate and undermine NGOs, questioning their right to receive EU funding. It is outrageous that this is where their energy is being spent.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Great crowd at @dcuclimate.bsky.social #DCUClimate2025 for @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social’s opening keynote address.

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Oisin Coghlan @oisinc.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I’m preparing for a media interview on geoengineering so I just listened back to episode 22 of @philipb-h.bsky.social’s very helpful Hot Mess for @rte.ie. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/h...

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Ep 22 – Playing God

Podcast Episode · Hot Mess · 10/07/2024 · 23m

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 24/04/2025

How embarrassing for the Irish Academy of Engineering to publish this report "Wishful thinking needs to be replaced by the realities of engineering, finance and project delivery". iae.ie/publications...

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THE ENERGY TRANSITION – What is the 2050 Action Plan and Timeline? – iae

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