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Phil Kearney

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Desperado, An Taisce, Friend of #FridaysforFuture, Green. Dublin/Wicklow.

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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...
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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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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Vital critique by @thinkorswim.bsky. social of the agri-business stranglehold on Irish politics, life and future. Failure to dismantle this monolith will ensure collapse of ecosystems and food supply. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Opinion: Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House
Four per cent of the Irish workforce is employed in farming - but 15 per cent of our elected national politicians are farmers or landowners, according an investigation by The Irish Times
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin @ffff2018.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Participants today included people from Tuvalu and Nepal which was really special. Sadly, these countries are drastically affected by the worsening climate crisis that's being caused by rich countries like Ireland. It was also wonderful to have students from Belvedere join us.
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin @ffff2018.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Govt is regressing on climate action, with plans to import LNG, to lift the Dublin Airport passenger cap, to raise public transportation fares, the glut of data centres, the extension of the nitrates derogation and the list goes on. Join us any Friday between 1pm & 2pm to apply pressure on Govt!
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin @ffff2018.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Silent protest in Grafton St today, preceding a procession to the Dáil and our usual protest. We were marking over 8 years of weekly protests.
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin @ffff2018.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Ireland's data centre energy drain: How Big Tech added €1.4bn to household electricity bills
New research by Friends of the Earth has found that soaring demand for data centres in Ireland has driven up energy prices, with Irish households paying the hidden cost.
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
'I tried not to let Hutch set the tone of the conversation': Janet Horner on her byelection campaign www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...
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'I tried not to let Hutch set the tone of the conversation': Janet Horner on her byelection campaign
Green Party candidate for Dublin Central, Janet Horner, said the Green party vote in the constituency is above that of what the party achieved in 2019.
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
While optimistic noises may be made about our progress in limiting emissions, the underlying problem is not being tackled by effective policy measures. While our EU partners have achieved average emission reductions of 40% since 1990, we have managed a measly 5%. www.antaisce.org/news/is-the-...
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Is the Emissions Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
Emeritus Professor John Sweeney, Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS), Maynooth University writes that while optimistic noises may be made about our progress in limiting emissions, the u...
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Inconvenient Truths on carbon budget compliance: 'Significant ‘successes’ achieved in recent years have been achieved despite (and even contrary to) Government policy and technical adjustments to recorded GHG emissions' World events also played a role in reductions www.antaisce.org/news/irish-g...
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Irish Government’s ambition to fail on climate action
Chair of An Taisce Terri Morrissey writes, 'that we failed to stay within the first Carbon Budget is one thing, but welcoming failure as a success risks undermining public support for the action that ...
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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The Greens’ triumph is Labour’s catastrophe
The Gorton and Denton result is as disruptive as it gets. The old pendulum didn’t just swing: it snapped
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin @ffff2018.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Week #374 We managed to escape a downpour! Increasingly erratic weather is part & parcel of the climate crisis that our Govt seems intent on making worse - with plans to abolish the Dublin airport passenger cap, build fossil fuel import terminals, support of nitrates derogation etc.
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin @ffff2018.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Week 372 of protest as Govt demonstrates cognitive dissonance, trying to ram through a State LNG import terminal as the climate crisis deepens and Ireland is battered by rain and floods. Contact your TDs & tell them to #KeepIrelandLNGFree put a #MoratoriumOnDataCentres and #KeepThePassengerCap
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin @ffff2018.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Week #369 of our weekly protest outside the Dáil from 1 to 2pm on Fridays, demanding #ClimateJustice. Our Government treats the climate crisis like an afterthought, instead of the existential crisis that it is. Come join us any Friday to help shine a spotlight on the dire need for action on climate!
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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If There is a Will, There is a Way (the An Taisce Way)
Eric Conroy shares some of his An Taisce memories on the occasion of his 'roundy birthday' and reflects on what being a long-standing member has meant to him for over 40 years
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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Europe must act to stop Sudan’s genocide
I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too?
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Renegade Planning @renegadeplanner.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Great article by @orlakelleher.bsky.social on the much propagandised Judicial Review bogeyman. Developer interests need something to deflect from real failures of a system which has been deliberately designed by them to produce profit, not homes.
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Renegade Planning @renegadeplanner.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
@orla-hegarty.bsky.social is such a calm and effective communicator. Here quietly exposing @progressireland.bsky.social’s regressive, but highly influential, deregulatory schtick dressed up as “progress” podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
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Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Politics Podcast · Updated twice weekly · The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Ho...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Very much looking forward to this conversation with @whittledaway.bsky.social around THE LIE OF THE LAND this Sunday from 2pm in @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin City centre. Do come along if you’re free.
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Old fogey friends of FridaysforFuture. Wet & windy Week 361.
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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Europe must act to stop Sudan’s genocide
I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too?
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Clear and accessible rejoinder to the 'squash all JRs brigade - except those being taken by developers. See also: www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
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Money Talks, B**lshit Walks
The Money is is talking us into autocracy - we shouldn't let it Money is talking us into autocracy by appropriating the common good to serve the 1%, but the common good isn't promoted by squashing peo...
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
'Humans have stripped 1/3 of the trees from Earth's surface. We humans outweigh all the wild land mammals by a factor of 20; our livestock weighs 30 times as much as the mammals beyond the fences.' On Freedom @timothysnyder.bsky.social P. 170. Illus. Anton Logov: Close the sky over Ukraine!
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I discussed the management of our National Parks earlier with Minister Christopher O'Sullivan. There are positives but we're not at the stage where we can say that the State is managing Parks to a high standard. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Are we doing enough to protect our National Parks?
Padraic Fogarty, Ecologist and Author and Christopher O’Sullivan, Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Full credit to @autofac.bsky.social, Prof John Sweeney, @hannahdaly.ie & @swimsure.bsky.social for authoritative and persuasive presentations to the Joint Oireachtas Committee.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 25/09/2025
Global Sumud Flotilla braces for escalating dangers as it approaches Gaza amid drone attacks, Israeli threats.
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Amid drone attacks, activists confront fear and hope on Gaza flotilla
Global Sumud Flotilla braces for escalating dangers as it approaches Gaza amid drone attacks, Israeli threats.
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie
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Keep the Dublin Airport Passenger Cap - Help protect children from harm
I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/08/2025
Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
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Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
Anish Kapoor work referring to ‘butchering of our environment’ believed to be first piece of fine art exhibited from a working gas extraction platform Greenpeace activists have scaled a gas rig, stretched a 96 sq metre canvas across its side and stained it crimson, in a protest designed with Anish Kapoor. The work, in the North Sea, is believed to be the first piece of fine art exhibited from a working gas extraction platform. Continue reading...
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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I've been privileged to get my hands on a review copy of @thinkorswim.bsky.social's fantastic new book which is an important chronicle of Ireland's climate failures (and occasional successes). Lot's of people will want to read this!
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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 12/08/2025
🧵THREAD on agri-methane and ‘no additional warming’ Why is it so important to reduce methane (CH4) emissions from agriculture in the near term? What happens when countries like #Ireland use ‘no additional warming’ to set climate targets? PAPER: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... (1/18)
Screen grab of paper title, published in Environmental Research Letters, 12 August 2025. Title reads: National temperature neutrality, agricultural methane emissions and climate policy: reinforcing inequality in the global food system. Duffy et al 2025.
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Colm Duffy @colmduff.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
If “no additional warming” replaces net zero, is that progress — or backsliding? Ireland is our case study in a new paper 🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1748... We found it: (1)Grandfathers high emissions from wealthy livestock nations, (2)Shifts burden, (3) Fails on food security #Methane #ClimateJustice
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National temperature neutrality, agricultural methane and climate policy: reinforcing inequality in the global food system - IOPscience
National temperature neutrality, agricultural methane and climate policy: reinforcing inequality in the global food system, Duffy, Colm, Doedens, Carl, Moriarty, Róisín, Daly, Hannah, Styles, David, M...
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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
However, the ongoing & increasing critique of the Irish agri-food sector is ignored by this Review. Scientific, agricultural experts, NGOs & small farmers see it. Complacency benefits the sector's big profit-takers in the short-term, but the public & nature bear the cost. The CCAC could say so. /fin
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Friends of #FridaysforFuture, Dublin, Week 344. ‘We live for a few short decades, if we are lucky, on this miraculous planet. It’s remarkable, and we ought to pay attention to its everyday glories. We are nature, you and me; it isn’t something abstract’ @herdyshepherd.bsky.social, James Rebanks.
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Friends of #FridaysforFuture, Dublin, Week 343. ‘Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn't see?’
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I've signed this petition in solidarity with activists and leaders in Palestine Action and reject Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to proscribe them as terrorism organisation - will you sign too? @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/we...
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Sign Now: We stand with Palestine Action
I've signed this petition in solidarity with activists and leaders in Palestine Action and reject Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to proscribe them as terrorism organisation - will you sign too?
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Don't stay silent on Gaza. Netanyahu's actions violate human rights and Europe needs to act. I've just emailed EU politicians to demand the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. ➡️ Send your email now and make a difference. share.greens-efa.eu/s/JKiMWZKN
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No business as usual with Israel: Demand action from Europe
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BankTrack @banktrack.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
BREAKING! The 16th #BankingOnClimateChaos reveals that fossil fuel financing from the world’s top 65 banks has reached $7.9 TRILLION since 2016. See how your bank is using your money at bankingonclimatechaos.org #DefundClimateChaos #BOCC
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Banking on Climate Chaos 2025 - Banking on Climate Chaos
The world’s 65 biggest banks committed $7,900,000,000,000 over 9 years to the fossil fuel industry, driving climate chaos & deadly health impacts.
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
There is still a small chance of rescuing Wexford lagoon from the same fate as Lough Neagh www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Sadhbh O’Neill: There is still a small chance of rescuing Wexford lagoon from the same fate as Lough Neagh
Agricultural run-off is harming Lady’s Island lake, yet priority seems to be retention of nitrates derogation
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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
John Gibbons @thinkorswim.bsky.social is in barnstorming environmental communications form in this week's Last Word podcast with Matt Cooper @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social on TodayFM. Next week you can send in questions for the extended 200th edition!
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Paul Price @swimsure.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
An Taisce submission to Carbon Budgets Consultation: "The Climate Change Advisory Council’s (CCAC’s) Dec. 2024 carbon budgeting proposal basis for the 2031-2040 recommendations is non-compliant with the requirements of the Climate Act 2021 in two key aspects" 1/2 www.antaisce.org/Handlers/Dow...
Page 1 of An Taisce's submission to the Carbon Budgets Consultation:
"An Taisce would like to make the following observations on the above consultation.
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The Climate Change Advisory Council’s (CCAC’s) December 2024 carbon budgeting proposal assessment basis for the 2031-2040 recommendations is non-compliant with the requirements of the Climate Act 2021 in two key aspects:
• The CCAC failed to assess their recommendation in any defined equity terms. Therefore, contrary to the legally binding provisions of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 (as amended), their recommendation failed to be "consistent with" Paris Agreement Article 2, specifically 2(2) requiring climate action implementation on the basis of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR-RC).
• The CCAC provided no comparison of their "climate neutrality by 2050" test of its scenarios with the 1.5ºC "Paris Test" used in their 2021 Carbon Budget Technical Report recommendations. The CCAC ethicist's report found that the 2021 CB basis was at best only a minimal contribution to climate action by Ireland in global equity terms (meaning it was very generous to Ireland), yet no such Paris Test reassessment was made on the new recommendation.

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The CCAC ethicist's report highlighted that the previous 2021 Carbon Budget basis was conservative, at best:"
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Eager achiever: Frank McNally on introducing the beaver to Ireland www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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Eager achiever: Frank McNally on introducing the beaver to Ireland
They are not only cute and cuddly, they are also good workers
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 31/05/2025
“We are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide & the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.” Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
‘I walked through the fire all by myself’: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Mark O'Connell: ‘I walked through the fire all by myself’. This is barbarism
Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where anything can be done to them without recourse to any justice
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
‘It is valuable and disturbing to know that grand oak trees can take 300 years to grow, 300 years to live and 300 years to die. Such knowledge, seriously considered, changes the grain of the mind.’ @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social in ‘The Wild Places’, p. 100.
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Friends of #FridaysforFuture, Dublin. Week 338. International visitors giving much appreciated support. Attending launch of @trocaire.bsky.social’s ‘Fuelling Injustice’ report. Essential reading at t.co/IVfksIPoxP
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The new Save Our Sprat campaign will be holding a public demonstration in Bantry Square at 11am on Friday (day after tomorrow), calling for a moratorium on sprat fishing in Irish waters. I'll be there, can you come along too? The more, the better!! ✊️✊️✊️ 🐟 🌊 🦭 🐋 🐳🌊
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift-ireland.bsky.social
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Keep the Dublin Airport Passenger Cap - Help protect children from harm
I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too?
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Analysis: There is no hiding place from latest EPA data on greenhouse gases www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Analysis: There is no hiding place from latest EPA data on greenhouse gases
Do we want to spend our money on fines or ensure Ireland becomes climate resilient?
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Phil Kearney @philkearney.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years
Data also shows small but ‘shocking’ likelihood of year 2C hotter than preindustrial era before 2030
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