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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Speaker announcement! Palestinian journalist, writer, and Gaza genocide survivor Eman Alhaj Ali will speak at our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us! #FreePalestine
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 08/10/2026
The Garda Commissioner has said the procedures and policies of the Garda's Protective Disclosures Unit is being reviewed following the recent RTÉ Investigates programme.
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Garda protective disclosure unit under review, cttee told
The Garda Commissioner has said the procedures and policies of the Garda's Protective Disclosures Unit is being reviewed following the recent RTÉ Investigates programme.
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The Economist @economist.com · 07/10/2026
Forget building new shelters ahead of winter in Gaza. Heavy machinery to clear debris and to repair schools, hospitals, electricity and sanitation is banned on grounds of “dual use”. Even tent poles are forbidden
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Jared Kushner has a $2.45bn recovery plan for Gaza
But the board of peace’s grand promises ring hollow in the strip
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 07/10/2026
Technology should serve people and the planet, not corporate power. Join Greenpeace and Tactical Tech online on 15 October to discuss how non-profits can respond to AI, misinformation and threats to democracy. Find out more and register ↓
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Collective power in times of AI, misinformation and threats to democracy: the 3rd Greenpeace-hosted digital transformation conference for non-profits - Greenpeace International
Join Greenpeace and Tactical Tech online on 15 October 2026 to explore how non-profits can respond to AI, misinformation and threats to democracy, and choose technology that serves people and the plan...
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 06/10/2026
The Government was not able to fund and deliver a €100 Culture Card for 16-year-olds next year, the Minister for Public Expenditure has said
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Govt 'committed' to providing a Culture Card - Tánaiste
The Government was not able to fund and deliver a €100 Culture Card for 16-year-olds next year, the Minister for Public Expenditure has said.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Enjoyed contributing to ‘How To Shop Well Now’ on RTE 1 TV tonight.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“They want to kill us all” say the people whose government is systematically levelling an entire nation & committing a genocidal war of extermination on a defenceless civilian population. The systematic whitewashing of this colonial terrorism knows no bounds. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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‘They want to kill all of us’: Life on Israel’s anxious frontier
Three years after the October 7th attacks, real security feels elusive in the Israeli community nearest the Gaza border fence
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 06/10/2026
Politicians in Norway are planning a law to ban smart glasses in certain places with the government concerned people could be photographed without their knowledge www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...
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AI glasses used as harassment tool - Digital Rights Chair
The Chair of Digital Rights Ireland and Associate Professor at UCD's Sutherland School of Law, Professor TJ McIntyre, has said the main risks associated with AI glasses so far involve "quasi-sexual ab...
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 05/10/2026
#ThisIsGenocideNotACeasefire: Israel continues to kill Palestinians, attack hospitals and block access to aid and healthcare. Meanwhile, world leaders are failing to stop it. We call for the protection of civilians in #Gaza and the lifting of restrictions on aid.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It is appalling that the Irish government has denied visas to these Palestinian students from Gaza, this must be overturned. #LetThemStudy Gazan students’ visas must be granted before it is too late www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Gazan students’ visas must be granted before it is too late
A group of leading Irish academics write that the mass refusal of visas to Palestinian students makes a mockery of the Taoiseach’s speech to the UN General Assembly
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"policy shortcomings that have allowed vacancy and dereliction to become normalised in the country over the years." I chatted to journalist Aoife Sheehan, Tipperary Live, about all things #DerelictIreland "Tipperary dereliction: it doesn't have to be this way" www.tipperarylive.ie/news/tippera...
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Tipperary dereliction: 'It doesn't have to be this way'
There are more than 140 properties on the council’s Derelict Sites Register, but the true extent of the problem is much larger
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thought for a moment that Simon Harris had completely forgotten #climate, but my mistake, he has also demolished the carbon tax, one of the most successful cross-party eco initiatives in recent years. #Budget2027
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/10/2026
Slovenian glacier could disappear in days, researchers say reut.rs/4rKEy3o
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Slovenian glacier could disappear in days, researchers say
Once a magnet for summer skiers and cherished by generations as a symbol of Slovenia's ​Alpine heritage, one of the country's last glaciers has ‌dwindled to a few patches of ice that researchers say could disappear within days.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another beautiful summer’s day here in Dublin. Balmy t-shirt weather. In Ireland. In October. At 53° North.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/10/2026
“They took me and they threw me [like] a sheep to the back of a military Hummer. After, they made their dog attack me and bite me, and they hit me,” says Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro, who was detained at a military base by Israeli soldiers for seven hours on Friday.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I visited Holland during the summer to report on their approach to food, energy & #climate, filling pieces for the Irish Times & Business Post. My latest report, for @thejournal.ie looks at a unique experiment combining urban living & sustainable food production. www.thejournal.ie/readme/john-...
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What if city living also meant you could grow your own food? One Dutch community has it sussed
The Dutch experiment at Oosterwold offers a radically different model of urban living. John Gibbons visited the residents to see how it’s done.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 05/10/2026
A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today
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Polish man who provided Famine relief to be honoured
A plaque honouring a Polish man who devised a scheme that provided relief to 200,000 children during the Great Famine will be unveiled in Glenties, Co Donegal later today.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
😂 Democracy, russian style. Communists in Moscow held an officially approved rally. Then they started chanting “Down with the Tsar!” And suddenly the “approved rally” wasn’t so approved anymore - police beat them and dispersed the crowd.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 05/10/2026
For many West Londoners, the quickest route between two places often isn't the most direct. The West London Orbital would change that with a new Overground line between Hounslow and Hendon.
Graphic of proposed line from Hendon to Hounslow. Text below map reads "The proposed West London Orbital would unlock 25,000+ homes, support jobs and reduce congestion"
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🇷🇺An approved Communist Party rally in central Moscow did not go as planned. Protesters chanted “Fair elections,” “We want freedom,” “Freedom for political prisoners” and “Down with the Tsar” — referring to Putin. Police detained around 60 people.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ireland's chronic over-dependence on HGVs for freight leaves us at mercy of every fuel crisis & cutting diesel prices is only a short-term salve. We need to shift to rail freight & electrify our HGV fleet, as I explain in @irishexaminer.bsky.social today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Subsidies for diesel are lost money when electric trucks are the future
Pumping taxpayers' money into diesel-guzzling trucks is fair to nobody when we should be subsidising companies to transition to electric vehicles
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 03/10/2026
Oxford Street has long been the nation’s high street. On Monday 26 October, it’ll go permanently traffic-free and pave the way for a greener, more welcoming street with new opportunities for retail and leisure.
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Oxford Street to be pedestrianised from October | LBC
Vehicles will be prohibited from accessing almost a kilometre between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street from October 26
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In Michigan, we're paying $5,600 a year on average for Trump and Mike Rogers' tariffs.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
The people's game will always belong to the people. This summer, it belonged to the bodega owners, cab drivers, line cooks, and every New Yorker who welcomed visitors from around the world to experience the World Cup in our own backyard.
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Solidarity is beautiful ❤️ Cork City Ireland now
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 03/10/2026
From a brownfield site to a thriving future neighbourhood. Thameside West will help deliver the new homes Londoners deserve, including much-needed social rent housing. This Royal Docks development will combine affordability, high-quality design and generous green spaces.
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Docklands waterfront park and homes plan submitted by developer
The Thameside West regeneration project also includes a seven-acre park, and planting 1,000 trees.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com As the UN General Assembly embraced “blustering speeches and endless unread communiqués,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen says, Zohran Mamdani seems to be “offering an antidote to globe-spanning distemper. To restore faith in institutions, you must begin from the bottom up.”
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani Is Showing the World How It’s Done
The New York City mayor has an antidote to globe-spanning distemper.
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Andreas Maisch @derspiegel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Berlin: Wie kann es sein, dass es nicht gelingt, korrekte Wahlergebnisse zur #Abgeordnetenwahl zu übermitteln? Gibt es weitere falsche Ergebnisse? www.rbb24.de/politik/berl...
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Fünf Abgeordnete weniger: Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus wird kleiner
Bei der Überprüfung von Ergebnissen der Berlin-Wahl hat sich eine Änderung im Spandauer Wahlkreis 1 ergeben - mit Folgen für das neue Abgeordnetenhaus: Es wird fünf Sitze weniger haben als bisher geda...
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The message from outside the Aviva Stadium last night was very clear. Ireland should never have crossed the Palestinian picket line and played against apartheid Israel. It must not play the second game of shame on Sunday. #StopTheGame Photos Fidelma Bonass 📸
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A young woman bravely reported that she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven men at their fraternity. But instead of protecting her, Cornell University protected her abusers, letting them off with a slap on the wrist.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 02/10/2026
While tens of thousands of women and girls will take part in Gaelic games this weekend, only a minority will step on to the pitch wearing kit that puts their comfort front and centre. A Co Louth-based physiotherapist and mother-of-two is aiming to change all that.
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Co Louth physio redesigning sportswear for women
While tens of thousands of women and girls will take part in Gaelic games this weekend, only a minority will step on to the pitch wearing kit that puts their comfort front and centre.
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Me & @judesherry.bsky.social are delighted to play a small part in this new brilliant new album by Dublin Punk Artist Meryl Streek which explores depression, addiction, homelessness, cost of living & more 'Stories They Don’t Teach You At School' is out next Friday 9th nialler9.com/meryl-streek...
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Meryl Streek announces guest-stacked third album Stories They Don't Teach You At School and new single featuring Steve Ignorant of Crass | Nialler9
The album - described by Steve Ignorant as "a kick in the arse and a smack in the face" - is Meryl Streek's most direct statement yet, tackling issues that,
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper now available. We discussed UK tree planting proposals, accelerated glacier melting plus global oceans heating rapidly, and I pleaded with Irish Rail for proper illuminated signage at DART stations. www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
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Half A Million Trees To Be Planted In England – Should Ireland Do The Same?
Local authorities in England are set to receive funding to plant half a million trees in the next three years for protection against extreme weather conditio...
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our tribute to Gavin Bazunu last night 💚
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/10/2026
In 2027, the TCS London Marathon will return as a unique, one-off two-day event. The dates for the elite races have now been decided: the elite men and men's wheelchair races are set for Saturday 24 April, with the women's races taking centre stage on Sunday 25 April.
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London Marathon 2027: Sabastian Sawe and Catherine Debrunner play rock, paper, scissors to decide race days
A game of rock, paper, scissors is used to determine when the elite female and male races will take place at next year's two-day London Marathon.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The family of Renee Good and her partner, Rebecca Good, have filed two federal lawsuits over Good’s January killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis. 1/
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/10/2026
New York's economy grew by 4% in Q2 — more than any other state. Want to get your business off the ground? Hire only the best? There's one place to do it: New York. www.newsweek.com/new-york-lea...
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Map shows which state economies are growing and shrinking ahead of midterms
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We handed out thousands of these leaflets to fans going to the Ireland Austria game. We must not play Sunday's game against apartheid Israel. #StopTheGame
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises
In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a simply stunning parliamentary performance by NZ Green leader. Passionate, persuasive, thoroughly researched and delivered with real brio. If we had lots more Progressive voices speaking up like this, the world would be in a much better place today.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Telegraph has published my letter responding to a column by James Rebanks. I argue that the pastoral idyll can obscure destructive and wasteful land use. They changed one thing though: I pointed out that the headline accused me of waging a "sheep culture war", not the article. archive.ph/pgEGB
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/10/2026
From our streets to our schools, hospitals and workplaces, Black Londoners have helped build the city we know today. This Black History Month, we celebrate the generations of people whose contributions continue to shape London.
Screen on Outernet - reads "[Mayor of London logo] Happy Black History Month, London" with an outline of London featuring different patternsScreen on Outernet - reads "[Mayor of London logo] Honouring our Black British communities"Screen on Outernet - reads "[Mayor of London logo] Those who enrich our city and keep London going" Screen on Outernet - reads "[Mayor of London logo] We pay tribute and thank you for all that you do"
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 01/10/2026
The cost of policing the Drumcree stand-off has so far cost £3 million, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said
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Cost of policing Drumcree stand-off at £3m so far - PSNI
The cost of policing the Drumcree stand-off has so far cost £3 million, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This week’s Last Word on environment with @mattcooperlastword.bsky.social coming up within the hour. We’ll be discussing UK plans to plant trees to abate extreme weather, plus #climate fuelled Swiss glacier meltdown as global ocean heating accelerates.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AIPAC decided they were going to set a record on the amount of money they spent against me in the primary election. $70 million. Do you know what we could do with $70 million?
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I was on Newstalk earlier discussing UK PM Andy Burnhams pledge to get English councils to compulsory rent homes empty for over 6 months 303,185 according to Action on Empty Homes We urgently need compulsory sales & rental in Ireland I joined host Andrea & Alfonso Bonilla & Feljin Jose to discuss
I was on Newstalk earlier discussing UK PM Andy Burnhams pledge to get English councils to compulsory rent homes empty for over 6 months
303,185 according to Action on Empty Homes

We urgently need compulsory sales & rental in Ireland
I joined host Andrea & Alfonso Bonilla & Feljin Jose to discuss
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 30/09/2026
Over 100,000 public sector workers in areas such as health, education and local authorities are beginning industrial action today in the form of a work-to-rule
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Over 100,000 public sector workers begin work-to-rule
Over 100,000 public sector workers in areas such as health, education and local authorities are beginning industrial action today in the form of a work-to-rule.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We’re not going to hit our 2030 target but that does not reduce our ambition in that regard". More Flann O'Brien-level sophistry from #climate minister Darragh O'Brien as Ireland slumps down EU table. Report by @codohertynews.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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European Commission to put Ireland’s poor climate action record under scrutiny
Climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra says emission reduction targets must be taken very seriously
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