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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...

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The Jason Arday Reckoning

The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

"Water quality will not improve unless nutrient pollution is reduced. Right now, there is no clear sign of long‑term reductions in nutrient levels, making it unlikely that we will see meaningful improvements in water quality anytime soon." www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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Water quality in Irish rivers and lakes remains ‘unsatisfactory’

Assessment showing Ireland’s best rivers continue to deteriorate ‘must concern us all’, says EPA director

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Turns out "cattle catch TB from other cattle **15 times** more often than from badgers." Yet the slaughter of innocent badger families goes on. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Cattle in England to get tuberculosis vaccine from 2030 as badger cull to end

Targeted vaccination and improved testing planned as part of drive to eradicate disease by 2038

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/06/2026

Worth reading @hannahdaly.ie's full research here - it contains some really stunning numbers. The most important point is the 80% renewable mandate delayed by six years: meaning six years of massive gas use and emissions, breaching carbon budgets and spiking bills zenodo.org/records/2058...

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Data centre expansion in Ireland: the conflict between grid connection policy and national energy and climate targets

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Never understand why news orgs don't link to reports when they write about them! A link below to the @ccacireland.bsky.social report referred to by articles in today's Journal and Irish Times, for any (like me) looking for the source material. #spéirgorm #coastalerosion #maharees #climatechange

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4,500 homes are at risk of coastal erosion by 2050, and experts say that figure is an undercount

2,279 properties and 570 kilometres of roads are currently at risk from coastal erosion.

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New fish kill reported: current estimate is in excess of about 20,000 fish dead in Louth from what is "believed to be an agricultural discharge upstream of Tallanstown," all species, including salmon, trout, roach, pike, eels, perch" are impacted

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

First public consultation on Ireland’s draft National Nature Restoration Plan is now open Deadline for submissions is 1 July. Have your say #RestoreNature www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The May issue of Rundale on the theme of housing is out now. Five new contributions that approach housing and inhabitation in Ireland from new angles, offering different framings of (and answers to) ‘the housing question’. Quality analysis that you just don't find elsewhere. rundale.org

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Right #SpéirGorm ...how do we build an Irish coalition and get our politicians to change direction?! “A habitable, equal 21st century is materially possible,”“What stands in the way is not technical impossibility but political choice and the hard but crucial work of building a coalition behind it.”

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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 26/05/2026

We have a couple of summer student vacancies at the moment If you are interested in historical GHG emissions and temperature impacts... ...check out our vacancies page www.ucc.ie/en/epmg/abou... SEFS Summer Student Job Specification

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About | University College Cork

Learn about the Energy Policy and Modelling Group and our research at University College Cork

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Barry McMullin @autofac.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Just watching the @epaireland.bsky.social webinar on updated GHG projections to 2030 (and beyond). LULUCF ... #OMG!

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Successive Irish governments have refused to adequately protect our marine ecosystems, feigning concern while in reality acting in the interests of those getting rich from ecocide. Now the EU has had enough, and begun legal proceedings against the state. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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What will it take for Ireland to prioritise marine protection?

The Irish Government has developed a pattern of setting ambitious environmental targets, not delivering them, then seeking to merely negotiate the penalties

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Happy Lá Bealtaine - the swallows have arrived and summer's on the way 🔥 Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Painting of a swallow flying over a bonfire, with the word "Bealtaine" above it.

#SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm #Ireland #Bealtaine #Art #ArtSky #BlueSkyArt

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

These numbers should be amplified everywhere there is a flat surface. The 3,000 person sample size was statistically significant. The direction of travel is positive but runs directly contrary to the perception born in the echo-chamber of Twitter-brained media and politics. (H&CC is a client)

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Year-on-year datasets tracking changes in public sentiment in Ireland between 2024 and 2025 show
that 66% agree that immigrants contribute positively to Irish culture and community, which is up 2% up from 64% in 2024.
79% believe working-class people are struggling due to systemic inequality which is also up 2% from 77% in 2024.
Those who believe wealthy people are successful because they were given more opportunities than others has risen from 63% in 2024 to 69% in 2025.
The number of people who support the freedom of transgender people to live their lives is up 5% up from 70% in 2024.
80% agree that Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities face greater barriers to success than white people, up 5% up from 75% in 2024.

Research Framework
Ireland in Focus draws on multiple sources of data to provide a clearer understanding of how hate, disinformation and far-right mobilisation are evolving across Ireland in
2025. This includes H&CC's analysis of far-right developments in political organising, informal networks and far-right agitators, giving insights into how narratives, mobilisation and organising strategies are emerging and shifting.
company Dynata. The data was independently weighted by Ireland Thinks using demographic and methodological controls such as age, gender, ethnicity and voting behaviour at time of poll fielding to ensure representativeness and statistical robustness. The consistent methodology across both waves allows for reliable year-on-year comparison of sentiment and social trends and the large sample size gives high levels of statistical significance.
Ireland in Focus also draws data from 89 communities' crisis responses (49 in 2024 and 40 in 2025) supported by H&CC to capture how local communities responded in real time to moments of tension, protest and disinformation.
Ireland in Focus, assesses public attitudes through two large, nationally representative, anonymous surveys conducted in 2024 and 2025, each with approximately 3,000 respondents via independent polling
The consistency in design across both years provides a robust basis for tracking how attitudes are shifting - making this one of the first datasets of its kind in Ireland to capture changes in public sentiment over time. Finally to understand how narratives were spreading and evolving in the public sphere, narrative benchmarking was analysed using a commercial social media research tool.

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Missed the last few sunny days at home in #WestKerry doing a course in Cork. Got home to grey clouds, but my goodness, did the #Maharees sky make up for all of that this evening #spéirgorm #WildAtlanticWay #sunset

Sunset over Brandon Bay, Garrywilliam, Ireland

Atmospheric hazy sky over Brandon Bay, Stradbally, Ireland #bluesky

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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Independent Advisory Committee on Nature Restoration Report. Under the Nature Restoration Law, Ireland is required to have a Nature Restoration Plan by 01 September. Today, an Independent Advisory Committee on Nature Restoration provided their recommendations: 🔗 assets.gov.ie/static/docum...

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Imagine the EU reaction to their citizens bring kidnapped by any nation other than Israel!?!

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Imagine if we and the media spent as much time discussing real solutions to this fuel crisis as we do on the continued obsession with aviation and maintaining business as usual.

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This is a very balanced piece on the angel shark issue. It's the subject of a public talk in Dingle next weekend that I'll be speaking at with a local fisherman. www.independent.ie/life/are-we-...

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‘Are we waiting for this species to go extinct?’ Inside the fight to save rare angel sharks off west coast of Ireland

It’s as rare as a snow leopard and is shaped like a snow angel. The angel shark is one of the world’s rarest and most vulnerable sharks.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Feeding wild birds is NOT 'helping nature'. In many ways, it's the very opposite.

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Jude Sherry @judesherry.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We've already given solutions to Dep. of Finance & Oireachtas All home should be registered with Revenue as either 1. Primary Residence - either homeowner / rented 2. Non-residence Habitable Homes -holiday homes/vacant homes/short term lets 3. Uninhabitable non-residence homes -derelict #Speirgorm

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Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

They didn’t just double tap. They hunted her like an animal. First they sent her death threats. They struck her, then followed her to where she tried to take shelter & struck her there. They struck the rescue workers who came for her & only after hours, after she died, did they allow retrieval

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Kerry is in hiding. And full of trees - maybe they have a time machine and have seen the future, and have successfully rewilded Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara with native forests. I'm all for their vision of the future really (apart from the bigotry, racism, sexism, hatred etc) #spéirgorm #SpéirChiarraí

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ireland's recent €505m rescue package was a “ransom” to the #fossilfuel system: @hannahdaly.ie Subsidising demand makes fuel cheaper, keeping people locked in addiction to imported oil, and at the mercy of future geopolitical shocks. #spéirgorm

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 23/04/2026

I spoke with The Guardian about Ireland's fuel blockades and the silver lining of this whole mess for the energy transition.

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Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

It's easy to succumb to outrage fatigue. But this was four days ago. 2,000 killed. 1.2 million displaced. Entire villages demolished. A 40km 'buffer zone' (10% of Lebanon's territory) annexed. It's barely raised a resigned shrug, but it meets the criteria for war crime. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed

BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Wondering why Ireland gets an honourable mention here as one to be emulated- any thoughts #spéirgorm? While infinitely better off than those under thumb of many of the megalomaniacs she mentions, our leaders still shill for #TechBros, #BigPharma, #BigAg etc (and gift shamrocks to orange muppets!)

Screenshot of @thejuicemedia.com's Honest Government ad parody video suggesting Ireland is among the governments to be lauded

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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 22/04/2026

How many solar panels could you buy for the €500m fuel supports for the blockers? How many council houses?

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

And oh boy, are the Irish powers that be doing everything they can to change supplier: pushing hard to get lots of lovely LNG from our near neighbour (across the Atlantic) and making sure any extra renewables we bring onstream are gobbled up by hungry data centres #spéirgorm

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

NEW ANALYSIS: My new article in @natenergy.nature.com argues Europe keeps responding to energy crises by changing supplier. 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas was imported in 2024. The structural fix: reduce fossil fuel demand through electrification and efficiency. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

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Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

15% of fossil fuels extracted each year are used to make fertiliser, run farms, process foods and transport them. In a very real sense our food is made from oil and gas. We are about to feel a very painful food shock. 1/

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Mark Robins @byhedge.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Never ending slaughter from the Israelis.

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Helen Shaw - Athena Media @athenamediaie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Ireland has a €9 billion surplus - but instead of this we're encouraging people to build, without planning required, rental chalets in their back garden with zero rights for tenants but tax breaks for those homeowners #spéirghorm

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Environmental Pillar @envpillar.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

An Ireland Thinks poll has found 56% of Irish people think the “Government is not doing enough fast enough to cut Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels”, compared with just 21% who think the Government is doing “too much, too fast” www.environmentalpillar.ie/majority-of-...

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy #EarthDay from a wild #WestKerry #spéirghorm. So grateful for this amazing planet we get to call home! My camera didn't quite capture it, but got treated to a spectacular quadruple rainbow 🌈🌈

Quadruple rainbow in West Kerry, West of Ireland

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Arrived home today to find this awaiting me - thanks to @thebookshopie.bsky.social for the lovely gift, looking forward to getting stuck in to this!

Civer of book titled Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution by Cal McCarthy

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A more accurate headline might read: 'Broccoli farmer has his facts wrong on solar energy & land use'. For Ireland to hit its target of 8GW of solar power would require 0.25% of farmland. Somehow the remaining 99.75% isn't adequate to maintain food supply...? www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

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Farmer growing 70% of Irish broccoli says solar farms threaten food security

Plan for 140MW solar farm on 338 acres in Kildare is sited on ‘some of the most fertile and productive agricultural land in Ireland’

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Emma Rua @ealadubh.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Be nice to see this in Ireland for all empty (ie not lived in) properties, and to have it exponentiate for all extra properties. Also, if a consortium, tax distributed equally to all shareholders (rather than taxing the company, take it out of the dividends, it stock sales) #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Hey Ireland ... I know many of my acquaintance think we're relatively safe from worst effects of climate change. Hope today's primary school geography classes have evolved beyond 1980s explanation I got of how our lovely temperate climate was largely thanks to #gulfstream #AMOC #spéirgorm

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a cartoon character with a sign that says south park on it

Alt: South park cartoon character saying we're in big trouble

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Daryl Feehely @darylfeehely.com · 15/04/2026

"We have to accept the fact that oil & gas will be here for this generation and probably the next" Ken O'Flynn can get fucked. It is not a fact, & it is not something we have to accept. The fact is oil & gas needs to be phased out now & we need to accept it's not happening fast enough. #IrishPol

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Lamhfada @lamhfada.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This will devastate Ireland FYI and you never hear anyone in the Irish government talking about it #Spéirgorm

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Jeanne Spillane @starrock2.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Any #ocean or wave experts/ #oceanographer out there who might suggest answer? We have a rocky reef just offshore here in #WestKerry. Regular breaking waves in big swell, but very unusual colour today. #invasivespecies of seaweed or #redtide algal bloom or something else? #SpéirGhorm

Drone shot of waves and red tide over reef, weather coast of Ireland

Photo of waves and red tide over reef, weather coast of Ireland

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This is how it's done! "a core reserve where fishing is banned outright, surrounded by a buffer zone that allows some artisanal fishing — designed to allow local fishing communities to retain their traditional livelihoods" www.conservation.org/news/brazil-...

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Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park | Conservation International

Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

What Israel is doing to Lebanon is obscene, carpet bombing civilians, massacring people in their hundreds, total disregard for human life. Truly plumbing the depths of evil. The single greatest source of violence and instability in the region and it's not even close.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I don't often think Matt Cooper is dead wrong, but I certainly do on his call to scrap carbon taxes, which, apart from being a terrible idea, would also hand the far-right "protestors" a massive win and embolden them for future chaos. www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

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Matt Cooper: Here’s a solution, axe the carbon tax

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