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Ciarán Sunderland

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⚡️Energy Journalist with @ContexteEnergie in Brussels ⚡️Stories/tips: Csunderland@contexte.com. Previously with Irish Examiner, dpa. Views own.

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Contexte | Power @power.contexte.com · 02/10/2026
[Trade] China business group warns against stronger EU trade defence tool
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[Trade] China business group warns against stronger EU trade defence tool
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Italy is getting absolutely hammered by the spike in gas prices. Wholesale electricity prices were above €200/MWh in September, the highest in the EU. Italy relies on gas for over 40% of its electricity generation...a costly position to be in.
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Contexte | Power @power.contexte.com · 29/09/2026
[European Parliament] PfE and ECR could tie as Parliament’s third-largest group ahead of midterm reshuffle
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[European Parliament] PfE and ECR could tie as Parliament’s third-largest group ahead of midterm reshuffle
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Contexte | Power @power.contexte.com · 24/09/2026
[National politics] Macron’s fuel price letter catches EU neighbours off-guard
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[National politics] Macron’s fuel price letter catches EU neighbours off-guard
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In @contexte.com today: Three EU diplomats told Contexte that Paris did not consult their ministries before calling for the suspension of reporting requirements for a year. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[Fossil fuels] Leak - France surprises member states by supporting one-year delay to EU methane reporting - Contexte
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New: Draft security of supply framework introduces stockpiling, axes EU gas storage target, and puts spotlight on cooperation with @kirataylor.bsky.social www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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Leak - Leak - Draft security of supply framework introduces stockpiling, axes EU gas storage target, and puts spotlight on cooperation - Contexte
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
❗ Some more details on the DG ENER and Coreper 1 diplomats' breakfast in @energie.contexte.com today, as well as a copy of the leaked compromise on the network charges proposal. 🔍 @energy.contexte.com also took a look at some of the reaction to SOTEU's treatment of fossil fuels. Read more ↘️
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🇫🇷 French presidential elections themes evident in the SOTEU yesterday, including high energy prices and impact on cost of living. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[European Parliament] French far-left and far-right both slam SOTEU silence on energy prices and living costs - Contexte
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Sinan Reçber @sinanrecber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has warned that the extension of the EU’s climate tariffs could be delayed if the Parliament and the Council do not act swiftly, as noted in the Wednesday edition of The Kelvin Report. 🧵👇
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🤔 With SOTEU in Strasbourg behind us, I wanted to highlight an interesting meeting on energy policy in Brussels today. Read more ↘️ www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[Gas] Leak - DG ENER to brief EU ambassadors over breakfast on gas storage, methane: sources - Contexte
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In @energy.contexte.com today: 👨‍🔬 Hydrogen Council reports EU could help drive demand but falls short on clean hydrogen production 🔨 Renew MEP Christophe Grudler discusses legislative alliances to design Made in EU principles for the Industrial Accelerator Act
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For @energy.contexte.com Member states bristle at the Commission's move to reorder grid connections and national taxes on electricity in network charges proposal in comments obtained by Contexte.
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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We roast very high quality coffee really really well. Our staff are well paid and get good benefits. We've given up over 30% of our profits in each of the last 4 years to organisations including Women's Aid and Solas project. If you need coffee imbibe.ie/pages/shop #speirgorm
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We are an Irish Coffee Roasting Business. We give away 4% of all we earn before we make a cent. We roast coffee very well.
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
💡Get ahead with @energy.contexte.com with our forward looking agenda for the rest of 2026 from @kirataylor.bsky.social Its all happening on energy security, climate targets, and grids. www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
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Agenda - Brussels to flesh out how to reach its 2040 climate goal - Contexte
After the EU agreed on a target of 90% emissions cuts, the coming months will see intense work on the carbon market, renewables, energy efficiency, international carbon credits, and CO₂ infrastructure...
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Contexte Énergie @energie.contexte.com · 08/09/2026
Info @contexte.com - Les pistes envisagées par la Commission pour la révision de la directive énergies renouvelables, dans une version provisoire de l'étude d'impact publiée par Contexte www.contexte.com/fr/article/e...
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Info Contexte - Les pistes envisagées par la Commission pour la révision de la directive énergies renouvelables - Contexte
La Commission européenne envisage de maintenir l’architecture actuelle de la directive sur les énergies renouvelables, tout en ouvrant la porte à plusieurs ajustements dans le cadre de sa révision att...
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
💡Get ahead with @energy.contexte.com with our forward looking agenda for the rest of 2026 from @kirataylor.bsky.social Its all happening on energy security, climate targets, and grids. www.contexte.com/eu/article/e...
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Agenda - Brussels to flesh out how to reach its 2040 climate goal - Contexte
After the EU agreed on a target of 90% emissions cuts, the coming months will see intense work on the carbon market, renewables, energy efficiency, international carbon credits, and CO₂ infrastructure...
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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
the midfielders are more expensive than ever. are the midfielders better than ever? no, not really www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Premier League paradox: midfielders are more and more expensive, yet more and more mediocre | Jonathan Liew
Enzo Fernández and Sandro Tonali had big-money summer moves, but can they hold a candle to past greats?
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Some reporting in Contexte today on the Industrial Accelerator Act ⏳ IAA’s strict ‘Made in Europe’ criteria could delay electrification, E.DSO warns s
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Contexte | Power @power.contexte.com · 01/09/2026
[EU budget] Greece first to seek budget flexibility for energy spending
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[EU budget] Greece first to seek budget flexibility for energy spending
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A president can lie a lot, say a losing war is won, and a worsening economy going great. Get media to repeat it, and traders to rally. For a time. But he can’t make long-term bond markets ignore higher risks from unreliability, inflation, and debt, nor make insurers lose money on blown-up ships.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 17/06/2025
(sliding out from under The Gyre on a mechanic's creeper, covered in grease) okay, bad news
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 24/07/2026
This isn't news, but it's still a shocking sign of what Elon Musk has done to the platform formerly know as Twitter 2 identical posts 2x as many followers on X as on Bsky 100x more engagement on Bsky than on X
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NPR @npr.org · 29/07/2026
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. n.pr/44R2Yhg
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Glen Hansard, Irish songwriter and 'Once' star, dies at 56
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
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Contexte | Power @power.contexte.com · 28/07/2026
Infographic - The Grids Package: crosswords by Contexte ✍️ Julie Blaye et Jack Schickler
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Infographic - The Grids Package: crosswords by Contexte
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In Contexte today as Brussels limps towards the August holidays: 🤝 Grids package negotiators seal a political deal on a position for the TEN-E reform in an extraordinary negotiation session. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[Grids] Leak - MEPs agree to raise congestion revenue set-aside to 30% in TEN-E reform deal - Contexte
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Patricia Devlin @trishdevlin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Worked on this wildfire investigation for the last number of months with colleagues across the EU. To publish today is, sadly, very timely. While Ireland doesn’t experience the ‘mega fires’ we see in Spain etc, the damage caused to protected sites here is actually far greater than most of Europe.
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The leaked presentation stressed a proposal to tax electricity less than gas in a network charges law does not “overwrite or contradict” the EU’s Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) in @energy.contexte.com www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[Electricity] Leak - Commission tries to settle member states’ taxation nerves on network charges - Contexte
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A negotiation document, seen by Contexte, would use a “new recital instead of EPP amendments” to support electricity generation. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[Grids] Leak - TEN-E reform deal hinges on EPP push to fund generation from congestion revenues - Contexte
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Long-awaited methane recommendation on compliance in @energy.contexte.com today. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[Fossil fuels] Leak - Commission drafts ‘trace and claim’ and certification rules to comply with EU methane regulation - Contexte
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 17/07/2026
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper.
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Kira Taylor @kirataylor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Happy ETS proposal day! You can follow the Commission press conference here, and keep an eye on Contexte for our reporting on all the details! audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Full marks for this 👏
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Wait, The Digger is ... a climate movie?
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Contexte @contexte.com · 13/07/2026
Infographic - Explained: The EU’s progress on meeting energy and climate targets ✍️ Jack Schickler et Nina Godart
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Infographic - Explained: The EU’s progress on meeting energy and climate targets
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CNN @cnn.com · 10/07/2026
Spain grabs a late goal to defeat Belgium 2-1 in a tense World Cup match and will face France in the semifinals. cnn.it/3TuvuCE
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Made in EU policy proposals, as well as security measures, feature strongly in this draft proposal to review public procurement published in @contexte.com this morning . www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[Public procurement] Leak - Commission to refine rules to ban Chinese and other non-EU companies from public tenders, draft review shows - Contexte
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
From Contexte today and throughout this week: 🔍 Commission to refine rules to ban Chinese and other non-EU companies from public tenders, leaked draft review of the Public Procurement Act shows Heating and cooling covered in electrification action plan draft with Mariette Thom
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
⚙️ Got back to reporting on the Industrial Accelerator Act for Contexte in today's energy newsletter. 🤔 Readers will also find a helpful explanatory note attached to the Council revision that takes you through the changes EU countries want to make. Read more↘️
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 06/07/2026
Former swimming coach George Gibney has been found guilty of sexually abusing four girls in the 1970s and 1980s. The jury delivered a verdict at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon. jrnl.ie/7088458
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George Gibney found guilty of sexually abusing four girls in the 1970s and 1980s
The jury delivered a verdict at the Central Criminal Court this afternoon.
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In @energy.contexte.com 🔍 Commission flags shortcomings in EU gas grid operators’ hydrogen requirement reports ( 🎩 Mariette Thom for a nice request for access) 🚰 Leak - Data centre sustainability redraft creates new nuclear category ( ☢️ Damien Genicot)
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Nick Ames @nickames82.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Incredible World Cup occasion tonight at the Azteca, can't wait to be there. But you can make your own minds up re the activities of FIFA's biggest sponsor, whose logo is everywhere & whose cash is driving much of the fun. Special report from Port Arthur, Texas: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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‘This is a hellhole’: Aramco makes its presence hurt in the shadow of the World Cup
The oil giant’s sponsorship deal with Fifa has featured prominently at matches in Houston. But 100 miles away in another Texas city, residents say the firm’s refinery is exposing them to poisonous gas...
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🔎 Ministers from each of Germany’s sixteen constituent states called on the Commission to ease the hydrogen rules by extending transitional additionality requirements until 2035, in a review due before summer. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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[Hydrogen] Leak - German states urge Commission to soften EU renewable hydrogen rules - Contexte
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📢 “It is simply irresponsible if the project applications keep rotting on the desks of our authorities for years,” said Renew MEP Anna Stürgkh. Grids package progress continues in European Parliament. Read more in Contexte lnkd.in/evNBM2qr
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The 42 @the42.ie · 28/06/2026
14-man Louth have beaten Monaghan to advance to their first All-Ireland senior football semi-final since 1957. the42.ie/7084157t
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14-man Louth defeat Monaghan to reach All-Ireland semi-final
Wee county into last four for first time since 1957.
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
❗ Permitting, often the quiet side of the grids package, causing some issues in the Parliament negotiations. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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Leak - Grids package: Dispute over permitting for gas infrastructure causes Parliament negotiations to fail: sources - Contexte
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
James Joyce’s Ulysses is a novel unusually rich in smells: fresh bread from Rourke’s city bakery, “men’s beery piss”, Molly Bloom’s perfume, incense escaping through the window of a church Irish perfumer Meabh Mc Curtin has recreated 14 scents described in the book www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Beery Men and Peatsmoke: For Bloomsday, an Irish perfumer in Paris creates the smells of Ulysses
Meabh Mc Curtin is bringing to life 14 scents from Joyce’s novel, from Molly Bloom’s perfume to the ointments of Sweny’s Pharmacy
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Ciarán Sunderland @sunderjourno.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Leak - The Grids Package is beginning to take it’s final shape as EU countries ready their position. 📑 The draft general approach helpfully summarises all the changes to planning, permitting and finance rules. www.contexte.com/eu/news/ener...
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Leak - Grids Package: 10% of congestion income to be set aside from 2028 in Cyprus presidency compromise - Contexte
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Contexte | Power @power.contexte.com · 12/06/2026
France proposes three scenarios for major overhaul of EU’s diplomatic service
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France proposes three scenarios for major overhaul of EU’s diplomatic service
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