Ciarán Cuffe
@ciarancuffe.bsky.social
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City dweller |
#ClimateVoter
| Co-chair
@europeangreens.eu
Don’t forget, the war on Iran is a war on climate too.
www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/03/26/i...
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The war on Iran is a war on the climate | The Invading Sea
The war has increased greenhouse gas emissions and oil prices, while exposing the true costs of fossil fuels.
https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/03/26/iran-war-fossil-fuels-greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change-oil-prices-upper-limit-project/
about 15 hours ago
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Two maps, one of Italy showing voting on a contentious referendum, the other the race for Mayor of Paris. Clear divisions: left/right, urban/rural, well-off/struggling, both reminders us of the importance of democracy in a fractured world.
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The brutal Gaza playbook is being replicated on Lebanese soil: attack, destroy, occupy. Europe must respond.
europeangreens.eu/news/lebanon...
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Lebanon: Europe must act now
European Greens bring together national parties that share the same Green values, and who are active across the entire European continent - both within the European Union and beyond. We are striving f...
https://europeangreens.eu/news/lebanon-europe-must-act-now/
3 days ago
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A night train cabin that turns into a day-time office? An innovative idea from Luna Rail.
www.dw.com/en/sleeper-t...
3 days ago
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Super results from Denmark for our
@europeangreens.eu
member party
@sf.dk
and leader
@piaolsendyhr.bsky.social
in yesterday's national elections. Clear messaging on cost of living, and clean drinking water, under threat from contamination by agriculture was central.
5 days ago
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Chilly evenings and a glimpse of the moon over St. Peter's Church spire in Phibsborough.
6 days ago
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“Every key climate indicator is flashing red,” says UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Yowza! A good time to think about taking the bus if you can, hopping on the bike, eating more veggies, and using a little less AI.
wmo.int/media/news/e...
7 days ago
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Progressive wins today, and a clear vote for trams, bikes and living cities: Dominik Krause elected as Green mayor of Munich, and Emmanuel Grégoire as mayor of Paris.
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Poolbeg Lighthouse, with Dublin Bay and the Dublin mountains beyond. Always good to be back in my home town, especially when travelling by sea.
9 days ago
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Fatih Birol of
@iea.org
knows energy backwards. When he says “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market” we should listen. And of course, he has a 10-point plan:
www.iea.org/news/new-iea...
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New IEA report highlights options to ease oil price pressures on consumers in response to Middle East supply disruptions - News - IEA
New IEA report highlights options to ease oil price pressures on consumers in response to Middle East supply disruptions - News from the International Energy Agency
https://www.iea.org/news/new-iea-report-highlights-options-to-ease-oil-price-pressures-on-consumers-in-response-to-middle-east-supply-disruptions
10 days ago
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Big congrats to our Dutch colleagues on yesterday's local election results in the Netherlands
@Groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social
topping the polls, a real boost for Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and elsewhere. Well done to leader
@jesseklaver.groenlinkspvda.nl
and team.
europeangreens.eu/news/groenli...
11 days ago
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Nice to see two extraordinary leaders meeting up on St. Patrick's Day: former Irish President Mary Robinson and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
12 days ago
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A sense of Ireland on our National Day, and happy
#StPatricksDay
to you and yours. Lá fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh.
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13 days ago
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Brussels-bound, a day of emails, Teams calls, and reflection: how to ensure European households aren't held to ransom by both Putin and Trump.
14 days ago
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Crude awakening: a timely explainer from RTÉ’s Tony Connolly on the impact of Middle East war on Europe, and the steps needed to break our dependency on fossil fuels.
#StraitsOfHormuz
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Crude awakening: Europe reels from Trump's Gulf war
The US-Israeli attack on Iran presents a cascade of political and economic problems, our Europe Editor Tony Connelly examines the matter of sky-rocketing oil and gases on EU members states.
https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2026/0314/1563337-iran-war-analysis-comment/
15 days ago
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St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, and stumbled across a Brazil fusion with Irish dancing in Dublin Castle this afternoon; lots happening over the next few days.
stpatricksfestival.ie/event/samba-...
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16 days ago
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Lebanon’s cities are being pummelled by Israel. Bombing dense city districts is inhumane and illegal. Better to strengthen their weak government than slaughter hundreds of innocent civilians.
aje.news/5e311q
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UN warns of widening crisis as Israeli attacks displace 816,000 in Lebanon
UN humanitarian chief says mass displacement accelerating as Lebanon's shelters are already overcrowded, lack resources.
https://aje.news/5e311q
17 days ago
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War in the Middle East and push-backs on the Green Deal from the Right means higher prices and more dependency on oil and gas. Now, more than ever Governments must help hard-pressed households to move to cleaner energy.
europeangreens.eu/news/middle-...
18 days ago
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It’s not rocket science: with oil and gas prices on the rise, governments must boost home-grown renewables and reduce our dependence on the Middle East for our energy needs.
18 days ago
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Europe must act on housing, and cities such as Vienna show us how. Today's European Parliament report failed to deliver the ambition needed to tackle speculation and short-term rentals.
europeangreens.eu/news/housing...
20 days ago
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Stunning result in Germany’s Baden-Württemberg, where Greens' top candidate Cem Özdemir will become the state’s next premier.
www.dw.com/en/germany-n...
21 days ago
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Nothing like some sunshine and spring flowers to lift the spirits on days when there's a lot of sad news in the world.
21 days ago
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That strike on the Iranian School that killed scores of schoolgirls? “The evidence seems to be pointing at US responsibility.” Powerful gut-wrenching reporting by
@Malachy.bsky.social
of
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: How We Analyzed the Strike on the Iranian School
Malachy Browne of our Visual Investigations team describes what satellite imagery and other evidence tell us about who might be responsible for an airstrike on an elementary school in southern Iran. T...
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010750321/how-we-analyzed-the-strike-on-the-iranian-school.html
22 days ago
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That strike on the Iranian School that killed scores of schoolgirls? “The evidence seems to be pointing at US responsibility.” Powerful gut-wrenching reporting by
@Malachy.bsky.social
of
@NyTimes.com
.
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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23 days ago
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Derelict buildings acquired by Dublin City Council should not sit empty for decades. The Council needs more resources, and more ambition to turn these eyesores into homes.
24 days ago
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Thanks
@AbbeyTheatre.bsky.social
for a spine-tingling production of Seán O’Casey’s ’Plough and the Stars’ a century after its first production. Still so relevant today.
www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/the...
24 days ago
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Dublin’s top of the class for…pollution from ferries. Dublin Port needs to speed up their plans for clean shore-to-ship power. Oh, and a shout-out to Lois Kapila of
@DublinInquirer.com
for her work on this.
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/fer...
25 days ago
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This dangerous spiral of military escalation in the Middle East needs to end, diplomacy must prevail.
europeangreens.eu/news/europea...
27 days ago
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Thanks Kilkenny for a blast of a
@greenparty.ie
Conference, even snuck into the city for a jar in Tynans Bridge House and a glimpse of the Castle.
27 days ago
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‘Mission Accomplished’ or descent into chaos? Regime change in Iran is uncertain, but Trump’s disregard for International Law has slaughtered innocents, and creates further bloodshed and instability in the Middle East.
29 days ago
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Hiya Kilkenny, a few words from the Irish Green Party conference, and thanks Mal O’Hara for the supporting role.
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30 days ago
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reposted by
Ciarán Cuffe
Ray Cunningham
about 1 month ago
Get more of what's important, with the Green Party!
add a skeleton here at some point
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What a victory for the Greens in the Manchester by-election. Congratulations to our new MP Hannah Spencer!
europeangreens.eu/news/manches...
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Manchester by-election: Green victory makes hope normal again
“Voters in the Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton have heard Zack Polanski and the Green Party’s call to “make hope normal again’ and they have made it reality,” said European Green Party C...
https://europeangreens.eu/news/manchester-by-election-green-victory-makes-hope-normal-again/
about 1 month ago
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Less than two weeks to give your views on Dublin's College Green plans. Anything I should add to my own? You can give your views here:
engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Ciarán Cuffe
European Greens
about 1 month ago
💚 Good luck to Hannah Spencer in the election in Gorton & Denton, representing
@greenparty.org.uk
. 🗳️ Dear British friends, grab your umbrella and get yourself to the polls this Thursday to stop Reform! 👀 Did you know that if you’re 16 or over you can vote in the UK?
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reposted by
Ciarán Cuffe
European Greens
about 1 month ago
4 years of Ukrainian resilience. 4 years of horrors. We will continue to stand for Ukraine. This video, taken in a cemetery in Kyiv by
@joannakaminska.bsky.social
is a powerful reminder of Ukrainians’ continuous resilience and everyday fight for the freedom and security of all of Europe.
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Seems like the German Government’s proposed blending quota for green gases in gas networks in the ‘Gebäudeenergiegesetz’ is a pipe dream: an aspiration that kicks climate targets down the road leaving consumers paying higher heating costs for Russian gas.
about 1 month ago
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While missiles pound Kyiv Missiles pound Kyiv, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blocks the support Ukraine desperately needs. The EU must urgently end unanimity in the Council of the European Union on foreign affairs.
europeangreens.eu/news/orban-b...
about 1 month ago
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Dublin’s Hammond Lane once Hangman’s Lane, State-owned, earmarked for our new Children’s Court, flooded in these rail-sodden days and empty for a generation. A reminder that we need to better tackle publicly-owned vacant sites, as well as privately owned ones.
about 1 month ago
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Clean coal? Yeh, right: have a read:
www.dw.com/en/how-mercu...
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How mercury from coal plants can cost lives
Coal-fired power plants are a major source of mercury contamination for people and the environment. Here's what you need to know.
https://www.dw.com/en/how-mercury-from-coal-plants-can-cost-lives/a-76057098
about 1 month ago
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Interestingly, by providing electricity during peak demand, this will better balance the electricity grid, and allow more renewables to be used.
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
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Ireland's first four-hour battery storage system launched
Statkraft, the largest producer of renewable energy in Europe, has launched Ireland's first ever four-hour grid-scale Battery Energy Storage System beside its windfarm at Cushaling in Co Offaly.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0217/1558865-battery-storage-system/
about 1 month ago
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'Board of Peace'? Real peace in the Middle East requires justice, accountability, and inclusion not power politics.
europeangreens.eu/news/italy-a...
about 1 month ago
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Donald Trump’s energy chief is wrong, decarbonisation is the name of the game, and renewable energy brings cleaner air, better health, and energy independence. That’s why we call it freedom fuel.
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
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US pressures global energy body to drop net zero modeling
Donald Trump’s energy chief Chris Wright told other ministers in Paris that a net zero world was fantasy, officials familiar with the discussions told POLITICO.
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-pressures-international-energy-agency-to-drop-net-zero-modeling/
about 1 month ago
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"I am somebody!"Powerful words from the late Jesse Jackson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn5h...
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about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Ciarán Cuffe
European Greens
about 1 month ago
The Hungarian people and only the Hungarian people, must decide the direction their country will take. More from
@vulatsetsi.bsky.social
&
@ciarancuffe.bsky.social
here:
europeangreens.eu/news/hungary...
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Phibsborough's old Pin Mill by the Royal Canal's 6th Lock catching some rare February sunshine the other evening.
about 1 month ago
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I miss this guy. Any chance he’s coming back to Hawkins Street?
about 1 month ago
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I know I harp on a bit about electrification, but this 10,000 tonne electric cargo ship is quite a breakthrough. Slow and steady, but I suspect it will win the race on short sea shipping.
www.electrive.com/2026/02/13/1...
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10,000 tonne container ship hits the waters in China - electrive.com
The Ning Yuan Dian Kun, built by Jiangxi Jiangxin Shipbuilding, is the first Chinese 10,000-tonne container ship with electric propulsion to begin testing.
https://www.electrive.com/2026/02/13/10000-tonne-container-ship-hits-the-waters-in-china/
about 1 month ago
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Trump has deepened the transatlantic divide, and this new reality is an economic opportunity for Europe.
europeangreens.eu/news/europe-...
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Europe must win the Green industrial race Trump is abandoning
European Greens bring together national parties that share the same Green values, and who are active across the entire European continent - both within the European Union and beyond. We are striving f...
https://europeangreens.eu/news/europe-must-win-the-green-industrial-race-trump-is-abandoning/
about 1 month ago
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The divide between the USA and the EU deepens, and Trump’s policy shifts will take their toll in human lives.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/climate/trump-epa-greenhouse-gases-climate-change.html
about 2 months ago
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