Ciarán Cuffe
@ciarancuffe.bsky.social
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City dweller |
#ClimateVoter
| Co-chair
@europeangreens.eu
A happy and joyful Christmas to you all. Nollaig Shona Daoibh.
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about 14 hours ago
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Denying US visas to former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton and others in Europe who tackle hate speech represents extraordinary over-reach by the US Government. It is a dangerous throw-back to the witch-hunts of the McCarthyite era.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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UK campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp39kngz008o
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Erik the Red founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland. Donald the Orange should leave it alone.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump
Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/denmark-summon-us-ambassador-trump-greenland-envoy-appointment
3 days ago
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Breakthrough of the year? Renewable energy
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Quite a view of Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge from the Woollen Mills this evening.
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Thank you Caoimhe Butterly, Greta Thunberg and Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb of Médecins Sans Frontières for your words this evening in
@bfcdublin.bsky.social
linking climate justice with social justice in Gaza and elsewhere.
7 days ago
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Victorian railway engineers were extrordinary. Threading the Loop Line through Georgian Dublin and literally cutting windows in half on Gardiner Street inches away from the railbed was an amazing achievement back in 1891.
8 days ago
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Finally! A Housing Plan from Brussels. Time to increase supply, tackle short-term rentals and help those priced out of homes:
europeangreens.eu/news/homes-f...
9 days ago
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A U-turn on diesel and petrol phase-outs creates uncertainty, stifles innovation, and weakens Europe. It pollutes our air and allows China to take the lead.
europeangreens.eu/news/europea...
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Terrible news of an attack on the Jewish community in Sydney on the first day of Hanukkah. My thoughts are with the families and friends of those impacted by this antisemitic atrocity.
www.jpost.com/diaspora/art...
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Twelve dead after Bondi Beach, Australia Hanukkah shooting | The Jerusalem Post
Two people were taken into police custody shortly after the event, local law enforcement confirmed.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-880251
11 days ago
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Ireland is an outlier for houses. We need more three storey medium-density terraced housing as an alternative to semi-Ds or apartments. Here are examples from John Dobbins, and Amsterdam.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...
12 days ago
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Good to meet with European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen today as part of our Green leaders gathering. When it comes to confronting authoritarians and autocrats in Moscow or Washington we are as one.
13 days ago
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is trying to silence Budapest's Mayor, supporter of LGBTQI+ rights. We stand with Gergely Karácsony
europeangreens.eu/news/hungari...
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Hungarian police requesting charges against Green Mayor of Budapest for supporting Pride entrenches Orbán regime’s authoritarianism
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/hungarian-police-requesting-charges-against-green-mayor-of-budapest-for-supportin/
14 days ago
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"Hug a pylon" was the headline in the Economist a few months back, but as Dublin's Luas breakdown shows us, power systems are vulnerable. Good to see the European Commission launch a grids plan to upgrade our electricity infrastructure.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
15 days ago
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Met Sofiia Bodun and her Mum from the Ukrainian Green Party at our
@EuropeanGreens.eu
Congress last weekend. On her phone she showed me that power cuts from Russian attacks bring 'Black Fridays' every week in Kiev.
15 days ago
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High tides on Dublin's Victoria Quay beside the Guinness brewery this afternoon, reducing traffic to one lane. Now's the time to prepare for future storms and rising sea levels.
#StormBram
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16 days ago
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Trump's threats must be a wake-up call for Europe. The White House is playing into the Kremlin's hands.
17 days ago
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Loud for people, loud for Europe, loud for planet. Super to spend time with friends and colleagues taking on challenges both large and small. Thank you
@europeangreens.eu
@greenpartyie.bsky.social
for your time, dedication, and crack in Lisbon this weekend
18 days ago
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Trump makes it worryingly clear in his National Security Strategy: he wants to take down the EU, destroy the European Green Deal and allow unfettered EU access to US tech, oil and gas companies. This must be resisted.
18 days ago
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reposted by
Ciarán Cuffe
Green Party / Comhaontas Glas
19 days ago
And of course, our own
@ciarancuffe.bsky.social
is leading out this weekend as Co chair of the
@europeangreens.eu
with
@vulatsetsi.bsky.social
and
@partidolivre.pt
leader
@ruitavares.bsky.social
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Not unsurprising that the United States’ new National Security Strategy proposes a ‘Golden Dome for the American homeland’, and looks forward to ‘a new Golden Age’. The Midas touch, it didn’t end well.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf
19 days ago
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reposted by
Ciarán Cuffe
European Greens
19 days ago
"This is a time to stand up for Europe, and stand up for European values. Housing, social justice, social protection. These are not just issues in Lisbon but for all in Europe. " 🌻
@ciarancuffe.bsky.social
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Hola Lisboa! Welcome to Lisbon
@europeangreens.eu
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20 days ago
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Twenty years since Eamon Ryan and and I hosted a Civic Forum on Climate Change in Dublin's Mansion House. We've seen some progress, but so much more is needed to reach our goals.
21 days ago
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Cities: they're on the frontline for housing, migration and climate action. The European Commission must follow up on yesterday's announcement with dedicated urban funding.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
21 days ago
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Now that's quite a
#dublinghostsign
reveal on the side of Cumiskey's pub at Broadstone today. Here's hoping it'll be held on to.
22 days ago
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“Ceann Comhairle, Cathaoirleach, deputies and senators, dear friends, dear Ireland, thank you for your attention to Ukraine.” Welcome to Ireland President Volodymyr Zelensky.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
23 days ago
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A tough week for Ukraine, here’s hoping tomorrow’s meeting between Presidents Volovdymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron in Paris leads to progress.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy to visit Macron in Paris on Monday, Elysee says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday, Macron's office said, as the Ukrainian leader finds himself in the most difficult political and ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-visit-macron-paris-monday-elysee-says-2025-11-29/
25 days ago
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Tháinig an gcigire Ceadúnas Teilifíse chuig an doras inniu. Anois, sin rud nach bhfaca mé le fada an lá.
26 days ago
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reposted by
Ciarán Cuffe
John Legge
26 days ago
I contributed to this important article by
@gerherbert.bsky.social
regarding the safety on our roads. So many of these deaths are preventable tragedies
m.independent.ie/life/red-lig...
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Red lights and red tape: Why Ireland is lagging behind on pedestrian safety
Every day, Ireland invests more than €1m in walking and cycling infrastructure, aiming to make its streets safer for everyone. But rising casualty numbers reveal just how much there is still to do.
https://m.independent.ie/life/red-lights-and-red-tape-why-ireland-is-lagging-behind-on-pedestrian-safety/a1071016731.html
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Took this clip of the Middelgrunden wind farm off Copenhagen last summer. Here’s hoping the Tonn Nua project on the Waterford coast also gets the green light.
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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28 days ago
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That’s quite an own goal by Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien delaying the Finglas Luas by two years, and stalling on DART+ South West till 2030, on World Sustainable Transport Day, no less. Who needs Judicial Reviews when Fianna Fáil’s running the show?
29 days ago
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Nice! The neon is back on the Ambassador Theatre. Good to see a venue built in 1764 given a new lease of life.
www.theambassadortheatre.com
about 1 month ago
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A clear message from The Lancet: the political power of the ultra-processed food industry is growing, and it’s killing us. Global Irish food companies, sadly are part of the problem.
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
about 1 month ago
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Good news from the G20 in South Africa. You might dismiss climate concerns on a chilly November day, but heat records are being broken this week in Japan, Australia and Central America, and 90 are dead in Vietnam floods.
g20.org/wp-content/u...
about 1 month ago
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And the COP of trust ends in Belém, ‘resolving to keep 1.5°C within reach’. No fanfare, no fireworks, just a nauseating sense of politics increasingly distanced from scientific truth.
#COP30
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about 1 month ago
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Two more road deaths in urban areas in the last 24 hours. A failure to introduce default 30 km/h speed limits in Built Up Areas reflects poorly on the Irish Government.
#VisionZero
road deaths? A pipe-dream unless attitudes change.
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
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Two dead in separate collisions in Waterford and Louth
An 18-year-old man and a woman in her 70s have died in separate collisions in Waterford and Louth.
https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2025/1121/1545241-waterford-death/
about 1 month ago
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EU Housing Advisory Board’s report dropped today. Some solid proposals: 🏘️ Promote Cost Rental model 💶 'Site Value' Taxes 📖 Amend State aid rules 🌵 Limit speculation 🏡 Better, not less planning Now, let’s act
housing.ec.europa.eu/news/commiss...
about 1 month ago
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🚨BREAKING: Copenhagen has its first Green mayor! Delighted for
@sissemariewe.bsky.social
of
@sf.dk
who secured the post in overnight talks. Housing, integration, family policy and green development, what’s not to like?
cphpost.dk/2025-10-23/n...
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Meet the Mayors: Sisse Marie Welling (Socialistisk Folkeparti) Local elections special - The Copenhagen Post
Sisse Marie Welling is 39 years old and lives on Amager with her husband and their two children. She takes the metro, walks her kids to school, and swims at Amager Strand. These everyday rituals are p...
https://cphpost.dk/2025-10-23/news/politics/meet-the-mayors-sisse-marie-welling-socialistik-folkeparti-local-elections-special/
about 1 month ago
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Is the sabotage of Polish railways state-sponsored terrorism? "Russia wants our society to be afraid" says Kaja Kallas EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs to Suzanne Lynch of Bloomberg this evening.
about 1 month ago
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Caught up with my
@europeangreens.eu
colleague @BenedettaScuderi.bsky.social MEP at
#Restructura
in Turin. As Italy's economy flatlines, targetted funding for renovations could provide decent jobs, improve air quality and lower energy bills.
#EPBD
about 1 month ago
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“It is a symbolic act, but a political message. The negotiators in the COP need to build the route of the road to bury and finish off the fossils once and for all"
elpais.com/america-futu...
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Miles de personas entierran los combustibles fósiles en una marcha en Belém durante la COP
Líderes indígenas y sociedad civil enterraron de forma simbólica al petróleo, gas y carbón en un acto paralelo a las negociaciones de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático
https://elpais.com/america-futura/2025-11-15/miles-de-personas-entierran-los-combustibles-fosiles-en-una-marcha-en-belem-durante-la-cop.html
about 1 month ago
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March for climate? March for energy you can afford, cleaner air, safer streets and an end to dependency on oligarchs, dictators and snake oil salesmen! 1pm, 15 November 2025, Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
about 1 month ago
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Spare a thought for those poor souls on the Irish Ferries MV Ulysses tonight, still circling around the Irish Sea near Holyhead after leaving Dublin just after dawn this morning.
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about 1 month ago
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“We talk about petrostates, but something new is emerging, electrostates”. An interesting take from
@chrisstark.bsky.social
at the IIEA yesterday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Cu...
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Clean Power by 2030: The UK’s Path to Energy Security and Net Zero
YouTube video by IIEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Cu1PkNA0w&t=3388s
about 1 month ago
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Child labour, deforestation? Thrown under the EU's omnibus
europeangreens.eu/news/greens-...
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Greens slam European People’s Party for siding with the Far Right in European Parliament
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/greens-slam-european-people-s-party-for-siding-with-the-far-right-in-european-par/
about 1 month ago
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Spent the morning in Naas today at a colloquium of planners. A sense that An Coimisiún Pleanála and the Regulator are doing good work, but constant legislative and regulatory changes are slowing down delivery.
about 1 month ago
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Strong words from President Catherine Connolly earlier recognising "the existential threat of climate change and the threat of ongoing wars, both of course are inextricably linked."
president.ie/en/media-lib...
about 1 month ago
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And so
#COP30
kicks off today. Here’s hoping the rhetoric in Belém is met with urgency at home.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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From pledges to action: Leaders push for faster climate progress at COP30
COP30 opened in Belém on Monday with a clear message: the era of half-measures is over. Climate change is here, devastating communities and driving up costs, but solutions are within reach. Clean ener...
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/11/1166322
about 2 months ago
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On Monday COP30 climate negotiations kick off, 10 years after the Paris Agreement. Here's hoping for agreement on funding to help poorer countries that are suffering most from heatwaves and droughts.
enb.iisd.org/belem-un-cli...
about 2 months ago
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