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...

🇱🇻There is still time to fight for women's rights! Thanks to pressure from the people of Latvia, withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention is not yet finalised. Together with @ciarancuffe.bsky.social & @progresivie.lv we stand with the protesters. youtube.com/shorts/xrNT9...

😋 Good climate news: European Council agreed on a 90% emissions reduction target for 2040 yesterday. 😳 Bad climate news? Kicking the can down the road by purchasing 5% carbon credits overseas. europeangreens.eu/news/council...

Sun is shining brightly in New York this morning. Congratulations Mayor Zohran Mamdani!

Climate talks kick off in Brazil next week, and EU Ministers meet today to crunch the numbers. We need a loophole-free domestic 90% target, and fudging the numbers will come back to haunt us. www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

Delighted for Roisín Heneghan and Heneghan Peng architects on the opening of their Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. What an achievement more than twenty years after they won the design competition. www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...

Looking forward to reviewing the papers with @AntonSavage.bsky.social, Matt Cooper and Lise Hand at 10 on Newstalk. Anything catch your eye?

Busy week for Zohran Mamdani in New York City. Here's hoping he bats it out of the ballpark. www.zohranfornyc.com

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh Happy Halloween folks

COP30 kicks off in Belém next week. A reminder that the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change recommends 90-95% greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2040. climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/reports-and-...

Saving lives on the roads? The Government could make roads safer at the stroke of a pen. Our Green Transport Spokesperson Cllr. @Feljin.ie tells it like it is: www.thejournal.ie/readme/opini...

Violence has escalated in Sudan. EU must ramp up its humanitarian response, and ensure those responsible for war crimes are held to account. www.dw.com/en/sudan-aft...

A President for us all, congratulation and comhghairdeas Catherine Connolly!

Sacred Heart of Jesus! It's looking good for Catherine Connolly to be our next President. #Aras2025

Today's the day. I voted Catherine Connolly for President of Ireland, will you? Polls close 10pm.

Tomorrow, Ireland elects our President. Make sure YOUR vote gets Catherine Connolly across the line.

Three weeks till climate talks kick off at COP30 in Brazil, and some signs of hope today: European Commission's plan to water down green laws narrowly defeated in the European Parliament. europeangreens.eu/news/green-d...

Protecting our railways from climate change is crucial, but we need to get it right. My submission to the consultation on the East Coast Railway Infrastructure Protection. bit.ly/CufECR

Thanks to all who came along to my 'Irish Life in a Changing World' #OpenHouseDublin tour this afternoon. We had a blast.

In Europe we are stronger together. My address to the Swedish Greens today. Tack så mycket Miljøpartiet De Grønne. cuffestreet.blogspot.com/2025/10/gett...

Plug-in hybrids? Not as clean as you might have thought, new research from T+E www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...

Von der Leyen’s visit to Vučić sends the wrong signal: the EU must stand with Serbia’s citizens, not its autocrat. Read more from @vulatsetsi.bsky.social & @ciarancuffe.bsky.social here: europeangreens.eu/news/von-der...

Ireland's water quality is declining. Minister Darragh O'Brien must do more to limit pollution from septic tanks, from urban sewage systems, from farms and forestry www.epa.ie/publications...

The Ends of Europe? Thanks Tea Zeqaj and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Albania for inviting me to Tiranë to discuss Europe’s shifting purpose, contested borders, and overlapping crises. It is clear: the EU must expand or die. al.boell.org/en/congress-...

Good news, the last living hostages are free. We grieve the tens of thousands who have died in vain. Now, the EU must help build a lasting peace. www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...

Micheál Martin raises the white flag on achieving our climate targets 🏳️ A Government with no leadership, no ambition and no ideas.

Progress europeangreens.eu/news/the-eur...

No subscription, so I can't read the article, but I certainly like the headline www.economist.com/culture/2022...

🏡 On this first ever #WorldVacantHomesDay, we highlight one of the biggest contradictions of our time: too many homes without people, too many people without homes. 🇪🇺 EU countries must prioritise renovating & reallocating vacant houses for social housing.

That new public colonnade on Liffey Street Upper? Motel One wants to close it off, a slap in the face for those who value public space. Here’s my Planning Observation, feel free to write your own: bit.ly/CufULS

Quite a stunner of a sunset over Cabra this evening.

That’s quite the 2025 #ReelingInTheYears moment #Áras2025

Canvassed for @catherinegalway.bsky.social today with friends and colleagues of many political colours. Pleased to canvass for a women who believes in social justice, climate action agus athbheochan na Gaeilge #Áras2025

Good. Czech Greens back in Parliament after 15 years. @gabrielasva.bsky.social and Matěj Pomahač our new MPs for @zeleni.cz, along with 14 Pirate Party MPs. Bad news? right-wing populist Andrej Babiš set to be Prime Minister, with support from ‘Motorists for Themselves’ with 13 seats.

Green Party of England and Wales is going from strength to strength. Here’s that interview with leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffO...

Manchán Magan 1970-2025. Scríbhneoir, taistealaí traenach, comhshaolaí, gaeilgeoir. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h'anam dílis.

The European Green Party strongly condemns that Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying humanitarian aid destined for Gaza. Read more from @vulatsetsi.bsky.social & @ciarancuffe.bsky.social ➡️ europeangreens.eu/news/europea...

Ray, well done, safer speeds save lives and are crucial to our road safety goals, sorry I wasn't able to make it #Love30 #💚30

Terrible to hear of killings at a synagogue in Manchester. Awful news on #YomKippur, the holiest of days for the Jewish faith.

Dublin’s Metrolink approved by An Coimisiún Pleanála, amazing! If built, it will be a public transport spine for generations to come. Pleased they referenced ‘significant wider societal benefits and common good … from the provision of a high-quality underground rail system.’

"If we were intelligent, we wouldn't be destroying our planet, our only home" Jane Goodall 1934-2025 courier.unesco.org/en/articles/...

Really constructive meeting with eNGOs @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social @caneurope.org @clientearth.bsky.social @eeb.org @foeeurope.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu @wwf.eu & @healthandenv.bsky.social today, and who did I bump into but my super green colleague @tillymetz.bsky.social

Straight talk from the European Union's Environment Agency: with Europe warming twice as fast as the global average, now is not the time to lose sight of our climate and nature goals. www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...

Good. Despite Russian interference in Moldova's election, democracy and pro-European parties are set to lead. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A chilly morning in the Netherlands today, but that green grass and planting in front of Rotterdam Central train station is quite impressive.

Busy day in Rotterdam: with five weeks to elections good to see @JesseKlaver.bsky.social and the new progressive party @Groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social doing so well working with @franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl and crew.

Lower heating bills AND safer in earthquakes? Good chats and some great ideas at the final e-SAFE event in Brussels this week #BPIE

In Brussels this week. Loving the effort that goes into making streets safer for people of all ages.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."

Green defence spending? Investments in renewables, in storage, in efficiency; all contribute to security and resilience, as well as climate goals. My interview with Sean Carroll: europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/europes...