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Desperado, An Taisce, Friend of
#FridaysforFuture
, Green. Dublin/Wicklow.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/data-...
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Ireland's data centre energy drain: How Big Tech added âŹ1.4bn to household electricity bills
New research by Friends of the Earth has found that soaring demand for data centres in Ireland has driven up energy prices, with Irish households paying the hidden cost.
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/data-centres-and-climate-7052694-May2026/
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'I tried not to let Hutch set the tone of the conversation': Janet Horner on her byelection campaign
www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...
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'I tried not to let Hutch set the tone of the conversation': Janet Horner on her byelection campaign
Green Party candidate for Dublin Central, Janet Horner, said the Green party vote in the constituency is above that of what the party achieved in 2019.
https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2026/05/23/i-tried-not-to-let-hutch-set-the-tone-of-the-conversation-janet-horner-on-her-byelection-campaign/
10 days ago
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An Taisce
2 months ago
While optimistic noises may be made about our progress in limiting emissions, the underlying problem is not being tackled by effective policy measures. While our EU partners have achieved average emission reductions of 40% since 1990, we have managed a measly 5%.
www.antaisce.org/news/is-the-...
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Is the Emissions Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
Emeritus Professor John Sweeney, Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS), Maynooth University writes that while optimistic noises may be made about our progress in limiting emissions, the u...
https://www.antaisce.org/news/is-the-emissions-glass-half-full-or-half-empty
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An Taisce
2 months ago
Inconvenient Truths on carbon budget compliance: 'Significant âsuccessesâ achieved in recent years have been achieved despite (and even contrary to) Government policy and technical adjustments to recorded GHG emissions' World events also played a role in reductions
www.antaisce.org/news/irish-g...
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Irish Governmentâs ambition to fail on climate action
Chair of An Taisce Terri Morrissey writes, 'that we failed to stay within the first Carbon Budget is one thing, but welcoming failure as a success risks undermining public support for the action that ...
https://www.antaisce.org/news/irish-governments-ambition-to-fail-on-climate-action
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/725...
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The Greensâ triumph is Labourâs catastrophe
The Gorton and Denton result is as disruptive as it gets. The old pendulum didnât just swing: it snapped
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/72545/the-greens-triumph-is-labours-catastrophe?utm_campaign=Lightbulb
3 months ago
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin
3 months ago
Week #374 We managed to escape a downpour! Increasingly erratic weather is part & parcel of the climate crisis that our Govt seems intent on making worse - with plans to abolish the Dublin airport passenger cap, build fossil fuel import terminals, support of nitrates derogation etc.
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin
4 months ago
Week 372 of protest as Govt demonstrates cognitive dissonance, trying to ram through a State LNG import terminal as the climate crisis deepens and Ireland is battered by rain and floods. Contact your TDs & tell them to
#KeepIrelandLNGFree
put a
#MoratoriumOnDataCentres
and
#KeepThePassengerCap
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Friends of Fridays For Future Dublin
5 months ago
Week #369 of our weekly protest outside the DĂĄil from 1 to 2pm on Fridays, demanding
#ClimateJustice
. Our Government treats the climate crisis like an afterthought, instead of the existential crisis that it is. Come join us any Friday to help shine a spotlight on the dire need for action on climate!
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If There is a Will, There is a Way (the An Taisce Way)
Eric Conroy shares some of his An Taisce memories on the occasion of his 'roundy birthday' and reflects on what being a long-standing member has meant to him for over 40 years
https://www.antaisce.org/blog/if-there-is-a-will-there-is-a-way-the-an-taisce-way
6 months ago
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I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too?
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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Europe must act to stop Sudanâs genocide
I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too?
https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11-trial-silence-on-sudan-petition-EN?variation=130&akid=s6685147..xlgpNS
7 months ago
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Renegade Planning
7 months ago
Great article by
@orlakelleher.bsky.social
on the much propagandised Judicial Review bogeyman. Developer interests need something to deflect from real failures of a system which has been deliberately designed by them to produce profit, not homes.
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Renegade Planning
7 months ago
@orla-hegarty.bsky.social
is such a calm and effective communicator. Here quietly exposing
@progressireland.bsky.social
âs regressive, but highly influential, deregulatory schtick dressed up as âprogressâ
podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
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Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Politics Podcast · Updated twice weekly · The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Ho...
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/inside-politics-with-hugh-linehan/id794389685
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John Gibbons đ”đž đșđŠ đȘđș
7 months ago
Very much looking forward to this conversation with
@whittledaway.bsky.social
around THE LIE OF THE LAND this Sunday from 2pm in
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
in Dublin City centre. Do come along if youâre free.
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Old fogey friends of FridaysforFuture. Wet & windy Week 361.
7 months ago
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I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too?
action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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Europe must act to stop Sudanâs genocide
I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too?
https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11-trial-silence-on-sudan-petition-EN?akid=s6673639..KErfDd
7 months ago
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Clear and accessible rejoinder to the 'squash all JRs brigade - except those being taken by developers. See also:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
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7 months ago
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'Humans have stripped 1/3 of the trees from Earth's surface. We humans outweigh all the wild land mammals by a factor of 20; our livestock weighs 30 times as much as the mammals beyond the fences.' On Freedom
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
P. 170. Illus. Anton Logov: Close the sky over Ukraine!
7 months ago
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PĂĄdraic Fogarty
7 months ago
I discussed the management of our National Parks earlier with Minister Christopher O'Sullivan. There are positives but we're not at the stage where we can say that the State is managing Parks to a high standard.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Are we doing enough to protect our National Parks?
Padraic Fogarty, Ecologist and Author and Christopher OâSullivan, Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22557508/
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Full credit to
@autofac.bsky.social
, Prof John Sweeney,
@hannahdaly.ie
&
@swimsure.bsky.social
for authoritative and persuasive presentations to the Joint Oireachtas Committee.
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8 months ago
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Al Jazeera English
8 months ago
Global Sumud Flotilla braces for escalating dangers as it approaches Gaza amid drone attacks, Israeli threats.
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Amid drone attacks, activists confront fear and hope on Gaza flotilla
Global Sumud Flotilla braces for escalating dangers as it approaches Gaza amid drone attacks, Israeli threats.
https://bit.ly/42e1Nrj
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I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke...
@uplift.ie
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Keep the Dublin Airport Passenger Cap - Help protect children from harm
I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/keep-the-dublin-airport-passenger-cap-help-protect-children-from-harm?source=bluesky&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=7f9b20f4-fe31-4288-93e7-d2e984fe11f4
8 months ago
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The Guardian
10 months ago
Huge âButcheredâ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
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Huge âButcheredâ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists
Anish Kapoor work referring to âbutchering of our environmentâ believed to be first piece of fine art exhibited from a working gas extraction platform Greenpeace activists have scaled a gas rig, stretched a 96 sq metre canvas across its side and stained it crimson, in a protest designed with Anish Kapoor. The work, in the North Sea, is believed to be the first piece of fine art exhibited from a working gas extraction platform. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/14/greenpeace-activists-install-huge-artwork-by-anish-kapoor-on-north-sea-gas-rig?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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PĂĄdraic Fogarty
10 months ago
I've been privileged to get my hands on a review copy of
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
's fantastic new book which is an important chronicle of Ireland's climate failures (and occasional successes). Lot's of people will want to read this!
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RĂłisĂn Moriarty
10 months ago
đ§”THREAD on agri-methane and âno additional warmingâ Why is it so important to reduce methane (CH4) emissions from agriculture in the near term? What happens when countries like
#Ireland
use âno additional warmingâ to set climate targets? PAPER:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Colm Duffy
10 months ago
If âno additional warmingâ replaces net zero, is that progress â or backsliding? Ireland is our case study in a new paper đ
doi.org/10.1088/1748...
We found it: (1)Grandfathers high emissions from wealthy livestock nations, (2)Shifts burden, (3) Fails on food security
#Methane
#ClimateJustice
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National temperature neutrality, agricultural methane and climate policy: reinforcing inequality in the global food system - IOPscience
National temperature neutrality, agricultural methane and climate policy: reinforcing inequality in the global food system, Duffy, Colm, Doedens, Carl, Moriarty, RĂłisĂn, Daly, Hannah, Styles, David, M...
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adf12d
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Paul Price
10 months ago
However, the ongoing & increasing critique of the Irish agri-food sector is ignored by this Review. Scientific, agricultural experts, NGOs & small farmers see it. Complacency benefits the sector's big profit-takers in the short-term, but the public & nature bear the cost. The CCAC could say so. /fin
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Friends of
#FridaysforFuture
, Dublin, Week 344. âWe live for a few short decades, if we are lucky, on this miraculous planet. Itâs remarkable, and we ought to pay attention to its everyday glories. We are nature, you and me; it isnât something abstractâ
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social
, James Rebanks.
11 months ago
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Friends of
#FridaysforFuture
, Dublin, Week 343. âYes, and how many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn't see?â
11 months ago
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I've signed this petition in solidarity with activists and leaders in Palestine Action and reject Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to proscribe them as terrorism organisation - will you sign too?
@actnowcampaigns.bsky.social
my.actnowni.org/petitions/we...
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Sign Now: We stand with Palestine Action
I've signed this petition in solidarity with activists and leaders in Palestine Action and reject Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to proscribe them as terrorism organisation - will you sign too?
https://my.actnowni.org/petitions/we-stand-with-palestine-action?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_source=bluesky&share=12d70757-784e-4397-a116-63d7daa0d203
11 months ago
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Don't stay silent on Gaza. Netanyahu's actions violate human rights and Europe needs to act. I've just emailed EU politicians to demand the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. âĄïž Send your email now and make a difference.
share.greens-efa.eu/s/JKiMWZKN
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No business as usual with Israel: Demand action from Europe
https://share.greens-efa.eu/s/JKiMWZKN
12 months ago
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BankTrack
12 months ago
BREAKING! The 16th
#BankingOnClimateChaos
reveals that fossil fuel financing from the worldâs top 65 banks has reached $7.9 TRILLION since 2016. See how your bank is using your money at
bankingonclimatechaos.org
#DefundClimateChaos
#BOCC
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Banking on Climate Chaos 2025 - Banking on Climate Chaos
The worldâs 65 biggest banks committed $7,900,000,000,000 over 9 years to the fossil fuel industry, driving climate chaos & deadly health impacts.
https://bankingonclimatechaos.org
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There is still a small chance of rescuing Wexford lagoon from the same fate as Lough Neagh
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Sadhbh OâNeill: There is still a small chance of rescuing Wexford lagoon from the same fate as Lough Neagh
Agricultural run-off is harming Ladyâs Island lake, yet priority seems to be retention of nitrates derogation
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/06/17/there-is-a-chance-of-rescuing-wexford-lagoon-from-same-fate-as-lough-neagh-if-minister-acts-decisively/
12 months ago
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Paul Price
12 months ago
John Gibbons
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
is in barnstorming environmental communications form in this week's Last Word podcast with Matt Cooper
@mattcooperlastword.bsky.social
on TodayFM. Next week you can send in questions for the extended 200th edition!
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Paul Price
12 months ago
An Taisce submission to Carbon Budgets Consultation: "The Climate Change Advisory Councilâs (CCACâs) Dec. 2024 carbon budgeting proposal basis for the 2031-2040 recommendations is non-compliant with the requirements of the Climate Act 2021 in two key aspects" 1/2
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Eager achiever: Frank McNally on introducing the beaver to Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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Eager achiever: Frank McNally on introducing the beaver to Ireland
They are not only cute and cuddly, they are also good workers
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irish-diary/2025/05/29/eager-achiever-frank-mcnally-on-introducing-the-beaver-to-ireland/
about 1 year ago
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Zeteo
about 1 year ago
âWe are watching a systematic starvation of 2 million people. A live-streamed genocide & the world's silence is deadly. That is why we have to keep trying everything we can, even if the odds are against us.â Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg shares moments from the Madleen.
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âI walked through the fire all by myselfâ: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Mark O'Connell: âI walked through the fire all by myselfâ. This is barbarism
Gaza, long viewed as a gigantic open air prison, is now a kind of vast black site, where everyone is deemed guilty, where anything can be done to them without recourse to any justice
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/05/31/mark-oconnell-i-walked-through-the-fire-all-by-myself-this-is-barbarism/
about 1 year ago
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âIt is valuable and disturbing to know that grand oak trees can take 300 years to grow, 300 years to live and 300 years to die. Such knowledge, seriously considered, changes the grain of the mind.â
@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
in âThe Wild Placesâ, p. 100.
about 1 year ago
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Friends of
#FridaysforFuture
, Dublin. Week 338. International visitors giving much appreciated support. Attending launch of
@trocaire.bsky.social
âs âFuelling Injusticeâ report. Essential reading at
t.co/IVfksIPoxP
about 1 year ago
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Eoghan Daltun đ
about 1 year ago
The new Save Our Sprat campaign will be holding a public demonstration in Bantry Square at 11am on Friday (day after tomorrow), calling for a moratorium on sprat fishing in Irish waters. I'll be there, can you come along too? The more, the better!! âïžâïžâïž đ đ đŠ đ đłđ
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I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke...
@uplift-ireland.bsky.social
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Keep the Dublin Airport Passenger Cap - Help protect children from harm
I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/keep-the-dublin-airport-passenger-cap-help-protect-children-from-harm?source=bluesky-share-button&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=1cabda91-30e5-4d7b-897f-5e5e0a8a4cfb
about 1 year ago
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Analysis: There is no hiding place from latest EPA data on greenhouse gases
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Analysis: There is no hiding place from latest EPA data on greenhouse gases
Do we want to spend our money on fines or ensure Ireland becomes climate resilient?
https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2025/05/28/analysis-there-is-no-hiding-place-from-latest-epa-data-on-greenhouse-gases/
about 1 year ago
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Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years
Data also shows small but âshockingâ likelihood of year 2C hotter than preindustrial era before 2030
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/global-temperatures-break-annual-heat-record-next-five-years-world-meteorological-organization?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 1 year ago
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Barry McMullin
about 1 year ago
"Sorry, kids. We blew your climate budget - but we really love our SUVs." Some honest commentary from Prof. John Sweeney: has the IE Climate Advisory Council abandoned global climate justice? Do politicians- and citizens - support that?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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John Sweeney: Sorry, kids. We blew your climate budget - but we really love our SUVs
We in Ireland are disproportionately contributing to the climate disasters of the present and future beyond our shores
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/05/24/john-sweeney-sorry-kids-we-blew-your-climate-budget-but-we-really-love-our-suvs/
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Joe Noonan
about 1 year ago
Please think - have you ever heard of anything more cruel, done by a State which the EU, US and UK support to the hilt?
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Elaine McGoff
about 1 year ago
I was privileged enough to give a keynote speech to the Mary Robinson Climate and Nature Conference earlier on the theme of courage in crisis. The speech that emerged from my brain was a nerve wrackingly honest and personal look at where I find my courage.
soundcloud.com/elaine-mc-go...
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Elaine McGoff Mary Robinson Speech 2025
Listen to Elaine McGoff Mary Robinson Speech 2025 by EMcG #np on #SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/elaine-mc-goff/elaine-mcgoff-mary-robinson-speech-2025
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Oisin Coghlan
about 1 year ago
Stop Climate Chaos calls
@epaireland.bsky.social
's new emissions projections "alarming and shocking" and says what
@micheal-martin.bsky.social
does next is the acid test of his commitment to delivering the Programme for Government and upholding the climate law
www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/05...
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EPA emissions figures âalarming and shockingâ as Ireland goes backwards on climate | Stop Climate Chaos
What Government does now is acid test for MicheĂĄl Martinâs legacyCommenting on the EPA emissions projections figures published today, which indicate Ireland will only reduce its climate-changing ̷...
https://www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/05/28/epa-emissions-figures-alarming-and-shocking-as-ire/
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Climate target failure: Ireland faces up to 11 National Childrenâs Hospitals worth of fines
Ireland is moving further away from achieving its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 51%.
https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increase-6716603-May2025/
about 1 year ago
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Uplift Ireland
about 1 year ago
End the Sale of Israeli war bonds in the Central Bank đ
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
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Stop the Central Bank selling Israeli bonds
I've just signed this petition calling on the MicheĂĄl Martin and Simon Harris to impose new sanctions that would stop Israeli bonds being sold through the Central Bank. Will you sign too?
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-the-central-bank-selling-israeli-bonds?utm_campaign=Israeli_Bonds&utm_medium=Bluesky&utm_source=Bluesky
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Hungry for Peace in Gaza second five-day fast this week May 12th-16th, Monday -Friday, @ DĂĄil Ăireann. Come by & support or just fast. See
www.facebook.com/share/1XjVdK...
&
www.instagram.com/hungryforpea...
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about 1 year ago
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