INHFA president Pheilim Molly pointing out that ICMSAs proposal for the next CAP is a cash grab by a minority of big farmers. This is as blatant an example you'll see of farming reps not acting in the interests of the majority of farmers, including the most vulnerable share.google/QfJSNXpLxPL7...

ICMSA has shown its hand, but in reality, all the major farming orgs have been pushing for this with their positions on active farmer, capping, & degressivity. Food production is a Trojan horse for the redistribution of public money away from farm viability & sustainability toward intensive farmers

Larger-scale farmers want to free up land and public money by targeting the CAP supports that currently go to small and marginal farms. It feels like every man for himself. www.farmersjournal.ie/amp/sheep/ne...

LIFE has been responsible for some of the greatest conservation success stories across Europe, including Ireland. But now the EU want's to scrap it as a stand alone funding source in the name of 'simplification' www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

This is a dark day for the environmental movement. In one of most regressive moves I've seen by this Government, they are effectively shutting down the majority of environmental public interest litigation. Over 1400 people told them not to do this. Did they listen? Of course not.

'I miss my old life': Doctor severely injured in hit-and-run speaks out on road safety crisis www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-s...

Another important site for nature purchased by the State. Ireland is below the EU average for area of land protected for nature. We need to continue expanding our reserve network. Major conservation milestone with purchase of Mayo corncrake breeding site share.google/NivF0wSu1BXU...

Climate Changemakers: Biodiversity blueprint ‘an important step forward for nature restoration’ Recommendations submitted to the Government could have a huge impact on the country’s biodiversity crisis. www.independent.ie/life/climate... @irishenvnet.bsky.social

Wet woodland supports a rich diversity of woodland and wetland species. Its striking to see yellow flag iris in the ground layer.

Ireland already knows how to deliver an ambitious plan, and it comes down to this: you fund it. A nature restoration plan without money is like a human without a heart. It will never work. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Before Doug Tompkins there was Ted Turner. Rest easy cowboy. share.google/Sl3WPNd6aj24...

More clarity needed on Nature Restoration regulations - There is strong concensus between farming reps and environmentalists on the need for dedicated long-term funding for nature restoration, and that the State must lead from the from on public lands. share.google/cd8n9Zki7JbX...

"We have...normalised something that would have struck our grandparents as shocking and utterly broken. The facts tell the story. In the 1980s about 500 Irish rivers were classed as the very best of the best. Today, there are about 20." www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

Gene editing is not de-extinction. While I think there is a role for cloning in conservation (genetic rescue) the kind of gene editing carried out by Colossal Biosciences is an expensive circus, when funding is needed to prevent species going extinct in the first place. share.google/LY1OQnH0ULEq...

People care about losing the natural world — politics must catch up www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The Independent Advisory Council for Nature Restoration achieved a level of concensus that few would have thought possible. There is a lot to be learned and carried forward. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

In Brussels, there is a push to drag farming policy backwards — to reduce farming to a race for the highest output at lowest cost. Small farmers should stand with environmentalists against this, because the end game is clear: small family farms are on the line www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/fa...

I’m incredibly proud to have contributed to the Independent Advisory Council on Nature Restoration. I’m even prouder to have become a father today. I couldn’t make the launch of the IAC recommendations, but if I had attended, this is what I would have said.

Today’s launch of the IAC recommendations underlines that nature restoration is a common cause uniting all of Irish society, writes @fintankelly.bsky.social. The government must now match the leadership shown by farmers, fishers, NGOs, and communities nationwide. greennews.ie/united-for-n...

Our food model is broken. It doesn't deliver food sovereignty, sustainability, a fair price, or certainty for farmers. Our taxes, our farmers, and the land are being sacrificed to fatten a minority of middlemen, oil autocrats, and multinationals. m.independent.ie/farming/comm...

Schools should not be a battleground for vested interests...this should not be a conversation that needs to be had.

Shipping, overfishing, fossil fuel exploration, pollution & climate change have already caused degradation of marine ecosystem. It's critical that offshore wind be achieved with right marine spatial protection & planning, and robust environmental impact assessments www.antaisce.org/an-taisce-po...

So much wisdom, truth, and hope in this article. A broken vessel cannot carry water, nor can a broken soul carry the grief and hope needed to help heal the withering tree of life. news.mongabay.com/2026/03/the-...

Min Heydon highlighting the agrifood sectors exposure to geopolitical shocks — from reliance on imported fossil fuels / fertilisers to vulnerable global supply chains These are risks NGOs have warned about for yrs. Expect political capital to de invested in maintaining BAU during the EU presidency

According to the Lebanese National News Agency, these panels supply the town with electricity, which is needed for its water supply, and Israel destroyed homes, roads and olive trees as well.

Teagasc suffer from a crisis of imagination, locking forestry & farming into intertia when we need vision & leadership Tweaking a vulnerable Sitka spruce model—instead of imagining diverse climate resilient alternatives Windthrow and what we can do to build resilience share.google/fC7Mqc9UQGyh...

Deer management is a necessary reality of native woodland conservation. Those of us who want to see more woodlands in our landscape really need to accept the necessity and see the opportunity in deer hunting. Thanks for raising awareness @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

This Earth Day, I’m grateful to be a small part of this great community of life. The least I can do is try to give something back and to be a good ancestor for the generations to come. Image: NASA

This video, and 2 copies of the matching book, have been sent to **every primary school in Ireland**. It's possibly THE most outrageous industry propaganda I've ever seen. The descriptions of Sitka deadzones are so totally false, it's hard to know where to even start. share.google/0vebeGw2dwTd...

15% of fossil fuels extracted each year are used to make fertiliser, run farms, process foods and transport them. In a very real sense our food is made from oil and gas. We are about to feel a very painful food shock. 1/

The Irish public bailed out banks like PTSB & carried that burden for years. Now, we should be asking how people can benefit from its sale. Instead, most of the proceeds are set to be channelled toward subsidising fossil fuel costs driven by wars of choice. We need to kick the fossil fuel addiction

Yes, we should develop renewable energy on publicly owned cut-over bogs but not all. While some sites are suited for renewables, others are valuable for nature restoration. If we fail to pursue ambitious nature restoration, we risk missing a generational opportunity m.independent.ie/business/iri...

Yet another gushing story of how bogs are "prime areas for development" with plans for a "radical transformation of swathes of the midlands". Bogs are important in their own right should be restored not converted to data centres www.independent.ie/business/iri...

Some excellent points from John Gibbons. The carbon tax is a progressive measure, with revenues ring-fenced to support public spending that helps the most vulnerable transition to warmer homes & more sustainable farming practices. Points both the government and opposition should be highlighting

Sheep grazing is a sensitive issue but is also unavoidable if there is to be nature restoration on the hills. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Polls have consistently shown that the Irish public does not support our intensive forestry model. Instead of tackling the root causes of this dissatisfaction, the Irish forestry sector seems determined to “educate” the public. A strategy that seems to involve brainwashing our children.

Polls have consistently shown that the Irish public does not support our intensive forestry model. Instead of tackling the root causes of this dissatisfaction, the Irish forestry sector seems determined to “educate” the public. A strategy that seems to involve brainwashing our children.

Some readings worth reading on #FuelCrisis "That is the worst of all worlds; having heavily taxed workers receiving poor services in a country running a €23 billion surplus funded by companies it doesn’t control." Sinead O Sullivan substack.com/home/post/p-...

The carbon tax may not be loved (what tax is?). There are real concerns about whether its impacts are progressive or regressive. Questions too around how low-income households can afford to limit their exposure. But that's not the important thing. marcocathasaigh.substack.com/p/the-boring...

Fintan O'Toole: Ireland’s far-right movement will emerge from the ‘breakfast roll-atariat’

No ports - No food. Ireland is neither food or fodder secure. Most of what we eat is imported & the food we produce is dependant on imports of fodder & fertilizers. Irish farmers aren't to blame for this but simplistic narratives won't help untangle this mess. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Cutting Carbon Tax mean's defunding supports that help reduce the energy bills of low income families & agri-environmental schemes that help keep family farms out of the red The government needs to take action to tackle the cost of living but locking us into fossil fuel dependance isn't an option

Ireland has a rare chance to restore nature at scale on public bogs. Instead, Bord na Móna is pushing wind farm development on sites that should be restored, while refusing to publish their mandate. Public lands must be managed in the public interest www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Food security is often used as a justification for funneling more public € into a farming model that is not designed to deliver it. Ireland does need greater food sovereignty & resilience, that begins with revitalising our horticulture & tillage sectors while reducing dependence on imports & exports

Winter lingers like a fog until all of a sudden its driven off by the warmth of spring sunshine. Then comes the joy of buds unfurling, the chiffchaff’s singing like a squeaky wheel and the swallows returning from their adventures, like old friends finding their way home.

"In a world humans have broken, conservation and restoration also requires perpetual, unglamorous killing." Deer culling and the control of invasive species are not exceptions but integral parts of modern conservation, uncomfortable, yet unavoidable realities. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Charging an EV during a storm: "It's a go-kart powered by my own sense of self satisfaction.”

NEW: Israel becomes the first state in history to write INTO LAW the death sentence for one, specific ethnic group. This is Cabinet member Ben Gvir celebrating with champagne after the vote. This is not a government, it is a death cult. They won’t serve champagne in The Hague. (🎥 Cradle Media)

My experience of working with the other stakeholders on recommendations for the Nature Restoration Plan has been hugely positive The IAC, Leaders’ Forums & Community Conversations have done our part. Its now the Government’s responsibility to match our ambition. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...