Extensive quotes from THE LIE OF THE LAND feature in a column in today’s Irish Examiner by Dr Catherine Conlon.

Met lots of interesting people in Stradbally today at the #climatecarnival and was genuinely blown away by how many people have already read - and enjoyed - THE LIE OF THE LAND. Good to meet & chat with Darina Allen of Ballymaloe too.

Enjoyed taking part in a lively debate at the #climatecarnival in Stradbally this morning on the’Future of Food’

“John Gibbons in his recent book belongs to the group fearing catastrophe, and the international scientific community is increasingly in agreement with him”. A fairly positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND by economist Colm McCarthy in the Farmers Journal this week.

Hate to say ‘I told you so’, but let’s just say that if you’ve read THE LIE OF THE LAND, none of this will be even remotely surprising. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Third week since launch and three weeks in the Top 10 non-fiction national bestseller list for THE LIE OF THE LAND!

Extremely mixed feelings listening to Barack Obama in Dublin this evening. A gifted orator, he struck (almost) all the right rhetorical notes, yet his polite centrism seems almost quaint as fascists rule the US and it arms a literal genocide.

Thank you, Irish Doctors for the Environment. @irishdocsenv.bsky.social

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the Environment on Today FM is now available below: www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

On today’s Last Word on the Environment on Today FM we discussed warm summer nights and #climate, vertical solar panels and worrying increase in ocean acidification.

Just had a chat with Joe Finnegan on Shannonside Radio to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND, A Game Plan for Ireland in the #Climate Crisis; a conversation that included debunking some of Trump's more deranged comments from the UN yesterday.

Link to the audio clip of the most recent Last Word on the Environment, with Matt Cooper on Today FM is now available. Topics included last week's visit to the Áras, Ireland's food system, rising nitrogen levels & the perils of one-off housing. www.thinkorswim.ie/taking-tea-w...

Another of dairy's dirty secrets: calculations on dairy slurry fails to reflect "dramatic increase in productivity of typical dairy cow in Ireland". Spoiler alert: more milk = more slurry (and more methane, nitrogen etc), as I explore in THE LIE OF THE LAND. www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

Great spread and hugely positive review in the Irish Examiner this weekend of THE LIE OF THE LAND.

Two weeks after its release, THE LIE OF THE LAND climbs six places to no.3 on national non-fiction bestseller list! Pleasantly surprised to see there is real public interest in a book about Ireland and the #climate emergency.

"This is the first book I have read in 27 years that kept me awake at night..." "In his dystopian THE LIE OF THE LAND... John Gibbons has indeed done the State and generations as yet unborn some service." Review in @irishexaminer.bsky.social by Jack Power. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Just finished an interview in studio with @radiodeclan.bsky.social on East Coast FM to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND. Stayed on to join their Friday discussion panel for an enjoyable foray into the week’s big stories.

Honoured and delighted to be received today by President Michael D. Higgins @president.ie for a courtesy call to present him with a copy of THE LIE OF THE LAND and for a fascinating extended discussion on all things #climate.

Wow, just wow. FF/FG show their true colours, just like the bad old days. And to mark their utter failure to either plan or regulate effectively, Ireland's nitrogen emissions went UP by a whopping 16% in the first half of 2025.

Great to have an in-depth chat with Mario Rosenstock about #climate, media, politics and much more besides to mark publication of THE LIE OF THE LAND. Full podcast link below. open.spotify.com/episode/5Emk...

Very happy to make a (rare) appearance in the current edition of the RTÉ Guide to mark publication of THE LIE OF THE LAND.

“Main cause is an overload of phosphorus & nitrogen from agriculture, including farm runoff, fertilisers & animal waste”. The price of our current model of industrial farming is the death of nature. Is that *really* a price worth paying? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Had a good chat with Brian Redmond on KCLR’s lunchtime show earlier today about THE LIE OF THE LAND and all things #climate. I’m told it’s selling well in Kilkenny, my home town/city.

As much as the book is a devastating critique of what Gibbons calls “dishonest discourse” from agribusiness lobby & in media, it’s also an unsparing review of role of policymakers in bringing Ireland to its climate-vulnerable position” By @niallsargent.bsky.social thecurrency.news/articles/200...

Really positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today’s Irish Independent by Caroline O’Doherty.

Beyond chuffed to see THE LIE OF THE LAND debut at No.9 in Ireland’s Non-Fiction bestseller list this week!

"Gibbons’ book is an education for anyone baffled by the rows that bedevil Irish #climate policy...but mostly, it’s a plea for honesty around topics when hiding from the truth has been the national approach" From the Indo's in-depth review of THE LIE OF THE LAND www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

Our review of @thinkorswim.bsky.social's brilliant new book, The Lie of the Land! It's a must-read!

Many thanks Aislinn, really heartening to hear that.

Great to be in Limerick last night to promote THE LIE OF THE LAND and to answer questions at O’Mahony’s bookstore. Thanks also to our MC, Stephen O’Mahony for chairing the event!

Was delighted to meet the one and only @thinkorswim.bsky.social at O'Mahony's Bookshop in Limerick last night. John was there to talk about his new book "The Lie of the Land". I've only just started into it but going by the great discussion last night I think it will be very worth reading.

Delighted to finally pick up a copy of @thinkorswim.bsky.social's new book 'The Lie of the Land' at my local bookshop, Polly's, in Castletownbere. I've yet to read it, but there's zero doubt in my mind that it's utterly essential. #SupportYourLocalBookshop

Very much enjoyed recording a podcast with Mario Rosenstock earlier this afternoon to discuss politics, #climate and all things related to my new book, THE LIE OF THE LAND

Am due on Ireland AM on Virgin TV around 8.15 today to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND

"I know him to be passionate, principled and pugnacious, features that come across strongly in this well-argued and well-written book, one that is loaded with facts to buttress his arguments" – Matt Cooper in the Business Post on THE LIE OF THE LAND

Just had a chat with Joe Nash on Limerick’s Live95, ahead of tomorrow evening’s event in @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Limerick to mark the launch of THE LIE OF THE LAND

Pod of today's extended interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on NewsTalk to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND is now online www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Great spread in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social based on an extract from THE LIE OF THE LAND

Fresh from the airwaves, @thinkorswim.bsky.social popped by to sign his new book. Listen back to the interview here: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Most enjoyable extended chat with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social just now to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND and Ireland’s spotty #climate record, and more.

On the show today: @thinkorswim.bsky.social on the Lie of the land; @henrymckean.bsky.social on restaurant screens; Can TikTik give you haemorrhoids?; Housing anxiety; @jamesproclaims.bsky.social reviews 'Educating Yorkshire' 'The Inheritance' & 'Invasion'; Trump's architecture

"The eyes of future generations are on this generation, silently urging us to act bravely and quickly on the #climate emergency". An extract from THE LIE OF THE LAND is now published in the Irish Examiner. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

This week’s chat with Dion Fanning on The Free State around the launch of THE LIE OF THE LAND is now available as a podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/31Bn...

Absolutely delighted with extensive and thorough review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today’s Irish Times by Pádraic Fogarty

Have articles in today’s Irish Daily Mirror and Daily Star challenging Irish myths about “feeding the world”, based around issues discussed in THE LIE OF THE LAND

Most enjoyable launch of THE LIE OF THE LAND in Dublin yesterday evening. Huge turnout and great craic. With thanks to @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and to our excellent MC, Matt Cooper.

Extract from my new book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, which launches today, is now published on @thejournal.ie, via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/readme/john-...

Looking forward to visiting Limerick next Wednesday evening to take part in a public interview in O’Mahony’s Bookstore to mark the launch of my new book - copies on display already!

Very pleased to be doing my first broadcast interview to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND, ahead of its formal launch tomorrow. Will be in studio with Matt Cooper on The Last Word from around 5.30pm today.

Am sure the “362,000 litres of wastewater, with ammonia levels 30 times above the legal limit, and orthophosphate levels two-and-a-half times above the limit” released into river by creamery in TEN hours had NOTHING whatsoever to do with this massive fish kill. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...