Rosie Rutherford
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Living in Co Clare, and Edinburgh too, sometimes. Trying not to be too grumpy and cynical.
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Kevin Hargaden
3 days ago
My brilliant colleague, Ciara Murphy, from @jcfjustice exposing how the fuel blockades last week reveal how "deeply unserious we are about the climate crisis and the pressing need to decarbonise."
www.jcfj.ie/2026/04/15/w...
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We have a fossil fuel problem - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland
The fuel protests last week could be viewed as a large-scale ecological experiment to test how resilient our economic and societal ecosystem is.
https://www.jcfj.ie/2026/04/15/we-have-a-fossil-fuel-problem/
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Conn Donovan
3 days ago
A "Sitka Spruce, the Amazing Timber Tree" book was sent to every primary school in Ireland this week.
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Rob Thomas
3 days ago
This is a very interesting development...
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Madeleine Lyes
4 days ago
This graph should be on the front of newspapers. From Sinead O'Sullivan:
www.butthistime.com/p/mind-the-gap
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Patrick Bresnihan
5 days ago
This is very good from Conor McCabe and one of the few piece's of analysis I have read that clearly links the fuel protests with Ireland's deeply unequal and dysfunctional grass-fed agricultural system.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Conor McCabe: Protesters' grievances are real â they're bearing a heavy load
Responsibility for the time-sensitive targets at the heart of national policy is carried by agricultural contractors who are struggling to make repayments on loans for the necessary heavy machinery, a...
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41826395.html
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
9 days ago
Our statement on the Galway Ring Road. Building more roads on a world on fire is truly an act of insanity.
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Ola LĂžkken Nordrum
about 1 month ago
Madness.
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Peat exports increased last year despite crackdown on commercial extraction
More than 370,000 tonnes of material sold to 21 different countries in 2025, including Israel
https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/03/12/peat-exports-increased-last-year-despite-crackdown-on-commercial-extraction/
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
about 1 month ago
Cars are kings in Ireland. Another perfect example of our dysfunctional, unhealthy, car-centric transport system, where cars and drivers are prioritised above all else.
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Helen Czerski
about 1 month ago
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
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Tim Bale
about 1 month ago
Three cheers for
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social
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In defence of hand-wringers and pearl-clutchers
To surrender the fight for international law is to accept worse outcomes and more civilian deaths
https://www.ft.com/content/8117e57f-c560-4a52-ab99-252e6db466d8
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Eoin Buckley
about 2 months ago
Great to see such strong support for more safety infrastructure in
#Limerick
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IrishCycle.com
about 2 months ago
âI may fall out of the chair onto the roadâ â video highlights impact of footpath parking The "real and often overlooked challenges caused by illegal and inconsiderate parking" is the theme of a new video launched by DĂșn Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, but that applies across the country. InâŠ
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âI may fall out of the chair onto the roadâ â video highlights impact of footpath parking
The "real and often overlooked challenges caused by illegal and inconsiderate parking" is the theme of a new video launched by DĂșn Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, but that applies across the country. In the video, Duncan Byrne, a council staff member who uses a wheelchair, said: âIâve encountered situations where a car is parked partially or fully on the path. In those situations, Iâve had to backtrack to a safe place to cross where thereâs either a dip or a pedestrian crossing.
https://irishcycle.com/2026/02/23/i-may-fall-out-of-the-chair-onto-the-road-video-highlights-impact-of-footpath-parking/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Eoin Buckley
about 2 months ago
#Pedestrian
serious injuries in
#Ireland
2020-2024 - 89% on straight roads - 89% on urban roads (<60km/h) - 64% in daylight If you can't see me on a straight urban road in daylight it doesn't matter what I wear.
#HiVis
Data from
#RSA
Link below
www.rsa.ie/docs/default...
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Cllr.Alan Curran
about 2 months ago
7 deaths on our roads over the weekend including a 16 y/o girl walking her dog. Why the obsession over hi-vis? Why the reduction in active travel funding? Where are the 30km/h zones? Where are the red light cameras? Why no enforcement? Why aren't intelligent speed systems default on new cars?
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Galway councillor claims RSA messaging amounts to âvictim blamingâ â âChildren are not killed because of a lack of high-vis vestsâ
A Galway councillor has called for a âno confidenceâ vote and a major overhaul of the Road Safety Authority (RSA), claiming its education campaigns place responsibility on vulnerable road users rather...
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/galway/news/galway-councillor-claims-rsa-messaging-amounts-to-victim-blaming-children-are-not-killed-because-of-a-lack-of-high-vis-vests/a768096086.html
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Eoin Buckley
about 2 months ago
Many of the same people who shake their heads at the US issuing bullet-proof rucksacks to schoolchildren as it does nothing to address the actual problem will tell you that mandatory hi-vis is a good idea. Hi-vis should never take the place of more effective controls or be used for victim-blaming.
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2 months ago
Join Kate McAney for the talk âLeather Wings and Bushy Tailsâ Learn about the conservation work of VWT Ireland, focusing on the Lesser horseshoe bat, pine marten and Irish stoat. 7:30pm, 18 February 2026 Tara Building, Room T1.17, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
@irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
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Kevin Hargaden
2 months ago
The really remarkable thing about the return of Presbyterianism to the Falls Road is the central role of a former IRA prisoner in instigating it. Signs of significant social progress (Also, Omnis gloria Deo!)
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
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Rebirth of Presbyterianism on the Falls Road
Something that was unthinkable for decades is happening on the Falls Road in nationalist West Belfast. The rebirth of Presbyterianism in a part of Northern Ireland considered a hostile environment for...
https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0215/1558530-falls-road-presbyterianism/
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Ola LĂžkken Nordrum
3 months ago
Beg buttons relegate pedestrians to second-class citizens, forcing them to apply just to cross the road safely. Itâs time to get rid of them and prioritise people, not cars.
#ReimagineDublin
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John Gibbons đ”đž đșđŠ đȘđș
2 months ago
Reducing - and enforcing - speed limits for ALL vehicles to 30km/hr in urban areas & cameras to detect cars breaking traffic lights would save scores of lives annually, but it might annoy some motorists so instead we get this performative BS from govât.
www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...
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Helmets and hi-vis clothing to be made mandatory for e-bikes and e-scooter users
Cabinet will sign off on plans to explicitly ban the use of scramblers on roads this morning.
https://www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scooters-helmets-6945841-Feb2026/
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IrishCycle.com
3 months ago
The Netherlands is not a pedestrian paradise, but I'm confused why anyone thinks Ireland is better
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The Netherlands is not a pedestrian paradise, but Iâm confused why anyone thinks Ireland is better
Comment & Analysis: Ireland and the Netherlands differ in how pedestrians are treated, but claims that the Dutch pedestrian environment is overall worse than in Ireland just donât stack uâŠ
https://irishcycle.com/2026/01/01/the-netherlands-is-not-a-pedestrian-paradise-but-im-confused-why-anyone-thinks-ireland-is-better/
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
3 months ago
Poignant letter by Dr Lisa McNamee in the Irish Times this morning.
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
3 months ago
The Minister for Climate and Environment actively working to increase emissions and worsen environmental harm.
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Senior civil servants resist plan to scrap Dublin Airport passenger cap, Minister says
Darragh OâBrien calls for planning decisions on national infrastructure to be taken out of local hands
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/01/05/civil-servants-resisting-plan-to-scrap-dublin-airport-passenger-cap-minister-says/
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Ola LĂžkken Nordrum
4 months ago
#NitratesDerogation
The Irish government are doing exactly the opposite of what the science is telling us to do.
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âFood and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hourâ
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required âbefore collapse becomes inevitableâ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/food-fossil-fuel-production-5bn-environmental-damage-an-hour-un-geo-report-
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)
4 months ago
Almost all (90%) of Irelandâs natural habitats are in a poor condition, including coastal & freshwater. This is 5% more than 6 yrs ago. 51% are declining while only 9% show signs of improvement. Rather than solutions, govt are adding problems e.g. derogationđ
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Irelandâs natural habitats decline further with 90% officially in poor condition
Head of National Parks and Wildlife Service says time to begin conservation efforts âwas yesterdayâ
https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2025/12/11/irelands-natural-habitats-decline-further-with-90-officially-in-poor-condition/#:~:text=Almost%20all%20of%20Ireland's%20natural,now%20have%20%E2%80%9Cunfavourable%20status%E2%80%9D
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)
4 months ago
BREAKING: Ireland's nitrates derogation has been renewed.đłïž This has no scientific basis & fails nature, the public, & farmers. âThe evidence simply did not exist to justify renewing Irelandâs nitrates derogation" "Meanwhile, our precious water and wildlife suffer.â
swanireland.ie/2025/12/rene...
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Renewing Nitrates Derogation Had No Scientific Basis and Fails Nature, The Public, and Farmers - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 Irish environmental organisations, sees the EU Nitrates Committee decision today, to give Ireland another three-year extension of its Nitrates Der...
https://swanireland.ie/2025/12/renewing-nitrates-derogation-had-no-scientific-basis-and-fails-nature-the-public-and-farmers/
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Fay Young
4 months ago
âThere is still hope in the handwriting that refuses to be mass-produced for the world.â Leena Norms Let me recommend the Advent Poetry Calendar by
@annierutherford.bsky.social
raising funds for
#MSF
This yearâs selection fits the world we live in like a glove
mailchi.mp/posteo/poetr...
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Poetry Advent Calendar: 6 December
https://mailchi.mp/posteo/poetry-advent-calendar-6-december-6748069?e=f48959dd0a
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Donnachadh McCarthy
4 months ago
The price Ireland's ( & world's) native wildlife pay for our excessive gluttony of meat & dairy is truly horrific & barbaric. đ€·ââïž More plant based diet we can manage, the more wildlife survive. đđł
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Hannah Daly
5 months ago
I know far too many people who have been knocked off their bikes, and not once has it happened because of poor visibility or because they were not lit up enough. In each case, it was the fault of dangerous driving and/or dangerous infrastructure.
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More than 450 motorists avoid convictions and penalty points by donating to court poor box
More than 450 motorists have dodged convictions and avoided getting penalty points on their licences by making a donation to the court poor box since the beginning of 2022, new figures have revealed.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/more-than-450-motorists-avoid-convictions-and-penalty-points-by-donating-to-court-poor-box/a886805196.html
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
5 months ago
The Govt flies to COP30 preaching climate leadership, but the glaring truth is this: There is no tangible domestic climate action. No credible pathway for emissions cuts. No health-centered climate planning. No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
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Neale Richmond: The government takes climate action seriously, but we recognise we need to do more
Minister of State Neale Richmond is in Brazil today at the UNâs annual climate summit.
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/neale-richmond-cop30-ireland-climate-action-opinion-6870132-Nov2025/
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HEATED RIBALDRY
5 months ago
Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.
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IrishCycle.com
5 months ago
Reducing car use in urban areas a âvery significant road safety toolâ â RSA-funded research Reducing car use in urban areas is a "very significant road safety tool", while pedestrian priority has "very significant potential" for safety in our villages, towns, and cities, according to TU DublinâŠ
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Reducing car use in urban areas a âvery significant road safety toolâ â RSA-funded research
Reducing car use in urban areas is a "very significant road safety tool", while pedestrian priority has "very significant potential" for safety in our villages, towns, and cities, according to TU Dublin researchers in work which was funded by the Road Safety Authority. Researchers from TU Dublin examined the outcomes of traffic changes in Oslo in Norway, smaller urban areas in the Pontevedra region in Spain, Brussels, and Ghent in Belgium.
https://irishcycle.com/2025/11/05/reducing-car-use-in-urban-areas-a-very-significant-road-safety-tool-rsa-funded-research/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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PĂĄdraic Fogarty
5 months ago
"Intensive dairying is only wildly profitable as long as the sector is allowed a free ride to produce massive pollution impacts" The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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John Gibbons: Saying nuclear power is better for the environment than solar is ludicrous
The idea that intensive dairy farming is some kind of pastoral idyll with no impact on the environment has been allowed to take hold to the point that serious people are now suggesting nuclear reactor...
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41735775.html
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
5 months ago
Ireland is one of the few European countries where road deaths have risen since 2019. Thatâs not a coincident, but rather the result of a transport system that prioritises cars and speed over people and safety, with weak enforcement and timid road-safety policy. Data from the European Commission.
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
6 months ago
âïž This is irresponsible, head-in-the-sand journalism at its finest. âïž One of the most polluting companies in Europe reports soaring profits, partly due to the company switching more capacity to regions âcutting aviation taxes and incentivising traffic growthâ. đ„ Yet, no mention of emissions.
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Ryanair profits jump by 20% as fares rise
Profit after tax jumped to 1.7 billion euros compared with 1.4 billion euros one year earlier
https://www.thejournal.ie/ryanair-profit-increase-2-6862902-Nov2025/
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Oliver Moran đȘđș
6 months ago
Last week, new and complex guidelines for urban speed limits by local authorities were published by the Minister for Transport. These are a U-turn on a 30km/h default legislated for by the Green Party in government. The result will probably be the same â but add work and delay until March 2027.
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IrishCycle.com
6 months ago
If you cannot see children trick-or-treating, maybe consider not driving tonight?
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Ola LĂžkken Nordrum
6 months ago
It's terrifying to see how our politicians are so unwilling to listen to the science and experiences from other countries. A 30km/h default urban speed limit is a win-win for all!
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Darrell Wakelam
6 months ago
Introducing âEgg Box Monstersâ . . . just in time for half-term and Halloween. One egg box, no leftovers, totally recyclable. What I call âPure Makingâ. Full instructions are on the website here . . .
www.darrellwakelam.com/news/egg-box...
#edusky
#halloween
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Tom Flood
6 months ago
For our cities, police and any other voices of authority. Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween.
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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Tom Flood
6 months ago
Enough. Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver. Was really incredible to work with the people at
@visionzerovancouver.ca
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Irish Doctors for the Environment
6 months ago
By changing what we eat, we could see enormous benefits to both our own health and wellbeing as humans and that of our shared planet.
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Changing how people eat could save 15 million lives a year and help save the planet, say scientists
Changing what we eat could save 15 million lives every year and help bring the planet back from the brink of climate disaster, according to a new study.
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/changing-how-people-eat-could-save-15-million-lives-a-year-and-help-save-the-planet-say-scientists/a739454186.html
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Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland
7 months ago
Not nearly enough is made of the incredibly impressive feat Indian Railways has made to electrify almost 100% of its 135,000km of track, while also growing renewable sourcing. Huge:
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/ind...
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Indian Railways to achieve net zero targets in 2025 itself - 5 years ahead of 2030 goal - Times of India
India Business News: Indian Railways is set to achieve net-zero targets by year-end, surpassing its 2030 goal through extensive electrification. Aiming for 95% electric tr
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/indian-railways-to-achieve-net-zero-targets-in-2025-itself-5-years-ahead-of-2030-goal/articleshow/121481828.cms
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Andy Arthurđđ°âđŠ Threadinburgh đ§”
7 months ago
See it. Say it. Sod off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jm3wxvlkjo
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Brent Toderian
7 months ago
What we call things reveals a lot about our priorities and biases. Graphic via
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Ed Moynihan
7 months ago
Thatâs 3 cyclists dead in one week. đČđ And our government continues to roll back on meaningful road safety measures like implementing a 30kph limit in urban zones, or using technology, all because it might upset some drivers. Itâs a national disgrace.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
7 months ago
In London, hate will never win.
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