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Hannah Daly: Irish people are again paying a high price for our reliance on fossil fuels But renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression

“Energy security, affordability and climate action are not competing priorities. They point to the same solution: urgently reducing dependence on fossil fuels.”

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Nach raibh, bhí trí nduine dhéag clainne ag mo Mhamó.

Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan - mo Mhamó agus mo Dheaide ar a corróig, a máthair fhéin lena taobh agus cliabhán ar a droim.

Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

I'm not suggesting this is an open secret within the climate science community, but it's remarkable how little impact this sort of research is generating. Because if the rate of warming really has *doubled* then you can kiss goodbye to 2°C. www.carbonbrief.org/pace-of-glob...

Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

Drowning in plain sight: Thousands of sharks, skates, seals and dolphins are dying in tangle nets Critically endangered species are being killed in a rapidly expanding crayfish fishery, and the State has known the risks for decades, writes Pádraic Fogarty.

Why are thousands of rare and protected species drowning in fishing gear off the Irish coast, including in our only marine National Park?

jrnl.ie/6968217

Is mór an spóirt iad!

Meastú an bhfuil aon scadán le fáil ann anois?

Níos lú ná 1% d'earcaigh ina gcainteoirí Gaeilge in 2025 Cainteoirí Gaeilge iad níos lú ná 1% de na daoine a earcaíodh chuig an tseirbhís phoiblí anuraidh fríd PoistPhoiblí.

Is scéal mór nuachta é seo ó @news.rte.ie nach bhfuair aird chuí le cúpla lá anuas. Is gá tabhairt faoin dúshlán seo le fonn agus le fuadar ag leibhéal ard straitéiseach sa tseirbhís phoiblí féin agus sna hollscoileanna.

www.rte.ie/news/nuacht/...

Aighneacht le déanamh ag Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le hiarratas ar chearta bainte feamainne ar chladaí Chonamara Tá iarratais déanta ag Arramara, atá lonnaithe i gCill Chiaráin, ar cheadúnais bainte feamainne ar stráicí móra de chladaí Chonamara, ó Ros an Mhíl siar chomh fada le Cloch na Rón

'Dúirt Jim Keogh ó Arramara cheana nár cheap sé go mbeadh an comhlacht ag cur cosc ar aon duine a bhainfeadh feamainn d’úsáid phearsanta.'

Ní leor 'nár cheap sé' shamhlóinn, agus céard a bheadh i gceist le 'd'úsáid phearsanta' meas tú? 🤔

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Communities fight 'corporate' bid for seaweed rights Communities on Ireland's west coast say they will fight to safeguard their traditional seaweed rights against what they describe as a "corporate takeover "of their livelihoods.

Communities on Ireland's west coast say they will fight to safeguard their traditional seaweed rights against what they describe as a "corporate takeover "of their livelihoods.

Angel Sharks are in real danger of going extinct locally, which would speed up their demise globally, because of the way the Irish government is issuing tangle net licences.
#RTECountrywide

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades - Eos That’s much faster than what most scientists thought.

Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades eos.org/articles/res...

Pádraic Fogarty: Ecosystem collapse is real and is happening here now Ireland can breeze through the collapse of our own ecosystems because of the stabilising effect of much larger ecosystems elsewhere. Now those ecosystems too are at risk of collapse, due principally t...

Global ecosystem collapse is a real prospect. An appropriate response would be for us to restore our own ecosystems and diversify our food production.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

Environmental breakdown isn’t a distant possibility – it’s a threat to world stability The message is clear: climate change should be prioritised as a security crisis, not just an environmental one

Nature and climate funding must now be articulated as infrastructure: as essential to food systems, public health, energy stability and geopolitical resilience. In security terms, biodiversity is not sentimental, it is strategic.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land After flooding in the past, successive governments promised protections, but instead, doubled down on dredging and delayed land-use reform, leaving communities exposed, writes Pádraic Fogarty.

After Midelton was flooded in 2023 Leo Varadkar said we needed a Land Use Plan. The Plan is ready but @micheal-martin.bsky.social won't publish it.

Instead, he's legally designating rivers as "highly modified"

jrnl.ie/6946724

The @irishexaminer.bsky.social view on tangle netting: "a shameful matter that needs to be addressed urgently"

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourv...

An ceart uilig agat.

Trathnóna álainn i gConamara

Last week a UK national security assessment warned that collapsing ecosystems around the world will trigger conflict and food shortages

Seosamh Mac Donncha ag moladh go mbunófaí ‘ionad taighde cuimsitheach’ a dhireóidh ar an bpleanáil teanga, ar Adhmhaidin. #pleanailteanga #gaeilge

Na gealáin thuaidh i gConamara

Bhí cnoic Mhám Tuirc draoíochtúil inniu.

Denmark’s plan for a greener country offers ideas worth Ireland’s attention Carbon tax on farming and taking land out of agricultural production among bold moves by the Danes

If Denmark can get farmers to agree to dropping their nitrates derogation, adopting a carbon tax on meat, government promotion of plant-based diets and rewilding a fifth of the country - why can't Ireland?

www.irishtimes.com/science/2026...

My mother (90) and many other older women here in Conamara had never had this tradition.

Lá seaca ag spaisteoireacht cois locha.

Conamara ar an chéad lá don bhliain nua.

Mé fhéin agus mo mhac ag snámh ar lá Nollag. Nollaig shona

In a very confusing press event with journalists, Heather Humphreys has denied ever saying Catherine Connolly made money from people’s misfortune

Quote from Sunday and today below:

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

In case you're wondering, the EPP is the EU parliamentary group co-founded and adhered to by Fine Gael, Heather Humphrey's party.

Be in no doubt: a vote for her on Friday is a vote against nature.