Water quality in Ireland is worsening:
... provisions in the programme have 'repeatedly failed to protect water quality. It is therefore profoundly unscientific & shortsighted to just continue those provisions in hope of achieving a better outcome this time round'
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Totally on board with my @envpillar.bsky.social colleagues on this.
Why must we sacrifice doing the right thing again and again and again at the alter of maintaining business-as-usual?
No, we shouldn't cut the carbon tax!
Here's why:
www.environmentalpillar.ie/suspending-o...
An Taisce seeks judicial review of nitrates action programme - new challenge launched to latest version of the programme
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
The public are strong in their view that clean water should be a national priority
Scientific evidence shows that the 6th NAP simply doesn't provide the level of protection required for water quality in Ireland and will likely lead to its further deterioration
www.antaisce.org/news/water-q...
For #IWD2026 I can't help but think of the wise words of @monaeltahawy.bsky.social :
'Make your heart too rebellious for the patriarchy’s attempts to plant itself within you.
Make your mind too free for fascism to chain your imagination.'
Meanwhile, Irish agriculture system entirely incapable of meeting fundamental food needs of our population, with its export-based model predicated on massive fertiliser, animal feed imports.
We are shockingly vulnerable yet nobody is even talking about it.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Happy #InternationalWomensDay2026💕
A few facts regarding women that might surprise you:
🚩 Women&girls are worst impacted by climate crisis
🚩 Most of the world’s refugees are women&girls
🚩 No country in the world pays women equally as well as men - Iceland is best at 90%
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
While I feel for those losing their jobs, this is the kind of strong response we need from the @epaireland.bsky.social for chronic polluters of our waterways. This plant got away with polluting for far too many years, it's high time it was shut down.
Our waters deserve protection, no excuses.
Many thousands of birds use Lough Swilly as a first stop migrating south and last stop going north, with birds from all over Ireland, UK, France and Western Europe relying on it.
We called for a far more legally and ecologically robust assessment of the potential impact of this aquaculture.
1 thing about these types of 'articles' everyone in Ireland should know- who paid for them.
m.independent.ie/storyplus/th...
Cycling numbers in Dublin up 50%
78% of people support #Love30 being rolled out and the Minister continues to do nothing
Yet Darragh O’Brien is still looking for the magic pill to solve congestion…
Potentially fatal blow to the Govt's plan to cap fees in environmental Judicial Reviews.
Proof that it's motivated by desire to reduce JRs, rather than the lie that it's just to make fees "predictable." Wait until the Aarhus Committee & CJEU get a hold of this.
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Only culling badgers was never the answer.
Opinion polling shows farmers are very far in front of the farm organisations on recognising TB won’t be suppressed unless the cases hidden in cattle herds are tackled properly.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
This is a huge advance in the standard of wastewater treatment in Ireland and stands in stark contrast to the half measures from agriculture, which is a much bigger source of pollution in our waterways
www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Nice to see this research but for context:
• Most feral goats in Ire are not 'old Irish'
• Traditional breeds of livestock should be preserved but does not mean they qualify as wildlife.
• Regardless of the genetics, feral goats are an invasive species
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
Great podcast: The Bar of Ireland explores facts around Government's proposed changes to environmental judicial review process. Guest Phoebe Duvall, An Taisce's Senior Planning & Policy Officer, outlines direct impacts to public's access for environmental justice.
on.soundcloud.com/qwXfKBywYLZs...
ROVÉLO CREATIVE'S GUIDE TO Cyclist Visibility BIke stencil Visible bike stencil behind a dash - invisible invisible unless rolling through a stop sign
Quick Reference.
"We're going to have slurry flowing off yards potentially" "flowing off land where slurry is spread into our lakes, rivers, & estuaries."
'the situation with slurry capacity "really underscores the lack of resilience in our system."'- @elainemcgoff.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
Flooded land & excess slurry: Farmers find themselves in an impossible situation. We know from climate science that we're going to have wetter winters & more extreme rainfall events. Current situation with slurry capacity underscores lack of resilience in our system.
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...
Cartoon
🚨Call for Tender🚨
We're looking for a researcher to conduct a desk-based research project on the impacts of forestry on Ireland’s water resources & implications for meeting the Water Framework Directive.
swanireland.ie/about-us/wor...
Apply by 16th March!🗓️
To be fair, the government made no secret of it being intensely comfortable with economically motivated JRs from developers.
For example the likes of daa plc, cairn and Glenveagh are serial litigants but never once criticised
Hedge cutting season ends 28 February
Help protect nesting birds and other wildlife in our gardens. Complete any cutting/pruning of hedges + other vegetation before 01 March.
Find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFsX...
@wildlife-wri.bsky.social @hedgerowsireland.bsky.social
One could argue we're already well progressed towards the dead bodies at intersections and no fish.
As for the ducks? They live to fight another day.
'Here in Ireland, in Europe and further afield, we are witnessing a deregulatory agenda cloaked in the language of simplification. Across the world, right-wing political forces are working to dismantle decades of environmental and social progress.'
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.
Great letter on the danger of deregulation:
"this mania for “cutting red tape” causes real harms, peeling away key rights & protections from people in Europe & around the world...the result is to make us all more vulnerable to predatory corporate profit-making.'
Not that many good news at the moment so take this one into the WE.
DK gov got EC state aid greenlight for a 1bn euro investment in farms buy out for nature restoration. Partbof the deal negotiated with farm unions and NGOs to meet climate and nitrogen targets.
Why can't we have nice things too?
