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On March 11th, groups across the country will be taking action on data centres

Want to get involved? Join @foeireland.bsky.social's phone bank and let your TD know how you feel about the Government handing over even more resources to Big Tech

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/events/stop-...

A stacked area chart of the electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland with the following fuel types: battery, pumped storage, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, oil, and gas. There is also a black line showing electricity demand. Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO

A stacked area chart of the renewable electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland. There are eight fuel types: pumped storage, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, oil, and gas. The y axis indicates the percentage of demand being met by each source. Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO

🚨 A historic double-header for the Irish grid today with two major records broken:
- this morning, battery discharge reached almost 500MW, or roughly 8% of electricity demand 🔋
- just after 12pm, solar output exceeded 1GW (roughly 20% of demand) for the very first time ☀️

Much more to come!

Microsoft denies the UN Special Rapporteur access to their data centre facility in Dublin This raises serious questions for the Government on how the data centre industry is being allowed to flout transparency and accountability.

In yet another instance of the data centre industry’s shocking disregard for transparency and accountability, Microsoft denied a UN expert access to their data centre facility in Dublin. Find out more in our blog👇

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/microso...

Stop sign reading 'Bin the Bill!' with icon of a person throwing an LNG tanker in a bin

"...Gas prices have surged by 46% following a decision...to halt production at a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant...costs in Ireland are [already] considered relatively high in comparison to other EU countries..."

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One more reason to bin the SGER Bill!

Oireachtas Committee’s PLS report produces hard-hitting recommendations on legal, cost, security and environmental shortcomings in Government’s proposed LNG Bill. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy has published its Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Report of the Government’s General Scheme of the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill &#823...

"The report should have gone further and recommended the total abandonment of the Bill and the Government’s proposed LNG development. We are urging all Parliamentarians to protect Irish people from the impact of climate breakdown....”

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/press/oireac...

Strategic Gas Bill does not deliver the solution to Ireland’s energy security needs - Pa Daly TD - Sinn Féin Sinn Féin spokesperson on Climate, the Environment and Energy, Pa Daly TD, has said that the government’s Strategic Gas Bill is not the solution. He has warned that ordinary people should not have to ...

Opposition builds against the SGER Bill:

“The Bill will not result in a...gas reserve that is state-led, temporary or for emergency use only. It will lead to increased gas demand and fossil fuel lock in and will not be compatible with the National Climate Objective…”

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Gas prices up by around 50% today.

A painful reminder that relying on imported fossil fuels is a risky strategy.

“The Government must urgently halt their [SGER] bill and the approval of a state-led LNG facility..."

"...Introducing new fossil fuel infrastructure with the promise that this will not increase gas demand simply does not add up to our responsibility to...phase out all fossil fuels..."

Planning for gas reserve expected to be sought this year Gas Networks Ireland has said that it expects to be in a position to seek planning permission later this year for the country's first Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve in the Shannon Estuary.

"Although Ireland banned the ecologically destructive practice of fracking in 2017, the proposed LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal in Cahiracon, could import fracked gas from the US to Ireland..."

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“We believe that proceeding with this proposed legislation could lead to missed climate targets, increased gas demand and fossil fuel lock in, an entry point for commercial LNG, and further increases and levies on already extortionate household energy bills.”

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Image with a headline relating to Shannon LNG and how it is fundamentally Incompatible with climate policy, followed by an image of a petition calling to keep Ireland LNG free

Fossil fuels in general have a massive impact on our environment and our health. Fracked gas has an even higher impact and that's why fracking for Gas has been banned here in Ireland.

We must keep Ireland LNG Free ✊️

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#SpeirGorm

After the floods, climate obligations cannot be optional A recent Supreme Court decision confirmed all public bodies must perform their functions in a manner consistent with national climate plans and objectives

“...Climate impacts are already hitting Ireland: flooding homes, damaging infrastructure, straining public services and increasing costs for the exchequer. Every year of delay locks in greater risk and greater expense...”

www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Europe’s new energy trap Donald Trump could use gas-export controls or emergency powers to halt or reduce sales to Europe

"Washington’s 2025 National Security Strategy has identified energy dominance as a top strategic priority, spelling out how it can be used as leverage in foreign policy"

www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/0...

"Gas, by whatever name they want to give it, “natural” or otherwise, is a fossil fuel and LNG is considered by experts to be 33% more potent in terms of climate and environmental impacts compared to burning coal..."

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YouTube video by KFDM YouTube Fireball From LNG Pipeline Blast Shakes Cameron Parish Communities

Consultation on Ireland's first LNG terminal:

Kildysart Community Centre, Kildysart, Co. Clare
Thursday, 26 February 2026 - 4.00pm to 7.00pm

Attend to object to this dangerous and unnecessary fossil fuel project!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Cj...

Major projects, including new motorways, at risk after court decision Major projects, such as the proposed LNG terminal and new motorways, are at risk after a Supreme Court ruling about climate change laws, Cabinet ministers fear.

The Supreme Court decision is a step forward, but the Government needs to change course and consider the environment - not look for ‘workarounds’ to ram through climate-wrecking projects!

Extra.ie/2026/02/16/news/irish-news/major-projects-fears-new-roads

Government failing to consider how key policies are damaging climate, says UN expert Plans for LNG, Dublin Airport passenger cap and data-centre expansion ‘need scrutiny’

After 10 days fact-finding in Ireland, UN expert urges the Government to change its priorities..:

“Economic revenue must not come at the expense of protecting the environment and human rights...”

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...and calls out its failures:

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Ireland’s New Digital & AI Strategy: Connecting Our People, Securing Our Future Today marks an important milestone with the publication of Ireland’s new Digital & AI Strategy, Connecting Our People, Securing Our Future. This strategy sets out a clear and confident ambition…

Ireland's AI Strategy was launched yesterday with the tagline: 'A strategy rooted in trust'.

Trust that we will continue to enable US big tech through energy & water intensive data centres, while creating markets for new AI applications.

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Email TDs and Senators to stop Darragh O'Brien's fossil fuel power grab I just emailed the TDs and Senators on the climate committee asking them to stop Darragh O'Briens fossil fuel power grab. Can you do the same?

Jerry McEvilly, @foeireland.bsky.social at PLS hearings:

“The choice before the committee is whether energy security is pursued in a way that strengthens climate law and public trust or undermines both”

Their report is due soon - urge them to protect the climate!

tinyurl.com/StopLNGPowerGrab

A report to the Minister is being drafted this week. Follow the @uplift.ie link to let TDs and Senators on this committee know that the public do not support climate-wrecking LNG!

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Dr Aideen O'Dochartaigh on behalf of @antaisce.bsky.social at last week's hearings:

Campaigners vow to resist ‘reckless and unnecessary’ LNG import terminal in Clare The State’s planned emergency gas reserve in Cahiracon, Co Clare represents a “reckless and unnecessary shift towards long-term fossil gas infrastructure” according to a coalition of campaign groups t...

'The State’s planned emergency gas reserve in Cahiracon, Co Clare represents a “reckless and unnecessary shift towards long-term fossil gas infrastructure” according to a coalition of campaign groups that has vowed to resist the plan'

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Gas Networks Ireland will hold its next community information event at Kildysart Community Centre on Thursday, 26 February 2026, from 4.00pm to 7.00pm

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Text: 'Urgent! Stop Minister's fossil fuel power Grab! Act today to keep Ireland LNG Free!' Image of Darragh O'Brien wearing a crown holding an LNG tanker

Ministers are preparing a report on a climate-wrecking fossil fuel bill giving Darragh O’Brien unprecedented power to bypass planning processes

Email the Committee today to urge them to stop this!

Link to @uplift.ie: Tinyurl.com/StopLNGPowerGrab

There is still time to stop this - follow the link to send an email today!

tinyurl.com/StopLNGPowerGrab

#KeepIrelandLNGFree

“Today’s explosion and ongoing fire are a stark reminder that what they’re selling is highly combustible methane gas - a volatile fossil fuel.”

Contact climate committee members via the link below before 9 February to #KeepIrelandLNGFree

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Plans to fast-track permission for floating gas terminal criticised Oireachtas committee begins hearings on controversial LNG proposals

A "trojan horse" that "punches a hole" in climate law - concerns over LNG proposal being raised at all-party committee hearings by @antaisce.bsky.social @trocaire.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social among others
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Climate expert warns Ireland faces fines of up to €26bn after three more data centres approved A climate academic who appealed the approval of three new data centres in Dublin has warned of fines of up to €26bn for Ireland for missing its climate goals.

“The construction of data centres is outpacing the rollout of renewables...”

The costs:

- €8bn to €26bn in fines
- Loss of faith in democracy as the government prioritises data centres ahead of housing and infrastructure

Oh, and accelerating climate breakdown!

www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

There is still time to stop this - follow the link to send an email today!

tinyurl.com/StopLNGPowerGrab

#KeepIrelandLNGFree

The public consultation for the Joint Committee on Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy’s Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Private Wires Bill 2025 is open until Friday, 6 February 2026

www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee...

Minister Darragh O’Brien has introduced unprecedented legislation to bypass normal planning processes to allow him to ram through a dangerous, expensive and unnecessary fossil fuel project

There is still time to stop this - send an email today!

tinyurl.com/StopLNGPowerGrab

#KeepIrelandLNGFree