Phil Kearney

The Greens’ triumph is Labour’s catastrophe The Gorton and Denton result is as disruptive as it gets. The old pendulum didn’t just swing: it snapped

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/725...

Week #374 We managed to escape a downpour! Increasingly erratic weather is part & parcel of the climate crisis that our Govt seems intent on making worse - with plans to abolish the Dublin airport passenger cap, build fossil fuel import terminals, support of nitrates derogation etc.

Week 372 of protest as Govt demonstrates cognitive dissonance, trying to ram through a State LNG import terminal as the climate crisis deepens and Ireland is battered by rain and floods. Contact your TDs & tell them to #KeepIrelandLNGFree put a #MoratoriumOnDataCentres and #KeepThePassengerCap

Week #369 of our weekly protest outside the Dáil from 1 to 2pm on Fridays, demanding #ClimateJustice. Our Government treats the climate crisis like an afterthought, instead of the existential crisis that it is. Come join us any Friday to help shine a spotlight on the dire need for action on climate!

Hi Angela, thanks for creating the Bluesky account for FFFF.
Slight error in the number of weeks - today was 369! That's 7 years, 1 month and 1 week.

If There is a Will, There is a Way (the An Taisce Way) Eric Conroy shares some of his An Taisce memories on the occasion of his 'roundy birthday' and reflects on what being a long-standing member has meant to him for over 40 years

www.antaisce.org/blog/if-ther...

Europe must act to stop Sudan’s genocide I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too?

I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...

Great article by @orlakelleher.bsky.social on the much propagandised Judicial Review bogeyman.

Developer interests need something to deflect from real failures of a system which has been deliberately designed by them to produce profit, not homes.

Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan Politics Podcast · Updated twice weekly · The best analysis of the Irish political scene featuring Irish Times journalists, political thinkers and the occasional politician. Hosted by Hugh Linehan. Ho...

@orla-hegarty.bsky.social is such a calm and effective communicator. Here quietly exposing @progressireland.bsky.social’s regressive, but highly influential, deregulatory schtick dressed up as “progress” podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...

Very much looking forward to this conversation with @whittledaway.bsky.social around THE LIE OF THE LAND this Sunday from 2pm in @booksupstairs.bsky.social in Dublin City centre.

Do come along if you’re free.

Old fogey friends of FridaysforFuture. Wet & windy Week 361.

Europe must act to stop Sudan’s genocide I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too?

I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...

Clear and accessible rejoinder to the 'squash all JRs brigade - except those being taken by developers. See also: www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...

'The dominion extends into the past. We take our energy by stripping open the earth and burning the remains of former life. In consuming that past, we also consume the future. P. 171.

'Humans have stripped 1/3 of the trees from Earth's surface. We humans outweigh all the wild land mammals by a factor of 20; our livestock weighs 30 times as much as the mammals beyond the fences.' On Freedom @timothysnyder.bsky.social P. 170. Illus. Anton Logov: Close the sky over Ukraine!

Are we doing enough to protect our National Parks? Padraic Fogarty, Ecologist and Author and Christopher O’Sullivan, Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity

I discussed the management of our National Parks earlier with Minister Christopher O'Sullivan. There are positives but we're not at the stage where we can say that the State is managing Parks to a high standard.

www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Full credit to @autofac.bsky.social, Prof John Sweeney, @hannahdaly.ie & @swimsure.bsky.social for authoritative and persuasive presentations to the Joint Oireachtas Committee.

Amid drone attacks, activists confront fear and hope on Gaza flotilla Global Sumud Flotilla braces for escalating dangers as it approaches Gaza amid drone attacks, Israeli threats.

Global Sumud Flotilla braces for escalating dangers as it approaches Gaza amid drone attacks, Israeli threats.

Keep the Dublin Airport Passenger Cap - Help protect children from harm I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too?

I've just signed this petition to keep the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to protect our climate and our children's futures. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie

Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists Anish Kapoor work referring to ‘butchering of our environment’ believed to be first piece of fine art exhibited from a working gas extraction platform Greenpeace activists have scaled a gas rig, stretched a 96 sq metre canvas across its side and stained it crimson, in a protest designed with Anish Kapoor. The work, in the North Sea, is believed to be the first piece of fine art exhibited from a working gas extraction platform. Continue reading...

Huge ‘Butchered’ artwork installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace activists

I've been privileged to get my hands on a review copy of @thinkorswim.bsky.social's fantastic new book which is an important chronicle of Ireland's climate failures (and occasional successes). Lot's of people will want to read this!

Screen grab of paper title, published in Environmental Research Letters, 12 August 2025. Title reads: National temperature neutrality, agricultural methane emissions and climate policy: reinforcing inequality in the global food system. Duffy et al 2025.

🧵THREAD on agri-methane and ‘no additional warming’

Why is it so important to reduce methane (CH4) emissions from agriculture in the near term?

What happens when countries like #Ireland use ‘no additional warming’ to set climate targets?

PAPER: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

(1/18)

If “no additional warming” replaces net zero, is that progress — or backsliding?

Ireland is our case study in a new paper 🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1748...

We found it:
(1)Grandfathers high emissions from wealthy livestock nations, (2)Shifts burden,
(3) Fails on food security

#Methane #ClimateJustice

However, the ongoing & increasing critique of the Irish agri-food sector is ignored by this Review. Scientific, agricultural experts, NGOs & small farmers see it.
Complacency benefits the sector's big profit-takers in the short-term, but the public & nature bear the cost.
The CCAC could say so.
/fin

Friends of #FridaysforFuture, Dublin, Week 344.
‘We live for a few short decades, if we are lucky, on this miraculous planet. It’s remarkable, and we ought to pay attention to its everyday glories. We are nature, you and me; it isn’t something abstract’ @herdyshepherd.bsky.social, James Rebanks.

Friends of #FridaysforFuture, Dublin, Week 343.
‘Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see?’

Sign Now: We stand with Palestine Action I've signed this petition in solidarity with activists and leaders in Palestine Action and reject Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to proscribe them as terrorism organisation - will you sign too?

I've signed this petition in solidarity with activists and leaders in Palestine Action and reject Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to proscribe them as terrorism organisation - will you sign too? @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/we...

No business as usual with Israel: Demand action from Europe

Don't stay silent on Gaza. Netanyahu's actions violate human rights and Europe needs to act.
I've just emailed EU politicians to demand the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

➡️ Send your email now and make a difference. share.greens-efa.eu/s/JKiMWZKN

Banking on Climate Chaos 2025 - Banking on Climate Chaos The world’s 65 biggest banks committed $7,900,000,000,000 over 9 years to the fossil fuel industry, driving climate chaos & deadly health impacts.

BREAKING! The 16th #BankingOnClimateChaos reveals that fossil fuel financing from the world’s top 65 banks has reached $7.9 TRILLION since 2016. See how your bank is using your money at bankingonclimatechaos.org #DefundClimateChaos #BOCC

Sadhbh O’Neill: There is still a small chance of rescuing Wexford lagoon from the same fate as Lough Neagh Agricultural run-off is harming Lady’s Island lake, yet priority seems to be retention of nitrates derogation

There is still a small chance of rescuing Wexford lagoon from the same fate as Lough Neagh

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...