Oisin Coghlan

Commuters disrupted as north Dublin hit by heavy rain Follow developments as flooding is being reported in parts of the capital, with north Dublin particularly impacted.

By lifting the Dublin Airport passenger cap, delaying funding for public transport that has planning permission and opening the door to commercial LNG, Minister @darraghobrientd.bsky.social's message to his constituents seems to be: prepare for much more climate chaos.
www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

Breaking news: The UK government’s contentious ban on Palestine Action under anti-terror laws has been ruled unlawful in a landmark legal victory for civil liberties campaigners. ft.trib.al/V0bk3dr

"Crunch time for the Government’s climate commitments" - timely commentary from @oisinc.bsky.social
www.energyireland.ie/crunch-time-...

Our letter in response to John FitzGerald's article last week, which made several incorrect claims about our research, including that it calls for Ireland to "end all livestock production".

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

The views of the presidential candidates on climate change | Oisín Coghlan I've just written to RTE's Prime Time urging them to ask the presidential candidates about climate change in the final TV debate next Tuesday. Here's what I said. Prime Time's email is just primetime@...

I've written to @rte.ie Prime Time urging them to ask the about climate change in the final Presidential debate next Tuesday. Both candidates supported the 2019 declaration of a climate emergency by the Dáil. I want to hear how they would approach it as president.
www.linkedin.com/posts/oisinc...

This is honestly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time- banning the use of the words burger & sausage on plant based products.

The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'?

P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?

The full quote as reported:

“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change,” he said.
“This might be controversial, because I believe in addressing climate change....

"No recollection or records" now vaults over "on mature recollection" to the top of the phrases-that-sank-an-Irish-Presidential-election-campaign charts. In both cases a considered "recollection" proved to be in contradiction with the truth and sank a @fiannafailparty.bsky.social candidate.

Scientists dispute climate advisers’ emissions cuts plan | Newstalk Scientists want an urgent review of Ireland’s proposals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions af...

Infuriating radio debate sparked by our "temperature neutrality" analysis.

Drennan, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, throws out a load of untrue statements that suggests farmers are being unfairly treated in GHG accounting & targets
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www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

A We Act banner on Liberty Hall

A We Act banner on Liberty Hall

A We Act banner on Liberty Hall

A We Act banner on Liberty Hall

Charities and community groups are behind so much of the quiet, unseen work that happens in our communities.

We want to make that work loud and visible.

Visit WeAct.ie.

Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal

Sally Rooney won’t be 35 until February. But can we elect her President in October, let the presidential commission do the job for a few months and have her inauguration on her birthday? You have to be 35 to be President but do you have to be 35 to be elected? www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

We now have ESBN & GNI on record that they can't prevent data centre connections. Upshot is no limits on data centres outside of Dublin + expansion of sites in Dublin - skyrocketing demand, impacts on housing, higher costs, gas dependency & emissions. Urgent need for legislative + policy change!

An Taisce — The National Trust for Ireland welcomes EU Commission Decision An Taisce welcomes the EU Commission requirement that more stringent environmental conditions be applied to farmers applying for a nitrates derogation in order to bring them into compliance with the E...

This decision by the EU shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that has been paying attention to water quality.

What should come as a surprise is that to date the Government has no contingency plan in place for any loss or major revision of the derogation.

www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...

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📆Today is the EU deadline for Social Climate Plans.
In Ireland:
❌ No plan published
❌ No public consultation
These plans are needed to access EU funding to help with heating & transport costs, especially for lower-income households.

What to make of the fact that the sockets at the #NED25 aren’t connected to any power supply 😬? Our infrastructural deficit is getting out of hand altogether 😛.

Good to hear @micheal-martin.bsky.social at #NED25 reiterate the “existential challenge of climate change”, the growing threat from storms like Eowyn, and commit to accelerate #ClimateAction, “doing more and faster”.
But we haven’t seen decisions and delivery to match that rhetoric so far.

Power shortages mean we’ll have to choose between new homes and data centres, top official warns Power shortages mean the country will have to choose between artificial intelligence (AI) and housing, a senior government official has warned.

Time for Taoiseach @micheal-martin.bsky.social to listen to expert advice - top official highlights risk of data centres to housing and need for demand reduction - key elements of @foeireland.bsky.social campaign

👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/

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

Today @trocaire.bsky.social is launching a new climate justice campaign with a powerful report: ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how we’re enabling climate harm & calls on @micheal-martin.bsky.social’s Gov to do its fair share to drive a fast, funded, fossil-fuel phase out

Minister Jerry Buttimer speaking at The Wheel’s Charity Summit.

Great to hear Minister Jerry Buttimer speak so positively about the role charities & voluntary organisations play in communities around Ireland, especially in times like Storm Eowyn, and acknowledging the sector’s calls for multi-annual funding and efficient regulation at The Wheel’s #CharitySummit.

Useful summary by Prof @hannahdaly.ie of the shocking and alarming new figures from @epaireland.bsky.social on Ireland’s emissions that stoke climate chaos.

EPA emissions figures “alarming and shocking” as Ireland goes backwards on climate | Stop Climate Chaos What Government does now is acid test for Micheál Martin’s legacyCommenting on the EPA emissions projections figures published today, which indicate Ireland will only reduce its climate-changing &#823...

Stop Climate Chaos calls @epaireland.bsky.social's new emissions projections "alarming and shocking" and says what @micheal-martin.bsky.social does next is the acid test of his commitment to delivering the Programme for Government and upholding the climate law www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/05...

Lip-service or a lasting legacy on climate? | Eolas Magazine eolas Magazine is Ireland's leading policy, politics and business magazine which reaches over 10,000 senior decision-makers and influencers in government, business and the voluntary sector

My take on @micheal-martin.bsky.social's climate reputation after a few months back as Taoiseach, for @eolasmagazine.bsky.social.
He's undone much of the work he'd done to be regarded as serious on climate change. What he does next will determine his legacy.
www.eolasmagazine.ie/lip-service-...

Mr Foley seems to be saying that a habitable planet for our children is unrealistic and that short term corporate profits and tax revenues are more important: "Climate chaos is a price worth paying for corporate profits".

It’s really bizarre to hear the Taoiseach call the debate around data centres “ill informed”, “without perspective” & “name calling”. It’s not “just” NGOs & academics raising concern - SEAI & CCAC have both said such expansion is a threat to climate targets

www.businesspost.ie/politics/wat...

Image of the Project Dandelion badge

It was also great to have a chance to discuss the work of the Just Transition Commission with Mary Robinson and to receive a Dandelion pin as part of Project Dandelion, which I look forward to supporting.

For the rest of us? We need to stop. Not only does the International Council on Clean Climate (ICCC) reckon that the extra weight and bulk of SUVs outmatches the gains in efficiency we’ve made with improved petrol engines and electric power, but more recently Imperial College London has released a study that shows you’re 44 per cent more likely to die if you’re struck by an SUV as opposed to a more conventional saloon, hatchback or estate. For children, chillingly, that figure rises to 130 per cent. I’ve been known to soften my SUV stance in the face of examples that are charming, or stylish, or notably comfortable, practical or good to drive, but those figures are enough to make any potential SUV purchaser blanch at the prospect. Or, at least, they ought to.

Wow. An honest review of an SUV.

www.irishtimes.com/motors/revie...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Gaza.

Ok @gavreilly.com, entertain me 😎.
(Or Lord Reith me if you must)

🔥 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍? 🔥

📢 New EEB study: Just one-third of the EU’s Social Climate Fund could

✅ Deploy 20M heat pumps
✅ Cover every energy-poor household in 9 EU countries
✅ Cut EU gas use by 11%

Carbon revenues = a game changer for homes

📘 Read the report: www.coolproducts.eu/heating-and-...