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Supermac’s owner fails in bid to block legal costs protection for environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment challenging wastewater connection agreement for new motorway service station in Co Clare

Supermac’s owner fails in bid to block legal costs protection for environmental group

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Planning and Environment litigation update Hello all, I thought I'd give a quick update on trends so far this year in the planning and environment court. The punch line is that new cases continue to trend downwards with 50% fewer cases brought...

Planning and environment litigation down 50% so far this year, read my latest report ↘

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Clive Lewis totally gets it. Will Labour listen?

Professor Áine Ryall has been re-elected unanimously as Chair of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee.

The Convention is a multilateral agreement linking the environment and human rights.

She was elected Chair in 2021 and re-elected to serve a second term as Chair in Feb 2026.

Post summarizing the core arguments from my recent book

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I have woken up to excellent news.

Now can certain Irish parties PLEASE stop thinking the way to win elections is to pander to the right?

Interesting take from this Minister

SpaceX's 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checks The environmental impact of SpaceX's planned gargantuan mega-constellation is still being grappled with, but the FCC isn’t required to study it

SpaceX's 1 million AI satellites could cause "massive ozone depletion" and change the night sky forever - but the FCC has no requirement to check before approving them.

Astronomers are now scrambling to submit their concerns.

Story by me in New Scientist

www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

Jack Chambers says planning decisions ‘out of control’ after Rotunda Hospital refusal The "subjective" nature of planning decisions has got "out of control", the Infrastructure Minister has said, as he again hit out at planning authorities following the decision to refuse the Rotunda H...

One week, we have the Taoiseach saying that planning decisions have to be left to planning authorities, and you shouldn't be able to challenge them. The next week, we have Jack Chambers saying the planning authorities are out of control.

Make it make sense.

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Outstanding piece. Contains well-evidenced key takeaways:
"Democratic survival ... is determined in large part by how obvious the threat to democracy is. The more people recognize that an elected leader is trying to destroy democracy from within, the less likely it is that said leader will succeed"

Zohran Mamdani Wants to Reclaim Efficiency From the Right New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is trying to demonstrate that the public sector can match or even surpass the private sector in excellence. It’s high time the Left reclaimed the value of “efficienc...

More here

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This is interesting

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I draw the line at liquorice

I genuinely love grapefruit juice

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

A number of months ago, many Americans online—myself included—began telling foreign nationals to stop coming to the United States (for now) for their own safety. The events described below are exactly why.

Stay away from America, friends. Don't come here.

If you’re verified or thinking of getting verified on LinkedIn please read this. LinkedIn is a VLOP.

HT @simonelinke.com

Experts express ‘extreme concern’ over delay to climate action plan Minister says plan is coming, but academics say there is no justification for holdup

“We wish to state plainly and unequivocally that, in our informed view, there is no basis in science and no discernible basis in law for [the Minister's] assertion."
– Experts' “extreme concern” over the delay in publishing an updated national Climate Action Plan.
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They've also been in breach of their planning permission over the last five years for incredibly bright lights shining into people's houses and using fake trees instead of real landscaping.

The people here have had enough and they want safer streets.

I spoke to the Irish Times earlier about the situation on Old Cabra Road where a petrol station owned by Lissan Coal Company is preventing the delivery of safe pedestrian and cycle infrastructure and faster bus journey times because it affects their commercial profits.

Great turnout at our protest for safe cycling & walking infrastructure in Cabra today. Tks to @feljin.ie @garygannontd.bsky.social @pbp.ie @mariesherlock.bsky.social, Daniel Ennis, Cieran Perry & Seamas McGrattan for their support! Tks also to @irishtimes.com for coming along. #SpeirGorm

Public transport project being held up by a petrol station taking JR, locals protest.

Locals protest against company’s opposition to Dublin public-transport scheme Petrol station is located on the proposed Blanchardstown-to-Dublin city centre BusConnects corridor

Locals protest against company’s opposition to Dublin public-transport scheme

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One of the identified risks is, unsurprisingly, the government’s proposal to limit judicial reviews. #speirghorm

🇮🇪 I just concluded my 10-day official visit to #Ireland, where I observed important progress in protecting the environment, but these achievements are at risk.

Press release: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
@un-spexperts.bsky.social

End of mission statement: www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

The full report will be presented on March 2027.

#ireland #environment #humanrights

Gladys West obituary: Gifted mathematician who helped develop GPS She never told friends or family what she did for the US government: most of the work was top secret

Gladys West obituary: Gifted mathematician who helped develop GPS

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Ireland No. 1 in Europe - yet again. GHGs rose faster (+3.2%) in Ireland in Q3 2025 than ANYWHERE else in Europe.

#Climate action, my eye.

⬇️ BREAKING - EU Commission answers EU Ombudswoman's findings of maladministration following a complaint by @foeeurope.bsky.social and 8 partner organisations. My reaction ⬇️

Op-Ed: “Private Enforcement of EU Environmental Law after the Environmental Omnibus” - EU Law Live This Op-Ed forms part of EU Law Live’s symposium on the Private Enforcement of European Environmental Law and Policy, which has featured Op-Eds by Clemens Kaupa, Christoph Sobotta, Alexandre Biard, Va...

EU law: The ‘streamlining’ sought through the Omnibus threatens the fragile architecture of private enforcement in EU environmental law, built over decades of legal mobilisation.

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Sinn Féin TD won't resign as Drogheda United chairperson following Israel comments Joanna Byrne, who is Sinn Féin TD for Louth, claims that the club’s board have said that her position is untenable.

Good woman Joanna, the bullying and intimidation of anyone who speaks out against Israel is relentless and must be exposed. #BoycottIsrael jrnl.ie/6960999