Niall Leahy SJ

NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months

* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor

If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…

www.carbonbrief.org/...

Ireland’s prison system under fire over treatment of inmates with mental illness RTÉ documentary lays bare how prisoners with severe mental illness are failed by the State, with devastating consequences for families

I interviewed a retired prison officer last year who told me of one prisoner’s mother showing up on the day of his committal with his teddy; he couldn’t sleep without it. Mick has been covering this for a long time
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

New book from Michael Byrne, seeking to map why the rent is too damn high

Everyone in @jcfjustice.bsky.social is very excited about this from @mickbyrne.bsky.social

More of this please. Badly needed.

Roderic O’Gorman 'still facing threats and social media abuse' 'I never got homophobic abuse until I was 39, a minister, and there’s a gang outside Leinster House with a noose," says Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman.

A good interview about how poor the new government has been, from the mouth of someone at the heart of the (much better) older one
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

Cycling without a helmet and high-vis clothing may be made criminal offences in Ireland — Law areound cyclists being reviewed with e-scooter proposals for helmets and high-vis. Seán Canney, the Minister of State for road safety, is considering making it illegal to cycle without …

Having rowed back on lowering speed limits and reforming the Road Safety Authority, Minister Canney is now doubling down on the RSA's failed policies by scapegoating the most vulnerable on the road instead of following evidence-based measures to make our roads safer.

irishcycle.com/2026/01/23/c...

How Ireland got hooked on ultra-processed foods – and the only viable solution Reformulating ultra-processed food as effective as low-tar cigarettes or guns with fewer bullets

This sheds a lot of light on the science and business of food. Education is not enough. Time for government to start the shift away from ultra processed food www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

guess we know the reason why the Minister for Justice was sitting on this inspection report

Go raibh maith agat for the plug Marc!

‘Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin’: Judge reduces €50,000 damages award by 80% Court finds cyclist was mainly responsible for collision with motorbike in which he suffered brain and soft-tissue injuries

‘Cyclists have become a nightmare in Dublin’: Judge reduces €50,000 damages award by 80%
By the same token, I have to declare experientially that drivers seem to be out-of-control on our roads managing to kill 190 in 2025.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Opinion: 2025 was a devastating year on Irish roads. We need a transport system that keeps us safe Safety of pedestrians and cyclists on Irish roads is going in exactly the wrong direction, writes Dr Catherine Conlon.

"What we need is a transport system that supports heath. This means safe, high-quality infrastructure for walking and cycling integrated with high quality public transport that is complimented by car use when needed."

Excellent article by Dr. Catherine Conlon.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/road-...

Regime change in an oil rich country - I mean what could go wrong.

Looking forwarding to hosting this webinar on Pope Leo’s first major piece of teaching next Tuesday 28th with @kevinhargaden.bsky.social , Fr Peter McVerry SJ and Trocaire’s Jane Mellet

Believing Is Not Escaping: What Politics Could Learn from Religion - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland Naming the Assumptions Let us start by stating two common assumptions: The first position used to be extended often by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens and their ilk. I have heard it myself: t...

In our latest blog post @kevinhargaden.bsky.social calls for our leaders to be courageous in facing up to a climate crisis that won't negotiate. www.jcfj.ie/2025/10/14/b...

Buried at the back of an article - current Director of the Irish Car Park Association; David Cullen admits they were wrong about the #TransportPlan

“We’ve been embarrassed to say we got it wrong… some of our car parks are busier than ever”

‘Mon the Town!

Can’t wait to go to this. Please spread the word among younger adults who might be interested.

JCFJ Has a New Director - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland The Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice is delighted to announce the appointment of Fr Niall Leahy SJ as its new Director. The appointment marks a further investment by the Irish Jesuits in the missio...

We are excited to welcome @nlsj.bsky.social as JCFJ's new director. His experience in the Church, Community & knowledge of social justice issues will be an excellent guide in the coming years!

More here: www.jcfj.ie/2025/09/04/j

"The darkness first takes our children who then kill our children, using the guns that are easier to obtain than aspirin. We sacralize death's instruments and then are surprised that death uses them." - Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, TX

YouTube video by Knock Shrine Fr Niall Leahy SJ

Hope and humility in a time of environmental crisis — the theme of my homily yesterday at Knock on Day 7 of the National Novena to Our Lady of Knock. VERY ENCOURAGED by how warmly the message was received. #Laudatosi youtu.be/wzvaRo0nqzE?...

Just another example of the many things continuing to feed our housing crisis

JCFJ’s new housing policy advocate @alexiacobrien.bsky.social is not only educating me about #housing policy but also about new Irish pop music.

Pope Francis' Love for the Local - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland If you do a search for the word ‘local’ in Laudato Si’, Pope Francis’ letter on the care of our common home, you will discover that the document is peppered with references to all sorts of local conce...

www.jcfj.ie/2025/08/07/p...

@nlsj.bsky.social helps us explore what localism looks like in his 3rd in the three part blog series on localism different parts of society, encouraging us to challenge what we see as normal:

Let us introduce you to Daniel O’Connell, the Liberator. A🧵

Born on this day 250 years ago, he won Catholic emancipation in 1829 without violence, proving that mass political mobilisation could change British policy in Ireland. /1

YouTube video by Jesuits in Britain Finding God in All Things: Jesuits across Europe reflect on Ignatian Spirituality

Jesuits from across Europe reflect on what it means to find God in all things youtu.be/Yo-jrk-b7Hw?...

Combined call on the Dept. of Transport to recommit to the introduction of a 30 km/h default speed limit in urban areas The Dublin Commuter Coalition, along with other transport, safety, health and environmental groups, urge the Dept. of Transport to recommit to their original plan of reducing urban speed limits from…

The Government rollback on commitments to reduce road speeds is quite simply shocking!

30kph speeds have been proven to reduce road accidents, injuries and fatalities but will now be left up to local Councils

We’re calling on them to recommit to #Love30

www.dublincommuters.ie/post/combine...

So delighted to commend this book from my friend and colleague Matthew Whelan:
"Christianity and Agroecology"
cambridge.org/core/element...
It’s available to download free of charge until August 4th.
An amazing resource.

I wrote about the revolutionary failure of the proto-bicycle and how we risk repeating that error

The Prophetic Origins of the Bicycle - Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice in Ireland In April 1815, the Mount Tambora volcano in Indonesia erupted with a force unmatched in recorded history. A massive plume of ash and gas reached the stratosphere, darkening the skies. The year before,...

www.jcfj.ie/2025/07/27/t...

It's important we remember our history.

'The first bike was born out of crisis. In the wake of Mount Tambora’s eruption, old routines were no longer sustainable. Karl von Drais responded not by retreating into nostalgia but by inventing a new way of moving forward.'

Jesuits from Four Continents Unite in the UK for Ecological Formation and Global Collaboration — Integral Ecology Summer School 2025 Participants were selected for their pastoral, academic, or professional engagement with ecological issues—ranging from scientific research and theological enquiry to hands-on projects with vulnerable...

Jesuits from four continents unite in the UK for Ecological Formation and Global Collaboration 2025

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