Antóin McDermott

There is a co-ordinated attack underway on access to justice & environmental democracy, with the Irish public being bombarded daily with anti-judicial review messaging from all sides.

This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.

Money Talks, Bullshit Walks Money is is talking us into autocracy - we shouldn't let it Money is talking us into autocracy by appropriating the common good to serve the 1%, but the common good isn't promoted by squashing people'...

Money talks, bullshit walks

We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵

www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...

Climate expert: We weren't hearing about the candidates' stances on climate action, so I asked them directly Here’s what Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly said about climate action and what it means for the election, writes Dr Cara Augustenborg.

Please email primetime@rte.ie to ask them to break the #ClimateSilence & ask the 2 candidates "How will you integrate climate change into your Presidency?” in the last TV debate on Tuesday

I've done the research to make this easy @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...

#Aras25

Oh lordy. No, these are not "heat pumps". They are *water* pumps installed in conventional fossil-fuel heating systems. 🤦‍♂️

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

‘Israel’s daily cruelty in Gaza that we’re witnessing, and the political class in most of the Western world just cheering it on, is the darkest thing I've seen in my whole life.’

-Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Maté

Call on Ireland’s Government to Protect its Seas Join us by signing the petition today and telling the Irish government that they cannot delay any longer. Sign the petition at only.one/30x30ireland. #30x30Ireland #FairSeas

If you've been watching Prime Time & you want to do something to get marine protected areas into law, then sign the @fairseas.ie petition to the Irish Govt asking to get a move on.

Join over 80,000 people who have already signed. Let's get it to 100,000! 🌊✊#rtept

The German police brutally assault an Irish woman protesting against Israel's genocide.

The German state is a disgrace.

It committed genocide against the Jewish people - far from its only genocide.

It forced Palestinians to pay the price, viciously silencing anyone who objects

Israel -(and US who are complicit )- determined to kill those reporting the genocide - what does it take for the international community to act?

At least 66 children dead of malnutrition in Gaza as Israel tightens siege The deaths come as UNICEF warns of an ‘alarming’ increase in the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip.

The deaths come as UNICEF warns of an ‘alarming’ increase in the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip.

Opinion: Why don't we regulate farms like we do pharmaceuticals? Environmental campaigner Pádraic Fogarty says farming is the elephant in Ireland’s climate room, and we should therefore be better regulating it.

We should stop looking at farming like it was something out of a children's story book and regulate it, just like we do the pharmaceutical industry

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Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.

Israeli fire kills 23 people in Gaza, many at aid site Israeli fire and airstrikes killed at least 23 people across Gaza, most of them near an aid distribution site operated by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, local health authorities said.

No rest for the wicked: despite having just launched an all-out war on #Iran, Israel continues to simultaneously slaughter civilians in #Gaza.

The only language they understand is violence.

www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Ireland is Israel's second biggest trading partner - we need to look at why Ireland's dependency on the US is embedded in the State's DNA, and now makes us complicit in Israel's war crimes

A lot of questions raised by Al Jazeera last week when it was revealed that Ireland is Israel's second largest trading partner. Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie explain why, in today's Irish Examiner

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

The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.

Woman in March in Cork holds large hand written poster reading Strip search the fucking war planes NOT the mothers

How environmentally sustainable is Irish aquaculture? - Sustainable Water Network At Thursday’s IFA Aquaculture Conference, Minister Timmy Dooley reiterated the government’s commitment to continuing to support the development of the aquaculture sector and streamlining aquaculture l...

How environmentally sustainable is Irish aquaculture? As the government promotes aquaculture growth here, this #WorldWaterDay we explore some of the claims made around its sustainability, and the effects certain aspects of it are having on water quality & biodiversity swanireland.ie/2025/03/how-...

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell If You Eat Meat You Should Know This

youtube.com/watch?v=5sVf...

Putting this out today as don't want to dampen the parade on Monday.

We need to look after this beautiful country we have and the wonderful lakes that are so important to our heritage.

We'll have much more to celebrate if we do. 🎉☘️🐟

#StPatricksDay #RestoreOurWaters

Can anyone look at this graphic and say that we do not urgently need rewilding on a massive scale?

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

HOME | Rewild! Join a growing network of people in Ireland taking action in the face of the biodiversity emergency

Launching! 🚀

Today I'm launching a new service for landowners in Ireland who want to rewild their land. I hope this will be the start of a network that will promote rewilding in this country - the time is right!

New social 🙋‍♂️
@rewildyourland.bsky.social

take a look 👇
www.rewildyourland.ie

Prolonged Storm Éowyn power cuts highlight the dire need to build our electricity resilience If this storm erodes public confidence in electrification, it could lead to backtracking

Storm Eowyn exposed the lack of resilience in our energy infrastructure. Further fueling climate breakdown isnt the answer. Now is the time to accelerate the transition to clean, smart & resilient rural energy systems.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Short presentation (< 15mins) on just how vanishingly small are our remaining carbon budgets for 1.5 & 2°C - both globally & when downscaled to wealthy industrialised nations. In a handful of years our Paris 2°C commitment will go the way same way as has 1.5°C.
climateuncensored.com/irelands-cli...

‘Mind-blowing’ cuts in greenhouse gases needed for Ireland to meet climate pledges, scientist warns Ireland has under-counted the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions needed to comply with climate obligations, a leading scientist has said.

Ireland has under-counted the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions needed to comply with climate obligations, a leading scientist has said.

30% annual CO2 reductions needed (current off-track targets are 4.3%)!

m.independent.ie/irish-news/m...

A huge number of people across Ireland went to bed last night by candlelight. Today they wake up to houses with no electricity or water. We are all vulnerable to climate change. Rural communitues will always be the worst effected. We need climate action from rural politicians.

Planet could 'cease to function' without action to address soil decay The world's growing population is putting pressure on its arable land, and scientists warn 90 per cent of all soil could be degraded by 2050 unless urgent action is taken.

“90 per cent of the planet's soil could be degraded by 2050 unless urgent action is taken”

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Let’s get real: Ireland’s data centre boom is driving up fossil fuel dependence At a time of climate crisis, the new Government has a choice to make between carbon budgets and economic growth at all costs

Let’s get real: Ireland’s data centre boom is driving up fossil fuel dependence www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

A neuropsychologist’s view on how to thrive in an angry, unpredictable world All emotions serve an evolutionary purpose — the key is not to hide from anger, but to harness it productively

2025 will be a tough year for our global environment & well-being. Avoiding the anger-anxiety spiral will be a big challenge for individuals. This is good advice to keep front of mind as we venture forth.

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

My Top 5 Christmas albums. Add yours.

The New Possibility by John Fahey