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If data centres facilitated this kind of flexibility in Ireland it would change the paradigm for the #IrishEnergyTransition
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December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
If data centres facilitated this kind of flexibility in Ireland it would change the paradigm for the #IrishEnergyTransition
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Calling this something farmers will “enjoy” is absurd. Corporate interests get the profits, and the environmental damage gets dumped on everyone else.
This is an unforgivable breach of the social contract between the Irish Government and the Irish people.
This is an unforgivable breach of the social contract between the Irish Government and the Irish people.
Irish farmers’ nitrates derogation extended by EU for further three years
Extension of exemption follows extensive lobbying by Government in Brussels
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December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Calling this something farmers will “enjoy” is absurd. Corporate interests get the profits, and the environmental damage gets dumped on everyone else.
This is an unforgivable breach of the social contract between the Irish Government and the Irish people.
This is an unforgivable breach of the social contract between the Irish Government and the Irish people.
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When dirty politics meets dirty money, the public interest is the real loser, and nowhere is this clearer than in extending the licence to pollute, aka the nitrates derogation.
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Irish farmers’ nitrates derogation extended by EU for further three years
Extension of exemption follows extensive lobbying by Government in Brussels
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December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When dirty politics meets dirty money, the public interest is the real loser, and nowhere is this clearer than in extending the licence to pollute, aka the nitrates derogation.
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Mr. Oil Man, start your machines
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December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Recent changes to scheduling and dispatch for batteries on the grid have had an immediate effect 🔋
Read all about it in November's "Irish Grid Monthly", now freely available. Newsletter subscribers receive it every month on the first; sign-up for free today!
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Read all about it in November's "Irish Grid Monthly", now freely available. Newsletter subscribers receive it every month on the first; sign-up for free today!
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Irish Grid Monthly: November 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Recent changes to scheduling and dispatch for batteries on the grid have had an immediate effect 🔋
Read all about it in November's "Irish Grid Monthly", now freely available. Newsletter subscribers receive it every month on the first; sign-up for free today!
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Read all about it in November's "Irish Grid Monthly", now freely available. Newsletter subscribers receive it every month on the first; sign-up for free today!
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Advisers concerned by lack of funding commitment for nature restoration plan
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Advisers concerned by lack of funding commitment for nature restoration plan
Plan is to be published in draft form for public consultation early next year
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December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Advisers concerned by lack of funding commitment for nature restoration plan
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Meanwhile, in Galway, we've been talking *for decades* about how it might be nice to have a pedestrian/cycle bridge over the piers of the old railway line to Clifden, which was shut down in 1935.
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De Snelbinder cycle bridge. Opened in 2004, attached to the side of an existing 1879 railway bridge, it runs for 2km linking Nijmegen to Lent by bike, alongside trains. Same crossing, different century. This is what decades of serious investment in cycling and sustainable urban planning looks like.
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Meanwhile, in Galway, we've been talking *for decades* about how it might be nice to have a pedestrian/cycle bridge over the piers of the old railway line to Clifden, which was shut down in 1935.
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High Court hears dispute over new Government apartment guidelines
Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
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Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
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High Court hears dispute over new Government apartment guidelines
Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
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December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
High Court hears dispute over new Government apartment guidelines
Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
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Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
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“no state may claim its emissions are “too small to matter”
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
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Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
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‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
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December 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“no state may claim its emissions are “too small to matter”
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And it's out! Subscriber-only for now, so sign-up for free to be among the first to read about what happened during November.
A new month and, as usual, we're hard at work on the latest issue of "Irish Grid Monthly". *Plenty* happening on the grid during November, particularly in storage. Sign-up now for free and receive it later today! 📩
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December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 43% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 75% at 19:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 43% of demand. 2% of generation was exported, 16% of demand was met by imports.
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 43% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 75% at 19:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 43% of demand. 2% of generation was exported, 16% of demand was met by imports.
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Well done renewables but not at all unusual, especially for November -- we had a couple of 70%+ days this week.
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Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 75% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 86% at 04:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 29% of demand. 5% of generation was exported, 1% of demand was met by imports.
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Well done renewables but not at all unusual, especially for November -- we had a couple of 70%+ days this week.
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Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 32% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 44% at 14:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 44% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 24% of demand was met by imports.
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 32% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 44% at 14:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 44% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 24% of demand was met by imports.
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Oireachtas committee calls for greater powers for bodies like Inland Fisheries Ireland, encourages EPA to revoke discharge licences for persistent non-compliance, & sampling mandated to happen within 24 hours of any reported fish kill
#waterpollution
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#waterpollution
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Oireachtas committee calls for tougher penalties after major Blackwater fish kill in Cork
An Oireachtas committee recommends stronger enforcement powers, rapid response protocols and tougher penalties following Ireland’s largest recorded fish kill
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November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Oireachtas committee calls for greater powers for bodies like Inland Fisheries Ireland, encourages EPA to revoke discharge licences for persistent non-compliance, & sampling mandated to happen within 24 hours of any reported fish kill
#waterpollution
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#waterpollution
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The discovery of a Flapper Skate egg on Bray seafront is another reminder that all is not lost. Even the Irish Sea has the capacity to recover if given a fighting chance.
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An extraordinary find in the Irish Sea left experts gobsmacked
Ella McSweeney: Is a once-common species returning to the Irish Sea thanks to overspill from marine protected areas elsewhere?
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November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The discovery of a Flapper Skate egg on Bray seafront is another reminder that all is not lost. Even the Irish Sea has the capacity to recover if given a fighting chance.
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Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
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Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
Repeated problems at North Cork Creameries came to light during investigation into Blackwater fish kill
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November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
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Schools, sports clubs, general amenity, social initiatives and community facilities in Kilkenny will benefit from Wind Turbine funds to the tune of €64K www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/your-co...
Kilkenny communities to get windfarm windfall of €64,000
Schools, sports clubs, general amenity, social initiatives and community facilities will benefit
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November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Schools, sports clubs, general amenity, social initiatives and community facilities in Kilkenny will benefit from Wind Turbine funds to the tune of €64K www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/your-co...
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Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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See how wide, safe, and comfortable the cycle paths are? This is what we deserve in Ireland.
Anything but is simply not good enough.
Anything but is simply not good enough.
This bus-and-cycle expressway runs directly from Nijmegen station to the university and hospital in the south of the city. People on bikes and buses get there fast without delays, while motor traffic has to take the longer route.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
See how wide, safe, and comfortable the cycle paths are? This is what we deserve in Ireland.
Anything but is simply not good enough.
Anything but is simply not good enough.
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Enjoy a cosier home with the Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme.
Warm up your home with an affordable loan.
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Warm up your home with an affordable loan.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Enjoy a cosier home with the Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme.
Warm up your home with an affordable loan.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3ZHIGE0
Warm up your home with an affordable loan.
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This clean energy surge is set to increase exponentially as wind, solar and batteries become cheaper and easier to install than fossil fuels. www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c... #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This clean energy surge is set to increase exponentially as wind, solar and batteries become cheaper and easier to install than fossil fuels. www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c... #cdnpoli
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Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper is now available. I argued for the futility of trying to solve Ireland’s congestion crisis with more roads, while also having a hop off a pet peeve: petrol-powered leaf blowers.
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Are Leaf Blowers Bad For The Environment?
On this week’s Environment slot, Matt talks to John Gibbons about the noise and air pollution produced by leaf blowers.Meanwhile, in response to an earlier...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper is now available. I argued for the futility of trying to solve Ireland’s congestion crisis with more roads, while also having a hop off a pet peeve: petrol-powered leaf blowers.
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Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 27% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 77% at 00:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 53% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 20% of demand was met by imports.
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 27% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 77% at 00:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 53% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 20% of demand was met by imports.
Community Solar Irish style- www.offalyindependent.ie/2025/11/19/i...
Initial phase of pioneering Fivealley solar project completed | Offaly Independent
The first phase of the pioneering Solar Meitheal Project in the townland of Fivealley has been successfully completed.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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