Irish Doctors for the Environment
@irishdocsenv.bsky.social
An organisation of healthcare professionals and students in Ireland dedicated to promoting good health by addressing the health impacts of the climate and biodiversity crises through environmental care.
Registered charity (#20205893)
🔗 https://ide.ie
Registered charity (#20205893)
🔗 https://ide.ie
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Let’s fuel health not harm #BanFossilAds
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My average speed cycling to and from work is ~18km/h.
The reason it's not faster: Cars and terrible (or completely absent) active travel infrastructure.
Bikes are the future of transport.
The reason it's not faster: Cars and terrible (or completely absent) active travel infrastructure.
Bikes are the future of transport.
Dublin Buses averaged just 13.5km/h during morning rush hour in October
Westmoreland Street is the busiest stop and E1 the busiest route.
www.thejournal.ie
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
My average speed cycling to and from work is ~18km/h.
The reason it's not faster: Cars and terrible (or completely absent) active travel infrastructure.
Bikes are the future of transport.
The reason it's not faster: Cars and terrible (or completely absent) active travel infrastructure.
Bikes are the future of transport.
In other words, policy and planning working exactly as intended.
This is not an accident. This is what happens when you prioritise cars above all else, paired with urban sprawl, while ignoring active and public transport infrastructure for decades.
This is not an accident. This is what happens when you prioritise cars above all else, paired with urban sprawl, while ignoring active and public transport infrastructure for decades.
Dublin Buses averaged just 13.5km/h during morning rush hour in October
Westmoreland Street is the busiest stop and E1 the busiest route.
www.thejournal.ie
December 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In other words, policy and planning working exactly as intended.
This is not an accident. This is what happens when you prioritise cars above all else, paired with urban sprawl, while ignoring active and public transport infrastructure for decades.
This is not an accident. This is what happens when you prioritise cars above all else, paired with urban sprawl, while ignoring active and public transport infrastructure for decades.
The government are failing to take tangible climate action and adapt to the worsening effects of climate breakdown.
We're in real trouble.
We're in real trouble.
Climate watchdog highly critical of plans to protect Ireland against extreme weather
Climate Change Advisory Council says Government’s proposals lack detail and clear lines of responsibility
www.irishtimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The government are failing to take tangible climate action and adapt to the worsening effects of climate breakdown.
We're in real trouble.
We're in real trouble.
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Cities around the world are banning fossil fuel advertising.
Why can't Dublin? Or more accurately, why won't Dublin?
#ReimagineDublin #BanFossilAds
Why can't Dublin? Or more accurately, why won't Dublin?
#ReimagineDublin #BanFossilAds
Many cities are banning ads for airlines, SUVs and fossil fuels – and yours could be next
Billboard ads for airlines, SUVs and fossil fuel companies are now prohibited in cities like Edinburgh, Sheffield, Stockholm and Toronto.
theconversation.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Cities around the world are banning fossil fuel advertising.
Why can't Dublin? Or more accurately, why won't Dublin?
#ReimagineDublin #BanFossilAds
Why can't Dublin? Or more accurately, why won't Dublin?
#ReimagineDublin #BanFossilAds
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This is #Switzerland ‘s mainline. Once you connect with it, from branch lines, you’re all set—cross-country trains are fast and frequent, with almost urban subway frequencies. (That said, there’s great train and transit service in the rest of the country, too.)
December 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is #Switzerland ‘s mainline. Once you connect with it, from branch lines, you’re all set—cross-country trains are fast and frequent, with almost urban subway frequencies. (That said, there’s great train and transit service in the rest of the country, too.)
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Interviewer: Is this bike lane safe?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you let your kids ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you still implement it in our city?
Applicant: Yes
Interviewer: Welcome to the Transportation Department
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you let your kids ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you still implement it in our city?
Applicant: Yes
Interviewer: Welcome to the Transportation Department
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Interviewer: Is this bike lane safe?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you let your kids ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you still implement it in our city?
Applicant: Yes
Interviewer: Welcome to the Transportation Department
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you let your kids ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you still implement it in our city?
Applicant: Yes
Interviewer: Welcome to the Transportation Department
Our letter today.
December 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Our letter today.
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Just discussing this subject creates data, which has to be stored somewhere. It's a sticky problem that requires a sustainable solution.
What's worrying about ACP is their apparent willingness to approve projects that increase CO2 emissions, on the grounds that each is individually insignificant.
What's worrying about ACP is their apparent willingness to approve projects that increase CO2 emissions, on the grounds that each is individually insignificant.
December 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Just discussing this subject creates data, which has to be stored somewhere. It's a sticky problem that requires a sustainable solution.
What's worrying about ACP is their apparent willingness to approve projects that increase CO2 emissions, on the grounds that each is individually insignificant.
What's worrying about ACP is their apparent willingness to approve projects that increase CO2 emissions, on the grounds that each is individually insignificant.
We've written a letter in the Irish Times today calling for an emergency response to Ireland's congestion.
Congestion is a threat to public health and should be treated as such.
Congestion is a threat to public health and should be treated as such.
Letters to the Editor, December 27th: On congested cities, Trump’s world and electronic tagging
Reversing this shift and prioritising public and active transport must be an immediate focus
www.irishtimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We've written a letter in the Irish Times today calling for an emergency response to Ireland's congestion.
Congestion is a threat to public health and should be treated as such.
Congestion is a threat to public health and should be treated as such.
"The commission concluded that the proposal would have no unacceptable impacts on the environment."
Our efforts to destroy the planet as much as possible continue.
Our efforts to destroy the planet as much as possible continue.
December 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"The commission concluded that the proposal would have no unacceptable impacts on the environment."
Our efforts to destroy the planet as much as possible continue.
Our efforts to destroy the planet as much as possible continue.
We're very proud of our own @olaln.bsky.social , who wastes no opportunity to highlight our country's negligence of environment and health. To learn more on this, we absolutely recommend giving his Substack a read!
Keep writing and fighting for justice! 🌍
Keep writing and fighting for justice! 🌍
This year I started a Substack. It’s been a place to think out loud, explore topics in depth, criticise what needs criticising, and dream a little too. I’m still getting to grips with it, but I’ve already written nearly twenty pieces.
A short thread pulling together what I explored this year ⬇️
A short thread pulling together what I explored this year ⬇️
Ola Løkken Nordrum | Substack
Click to read Ola Løkken Nordrum, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.
olanordrum.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We're very proud of our own @olaln.bsky.social , who wastes no opportunity to highlight our country's negligence of environment and health. To learn more on this, we absolutely recommend giving his Substack a read!
Keep writing and fighting for justice! 🌍
Keep writing and fighting for justice! 🌍
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Dublin is not passively 'stuck in a jam'. The congestion we're seeing is an active political choice. In many ways, it's policy working exactly as intended.
The Irish Times view on congestion: Dublin remains stuck in a jam
The Irish Times view on congestion: Dublin remains stuck in a jam
The increase in journey volumes has been relentless, reflecting growth in the economy and in Dublin’s population
www.irishtimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Dublin is not passively 'stuck in a jam'. The congestion we're seeing is an active political choice. In many ways, it's policy working exactly as intended.
Yes! Spending time in forests and nature is associated with almost endless positive health effects.
We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.
We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.
A reminder that 90% of Ireland's so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations, virtually empty of nature.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yes! Spending time in forests and nature is associated with almost endless positive health effects.
We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.
We must recognise that in Ireland start treating these places are crucial to our health, not just profit.
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A reminder that 90% of Ireland's so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations, virtually empty of nature.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A reminder that 90% of Ireland's so-called 'forests' are industrial plantations, virtually empty of nature.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
It doesn't have to be like this: with a bit of thought, we could satisfy our timber needs AND have huge tracts of natural forest ecosystems, bursting with life.
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Brilliant to see the winners of the HSE Climate and Sustainability Recognition Awards featured in the @hselive.bsky.social Health Matters.
Some inspirational people and projects! Upwards and forwards in 2026!!!
#SustainableHealthcare
Some inspirational people and projects! Upwards and forwards in 2026!!!
#SustainableHealthcare
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Brilliant to see the winners of the HSE Climate and Sustainability Recognition Awards featured in the @hselive.bsky.social Health Matters.
Some inspirational people and projects! Upwards and forwards in 2026!!!
#SustainableHealthcare
Some inspirational people and projects! Upwards and forwards in 2026!!!
#SustainableHealthcare
Dublin's and Ireland's waterways and #BlueSpaces could be enormous sources of health and wellbeing.
Instead, we (spearheaded by our government) continue to treat them as open sewages.
Instead, we (spearheaded by our government) continue to treat them as open sewages.
Happy Sunday ☀️
New Substack out on #BlueHealth and the role of urban #BlueSpaces.
Dublin’s waterways hold enormous potential to support health and wellbeing for all.
What’s missing? Political will, vision, and ambition.
New Substack out on #BlueHealth and the role of urban #BlueSpaces.
Dublin’s waterways hold enormous potential to support health and wellbeing for all.
What’s missing? Political will, vision, and ambition.
Why I swim in Oslo, but not in Dublin
Since coming back to Oslo for Christmas, I’ve done something I would never dare do in Dublin: go for a swim in the city centre.
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Dublin's and Ireland's waterways and #BlueSpaces could be enormous sources of health and wellbeing.
Instead, we (spearheaded by our government) continue to treat them as open sewages.
Instead, we (spearheaded by our government) continue to treat them as open sewages.
Dark PR in action: how devious framing is used to defend car dependency by shaping debates and muddying evidence.
📎 Gilbert et al. Unlearned lessons and misplaced hopes: discursive spaces of transport in twenty-first century Australia. Australian Geographer. 2025 Dec 6:1-6.
📎 Gilbert et al. Unlearned lessons and misplaced hopes: discursive spaces of transport in twenty-first century Australia. Australian Geographer. 2025 Dec 6:1-6.
December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Dark PR in action: how devious framing is used to defend car dependency by shaping debates and muddying evidence.
📎 Gilbert et al. Unlearned lessons and misplaced hopes: discursive spaces of transport in twenty-first century Australia. Australian Geographer. 2025 Dec 6:1-6.
📎 Gilbert et al. Unlearned lessons and misplaced hopes: discursive spaces of transport in twenty-first century Australia. Australian Geographer. 2025 Dec 6:1-6.
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Terrific points from Vinnie on the political rowback around splitting the RSA, and on road safety more broadly. 👇
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Government Plans to Scrap RSA – December 18th, 2025
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December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Terrific points from Vinnie on the political rowback around splitting the RSA, and on road safety more broadly. 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/60ez...
@irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social @irishcycle.com @irishdocsenv.bsky.social
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@irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social @irishcycle.com @irishdocsenv.bsky.social
A disgrace.
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin oppose Bill to ban fox hunting
Réada Cronin says she will continue trying to persuade Sinn Féin ardfheis to ban ‘abhorrent, cruel, barbaric’ activity
www.irishtimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A disgrace.
When we treat cars as kings, nobody wins.
Have a letter published today on our car centric society.
Letters to the Editor, December 18th: On a car centric society, immigration and housing and the price of an orange
The reason given for this disturbing reversal was simple: it would be too expensive
www.irishtimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
When we treat cars as kings, nobody wins.
The Road Safety Authority is not fit for purpose and must be reformed.
Decision to retain RSA condemned by campaigners, opposition and some within government
The government has been accused of being “deeply unserious” about road safety.
www.thejournal.ie
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Road Safety Authority is not fit for purpose and must be reformed.
Only half of HSE steering group attended meetings to discuss its climate action plan...
Only half of HSE steering group attended meetings to discuss its climate action plan
The internal audit also noted the lack of a 'comprehensive, consolidated database on the impact of extreme weather events... on Irish healthcare facilities'
www.irishexaminer.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Only half of HSE steering group attended meetings to discuss its climate action plan...
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A new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) says that although energy related emissions in Ireland have fallen by 16% since 2018, the country has not broken the link between economic growth and fossil fuel use in a meaningful way
Ireland needs to break link with fossil fuels, says SEAI
A new report from the SEAI says that although energy related emissions in Ireland have fallen by 16% since 2018, the country has not broken the link between economic growth and fossil fuel use in a me...
www.rte.ie
December 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
A new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) says that although energy related emissions in Ireland have fallen by 16% since 2018, the country has not broken the link between economic growth and fossil fuel use in a meaningful way
Very disturbing news this morning.
Government abandons plan to disband Road Safety Authority in surprise u-turn
Minister of State with responsibility for roads, Sean Canney, said splitting up the organisation would be very costly.
www.thejournal.ie
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Very disturbing news this morning.
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As an example, there's a stretch of pretty good bike lane here in Galway which should prove a good corridor for a lot of people. But it's "bookended" by two busy, dangerous roundabouts that don't even have a pedestrian crossing. It's been this way for decades....
December 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As an example, there's a stretch of pretty good bike lane here in Galway which should prove a good corridor for a lot of people. But it's "bookended" by two busy, dangerous roundabouts that don't even have a pedestrian crossing. It's been this way for decades....