Róisín Moriarty
@roisinmoriarty.com
Climate science and policy for a better, safer, fairer world 🌍🌎🌏
Working on carbon dioxide removal and national pathways to net zero and beyond
Research Fellow @ucc.bsky.social 🇮🇪
https://roisinmoriarty.com/
Working on carbon dioxide removal and national pathways to net zero and beyond
Research Fellow @ucc.bsky.social 🇮🇪
https://roisinmoriarty.com/
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In 6 weeks, Minister O'Brien has fast-tracked LNG infrastructure, lifted the moratorium on data centres and the Dublin Airport passenger cap. All under the banner of 'strategic infrastructure'.
Irresponsible moves that lock us into climate havoc and US dependency.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Irresponsible moves that lock us into climate havoc and US dependency.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Proposal to end Dublin Airport passenger cap approved
The Cabinet has approved drafting the required legislation to end the passenger cap at Dublin Airport.
www.rte.ie
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
In 6 weeks, Minister O'Brien has fast-tracked LNG infrastructure, lifted the moratorium on data centres and the Dublin Airport passenger cap. All under the banner of 'strategic infrastructure'.
Irresponsible moves that lock us into climate havoc and US dependency.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Irresponsible moves that lock us into climate havoc and US dependency.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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Using hydrogen as a fuel to replace natural gas has been strongly promoted by vested interest groups.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Using hydrogen as a fuel to replace natural gas has been strongly promoted by vested interest groups.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
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“I find that, in 2019, the bottom 50% of the world population emitted 12% of global emissions, whereas the top 10% emitted 48% of the total.”
It is not enough to question the GDP obsession; we also need to discuss how pollution and wealth are connected.
www.carbonbrief.org/top-1-of-emi...
It is not enough to question the GDP obsession; we also need to discuss how pollution and wealth are connected.
www.carbonbrief.org/top-1-of-emi...
‘Top 1%’ of emitters caused almost a quarter of growth in global emissions since 1990 - Carbon Brief
Just 1% of the world’s population was responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions over 1990-2019, new research finds.
www.carbonbrief.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
“I find that, in 2019, the bottom 50% of the world population emitted 12% of global emissions, whereas the top 10% emitted 48% of the total.”
It is not enough to question the GDP obsession; we also need to discuss how pollution and wealth are connected.
www.carbonbrief.org/top-1-of-emi...
It is not enough to question the GDP obsession; we also need to discuss how pollution and wealth are connected.
www.carbonbrief.org/top-1-of-emi...
...it means you start with a bit of momentum the next time you sit down with that work, you also get more time to think about the next, next step.
If starting a new bit of work is hard for you #procrastination this works well for me & maybe it could work for you.
#AcademicChatter
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If starting a new bit of work is hard for you #procrastination this works well for me & maybe it could work for you.
#AcademicChatter
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February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
...it means you start with a bit of momentum the next time you sit down with that work, you also get more time to think about the next, next step.
If starting a new bit of work is hard for you #procrastination this works well for me & maybe it could work for you.
#AcademicChatter
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If starting a new bit of work is hard for you #procrastination this works well for me & maybe it could work for you.
#AcademicChatter
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Perhaps the best bit of advice I ever got on writing but also on researching/analysis was from the book below ⬇️
It goes like this--you should always finish the day knowing the start of the next step, when you have articulated the next thing you are to write or to do, ...
#AcademicChatter
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It goes like this--you should always finish the day knowing the start of the next step, when you have articulated the next thing you are to write or to do, ...
#AcademicChatter
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Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write — Helen Sword
Air & Light & Time & Space by Helen Sword offers individuals and institutions a customizable blueprint for rebuilding their writing habits from the ground up.
www.helensword.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Perhaps the best bit of advice I ever got on writing but also on researching/analysis was from the book below ⬇️
It goes like this--you should always finish the day knowing the start of the next step, when you have articulated the next thing you are to write or to do, ...
#AcademicChatter
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It goes like this--you should always finish the day knowing the start of the next step, when you have articulated the next thing you are to write or to do, ...
#AcademicChatter
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“My sense is that the Supreme Court has reigned in the High Court’s interpretation of Section 15 somewhat, but it’s clear that Section 15 still has a lot of bite,” - Dr Orla Kelleher @maynoothlaw.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Supreme Court ruling on wind farms requires all public bodies to consider climate impacts
Judgment states public bodies must try to act in line with national climate targets
www.irishtimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“My sense is that the Supreme Court has reigned in the High Court’s interpretation of Section 15 somewhat, but it’s clear that Section 15 still has a lot of bite,” - Dr Orla Kelleher @maynoothlaw.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Only one quam, as a scientist, I would argue that they don’t know much about science either. They know a bit about some very specific areas and a lot of that seems qualified by science-fiction. Thanks for writing this!
February 7, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Only one quam, as a scientist, I would argue that they don’t know much about science either. They know a bit about some very specific areas and a lot of that seems qualified by science-fiction. Thanks for writing this!
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This excellent piece offers the strength and inspiration I needed today: "In this oligarchic dystopia, it is an act of defiance just to insist upon maintaining your own cognitive faculties. Regularly exercising your own creativity, ingenuity and mental effort is a small but meaningful rebellion."
February 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
This excellent piece offers the strength and inspiration I needed today: "In this oligarchic dystopia, it is an act of defiance just to insist upon maintaining your own cognitive faculties. Regularly exercising your own creativity, ingenuity and mental effort is a small but meaningful rebellion."
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When Extinction Rebellion peacefully protested at the gates of Leinster House, they were swiftly removed by a phalanx of Gardai and arrested.
Yet when IFA members have occupied Bord Bia HQ or Agriculture House, the state’s response has been far more accomodating.
www.thejournal.ie/extinction-r...
Yet when IFA members have occupied Bord Bia HQ or Agriculture House, the state’s response has been far more accomodating.
www.thejournal.ie/extinction-r...
Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested and released after chaining themselves to gates of Leinster House
Dozens of gardaí formed a human chain around protestors as their locks were cut off the gate looking onto Merrion Square.
www.thejournal.ie
February 6, 2026 at 10:21 AM
When Extinction Rebellion peacefully protested at the gates of Leinster House, they were swiftly removed by a phalanx of Gardai and arrested.
Yet when IFA members have occupied Bord Bia HQ or Agriculture House, the state’s response has been far more accomodating.
www.thejournal.ie/extinction-r...
Yet when IFA members have occupied Bord Bia HQ or Agriculture House, the state’s response has been far more accomodating.
www.thejournal.ie/extinction-r...
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Petition on large scale commercial seaweed harvesting : my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
my.uplift.ie
February 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Petition on large scale commercial seaweed harvesting : my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
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Only 664 more people needed for us to pass our threshold.
Please, please, if you haven't signed already. Don't presume others will. Sign and share
🇵🇸🙏🇵🇸🙏
#Speirgorm #Ireland #SixNations
Please, please, if you haven't signed already. Don't presume others will. Sign and share
🇵🇸🙏🇵🇸🙏
#Speirgorm #Ireland #SixNations
C'mon folks, only 721 people to go and we've passed the Irish threshold. If you haven't signed this already, why not?
It's an important EU citizen led initiative that needs 7 countries to pass their threshold, and then the EU government machine is forced to talk about it.
#Speirgorm #IrishSky
It's an important EU citizen led initiative that needs 7 countries to pass their threshold, and then the EU government machine is forced to talk about it.
#Speirgorm #IrishSky
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Only 664 more people needed for us to pass our threshold.
Please, please, if you haven't signed already. Don't presume others will. Sign and share
🇵🇸🙏🇵🇸🙏
#Speirgorm #Ireland #SixNations
Please, please, if you haven't signed already. Don't presume others will. Sign and share
🇵🇸🙏🇵🇸🙏
#Speirgorm #Ireland #SixNations
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Great article on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and a petition started by my students to urge @tcddublin.bsky.social to back it!
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
universitytimes.ie/2026/01/trin...
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
universitytimes.ie/2026/01/trin...
Trinity and the Fossil Fuel Treaty
universitytimes.ie
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Great article on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and a petition started by my students to urge @tcddublin.bsky.social to back it!
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
universitytimes.ie/2026/01/trin...
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social
universitytimes.ie/2026/01/trin...
You wonder as you watch what amazing thing will they finish with and then they finish with something amazing so of this time but also of all time #bravo
I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
You wonder as you watch what amazing thing will they finish with and then they finish with something amazing so of this time but also of all time #bravo
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Amazing...stay until the end
I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Amazing...stay until the end
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🇮🇪 Good to see the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy invite expert witnesses from An Taisce (y'day), & today Stop Climate Chaos Coalition members Trócaire & Friends of the Earth, to give evidence against the Bill to build LNG infrastructure.
www.antaisce.org/news/gas-eme...
www.antaisce.org/news/gas-eme...
Gas Emergency Reserve Bill is a Trojan Horse for fossil fuel growth
Government’s LNG plan will lock-in fossil fuel dependency, ensure climate action failure, and is contrary to Ireland’s legal obligations. An Taisce is calling for an independent review of the General ...
www.antaisce.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
🇮🇪 Good to see the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy invite expert witnesses from An Taisce (y'day), & today Stop Climate Chaos Coalition members Trócaire & Friends of the Earth, to give evidence against the Bill to build LNG infrastructure.
www.antaisce.org/news/gas-eme...
www.antaisce.org/news/gas-eme...
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behaviour we would prosecute under existing laws if we prioritised the safety of the most vulnerable road users:
speeding, driving using a phone, breaking red lights, footpath parking, parking in bus lanes
behaviour we plan to prosecute because we prioritise motordom:
cyclists not wearing hi-viz
speeding, driving using a phone, breaking red lights, footpath parking, parking in bus lanes
behaviour we plan to prosecute because we prioritise motordom:
cyclists not wearing hi-viz
We wouldn't even need a bunch of legislative change here, just people to actually be prosecuted for breaking the laws that actually exist.
This mirrors my own experiences with reporting crimes and them not bothering to do anything and then fobbing me off.
This mirrors my own experiences with reporting crimes and them not bothering to do anything and then fobbing me off.
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM
behaviour we would prosecute under existing laws if we prioritised the safety of the most vulnerable road users:
speeding, driving using a phone, breaking red lights, footpath parking, parking in bus lanes
behaviour we plan to prosecute because we prioritise motordom:
cyclists not wearing hi-viz
speeding, driving using a phone, breaking red lights, footpath parking, parking in bus lanes
behaviour we plan to prosecute because we prioritise motordom:
cyclists not wearing hi-viz
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Burning bridges with my billionaires pals today.
Clare Moriarty: No, objecting to the enormous wealth of billionaires is not begrudgery
Clare Moriarty: No, objecting to the enormous wealth of billionaires is not begrudgery
Why do we only talk about alleviating poverty, but not controlling runaway wealth?
www.irishtimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Burning bridges with my billionaires pals today.
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Well worth watching this from @climateadam.bsky.social, collecting and rebutting the incoherent, climate killing nonsense being spouted by the big tech hucksters (and happily swallowed by gullible media and politicians).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=py0X...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=py0X...
Climate Scientist Reacts to AI Overlords
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Well worth watching this from @climateadam.bsky.social, collecting and rebutting the incoherent, climate killing nonsense being spouted by the big tech hucksters (and happily swallowed by gullible media and politicians).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=py0X...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=py0X...
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Anyone have experience and personal recommendations for carer support groups or similar groups for carers in Ireland, or good resources online? Particularly if you've done it while self-employed or without other support
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Anyone have experience and personal recommendations for carer support groups or similar groups for carers in Ireland, or good resources online? Particularly if you've done it while self-employed or without other support
This is a really incredible piece of work.
Worth the read, it is written by county so you can see what the issues are and what is being done.
Great reporting @shaunacorr.bsky.social and company
Worth the read, it is written by county so you can see what the issues are and what is being done.
Great reporting @shaunacorr.bsky.social and company
How your county is weighing in on fighting climate change
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m.independent.ie
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 AM
This is a really incredible piece of work.
Worth the read, it is written by county so you can see what the issues are and what is being done.
Great reporting @shaunacorr.bsky.social and company
Worth the read, it is written by county so you can see what the issues are and what is being done.
Great reporting @shaunacorr.bsky.social and company
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I've never understood how nobody has ever written a novel about this before, but there was a brief time when the *Irish republican movement* possessed the first fully functional submarine.
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I've never understood how nobody has ever written a novel about this before, but there was a brief time when the *Irish republican movement* possessed the first fully functional submarine.
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
Yes, you heard that right.
A short thread . . . 1/
#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
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The "AMOC is no longer a distant #climate scenario but a national & global security risk
European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"
- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
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European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"
- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
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DN Debatt. ”Vi vet inte var tippningspunkten ligger – men den närmar sig”
Vad händer om Golfströmmen stannar av? Den senaste forskningen tyder på att vi kan närma oss så kallade tippningspunkter.
www.dn.se
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The "AMOC is no longer a distant #climate scenario but a national & global security risk
European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"
- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
🧵
European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"
- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
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major case of shooting the messenger, when successive governments have done too little to: (a) cut ireland's emissions enough to make a fair contribution to climate action; (b) protect people and their homes from the climate change that's already locked in
Minister James Browne said Met Éireann needs to make a 'judgement call' rather than solely relying on mathematical formulas when it comes to issuing weather warnings jrnl.ie/6940649
Housing Minister criticises Met Éireann for 'withholding information' on severity of floods
The flooding mainly affected Co Wexford, Co Wicklow, and south Dublin.
jrnl.ie
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 AM
major case of shooting the messenger, when successive governments have done too little to: (a) cut ireland's emissions enough to make a fair contribution to climate action; (b) protect people and their homes from the climate change that's already locked in
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This really is the lesson that Europe refuses to learn.
2014 (RU invades Crimea): EU sets pathetically 2030 low renewables and energy savings targets.
2024 (RU invades UKR again): EU pivots to US gas
2026 (US threatens EU): EU pivots to Qatari gas 🤦♀️
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
2014 (RU invades Crimea): EU sets pathetically 2030 low renewables and energy savings targets.
2024 (RU invades UKR again): EU pivots to US gas
2026 (US threatens EU): EU pivots to Qatari gas 🤦♀️
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
EU will seek to cut US energy reliance after Trump’s Greenland threats
The bloc’s energy chief said U.S. president’s threats were a “wake-up call” to find new sources of gas.
www.politico.eu
January 29, 2026 at 8:05 AM
This really is the lesson that Europe refuses to learn.
2014 (RU invades Crimea): EU sets pathetically 2030 low renewables and energy savings targets.
2024 (RU invades UKR again): EU pivots to US gas
2026 (US threatens EU): EU pivots to Qatari gas 🤦♀️
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
2014 (RU invades Crimea): EU sets pathetically 2030 low renewables and energy savings targets.
2024 (RU invades UKR again): EU pivots to US gas
2026 (US threatens EU): EU pivots to Qatari gas 🤦♀️
www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...
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Am a French historian looking for good articles/books that discuss the origins of the social bonds that we are seeing in action in #Minneapolis. Doesn't have to be abt #Minnesota. Social structures that generate strong communities.
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Am a French historian looking for good articles/books that discuss the origins of the social bonds that we are seeing in action in #Minneapolis. Doesn't have to be abt #Minnesota. Social structures that generate strong communities.
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians