Antóin McDermott
@antoinmcdermott.bsky.social
Posts on the environment, climate, social and global justice, and music.
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You may have heard about Ireland looking for a "nitrates derogation" in the news. But what does it mean? Why are nitrates a problem? Why does the government want Ireland to be allowed to use more than the normal limits?🤔
Read our explainer and take the action. 💙💦🙌
swanireland.ie/nitrates-pol...
Read our explainer and take the action. 💙💦🙌
swanireland.ie/nitrates-pol...
Nitrates Pollution - Sustainable Water Network
Here’s what’s happening with nitrates in Ireland and what you can do to help stop this pollutant. Nearly half (44%) of our rivers have nitrate concentrations that are too high. The biggest cause is a...
swanireland.ie
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You may have heard about Ireland looking for a "nitrates derogation" in the news. But what does it mean? Why are nitrates a problem? Why does the government want Ireland to be allowed to use more than the normal limits?🤔
Read our explainer and take the action. 💙💦🙌
swanireland.ie/nitrates-pol...
Read our explainer and take the action. 💙💦🙌
swanireland.ie/nitrates-pol...
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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.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
Despite the click-bait headline my contribution has been accurately reported in this piece by @eithnedodd.bsky.social unfortunately on the industry side the wool has been pulled over her eyes by the usual self-serving rhetoric
By way of followup a short 🧵
By way of followup a short 🧵
The rate of judicial review in Ireland is "off the charts," the Director of Housing and Planning at the Construction Industry Federation has said
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
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Money talks, bullshit walks
We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
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'...
www.linkedin.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Money talks, bullshit walks
We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
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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
I've done the research to make this easy @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...
#Aras25
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.
www.thejournal.ie
October 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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
I've done the research to make this easy @thejournal.ie
www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...
#Aras25
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Oh lordy. No, these are not "heat pumps". They are *water* pumps installed in conventional fossil-fuel heating systems. 🤦♂️
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Oh lordy. No, these are not "heat pumps". They are *water* pumps installed in conventional fossil-fuel heating systems. 🤦♂️
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Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
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...
www.channel4.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values
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‘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
-Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Maté
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
‘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
-Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Maté
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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
Join over 80,000 people who have already signed. Let's get it to 100,000! 🌊✊#rtept
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
only.one
September 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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
Join over 80,000 people who have already signed. Let's get it to 100,000! 🌊✊#rtept
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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
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
August 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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
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
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Israel -(and US who are complicit )- determined to kill those reporting the genocide - what does it take for the international community to act?
August 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Israel -(and US who are complicit )- determined to kill those reporting the genocide - what does it take for the international community to act?
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The deaths come as UNICEF warns of an ‘alarming’ increase in the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip.
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.
bit.ly
June 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The deaths come as UNICEF warns of an ‘alarming’ increase in the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip.
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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
jrnl.ie/6731194
jrnl.ie/6731194
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.
jrnl.ie
June 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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
jrnl.ie/6731194
jrnl.ie/6731194
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Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.
Genocide in Gaza is.
June 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.
Genocide in Gaza is.
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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...
The only language they understand is violence.
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
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.
www.rte.ie
June 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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...
The only language they understand is violence.
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
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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...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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
www.irishexaminer.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The fascism playbook hasn't changed—only the speed we're flipping through its chapters.
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Reposted by Antóin McDermott
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-...
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...
swanireland.ie
March 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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-...
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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
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
March 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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
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
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Can anyone look at this graphic and say that we do not urgently need rewilding on a massive scale?
February 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Can anyone look at this graphic and say that we do not urgently need rewilding on a massive scale?
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World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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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
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
HOME | Rewild!
Join a growing network of people in Ireland taking action in the face of the biodiversity emergency
www.rewildyourland.ie
February 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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
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
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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/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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
www.irishtimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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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...
climateuncensored.com/irelands-cli...
January 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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...
climateuncensored.com/irelands-cli...