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A report this week showing that a whopping 90% of protected habitats are in bad condition, and still deteriorating, has been hailed by the government as "good news for Ireland's wildlife" 😵
December 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A report this week showing that a whopping 90% of protected habitats are in bad condition, and still deteriorating, has been hailed by the government as "good news for Ireland's wildlife" 😵
Dear @eppgroup.bsky.social
❌ Don't destroy our forests
❌ Don't deregulate nature protection
❌ Don't work with the far right
Vote NO on the #EUDR in the European Parliament this Wednesday. share.greens-efa.eu/s/BNMf6aYD
❌ Don't destroy our forests
❌ Don't deregulate nature protection
❌ Don't work with the far right
Vote NO on the #EUDR in the European Parliament this Wednesday. share.greens-efa.eu/s/BNMf6aYD
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December 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dear @eppgroup.bsky.social
❌ Don't destroy our forests
❌ Don't deregulate nature protection
❌ Don't work with the far right
Vote NO on the #EUDR in the European Parliament this Wednesday. share.greens-efa.eu/s/BNMf6aYD
❌ Don't destroy our forests
❌ Don't deregulate nature protection
❌ Don't work with the far right
Vote NO on the #EUDR in the European Parliament this Wednesday. share.greens-efa.eu/s/BNMf6aYD
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Half of Cork farms inspected by Council failed water quality protection regulations
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
Half of Cork farms inspected by Council failed water quality protection regulations
Half of the farms inspected by Cork County Council under the National Agriculture Inspection Programme (NAIP) this year have failed to comply with the government’s Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) reg...
www.independent.ie
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Half of Cork farms inspected by Council failed water quality protection regulations
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
www.independent.ie/regionals/co...
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs on horseback in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
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November 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
European Court of Justice ruling slams Ireland on water quality, a ‘national embarrassment’.
How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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How long more will the people of this country put up with our rivers being destroyed for private profit?
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Israeli forces abducted Palestinian photographer Mohammed Salit during a raid on the Aqtaba neighborhood, east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Israeli forces abducted Palestinian photographer Mohammed Salit during a raid on the Aqtaba neighborhood, east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
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Unreported in MSM :
The Metropolitan Police in London arrested 47 peaceful protestors, many pensioners, yesterday as they sat silently protesting in support of the six Palestine Action members held on remand and without trial for a year or more. The accused are on hunger strike, demanding bail.
The Metropolitan Police in London arrested 47 peaceful protestors, many pensioners, yesterday as they sat silently protesting in support of the six Palestine Action members held on remand and without trial for a year or more. The accused are on hunger strike, demanding bail.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Unreported in MSM :
The Metropolitan Police in London arrested 47 peaceful protestors, many pensioners, yesterday as they sat silently protesting in support of the six Palestine Action members held on remand and without trial for a year or more. The accused are on hunger strike, demanding bail.
The Metropolitan Police in London arrested 47 peaceful protestors, many pensioners, yesterday as they sat silently protesting in support of the six Palestine Action members held on remand and without trial for a year or more. The accused are on hunger strike, demanding bail.
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Boots: get krill pills off the shelves!
They're destroying the Antarctic food chain for omega-3 pills. But there's an easy fix.
act.weplanet.org/p/boots-get-...
Boots: get krill pills off the shelves!
They're destroying the Antarctic food chain for omega-3 pills. But there's an easy fix.
act.weplanet.org/p/boots-get-...
Boots: get krill pills off the shelves!
They're destroying the Antarctic food chain for omega-3 pills. But there's an easy fix.
act.weplanet.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Boots: get krill pills off the shelves!
They're destroying the Antarctic food chain for omega-3 pills. But there's an easy fix.
act.weplanet.org/p/boots-get-...
Boots: get krill pills off the shelves!
They're destroying the Antarctic food chain for omega-3 pills. But there's an easy fix.
act.weplanet.org/p/boots-get-...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs on horseback in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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*Yet again, the New York Times’ Bret Stephens advocates the overthrow of a sovereign government. Why do the readers of the “paper of record” tolerate this dangerous propaganda?*
by @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social
Media
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by @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social
Media
www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-h...
There Have to Be Consequences For Advocating Illegal Wars
Yet again, the New York Times’ Bret Stephens advocates the overthrow of a sovereign government. Why do the readers of the “paper of record” tolerate this dangerous propaganda?
www.currentaffairs.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
*Yet again, the New York Times’ Bret Stephens advocates the overthrow of a sovereign government. Why do the readers of the “paper of record” tolerate this dangerous propaganda?*
by @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social
Media
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by @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social
Media
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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"Obama ordered 563 drone strikes, which murdered around 3,797 people, none of which faced any trial and almost none of which were suspected of any crime. For comparison, George W. Bush ordered 57 strikes during his eight years of war and terror." #3E
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"Obama ordered 563 drone strikes, which murdered around 3,797 people, none of which faced any trial and almost none of which were suspected of any crime. For comparison, George W. Bush ordered 57 strikes during his eight years of war and terror." #3E
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I'll be on @rteone.rte.ie's Futureville Ireland after 7.00 this evening, talking about THE most critical choice we face as a nation.
Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding?
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Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding?
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Futureville Ireland: We are going back to the city of the future
Futureville Ireland, with Carla O'Brien and Dr Lollie Mancey, returns for a second series on Tuesday, 11 November at 7pm on RTÉ One & RTÉ Player. Made with support from Research Ireland.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I'll be on @rteone.rte.ie's Futureville Ireland after 7.00 this evening, talking about THE most critical choice we face as a nation.
Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding?
share.google/cd9ER2HKnXd3...
Do we carry on wiping out nature, or start bringing it back via mass rewilding?
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We won strong EU laws against child labour & nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it. Tell him to protect our future, not big business. Act now! share.greens-efa.eu/s/pECvcxts
Send him an email now and tell him to not give in to the far right.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We won strong EU laws against child labour & nature destruction, but Manfred Weber (EPP leader in the EU Parliament) is siding with the far-right to undo it. Tell him to protect our future, not big business. Act now! share.greens-efa.eu/s/pECvcxts
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Global Warning: Ep 2 Against the tide.
How do we adapt to what is coming?
The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
How do we adapt to what is coming?
The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Global Warning: Ep 2 Against the tide.
How do we adapt to what is coming?
The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
How do we adapt to what is coming?
The nice people at Al Jazeera have made this series free to watch. I hope you all share it widely.
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
📺 👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
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Watery ecologies, cultures and economies are closely linked – and are often affected by inequality and oppression in inextricable ways.
Water, everywhere
Access to water, socio-economic inequality and the environmental crisis come to the surface in a thought-provoking exhibition.
theecologist.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Watery ecologies, cultures and economies are closely linked – and are often affected by inequality and oppression in inextricable ways.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
October 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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“Large factory ships now plunder the ocean as if it were a bottomless pit of profit”
Bottom trawling ban 'must be top of agenda'
MPs call for British Government to ban bottom trawling as Parliament passes oceans Bill.
theecologist.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“Large factory ships now plunder the ocean as if it were a bottomless pit of profit”
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Private equity decimated US hospitals, says Senate report; now targeting the NHS.
PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.
PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.
PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
Private equity - "decimated" US hospitals according to report - now targeting the NHS - The Lowdown
In late August the release of a report by US senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on the destruction of hospitals in his home state of Connecticut, and across the US by private equity companies highlights on...
lowdownnhs.info
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Private equity decimated US hospitals, says Senate report; now targeting the NHS.
PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.
PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.
PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... @uplift.ie
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In case you're wondering, the EPP is the EU parliamentary group co-founded and adhered to by Fine Gael, Heather Humphrey's party.
Be in no doubt: a vote for her on Friday is a vote against nature.
Be in no doubt: a vote for her on Friday is a vote against nature.
EPP in coalition with far-right groups once again joined forces to attack environmental ambition in the EU, voting down the EU’s proposed law on forest monitoring, calling on the Commission to withdraw the proposal entirely. www.euractiv.com/news/europea...
European Parliament rejects law to monitor forests | Euractiv
The Commission is now expected to withdraw the bill
www.euractiv.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In case you're wondering, the EPP is the EU parliamentary group co-founded and adhered to by Fine Gael, Heather Humphrey's party.
Be in no doubt: a vote for her on Friday is a vote against nature.
Be in no doubt: a vote for her on Friday is a vote against nature.
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Kerry fish farm licence reinstated but regulations 'shattered' says fishery watchdog
m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
Kerry fish farm license reinstated but regulations ‘shattered’ says fishery watchdog
In the tranquil bays of the Iveagh Peninsula hides the thronging Deenish Island fish farm. In the minds of many locals, the farm, owned by Norwegian fisheries giant Mowi, is a deeply insidious force.
m.independent.ie
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Kerry fish farm licence reinstated but regulations 'shattered' says fishery watchdog
m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
You should sign this! act.greens-efa.eu/ban-addictiv...
Tell Europe to ban addictive design
Our time, focus and mental health are not for sale.
act.greens-efa.eu
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
You should sign this! act.greens-efa.eu/ban-addictiv...
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