Fintan Kelly
@fintankelly.bsky.social
A voice for nature 🌍 working on IE/EU Environmental Policy/Advocacy. All opinions my own. Roscommon 🐏 Connacht 🦅 Ireland ☘️
If the Nitrates Derogation is so important for the dairy sector why havent the government acted decisively to deliver improvements in water quality?
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Social Democrats 'dangerously clueless' about Nitrates Derogation, says MEP
Fianna Fáil MEP, Billy Kelleher claims the Social Democrats are actively seeking to sabotage the national effort to retain the derogation.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If the Nitrates Derogation is so important for the dairy sector why havent the government acted decisively to deliver improvements in water quality?
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'Hijacked'? 'Pushing an agenda'? It's called EU law, namely the Habitats Directive, it's been in place for decades, & like most laws Ireland is failing to do that well, while our biodiversity pays the price.
So, yes, eNGOs are pushing it. Unapologetically.
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So, yes, eNGOs are pushing it. Unapologetically.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
'Hijacked'? 'Pushing an agenda'? It's called EU law, namely the Habitats Directive, it's been in place for decades, & like most laws Ireland is failing to do that well, while our biodiversity pays the price.
So, yes, eNGOs are pushing it. Unapologetically.
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So, yes, eNGOs are pushing it. Unapologetically.
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“To be without the forest is like a flower without water.
Without the forests, there is no life. Without forest there is no oxygen, so all of us here on this planet need to find a way to protect the forest - Gardenia Cooper, Warao leader at #COP30
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Without the forests, there is no life. Without forest there is no oxygen, so all of us here on this planet need to find a way to protect the forest - Gardenia Cooper, Warao leader at #COP30
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Venezuelan ‘daughter of the forest’ tells Taoiseach all lives depend on their protection
Meeting on fringes of Cop30 illustrated links between climate change and migration
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November 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“To be without the forest is like a flower without water.
Without the forests, there is no life. Without forest there is no oxygen, so all of us here on this planet need to find a way to protect the forest - Gardenia Cooper, Warao leader at #COP30
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Without the forests, there is no life. Without forest there is no oxygen, so all of us here on this planet need to find a way to protect the forest - Gardenia Cooper, Warao leader at #COP30
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Ireland has a totally incoherent approach to flood risk management. Moving flood water off bogs back into the Shannon River is surely just going to exacerbate flooding on farmland downstream.
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Drainage works begin near flooded Roscommon farmland amid farmer concerns | Shannonside.ie
Bord na Móna began drain clearance work near flooded farmland in County Roscommon this morning.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ireland has a totally incoherent approach to flood risk management. Moving flood water off bogs back into the Shannon River is surely just going to exacerbate flooding on farmland downstream.
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Donegal farmers launch wild venison snacks venture - In many parts of Ireland deer numbers will need to be reduced to restore and re-establish native woodlands. Expanding the market for wild venison is only a good thing.
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Donegal farmers launch wild venison snacks venture
Two Co. Donegal-based farmers who run a regenerative organic farm have formed a new food company specialising in wild Irish venison snacks
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November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Donegal farmers launch wild venison snacks venture - In many parts of Ireland deer numbers will need to be reduced to restore and re-establish native woodlands. Expanding the market for wild venison is only a good thing.
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Today I endeavoured to speak for the rivers, to provide a counter balance to the lobbyist's narrative on the polluting nitrates derogation.
Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution
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Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution
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November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today I endeavoured to speak for the rivers, to provide a counter balance to the lobbyist's narrative on the polluting nitrates derogation.
Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution
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Our rivers, lakes and seas deserve a chance to run healthy, wild and free from pollution
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Joined colleagues and stakeholders today to exchange views with Commissioner Roswall. I urged stronger EU commitment to Nature Restoration — we need dedicated funding, not further erosion of standards.
The State must shift its focus from defending derogations to delivering solutions on the ground.
The State must shift its focus from defending derogations to delivering solutions on the ground.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Joined colleagues and stakeholders today to exchange views with Commissioner Roswall. I urged stronger EU commitment to Nature Restoration — we need dedicated funding, not further erosion of standards.
The State must shift its focus from defending derogations to delivering solutions on the ground.
The State must shift its focus from defending derogations to delivering solutions on the ground.
The Taoiseach is telling world leaders at COP30 that they need to speak honestly to the public about climate change. Meanwhile his government is sitting on the land use review because he has no intention of telling farmers about the scale of change needed share.google/7UFl4nDNHxip...
Taoiseach tells world leaders about how Ireland was hit hard by Storm Éowyn
“All nations, large and small, rich and poor, will reap what we collectively sow in these crucial years.”
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November 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Taoiseach is telling world leaders at COP30 that they need to speak honestly to the public about climate change. Meanwhile his government is sitting on the land use review because he has no intention of telling farmers about the scale of change needed share.google/7UFl4nDNHxip...
Infamous, ambitious, influential — Oostvaardersplassen shows that large-scale nature restoration is possible, even in NW Europe. If the Netherlands, with its high population density can restore nature at scale, there’s no reason other EU Member States can’t do the same.
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Infamous, ambitious, influential — Oostvaardersplassen shows that large-scale nature restoration is possible, even in NW Europe. If the Netherlands, with its high population density can restore nature at scale, there’s no reason other EU Member States can’t do the same.
The Money is is talking us into autocracy - we shouldn't let it
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Money Talks, B**lshit Walks
The 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 peo...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Money is is talking us into autocracy - we shouldn't let it
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Urban wastewater treatment is the 4th greatest pressure on Irish water quality. Some of that could be fixed by infrastructure, but almost half of the pollution is due to poor operational management.
The solution is not less environmental scrutiny.
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The solution is not less environmental scrutiny.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Urban wastewater treatment is the 4th greatest pressure on Irish water quality. Some of that could be fixed by infrastructure, but almost half of the pollution is due to poor operational management.
The solution is not less environmental scrutiny.
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The solution is not less environmental scrutiny.
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While stakeholders are working to support the development of an ambitious Nature Restoration Plan
Micheál Martin is exploring ways to roll back on EU environmental laws.
We need political leadership now not scapegoating.
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Micheál Martin is exploring ways to roll back on EU environmental laws.
We need political leadership now not scapegoating.
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Micheál Martin says house building in Ireland is hampered by 'gold-plating' of EU rules
Taoiseach says 'going beyond what is required' is slowing down delivery of housing and other big projects in Ireland
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November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
While stakeholders are working to support the development of an ambitious Nature Restoration Plan
Micheál Martin is exploring ways to roll back on EU environmental laws.
We need political leadership now not scapegoating.
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Micheál Martin is exploring ways to roll back on EU environmental laws.
We need political leadership now not scapegoating.
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Lynn Boylan MEP: #Mercosur is a bad deal
From a food safety perspective, the agreement poses significant risks. Imported agricultural products from Mercosur are often produced using hazardous pesticides, including substances banned in the EU for decades. www.eolasmagazine.ie/lynn-boylan-...
From a food safety perspective, the agreement poses significant risks. Imported agricultural products from Mercosur are often produced using hazardous pesticides, including substances banned in the EU for decades. www.eolasmagazine.ie/lynn-boylan-...
Lynn Boylan MEP: Mercosur is a bad deal | Eolas Magazine
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November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Lynn Boylan MEP: #Mercosur is a bad deal
From a food safety perspective, the agreement poses significant risks. Imported agricultural products from Mercosur are often produced using hazardous pesticides, including substances banned in the EU for decades. www.eolasmagazine.ie/lynn-boylan-...
From a food safety perspective, the agreement poses significant risks. Imported agricultural products from Mercosur are often produced using hazardous pesticides, including substances banned in the EU for decades. www.eolasmagazine.ie/lynn-boylan-...
Old traditions in a modern multicultural society. How nice is that?
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Old traditions in a modern multicultural society. How nice is that?
A new national map of Ireland’s seagrass beds has been published by Coastwatch Ireland 🌊. Built on years of citizen science — from swimmers to fishers — it fills key knowledge gaps on these vital coastal habitats 🦀 #RestoreNature
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Anja Murray: Seagrass meadows and other Irish marine life marvels
Dublin lifeguard and diver, Gordon Leonard, saw a seagrass bed just at the shore in Sandycove, County Dublin. He reported the find to Coastwatch Ireland who identified the seagrass he had found as a s...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A new national map of Ireland’s seagrass beds has been published by Coastwatch Ireland 🌊. Built on years of citizen science — from swimmers to fishers — it fills key knowledge gaps on these vital coastal habitats 🦀 #RestoreNature
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Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh 👹
If halloween has a home its arguably Oweynagat (Cave of the cats) in Co. Roscommon. Ireland's gateway to the underworld.
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If halloween has a home its arguably Oweynagat (Cave of the cats) in Co. Roscommon. Ireland's gateway to the underworld.
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'Ireland's gate to hell': a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld
Oweynagat is a cave linked to many colourful tales in Irish folklore, especially around Halloween
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October 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh 👹
If halloween has a home its arguably Oweynagat (Cave of the cats) in Co. Roscommon. Ireland's gateway to the underworld.
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If halloween has a home its arguably Oweynagat (Cave of the cats) in Co. Roscommon. Ireland's gateway to the underworld.
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A great day of inspirational speakers and community building at the Feeding Ourselves Local Food Symposium
#FoodJustice
#FoodJustice
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A great day of inspirational speakers and community building at the Feeding Ourselves Local Food Symposium
#FoodJustice
#FoodJustice
A packed house in Trinity College for the Local Food Symposium. Led at the outset by farmers from all around the country.
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A packed house in Trinity College for the Local Food Symposium. Led at the outset by farmers from all around the country.
NGOs give voice to communities, defend rights & hold power to account. Yet across Europe, civil society is being scapegoated, defunded, criminalised. Without civic space, there is no democracy
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October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
NGOs give voice to communities, defend rights & hold power to account. Yet across Europe, civil society is being scapegoated, defunded, criminalised. Without civic space, there is no democracy
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The decision to drop the winter stubble cultivation rule is a positive step towards better alignment between water, soil & biodiversity goals.
Let’s build on this to ensure 🇮🇪 farmed landscapes work for both nature & farmers. Credit to BirdWatch Ireland 🌿🐦
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Let’s build on this to ensure 🇮🇪 farmed landscapes work for both nature & farmers. Credit to BirdWatch Ireland 🌿🐦
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BirdWatch Ireland welcomes the scrapping of the winter stubble rule - BirdWatch Ireland
BirdWatch Ireland is pleased that the rule for shallow cultivation of winter stubbles has been scrapped in the latest iteration of the Nitrates Action Programme. It is regrettable, however, that...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The decision to drop the winter stubble cultivation rule is a positive step towards better alignment between water, soil & biodiversity goals.
Let’s build on this to ensure 🇮🇪 farmed landscapes work for both nature & farmers. Credit to BirdWatch Ireland 🌿🐦
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Let’s build on this to ensure 🇮🇪 farmed landscapes work for both nature & farmers. Credit to BirdWatch Ireland 🌿🐦
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🗣️ "I think we need to heavily invest in getting many of these trucks off the road."
John Gibbons, Journalist & Author on the environmental impact of HGVs and the need to invest in transitioning to rail.
#TonightVMTV
John Gibbons, Journalist & Author on the environmental impact of HGVs and the need to invest in transitioning to rail.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🗣️ "I think we need to heavily invest in getting many of these trucks off the road."
John Gibbons, Journalist & Author on the environmental impact of HGVs and the need to invest in transitioning to rail.
#TonightVMTV
John Gibbons, Journalist & Author on the environmental impact of HGVs and the need to invest in transitioning to rail.
#TonightVMTV
The tech bro oligarchs are all singing off the same hymn sheet. These are smart people who know the catastrophic suffering that will result from climate breakdown but they also know their empire of wealth will leave them totally unaffected.
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Bill Gates Delivers ‘Tough Truths’ on Climate Just Before Big U.N. Talks
Bill Gates argues against focusing on emissions goals in favor of measures of human development.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The tech bro oligarchs are all singing off the same hymn sheet. These are smart people who know the catastrophic suffering that will result from climate breakdown but they also know their empire of wealth will leave them totally unaffected.
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It was great to participate in tonight’s Community Conversation on Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan in Newtown Mount Kennedy.
Wicklow has great potential for nature restoration and communities that want to make it happen #RestoreNature
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Wicklow has great potential for nature restoration and communities that want to make it happen #RestoreNature
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October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It was great to participate in tonight’s Community Conversation on Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan in Newtown Mount Kennedy.
Wicklow has great potential for nature restoration and communities that want to make it happen #RestoreNature
www.restorenature.ie/get-involved
Wicklow has great potential for nature restoration and communities that want to make it happen #RestoreNature
www.restorenature.ie/get-involved
"The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth" - Wendell Berry
October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth" - Wendell Berry