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Tara Peterman
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News & Current Affairs @ RTÉ Irish public service media, formerly Sky News DC Bureau, Etc. New Yorker in Dublin.
“Consumption of textiles in Ireland is currently double the EU average.” As part of @RTE news climate change coverage during #COP30 @samanthalibreri.bsky.social reports on textile waste and the circular economy.

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Bursting at the seams: Ireland's textile waste problem
The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said Ireland will need more resources to adequately deal with textile waste.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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"Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | Repost of my @thebulletin.org commentary by #MROnline: mronline.org/2025/11/04/m...
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, today's will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president.
It's Election Day. Here are 5 questions about what the results might mean
While too much shouldn't be made out of off-year elections, today's will be the first major electoral sign of the political mood and what voters think of the president.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Breaking News: The Trump administration will send only partial payments this month to the millions who receive food stamps, as the shutdown continues.
Trump Administration Faces SNAP Funding Deadline: Live Updates
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November 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Heat related deaths globally are rising according to today’s Lancet Report involving 71 organizations and 128 researchers. Some improvements were seen. Many countries (not Ireland) have national reports.

Heat-related deaths rise due to climate change - report www.rte.ie/news/health/... #climate
Heat-related deaths rise due to climate change - report
The warming effects of climate change have seen the rate of heat-related deaths surge 23% since the 1990s - to over 546,000 a year - according to the ninth Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climat...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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The commission may well acquiesce. Sadly physics doesn’t do discounts or bargains and it keeps receipts. If we want a liveable future for future generations on a world that has a climate even recognisably like ours our energy should be being spent on doubling down on climate action…
October 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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25 votes in my box since 7. Staff say they’ve never seen it so slow…
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year
Centenary celebrations for release of 1926 census
The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Follow live updates as Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys go head-to-head in the final debate of the Presidential Election campaign
Connolly and Humphreys go head-to-head in final debate
Follow live updates as the candidates in the Presidential Election take part in the final debate of the campaign.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Fianna Fáil has appointed a senior barrister and three TDs and senators to carry out a review into how it selected Jim Gavin to stand for the party in its disastrous Áras campaign www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-...
Fianna Fáil sets up review into party's disastrous presidential campaign
The party will examine the selection process for Jim Gavin.
www.thejournal.ie
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Last day to register to vote in Irish Presidential Election. Watch: How to register to vote before the deadline www.rte.ie/news/preside...
Watch: How to register to vote before the deadline
The deadline to register to vote in the Presidential Election is today.
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October 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
See & hear the Irish presidential candidates questioned by seasoned journalists. RTÉ has many options including the Prime Time debate on Tuesday Oct 21st on @rteone.rte.ie @rteradio1.bsky.social
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RTÉ announces Presidential Election debates and coverage
A major presidential debate with all three candidates on RTÉ television three days ahead of polling is among election coverage announced by the broadcaster.
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October 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Marine protection feels remote in a world of problems, not so for those deeply connected to fishing & marine life. Please watch this by myself and @barrycummins. The importance and why Ireland is a “laggard”. Thanks to all the voices-they matter. #marine #sharks #30x2030

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Net loss? Why Ireland trails Europe on marine protection
Marine Protected Areas are seen as a solution to biodiversity loss and dwindling fish stocks, but why has Ireland has yet to deliver the law to make them real?
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September 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“.when you attack journalists you stop the world from learning about anything else that is happening; the assaults on everyone else”.

Israel’s targeting of journalists is an attack on truth and history

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Sally Hayden: Israel’s targeting of journalists is an attack on truth and history
Journalists’ lives are not more important than those of other civilians, but when you attack journalists you stop the world from learning about what is happening
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August 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built

The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.

By Lisa Friedman, @bradplumer.bsky.social & @maxinejoselow.bsky.social
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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A UN-backed organisation has confirmed famine in Gaza, with more than 500,000 people facing "catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death"
UN confirms famine in Gaza, first in Middle East
A UN-backed organisation has confirmed famine in Gaza, with more than 500,000 people facing "catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death".
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August 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM