John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
Campaigning journalist & author. THE LIE OF THE LAND is Shortlisted for 2025 Book Of The Year. Published by @penguinbooksireland
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Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
Very enjoyable visit to the Cavan & Monaghan Science Festival today, where I discussed some of the ideas for a #climate resilient future Ireland, as explored in THE LIE OF THE LAND. Librarian Ellie Flood chaired the session.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Very enjoyable visit to the Cavan & Monaghan Science Festival today, where I discussed some of the ideas for a #climate resilient future Ireland, as explored in THE LIE OF THE LAND. Librarian Ellie Flood chaired the session.
Did an interview with Joe Finnegan on Shannonside Radio from the side of the road en route to Cavan this morning to discuss #COP30 and to debate with INHFA re. Its dismissive approach to the issue.
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Did an interview with Joe Finnegan on Shannonside Radio from the side of the road en route to Cavan this morning to discuss #COP30 and to debate with INHFA re. Its dismissive approach to the issue.
On the road to Cavan town shortly to take part in Cavan-Monaghan Science Festival, where I'll be discussing THE LIE OF THE LAND and a new vision for Ireland in the #climate emergency.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
On the road to Cavan town shortly to take part in Cavan-Monaghan Science Festival, where I'll be discussing THE LIE OF THE LAND and a new vision for Ireland in the #climate emergency.
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New podcast with Data Centre designer and LNG advocate @thinkorswim.bsky.social ;)
The Lie of the Land. Yup!
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The Lie of the Land. Yup!
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November 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New podcast with Data Centre designer and LNG advocate @thinkorswim.bsky.social ;)
The Lie of the Land. Yup!
Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
The Lie of the Land. Yup!
Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
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I'll be in @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin next Sunday afternoon, chewing the cud with @thinkorswim.bsky.social about his fantastic new book 'The Lie of the Land' 🐮
Book at this link ⤵️
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Book at this link ⤵️
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John Gibbons in Conversation with Pádraic Fogarty | Books Upstairs
We are honoured to host a discussion between John Gibbons, author of The Lie of the Land, and fellow environmentalist Padraic Fogarty, on Ireland’s agricultural future in the face of climate change. J...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'll be in @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin next Sunday afternoon, chewing the cud with @thinkorswim.bsky.social about his fantastic new book 'The Lie of the Land' 🐮
Book at this link ⤵️
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/j...
Book at this link ⤵️
booksupstairs.ie/all-events/j...
Had an early morning discussion around 6.20 today with Shane Beatty on NewsTalk to tee up issues at the #COP30 climate conference in Brazil.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Had an early morning discussion around 6.20 today with Shane Beatty on NewsTalk to tee up issues at the #COP30 climate conference in Brazil.
I've just signed this petition to save Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford. Will you sign your name too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie
Save Ladys Island Lake, Co. Wexford
I've just signed this petition to save Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford. Will you sign your name too?
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November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I've just signed this petition to save Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford. Will you sign your name too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie
Valuable lesson here from one-time #climate “hero” Bill Gates: never, ever trust billionaires – on any subject. Only thing they care about is themselves, as I explained to Matt Cooper yesterday.
Oh, and not sure about Micheál Martin either.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Oh, and not sure about Micheál Martin either.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Why Bill Gates Is Wrong About Climate Change
Climate scientists have criticised billionaire Bill Gates for comments he made on climate change last week.Gates published a 17-page memo in which he called ...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Valuable lesson here from one-time #climate “hero” Bill Gates: never, ever trust billionaires – on any subject. Only thing they care about is themselves, as I explained to Matt Cooper yesterday.
Oh, and not sure about Micheál Martin either.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Oh, and not sure about Micheál Martin either.
www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...
Taoiseach decries slump in #climate action…abroad, of course.
Meanwhile, back home, Taoiseach opposes solar farms & 100% supports Ireland’s climate-destroying and water-polluting livestock sector.
Go figure.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Meanwhile, back home, Taoiseach opposes solar farms & 100% supports Ireland’s climate-destroying and water-polluting livestock sector.
Go figure.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Taoiseach warns of danger that action on climate crisis is ‘weakening’
Micheál Martin addresses world leaders ahead of Cop30 in Brazil, speaking of impact Storm Éowyn left on State
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November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Taoiseach decries slump in #climate action…abroad, of course.
Meanwhile, back home, Taoiseach opposes solar farms & 100% supports Ireland’s climate-destroying and water-polluting livestock sector.
Go figure.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Meanwhile, back home, Taoiseach opposes solar farms & 100% supports Ireland’s climate-destroying and water-polluting livestock sector.
Go figure.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Great to see people out on the streets in Dublin City centre in their short sleeves having a drink and enjoying the balmy summer evening weather…in November ☠️
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Great to see people out on the streets in Dublin City centre in their short sleeves having a drink and enjoying the balmy summer evening weather…in November ☠️
Thoroughly enjoyed today’s public interview as part of Dublin Book Festival at TU Grangegorman just now. Full house, lots of questions and, most importantly, loads of copies of THE LIE OF THE LAND sold and signed!
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed today’s public interview as part of Dublin Book Festival at TU Grangegorman just now. Full house, lots of questions and, most importantly, loads of copies of THE LIE OF THE LAND sold and signed!
Please to see that my public interview at the Dublin Book Festival is now fully sold out! It kicks off with Prof Pat Brereton at 12.30 today in TU Grangegorman.
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Please to see that my public interview at the Dublin Book Festival is now fully sold out! It kicks off with Prof Pat Brereton at 12.30 today in TU Grangegorman.
My piece on how populist political NIMBYism stymies renewable energy is in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social
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John Gibbons: Saying nuclear power is better for the environment than solar is ludicrous
The idea that intensive dairy farming is some kind of pastoral idyll with no impact on the environment has been allowed to take hold to the point that serious people are now suggesting nuclear reactor...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
My piece on how populist political NIMBYism stymies renewable energy is in today’s @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Looking forward to taking part in a public interview around my book, THE LIE OF THE LAND at the Dublin Book Festival in TU Grangegorman with Prof Pat Brereton from 12.30 tomorrow.
Link below for the last few (free) tickets:
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Link below for the last few (free) tickets:
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The Lie of the Land
John Gibbons in conversation with Professor Pat Brereton
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November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Looking forward to taking part in a public interview around my book, THE LIE OF THE LAND at the Dublin Book Festival in TU Grangegorman with Prof Pat Brereton from 12.30 tomorrow.
Link below for the last few (free) tickets:
lnkd.in/ewb6596f
Link below for the last few (free) tickets:
lnkd.in/ewb6596f
Nice to get a bit of a write-up in my hometown paper, the Kilkenny People, to mark THE LIE OF THE LAND being shortlisted for the Book of the Year award.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Nice to get a bit of a write-up in my hometown paper, the Kilkenny People, to mark THE LIE OF THE LAND being shortlisted for the Book of the Year award.
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@thinkorswim.bsky.social great book, only problem is I can’t read it in bed, can’t sleep after it.
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@thinkorswim.bsky.social great book, only problem is I can’t read it in bed, can’t sleep after it.
Fresh from being trounced by a centre/left coalition in the presidential election, both Martin & Harris reach out to appeal to…the far right.
What a fiendishly cunning strategy.
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What a fiendishly cunning strategy.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Ireland could explore offshore deportation hubs for failed asylum seekers, says Taoiseach
Micheál Martin says Ireland should not rule out deportation hubs outside the EU, as Coalition tensions rise over migration policy
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October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Fresh from being trounced by a centre/left coalition in the presidential election, both Martin & Harris reach out to appeal to…the far right.
What a fiendishly cunning strategy.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
What a fiendishly cunning strategy.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Really pleased to get a great plug for THE LIE OF THE LAND when on the @tonightvmtv.bsky.social Show earlier this week.
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Really pleased to get a great plug for THE LIE OF THE LAND when on the @tonightvmtv.bsky.social Show earlier this week.
Enjoyed taking part on a panel at the ‘Feeding Ourselves’ conference in TCD this afternoon. Packed audience, lots of insights & inspiring presentations, including from Talamh Beo & Seán McCabe, Bohemians football club.
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Enjoyed taking part on a panel at the ‘Feeding Ourselves’ conference in TCD this afternoon. Packed audience, lots of insights & inspiring presentations, including from Talamh Beo & Seán McCabe, Bohemians football club.
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Wonderful to see well-researched & inspiring 'Lie of the Land' by environmental journalist John Gibbons on Irish Book Awards shortlist. Sole book on Irish environmental issues in non-fiction category.
Public vote open until 16 Nov:
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-...
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Public vote open until 16 Nov:
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-...
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
The Lie of the Land: A Game Plan for Ireland in the Climate Crisis - Irish Book Awards
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October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Wonderful to see well-researched & inspiring 'Lie of the Land' by environmental journalist John Gibbons on Irish Book Awards shortlist. Sole book on Irish environmental issues in non-fiction category.
Public vote open until 16 Nov:
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-...
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
Public vote open until 16 Nov:
www.irishbookawards.ie/nominee/the-...
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
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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.
#TonightVMTV
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
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Live from 10:35 pm, @kierancuddihy.bsky.social will be joined by John Clendennen TD, Kevin Cunningham, John Gibbons, Ger Hyland & Linda DeCourcy to discuss:
🚨 Is the collapse of Fastway couriers a result of green taxes and climate policy?
🚨 Spoil the vote campaign
🚨 Tomorrow's front pages
🚨 Is the collapse of Fastway couriers a result of green taxes and climate policy?
🚨 Spoil the vote campaign
🚨 Tomorrow's front pages
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Live from 10:35 pm, @kierancuddihy.bsky.social will be joined by John Clendennen TD, Kevin Cunningham, John Gibbons, Ger Hyland & Linda DeCourcy to discuss:
🚨 Is the collapse of Fastway couriers a result of green taxes and climate policy?
🚨 Spoil the vote campaign
🚨 Tomorrow's front pages
🚨 Is the collapse of Fastway couriers a result of green taxes and climate policy?
🚨 Spoil the vote campaign
🚨 Tomorrow's front pages
The “increasingly fragile” ceasefire is a euphemism for “Israel murders scores of civilians, including kids, whenever it feels like it”, and somehow the “international community” plays along with this ghoulish charade.
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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 60 overnight as ceasefire looks increasingly fragile
Netanyahu ordered strikes on Tuesday evening after firefight between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants
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October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The “increasingly fragile” ceasefire is a euphemism for “Israel murders scores of civilians, including kids, whenever it feels like it”, and somehow the “international community” plays along with this ghoulish charade.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Finished reading The Lie of the Land by @thinkorswim.bsky.social this morning.
I'd highly recommend this to anyone trying to wrap their head around the climate crisis, and what Ireland can do to mitigate and adapt to it.
The book does a brilliant job at making the overwhelming understandable.
I'd highly recommend this to anyone trying to wrap their head around the climate crisis, and what Ireland can do to mitigate and adapt to it.
The book does a brilliant job at making the overwhelming understandable.
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Finished reading The Lie of the Land by @thinkorswim.bsky.social this morning.
I'd highly recommend this to anyone trying to wrap their head around the climate crisis, and what Ireland can do to mitigate and adapt to it.
The book does a brilliant job at making the overwhelming understandable.
I'd highly recommend this to anyone trying to wrap their head around the climate crisis, and what Ireland can do to mitigate and adapt to it.
The book does a brilliant job at making the overwhelming understandable.