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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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.
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.
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.
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.
In Cork today en route to tonight’s public interview around THE LIE OF THE LAND in CECAS, Skibbereen, stopped off in Eason’s Mahon Point to sign some copies – they tell me it’s selling really well!
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In Cork today en route to tonight’s public interview around THE LIE OF THE LAND in CECAS, Skibbereen, stopped off in Eason’s Mahon Point to sign some copies – they tell me it’s selling really well!
We’re constantly hearing about online radicalisation, yet the UK tabloid rags, including their Oirish editions, brazenly spread anti-Palestinian hatred & Israeli misinformation like confetti.
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We’re constantly hearing about online radicalisation, yet the UK tabloid rags, including their Oirish editions, brazenly spread anti-Palestinian hatred & Israeli misinformation like confetti.
BEYOND delighted and honoured to be Shortlisted tonight for non-fiction Book of the Year at this year’s Irish Book Awards!
THE LIE OF THE LAND continues to make waves!
THE LIE OF THE LAND continues to make waves!
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
BEYOND delighted and honoured to be Shortlisted tonight for non-fiction Book of the Year at this year’s Irish Book Awards!
THE LIE OF THE LAND continues to make waves!
THE LIE OF THE LAND continues to make waves!
The real story here isn’t the rampant mendacity of a conman, it’s how the media eagerly normalises and mainstreams this pathological liar and would-be tyrant.
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The real story here isn’t the rampant mendacity of a conman, it’s how the media eagerly normalises and mainstreams this pathological liar and would-be tyrant.
Industrial livestock doesn’t just pollute our waterways & wipe out biodiversity, it also threatens our very existence.
On a per capita basis, Ireland is among world’s worst livestock polluters.
On a per capita basis, Ireland is among world’s worst livestock polluters.
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Industrial livestock doesn’t just pollute our waterways & wipe out biodiversity, it also threatens our very existence.
On a per capita basis, Ireland is among world’s worst livestock polluters.
On a per capita basis, Ireland is among world’s worst livestock polluters.
"If you've read his columns or listened to him on air, you'll know this is a correspondent in the George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social mould, someone who isn't afraid to call out incompetence or negligence".
From a review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today's Sunday Independent.
From a review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today's Sunday Independent.
October 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"If you've read his columns or listened to him on air, you'll know this is a correspondent in the George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social mould, someone who isn't afraid to call out incompetence or negligence".
From a review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today's Sunday Independent.
From a review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today's Sunday Independent.
Delighted to be participating in this year’s Dublin Book Festival & looking forward to the below event on November 5th next to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND; if you’re free that day, do come along.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Delighted to be participating in this year’s Dublin Book Festival & looking forward to the below event on November 5th next to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND; if you’re free that day, do come along.
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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The UK Green Party is surging in popularity, breaking the 100,000 member mark over the weekend.
Amazing what happens when you take a clear moral and political stance on genocide.
Amazing what happens when you take a clear moral and political stance on genocide.
October 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The UK Green Party is surging in popularity, breaking the 100,000 member mark over the weekend.
Amazing what happens when you take a clear moral and political stance on genocide.
Amazing what happens when you take a clear moral and political stance on genocide.
Fresh from his triumphant Áras campaign backing Jim Gavin, Micheál Martin again shows his deft political touch with this latest wheeze, one worthy of CJH himself or his FF mentor Bertie.
Shocking stuff.
Shocking stuff.
October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Fresh from his triumphant Áras campaign backing Jim Gavin, Micheál Martin again shows his deft political touch with this latest wheeze, one worthy of CJH himself or his FF mentor Bertie.
Shocking stuff.
Shocking stuff.
Yet again, the satirical media doing a far better job at conveying the truth than the mainstream press.
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Yet again, the satirical media doing a far better job at conveying the truth than the mainstream press.
Always enjoy a good debate, and where better than the TCD 'Phil' to participate.
Huge, enthusiastic student attendance, and great craic always guaranteed. Last week's debate was titled: 'This House Believes that Nothing Ever Changes'.
Was happy to be on the winning side this time!
Huge, enthusiastic student attendance, and great craic always guaranteed. Last week's debate was titled: 'This House Believes that Nothing Ever Changes'.
Was happy to be on the winning side this time!
October 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Always enjoy a good debate, and where better than the TCD 'Phil' to participate.
Huge, enthusiastic student attendance, and great craic always guaranteed. Last week's debate was titled: 'This House Believes that Nothing Ever Changes'.
Was happy to be on the winning side this time!
Huge, enthusiastic student attendance, and great craic always guaranteed. Last week's debate was titled: 'This House Believes that Nothing Ever Changes'.
Was happy to be on the winning side this time!
Amid the constant anti-renewables sentiment so common across our media, this letter today is a blessed relief.
October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Amid the constant anti-renewables sentiment so common across our media, this letter today is a blessed relief.
“In the future, people will look back and thank John Gibbons for what he has done for Irish farmers, just like his father before him”.
Very positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in current edition of Village magazine by former Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan.
Very positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in current edition of Village magazine by former Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan.
October 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“In the future, people will look back and thank John Gibbons for what he has done for Irish farmers, just like his father before him”.
Very positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in current edition of Village magazine by former Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan.
Very positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in current edition of Village magazine by former Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan.
Hi Shane, here's the section from my book that covers the above event, relating to Storm Desmond in 2015.
October 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hi Shane, here's the section from my book that covers the above event, relating to Storm Desmond in 2015.
Surprised and chuffed to see THE LIE OF THE LAND featuring on the cover of the print edition of the UK magazine, 'The Bookseller', which this week has a special feature on Irish bookshops.
October 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Surprised and chuffed to see THE LIE OF THE LAND featuring on the cover of the print edition of the UK magazine, 'The Bookseller', which this week has a special feature on Irish bookshops.
Extensive quotes from THE LIE OF THE LAND feature in a column in today’s Irish Examiner by Dr Catherine Conlon.
October 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Extensive quotes from THE LIE OF THE LAND feature in a column in today’s Irish Examiner by Dr Catherine Conlon.
Met lots of interesting people in Stradbally today at the #climatecarnival and was genuinely blown away by how many people have already read - and enjoyed - THE LIE OF THE LAND.
Good to meet & chat with Darina Allen of Ballymaloe too.
Good to meet & chat with Darina Allen of Ballymaloe too.
September 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Met lots of interesting people in Stradbally today at the #climatecarnival and was genuinely blown away by how many people have already read - and enjoyed - THE LIE OF THE LAND.
Good to meet & chat with Darina Allen of Ballymaloe too.
Good to meet & chat with Darina Allen of Ballymaloe too.
Enjoyed taking part in a lively debate at the #climatecarnival in Stradbally this morning on the’Future of Food’
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Enjoyed taking part in a lively debate at the #climatecarnival in Stradbally this morning on the’Future of Food’
“John Gibbons in his recent book belongs to the group fearing catastrophe, and the international scientific community is increasingly in agreement with him”.
A fairly positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND by economist Colm McCarthy in the Farmers Journal this week.
A fairly positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND by economist Colm McCarthy in the Farmers Journal this week.
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“John Gibbons in his recent book belongs to the group fearing catastrophe, and the international scientific community is increasingly in agreement with him”.
A fairly positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND by economist Colm McCarthy in the Farmers Journal this week.
A fairly positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND by economist Colm McCarthy in the Farmers Journal this week.
Third week since launch and three weeks in the Top 10 non-fiction national bestseller list for THE LIE OF THE LAND!
September 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Third week since launch and three weeks in the Top 10 non-fiction national bestseller list for THE LIE OF THE LAND!