A stacked area chart of the electricity generation mix on the island of Ireland with the following fuel types: battery, pumped storage, biomass, waste-to-energy, hydro, solar, wind, oil, and gas. There is also a black line showing electricity demand. Footnote reads: All-island figures. Excludes rooftop solar. Source: EirGrid, SEMO

Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 72% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 82% at 13:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 26% of demand. 4% of generation was exported, 4% of demand was met by imports.

Our call is now open for submissions to be a part of Dublin Book Festival 2026, taking place 4 - 8 November. Details, guidelines and submission form over on our website now ➡️ bit.ly/4cynDtU

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🚨Europe’s main water law is under attack from polluting lobbies including the mining industry!

📢We are calling on the Government to do their bit in protecting our water law.

🔗Click the link to see SWAN’s submission to the European Commission on this.
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Sitka Spruce is promoted in school? A problematic non-native tree grown in large plantations that have created ecological impoverishment at scale nationwide in one of the least forested countries in the EU27?

Sitka Spruce is now 44.6% of Ireland's total forest

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Ep 13 - The Iniskea Prospect Should Ireland leave all its oil and gas reserves in the ground or drill to achieve energy independence?

The suggestion that Ireland should reverse the ban on drilling for oil and gas has popped up again.
I made a programme looking at this from every imaginable angle.

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Spoiler alert: The arguments for drilling don’t add up.

Gardening for Butterflies, JESMOND HARDING, May 2021 YouTube video by Green Foundation Ireland

🌿 From our archive: #Biodiversity Week 2021, Ireland’s leading butterfly expert Jesmond Harding joined us to show how gardening for butterflies can support nature. Still relevant, still inspiring 🦋 Full video 👇
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France announces ban on gas boilers in new buildings starting in 2027 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu also announced on Friday a doubling of support for electrification by 2030, from €5.5 billion to €10 billion annually.

Renewable heating is key to cutting fossil fuel imports 🔥➡️⚡

France is acting on it: its electrification plan confirms a full ban on gas boilers in new buildings by 2027. It focuses on scaling up EVs and heat pumps. The way out isn’t subsidising fossil fuels, it’s electrification and energy savings.

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Let's Talk: Restoring Our Native Irish Woodlands Join us in Glenveagh National Park for an evening of poetry, music, and contributions from leaders in the area of nature restoration.

🌳 Biodiversity Week 2026 | Let’s Talk: Restoring Our Native Irish Woodlands 🌳
You are invited to a special in‑person evening connection with nature at Glenveagh National Park.

📅 Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 7.00–11.00pm
🎟️ Free event - Register 👇

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🌍Today is Ireland's Overshoot Day. If the rest of the world consumed like Ireland since Jan 1st, the Earth would run out of resources on Apr 14th.

Last year, this date was May 17th.

This is not just! The climate crisis is happening NOW, and is impacting families in Ireland & around the world.

"...the facts have changed, and changed decisively, over the last decade and more as renewable energy technologies have rapidly matured.

Wind and solar, supported by battery arrays and e-fuels, are now the cheapest, cleanest sources of energy in history..."

Iran war triggers 19% jump in Irish wholesale electricity prices Increase in wind energy shields country from worst of spike, Wind Energy Ireland says

“At a time when we were exposed again to the worst effects of a volatile fossil fuel market, Irish wind farms halved the wholesale price of power compared to days when we had to rely almost entirely on imported gas.”

www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

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Join GFI at the National Botanic Gardens for a screening and panel discussion of “The Tolka - This is your river” with Laura Ribero of @dcuwaterinstitute.bsky.social and John Gormley, producer of the film.
Register for your ticket 👇

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Communities across Ireland come together to celebrate the launch of An Taisce's National Spring Clean The National Spring Clean encourages communities across Ireland to play their part in tackling Ireland’s litter problem to protect biodiversity and help fight climate change.

Communities across Ireland come together to celebrate the launch of An Taisce's National Spring Clean

And for those still looking to get involved, registrations will remain open for the remainder of the month, so volunteers can sign up at NationalSpringClean.org

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My latest column: Ireland’s data centre policy will drive significantly greater fossil fuel use, contradicting multiple statutory and policy targets which require rapid reductions instead.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Irish Government’s ambition to fail on climate action Chair of An Taisce Terri Morrissey writes, 'that we failed to stay within the first Carbon Budget is one thing, but welcoming failure as a success risks undermining public support for the action that ...

Inconvenient Truths on carbon budget compliance:
'Significant ‘successes’ achieved in recent years have been achieved despite (and even contrary to) Government policy and technical adjustments to recorded GHG emissions'
World events also played a role in reductions
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Ending of EU nature funding will be ‘deeply regressive’ for Irish conservation Oireachtas committee challenges EU plan to end scheme through which Ireland has secured over €200m in investment

Nice to see politicians defending the EU's LIFE programme. It's the only dedicated funding for biodiversity and the European Commission wants to scrap it as a stand alone programme in the name of 'simplification'

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Is the Emissions Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Emeritus Professor John Sweeney, Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS), Maynooth University writes that while optimistic noises may be made about our progress in limiting emissions, the u...

While optimistic noises may be made about our progress in limiting emissions, the underlying problem is not being tackled by effective policy measures.

While our EU partners have achieved average emission reductions of 40% since 1990, we have managed a measly 5%.

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Iconic Andy Singer cartoon with a driver saying “Public Transit wastes money. It always has to be SUBSIDIZED!” He is surrounded by evidence that driving is heavily subsidized. In fact, investing in walking, biking, public transit, and housing for the otherwise homeless saves public money.

One of the biggest disinformation campaigns ever applied to cities involves the constant claims that “driving pays its way.” It’s actually MASSIVELY subsidized, while things like walking, biking, public transit & supportive housing for the unhoused actually SAVE PUBLIC MONEY. #UrbanTruth

The Irish Times view on the latest Irish climate change review: a powerful, troubling picture Extremes dominated every aspect of climate in 2025 and Ireland is not prepared

“Until Irish politicians bring climate up, front & central in all their deliberations, there will be more years like 2025, and, arguably, much worse years rapidly after that.”

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

Night Into Day The thing changing the world this year is...batteries.

This looks like a complicated chart, but in fact it's some of the simplest and best news imaginable: batteries are quickly turning night into noon. Worth a read if I say so myself
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Mapping rhodo and other invasive species with Dúlra/Forum Conamara today. Centre of photos is an important old oak woodland site @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social which currently has no rhododendron and minimal grazing from deer (for now!) Now is the perfect time to work with landowners in area...

Pitchfork politics and sausage-making: how the farmers ‘crisis’ rewrote EU green rules behind closed doors Legal experts call it undemocratic; the official watchdog calls it a failure of integrity. After a wave of farm protests rocked the continent, Brussels gutted its green protections at record speed, le...

"𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭." The origin story of deregulation 📣 🚜

🔎 New investigation by @natashafoote.bsky.social @euobserver.com shows how #FarmerProtests were hijacked to roll back rules that protect people and nature – all to favour big business. euobserver.com/208082/pitch...

A grid of cars, trees, plants and bicycles. Blue and orange icons on a white background.

Could we design a better process for residents to input into the kerbside uses on the street where they live? #StreetMixBETA

If you'd like to suggest your street, please add it here. dccbeta.ie/project/arti...

Time for another slow travel thread. This time from Dublin to Bilbao by rail and sail. We're catching the 17:28 from Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort. The train arrives 30 minutes early so it is easy to find a seat.

Ireland’s manure boost faces EU warning over pollution risks An EU adviser says Dublin can’t rely on paperwork alone to justify higher manure limits, putting its farm-heavy nitrates policy under fresh legal pressure.

EU Advocate General warns the Irish Government can’t raise nitrogen limits for farming without proof that it won’t pollute rivers, lakes or protected habitats.

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#nitratepollution
#waterqualitymatters

" Ireland’s plan to let farmers spread more manure ran into a hard check Thursday, with a top EU court adviser warning the government can’t raise limits without proving it won’t pollute rivers, lakes or protected habitats."