🌍New landmark climate case: This morning, Community Law & Mediation, alongside a grandfather, a youth climate activist, and a child were granted leave to proceed with a landmark court case challenging inadequate Government action on climate change. This case, which argues

The government will be fighting several climate cases over the coming year. Latest, headed by Community Law & Mediation (CLM) takes inspiration from KlimaSeniorinnen & Youth4ClimateJustice m.independent.ie/irish-news/gra…

Public interest litigation is increasing a critical climate action - oil terminal in Belfast Lough quashed.

New landmark climate case: Yesterday, Community Law & Mediation, alongside a grandfather, a youth climate activist, and a child were granted leave to proceed with a landmark court case challenging inadequate Government action on climate change. This case, which argues that

The Hen Harrier Threat Response Plan launched today is a failed opportunity to urgently put in place the necessary measures to prevent the extinction of this iconic bird of prey species - Environmental Pillar, BirdWatch, An Taisce environmentalpillar.ie/hen-harrier-th… BirdWatch Ireland An Taisce

Nice work from TY students (far better than Road Safety Authority )

The Harris odds are looking stronger all the time.

irishtimes.com/business/2024/… The very profitable retailer that campaigned against minor changes in transport to reduce car traffic in city centre, for healthier air, less emissions, now says its using bag charge to plant trees.

Thank you so much for a fantastic evening Eason New Island Books Ladies Football and everyone else who came to the launch on Thursday 🥳 Thrilled that ‘Unladylike’ is now out for everyone to read! Available to buy now in all good bookshops as they say 📚🏐

Help needed: Yesterday's 30 bikes shipped to international protection applicants brings bikes distributed so far to 750. We could do even more with a volunteer coordinator managing comms and handling offers and requests. Get in touch if you would like to help (2-3 hrs/week)

Recommend listening to BBC Sounds 'Secret Intelligence' drama series unpacking the warts and all factual history of the CIA (and its fateful plotting of the 1953 Iranian coup that shaped everything to today) bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…

Housing Agency data shows increased growth of whole homes being let in Dublin on @airbnb despite regulations Dublin City Council public.flourish.studio/story/2017920/

When developers complain 'regulation and standards' are the problem - remind them of this - taxpayers picking up their €2.5b tab for sub-standard homes during 'boom' #housing #ireland irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

Sickening and sad destruction ....irishexaminer.com/news/courtandc…

The deposit return scheme is outperforming expectations, and it has been really great to see how it has taken off with community and charity groups making use of the scheme for fundraising. checkout.ie/retail/re-turn…

Climate Action is being rolled out as a Leaving Cert subject beginning in @Tyndall_College Carlow in 2025. John Tyndall was a 19th-century pioneer of climate science from Carlow so it's quite apt that the college will be one of the first schools in Ireland to teach the subject.

Good news ......

Governance and silo-thinking is a building block to a climate-just city; my piece in the The Irish Times today draws on my Dublin City University MSc Climate Change dissertation on how Dublin can reconcile its climate and housing goals. irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

Excellent analysis of Dublin’s current sustainable housing challenges and indeed those of all Irish towns & cities Building blocks to a climate-just city irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

#Paris takes cars off Port d'Iéna permanently, at the Eiffel Tower