Cheeky coffee at Coastguard to start the morning......

Going on Today with Claire Byrne now - tune in!

How bloody cold and wet could it get? It wouldn't bear thinking about, except that we can still stop it. irishtimes.com/environment/cl… #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #EnergyTransition

To get our water quality up to the standard it needs to be for everyone, and restore our river ecosystems, we need to invest. The Water Action Plan lays out how we do that. rte.ie/news/environme…

Silver Medal for Katie-George Dunlevy PLY 🏳️‍🌈 and her pilot Linda Kelly! 🥈 Another truly fantastic performance on the bike at #Paris2024 👏👏🇮🇪

“For the sake of our health, recreation and safety, it’s time that we paid more attention to this most precious resource. The plan provides for investment to clean up our water and it enforces strong controls on pollution.” Cleo Murphy killarneytoday.com/new-plan-will-…

Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD secured increasing support with the cost of childcare for parents again this year.

Bizarre how misallocated road space is in cities. Plenty of work to be done.

"The Greens don't want rail lines" is some lovely alternative facts. As Fine Gael's former spin doctor is surely aware, the last time a Minister for Transport cancelled the Metro to the airport, Fine Gael were so impressed they made him their Taoiseach.

"we". Fine Gael are the largest party on Fingal County Council, who imposed the passenger cap. If local government's power to impose a passenger cap was removed, it would be done by the Fianna Fáil Minister for Local Govt and presumably with agreement of the FG Taoiseach.

Global temperatures passed the 1.5 degrees threshold in 13 of the past 14 months. We can't put climate action on the back burner. rte.ie/news/2024/0906…

Forecast rainfall totals over the next 3 days shows plenty of rain again for England and Wales and very little for Ireland and Scotland.

Great to spend some time this morning with the newly formed #TidyDundrum 🙌 This new voluntary community group was initiated by #ImagineDundrum who do so much to enrich and care for our local area #Dundrum

Delighted to welcome British PM Keir Starmer to Ireland today on behalf of the Irish Government. The continued improvement in British-Irish relations is very welcome and this visit will help strengthen them all the more.

About half of homes have D energy ratings or lower. We have only begun to see the huge improvements we can make to people's lives by supporting retrofits and home energy upgrades. Thousands of new apprenticeships will let us keep ramping them up. independent.ie/irish-news/hig…

In 2006, #Ljubljana's mayor Zoran Janković faced aggressive backlash on his plans to make the center car-free. He stood firm and went ahead. Afterwards, the citizens re-elected him. SIX TIMES!

Season of Creation 2024 “100 Urgent Actions to Reverse Biodiversity Loss by 2030” Presenter: Hans Visser Biodiversity Officer Fingal County Council Tuesday September 10th 730pm Church of the Assumption, Howth howthparish.ie/season-of-crea…

I took part in a citizens science water quality project this week with DCU Water Institute. I sampled the County Brook which feeds to River Dargle #Bray Returning to a location where I sampled with Wicklow County Council for my water quality dissertation with environment&planning over 20 years ago!

We have been able to take more of the financial burden off more young families with consistent, reliable and increasing childcare supports, thanks to Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD

I walked with #CorkCC colleagues and hundreds more today at the weekly rally for a #CeasefireNOW in Gaza at Grand Parade, Cork. Demanding action on illegal Israeli arms transport through Irish sovereign airspace and the implementation of the Occupied Territories Bill.