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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 1d

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

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The Party is looking for a Press and Strategic Communications Officer to help us shape and get our message out as effectively as possible.

Deadline for applications is Thursday 6th November. Find all the details below.

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 3d

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All are welcome to take part. The more tickets you buy, the greater your chances of winning.

Click the link below to see the prizes available and to buy your tickets today! 👇

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 6d

The biggest global gathering of nature organisations, scientists and governments, which takes place every 4 years, has just concluded. Once again, there was no representative from the Irish government - why have we opted out of participating in these events?

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IUCN World Conservation Congress concludes in Abu Dhabi with ambitious vision for nature conservation

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 15 October 2025 (IUCN) – The IUCN World Conservation Congress closed today in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, setting the vision for nature conservation for the next ...

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 7d

Heather’s disinterest in the nature aspect of her brief, and the specific issues raised in the bill, bordered on the staggering at times.

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 7d

I worked on this terrible bill in then Senator Grace O’Sullivan’s office, with @whittledaway.bsky.social, @naturenymph.bsky.social, @fintankelly.bsky.social, @aliceeire.bsky.social and many others. We had to campaign for months just to remove a section that would have decimated our hedgerows.

Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 7d

Heather Humphreys was a disaster as minister in charge of heritage and nature. She didn't meet nature groups and seemed to have no interest in her job expect for when it came to weaking wildlife laws to allow more burning and hedge-cutting.

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...?

Heather Humphreys was ‘unsympathetic’ to fears over change to wildlife law, say activists

Campaigners had ‘no access for discussion’ on ‘damaging’ Bill extending hedgerow-cutting season

www.irishtimes.com

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 7d

Just love this ❤️ 🇬🇧

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8d

British.

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 9d

Reports of large-scale destruction of centuries-old native broadleaved trees and hedgerows in Co. Cork are truly shocking.

The Green Party is today calling for a thorough investigation to be led by the NPWS Wildlife Crime Directorate alongside An Garda Síochána.

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Noonan calls for urgent action on illegal felling of 200-year-old native woodland in Cork | Green Party

Noonan calls for urgent action on illegal felling of 200-year-old native woodland in Cork

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 13d

For me it’s pointing to a general sickness and extremism in American culture. They’re not a well people

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Malcolm Noonan @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social · 13d

No new money for nature restoration, a static heritage budget and nothing meaningful to fix our rivers, lakes and estuaries.

My response to heritage, nature, water measures in the FFG/Ind. first budget. #budget26

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Noonan: No new money for Nature Restoration in Budget 2026 | Green Party

Noonan: No new money for Nature Restoration in Budget 2026

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 14d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Michael Pidgeon @pidgeon.ie · 17d

I still can't believe that they're doing this. Giving a massive VAT tax break that'll do very little for small cafés and restaurants, while giving millions to big chains.

Weak, unfocused governance. They're too comfortable chucking out our tax money.

Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 17d

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality.

For that kind of money you could:

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty
🚌 Make public transport free

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 17d

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality.

For that kind of money you could:

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty
🚌 Make public transport free

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 17d

The Residential Zoned Land Tax #RZLT is essential to take land hoarders to task and ensure that our many empty sites lying idle in the country are put to use.

Government loopholes are gutting the Land Hoarding Tax. Empty sites stay empty. Hoarders keep winning.

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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 17d

Over the summer, the Government raided the Climate & Nature fund to pay for gaps in their infrastructure bill. Today's Budget could have fixed that and committed new investment for nature and the environment.
Unfortunately, there has been no change in their approach. A wasted opportunity.

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 19d

Considering turnout is usually around 50%, safe to say most of them won’t be voting.

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 22d

Couldn’t get through but sounding good

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Michael Pidgeon @pidgeon.ie · 22d

A big blanket VAT cut? It's a bad idea. Better to give smarter, more targetted supports for cafes and restaurants.

We've set out a way to give more to small businesses while spending about a third of what the government are planning.

Be smart: do more, spend less!

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 25d

Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds

European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm

www.irishtimes.com

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · 29d

“This is our Vietnam”.
Am I doing that right?

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Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @greens-efa.eu · Sep 24

This week, right-wing groups in the ENVI & AGRI Committees have shown once again how little they care about nature and people by rejecting the EU forest monitoring law.

Knowing how our forests are doing is crucial to keep them healthy, keep us healthy, fight #ClimateChange and safeguard our future.

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · Sep 20

That moment was so shocking in its ignorance and arrogance that it made the national news here in Ireland. Staggeringly stupid and indefensible

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Michael Pidgeon @pidgeon.ie · Jul 18

✅ Pledge fulfilled

Prior to the election, we pledged to fund public services and end Dublin city's bizarre local property tax cut.

We've done that tonight, raising €65m+ for fixing roads, tackling dereliction, insulating homes, and new zebra crossings.

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Michael Pidgeon @pidgeon.ie · Jul 18

Tonight the Greens are ending a bad tax cut in Dublin City Council. We want to invest instead.

We'll be raising money to insulate social housing, bring derelict properties into use, offer pprenticeships, and build zebra crossings.

Fixing Dublin = Investing in Dublin

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Ed Davitt @davitter.bsky.social · Jul 14

Oh shite been there - British rail just seems to collapse in the heat. Sorry for your pain, was always able to crash with cousins when it happens but it would almost put you of it all

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · Jul 3

"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."

MBA-brain is real.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 3

They’re literally advertising it.

CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs

Ford chief predicts AI will replace “literally half of all white-collar workers.”

www.wsj.com

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