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Exploring, creating & supporting eco initiatives in Stoneybatter.
Tomorrow! Saturday 29th Nov, 11am-1pm. Hope to see you there!
Delighted we’ll have a free energy-efficiency clinic with @cosybatter 11am-1pm Sat 29th November, An Síol, 19 Manor St, where you can chat to an expert about ways to make your home cosier & cheaper to run. We’ll also have a book swap - & you’re also very welcome just pop in for a cuppa & a chat.
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Ah here.

Active Travel getting €360m every year while road spend goes up from €1,600m to €2,700m.

We've seen time and again how building active travel infrastructure increases modal shift, boosting health, reducing congestion and saving money.

Serious leadership would have understood that.
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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it can be hard work being an active citizen and lots of people don't have the time or capacity to do it. which means opportunities to participate in civic life are not equally distributed.
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Another example of the extraordinary example of the generosity of spirit shown by Irish courts to motorists who commit homicide

www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Woman given suspended sentence over cyclist's death
A woman whose husband was killed whilst out for a Sunday cycle on the Malahide Road in Dublin last year, has said no words can ever change how brutal it has been since she lost him.
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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It's still November, but only just and that means it's #IBIKEBop time again!

This month we are proud to cycle with Irish Sport For Palestine

Join us this Friday 28th November at 6pm on Parnell Square North opposite the Hugh Lane Gallery

#CriticalMass #CriticalMassDub #IrishSportForPalestine
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Funding allocations for The National Development Plan...

We can’t cut transport emissions 50% by 2030 with these allocations. This plan doubles down on car-centric thinking—more pollution, less movement, and zero vision for healthy, sustainable transport.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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DART+ South West is shelved until 2030. It has full planning approval since 2024, no judicial reviews and is ready to go but construction won't start until after 2030. A lot of housing around Adamstown and Clonburris built in anticipation of this upgrade.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Free family-friendly festive events in our fifteen-minute community! 💚 🎄
Step back from the hustle and bustle of Christmas prep and celebrate the magic of the season at our free festive family day at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Sunday 30th November.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This week on The Explainer, we're joined by DCU's Diarmuid Torney to look back on COP30: what was agreed, what was lost, and where the world goes from here.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts pod.link/1452246930/e...
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Delighted we’ll have a free energy-efficiency clinic with @cosybatter 11am-1pm Sat 29th November, An Síol, 19 Manor St, where you can chat to an expert about ways to make your home cosier & cheaper to run. We’ll also have a book swap - & you’re also very welcome just pop in for a cuppa & a chat.
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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In Dublin, between the canals, there is very little public green space for football (or other field sports). I can't think of any on the Northside, south of the North Circular Road. There are private pitches in Blackhall Place and Grangegorman but nowhere for children to play or practice publicly.
So much of this could be said more broadly for play for children and young people - the safety, accessibility and inclusivity of our neighbourhood outdoor spaces in the context of the climate crisis is a growing challenge.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“‘We want climate action that builds equality & gives people a sense of belonging for the future.’ So says Seán McCabe, head of climate justice & sustainability at Bohemian Football Club.”

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
How one football club is taking climate action into its own hands
‘Inequality is damaging our society, so you can’t act on the climate crisis and ignore this’
www.irishtimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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🧵 Renters in Dublin want to take action on climate but feel unable to, according to the Your Voice, Dublin’s Energy Future Survey
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, President Connolly says
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, President Connolly says
Figures of possible fines of between €8bn and €26bn for breaching emissions targets ‘incredible’, President says
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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France is worth a look here, they categorize their building stock from A to G.
F cannot increase rents, renting out a G class building is forbidden etc.
www.cec-zev.eu/de/themen/um...
Französische Förderungen für energieeffiziente Gebäude
Energetische Sanierung: Wärmedämmung, neue Heizung usw. Welche Förderungen gibt es in Frankreich? Wer hat Anspruch darauf? Wir geben Tipps.
www.cec-zev.eu
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath

50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Any #speirgorm people interested in the impact of #climate on Iceland - award-winning Icelandic writer and documentary filmmaker @andrimagnason.bsky.social will be speaking in @tudublinsustain.bsky.social on Wednesday! Andri is known for his eulogy to the first glacier lost to climate change. Book 👇
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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This morning’s walk. Before the rains. Or after *some* rains but before the big Orange 21-hour rain/weather warning that starts in a few hours anyway. Dublin has a massive drainage problem doesn’t it? Water pooling everywhere.
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Last month, a sweeping review of 1,550 studies found that taking action for biodiversity in cities had significant, wide-ranging benefits: better physical & mental health, healthier childhood development, stronger social connections & less exposure to extreme heat, air pollution and noise pollution
November 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Why don't those bloody cyclists use the cycle-lanes.

Reason # 7,032
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Join us for our November public meeting to meet reps from Dublin City Council’s Active Travel Programme Office re-

• Active Travel Network progress
• Project Consultations
• Early Engagements
• Plans for 2026

📆 Thu 13 Nov
📍 Academy Plaza Hotel off O'Connell St. D01 X2X0
⏰ 7.30pm
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Connecting Cabra will be attending this event on Saturday with our friends from Bohs Climate Cooperative. Hope to see you there. Let’s make some noise and get Climate back on the agenda! @leafybatter.bsky.social @nearfm.ie @cosybatter.bsky.social
Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin

We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters

@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said consumption of textiles in Ireland is currently double the EU average
Bursting at the seams: Irish problem with textile waste
The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said Ireland will need more resources to adequately deal with textile waste.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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The council is chugging forward with a bin-bag ban for some streets in the city-centre. It’ll first come into effect in the south inner-city, and hit the north inner-city next year, said a council official earlier this week.
Council chugs forward with bin-bag ban for some streets in city-centre
It’ll first come into effect on certain streets in the south inner-city, and hit the north inner-city next year, said a council official earlier this week.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Diageo opens ‘Bike Library’ at St James’s Gate for employees to “try before you buy”

Diageo employees in Dublin can now take advantage of a “try before you buy” scheme featuring 40 electric bicycles, allowing them to borrow an e-bike. Employees have access to the bikes for a four-month trial…
Diageo opens ‘Bike Library’ at St James’s Gate for employees to “try before you buy”
Diageo employees in Dublin can now take advantage of a “try before you buy” scheme featuring 40 electric bicycles, allowing them to borrow an e-bike. Employees have access to the bikes for a four-month trial period before deciding whether to purchase their preferred bike through the Bike-to-Work scheme. The company said that its staff can now choose from four e-bike models, with child seats and accessories available.
irishcycle.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM