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Róisín Moriarty
@roisinmoriarty.com
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Climate science and policy for a better, safer, fairer world 🌍🌎🌏
Working on carbon dioxide removal and national pathways to net zero and beyond
Research Fellow @ucc.bsky.social 🇮🇪
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maynoothuniversity.ie
After widespread flooding during #StormChandra, Prof Peter Thorne of MU, sounded the alarm if global warming continues unabated. “It’s just another sad milestone in a litany of sad milestones of a climate going awry & going wrong to the detriment of all of us,”.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
'More heartache' to come as a result of extreme weather conditions, researchers warn
This January was the wettest since 2018, according to Met Éireann
www.irishexaminer.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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aidanobrien.bsky.social
Someone really needs to take Michéal Martin aside and remind him why exactly we named it O'Connell St and why there's a fucking massive statue of the man who led a national rent strike at the top of it.
'You couldn't care less': Taoiseach gets defensive as rent reforms face criticism His outburst prompted the Ceann Comhairle to warn TDs to be “respectful”. 1.40pm, 11 Feb 2026 2.5k 23 TAOISEACH MICHÉAL MARTIN was on the defensive today in the Dáil as his Government’s incoming reforms to the rental market came in for sharp criticism from the opposition. “You couldn’t care less about whether we provide more houses for the young people in this country,” he shot back at Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald after she accused him of being on the side of large landlords rather than renters. “You’re full of sound bites,” the Taoiseach claimed, to protest from the Sinn Féin benches. The exchange between the Taoiseach and the Sinn Féin leader prompted Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy to appeal for a “respectful” debate “with a mindfulness for our [visitors'] gallery being full”. In response, the Taoiseach said that the six-year tenancies that are being introduced under the reforms will give tenants greater security. Under the reforms, landlords will only be able to reset rents every six years, but they can do it sooner than this if a tenant leaves voluntarily. McDonald pointed to this and said that because average tenancies are less than six years, landlords will still have significant freedom to increase rents. “You see, 25% of tenancies in any given year are new tenancies, because people move in and move on all the time. And Taoiseach, most tenancies here last three and a half years, not six. “So the majority of renters will be hit quickly and hit again and again. In truth, very few renters will escape these hikes,” McDonald said. Similarly, Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns also criticised the incoming rental reforms, again prompting anger from the Taoiseach, who told her: “You just hate the private sector. Social Democrats hate the private sector! You don’t believe it has any role in housing.” Statute of Daniel O'Donnell Daniel O'Connell at a monster rent strike meeting
February 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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hannahdaly.ie
Read our open letter to the Taoiseach and Climate Minister, arguing that there is no legal or scientific justification for delaying Ireland's Climate Action Plan. It's urgently needed to close the carbon budget delivery gap this decade, and further delays will increase overall costs.
February 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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autofac.bsky.social
Open letter to IE govt: protesting the continuing delays in issuing the 2026 update to the Climate Action Plan (CAP26), and the spurious grounds being offered for that. www.postcarbonireland.org/etc/2026/Let...
www.postcarbonireland.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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pbresnihan.bsky.social
In 6 weeks, Minister O'Brien has fast-tracked LNG infrastructure, lifted the moratorium on data centres and the Dublin Airport passenger cap. All under the banner of 'strategic infrastructure'.

Irresponsible moves that lock us into climate havoc and US dependency.

www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Proposal to end Dublin Airport passenger cap approved
The Cabinet has approved drafting the required legislation to end the passenger cap at Dublin Airport.
www.rte.ie
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
Using hydrogen as a fuel to replace natural gas has been strongly promoted by vested interest groups.

Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.

The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
roisinmoriarty.com
Perhaps the best bit of advice I ever got on writing but also on researching/analysis was from the book below ⬇️

It goes like this--you should always finish the day knowing the start of the next step, when you have articulated the next thing you are to write or to do, ...

#AcademicChatter

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Air & Light & Time & Space: How Successful Academics Write — Helen Sword
Air & Light & Time & Space by Helen Sword offers individuals and institutions a customizable blueprint for rebuilding their writing habits from the ground up.
www.helensword.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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maynoothuniversity.ie
“My sense is that the Supreme Court has reigned in the High Court’s interpretation of Section 15 somewhat, but it’s clear that Section 15 still has a lot of bite,” - Dr Orla Kelleher @maynoothlaw.bsky.social

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Supreme Court ruling on wind farms requires all public bodies to consider climate impacts
Judgment states public bodies must try to act in line with national climate targets
www.irishtimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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clarekelly.bsky.social
This excellent piece offers the strength and inspiration I needed today: "In this oligarchic dystopia, it is an act of defiance just to insist upon maintaining your own cognitive faculties. Regularly exercising your own creativity, ingenuity and mental effort is a small but meaningful rebellion."
February 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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fintankelly.bsky.social
When Extinction Rebellion peacefully protested at the gates of Leinster House, they were swiftly removed by a phalanx of Gardai and arrested.
Yet when IFA members have occupied Bord Bia HQ or Agriculture House, the state’s response has been far more accomodating.
www.thejournal.ie/extinction-r...
Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested and released after chaining themselves to gates of Leinster House
Dozens of gardaí formed a human chain around protestors as their locks were cut off the gate looking onto Merrion Square.
www.thejournal.ie
February 6, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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catherinecoxon.bsky.social
Petition on large scale commercial seaweed harvesting : my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
my.uplift.ie
February 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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stitchlily.bsky.social
Only 664 more people needed for us to pass our threshold.

Please, please, if you haven't signed already. Don't presume others will. Sign and share

🇵🇸🙏🇵🇸🙏

#Speirgorm #Ireland #SixNations
stitchlily.bsky.social Orla Breslin @stitchlily.bsky.social · 6d
C'mon folks, only 721 people to go and we've passed the Irish threshold. If you haven't signed this already, why not?

It's an important EU citizen led initiative that needs 7 countries to pass their threshold, and then the EU government machine is forced to talk about it.

#Speirgorm #IrishSky
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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martinsokol.bsky.social
Great article on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and a petition started by my students to urge @tcddublin.bsky.social to back it!

@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
@climatejusticeuni.bsky.social

universitytimes.ie/2026/01/trin...
Trinity and the Fossil Fuel Treaty
universitytimes.ie
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
roisinmoriarty.com
You wonder as you watch what amazing thing will they finish with and then they finish with something amazing so of this time but also of all time #bravo
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d
I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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jawngee.bsky.social
Amazing...stay until the end
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d
I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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swimsure.bsky.social
🇮🇪 Good to see the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy invite expert witnesses from An Taisce (y'day), & today Stop Climate Chaos Coalition members Trócaire & Friends of the Earth, to give evidence against the Bill to build LNG infrastructure.
www.antaisce.org/news/gas-eme...
Gas Emergency Reserve Bill is a Trojan Horse for fossil fuel growth
Government’s LNG plan will lock-in fossil fuel dependency, ensure climate action failure, and is contrary to Ireland’s legal obligations. An Taisce is calling for an independent review of the General ...
www.antaisce.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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emmet.quiddity.ie
behaviour we would prosecute under existing laws if we prioritised the safety of the most vulnerable road users:

speeding, driving using a phone, breaking red lights, footpath parking, parking in bus lanes

behaviour we plan to prosecute because we prioritise motordom:

cyclists not wearing hi-viz
zenbuffy.bsky.social Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 6d
We wouldn't even need a bunch of legislative change here, just people to actually be prosecuted for breaking the laws that actually exist.

This mirrors my own experiences with reporting crimes and them not bothering to do anything and then fobbing me off.
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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quiteclare.bsky.social
Burning bridges with my billionaires pals today.
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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swimsure.bsky.social
Well worth watching this from @climateadam.bsky.social, collecting and rebutting the incoherent, climate killing nonsense being spouted by the big tech hucksters (and happily swallowed by gullible media and politicians).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=py0X...
Climate Scientist Reacts to AI Overlords
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
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January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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ciaraioch.bsky.social
Anyone have experience and personal recommendations for carer support groups or similar groups for carers in Ireland, or good resources online? Particularly if you've done it while self-employed or without other support
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
roisinmoriarty.com
This is a really incredible piece of work.

Worth the read, it is written by county so you can see what the issues are and what is being done.

Great reporting @shaunacorr.bsky.social and company
How your county is weighing in on fighting climate change
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m.independent.ie
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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oisinmcgann.bsky.social
I've never understood how nobody has ever written a novel about this before, but there was a brief time when the *Irish republican movement* possessed the first fully functional submarine.

Yes, you heard that right.

A short thread . . . 1/

#SpeirGorm #JohnPhilipHolland #Submarine
The full cover, back and front, of my novel, Steel-Plate Subversive. Overall, it’s a deep blue and sea green, the colour of sea at night. On the front, the view is from above, looking down at the deck of a small, steel-grey submarine at night. The hatch in the low-profile turret is open. A bearded white man in a green woollen jumper and brown flat cap is in the open hatch, holding a Thompson submachine gun. He’s lit from below by the red light inside the submarine. The title is vertical, in orange, down the left side, and the tagline is in white, much smaller to the right: ‘Irish revolutionaries, British spies, German mercenaries, and a submarine that shouldn't exist.’ My name is in white at the bottom. The back cover shows the same submarine in the harbour of a small town at night, racing away at speed. The blurb reads: There's something out there in the water. A shaky truce has been established in Ireland's War of Independence. In 1921, as negotiations begin in London to finally free the Irish from British control, a young intelligence agent named Esther Sinclair discovers that a nightmarish weapon has gone missing in France. Akiko Regan and her cousin Liam O'Leary have made their own discovery: Akiko's father, Michael, is the leader of the mysterious rebel group known as the Selkies. Michael is an engineer who trained under the famous John Philip Holland in New Jersey. At the start of the century, Holland's designs had established the submarine fleets of five nations. But the Irishman's very first submarines were built for the Irish republican movement. The Royal Navy have no idea that a Holland vessel has heen operating in the Irish Sea. Michael had hoped to shield Akiko and Liam from the ongoing violence. Now, however, the family find themselves drawn into a crisis that threatens not just their lives but the future of their country. There’s an Arts Council of Ireland logo across from the barcode, to acknowledge funding for the writing of the book.
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
The "AMOC is no longer a distant #climate scenario but a national & global security risk

European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now"

- Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson
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DN Debatt. ”Vi vet inte var tippningspunkten ligger – men den närmar sig”
Vad händer om Golfströmmen stannar av? Den senaste forskningen tyder på att vi kan närma oss så kallade tippningspunkter.
www.dn.se
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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johnhyphen.bsky.social
major case of shooting the messenger, when successive governments have done too little to: (a) cut ireland's emissions enough to make a fair contribution to climate action; (b) protect people and their homes from the climate change that's already locked in
thejournal.ie The Journal @thejournal.ie · 14d
Minister James Browne said Met Éireann needs to make a 'judgement call' rather than solely relying on mathematical formulas when it comes to issuing weather warnings jrnl.ie/6940649
Housing Minister criticises Met Éireann for 'withholding information' on severity of floods
The flooding mainly affected Co Wexford, Co Wicklow, and south Dublin.
jrnl.ie
January 29, 2026 at 7:01 AM