Clare O'Grady Walshe
@clareogw.bsky.social
Seedsaver, speaker, author.
PhD Politics and International Relations: Seed Sovereignty and Globalisation
Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-12870-8
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-ogrady-walshe/
PhD Politics and International Relations: Seed Sovereignty and Globalisation
Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-12870-8
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-ogrady-walshe/
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Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
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Brave judges betrayed by cowardly politicians. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Yanis Varoufakis: Europe should be convulsing at US sanctions against French ICC judge
The US government has sanctioned a European judge for carrying out his official duties in Europe while working in an institution established by Europe’s elected representatives at great cost and effor...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Brave judges betrayed by cowardly politicians. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Ireland should be doing more for Palestine, boycotting the genocidal state of Israel on every level: trade, sporting, and cultural links.
But RTE's stand on the Eurovision is still cause to be proud.
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But RTE's stand on the Eurovision is still cause to be proud.
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Ireland will not take part in next Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s inclusion
Meeting of European Broadcasting Union decided vote on Israel’s participation was not needed
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December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ireland should be doing more for Palestine, boycotting the genocidal state of Israel on every level: trade, sporting, and cultural links.
But RTE's stand on the Eurovision is still cause to be proud.
share.google/O7eDraWZmvyf...
But RTE's stand on the Eurovision is still cause to be proud.
share.google/O7eDraWZmvyf...
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Judicial review has long been the legal firewall between private ambition and public harm."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"Judicial review has long been the legal firewall between private ambition and public harm."
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Min Jack Chambers claim: “number of judicial reviews rapidly growing. 2024 saw 43% increase on 2023, & 2025 a further 30% increase in cases in Court”
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Min Jack Chambers claim: “number of judicial reviews rapidly growing. 2024 saw 43% increase on 2023, & 2025 a further 30% increase in cases in Court”
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
Factcheck “number of JR decreasing year on year..members of public to take 40% fewer in 2025 & overall JRs will be 15% lower this year”
links below
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"The US sanctions render Judge Guillou of the Internatoonal Court of Justice a non-person, not only in the United States, but also in his own country France."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Yanis Varoufakis: Europe should be convulsing at US sanctions against French ICC judge
The US government has sanctioned a European judge for carrying out his official duties in Europe while working in an institution established by Europe’s elected representatives at great cost and effor...
www.irishexaminer.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"The US sanctions render Judge Guillou of the Internatoonal Court of Justice a non-person, not only in the United States, but also in his own country France."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
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The study follows the COP30 new Tropical Forests Forever Facility, which aims to mobilise billions for climate finance. It would pay forested countries to leave their tropical forests untouched.
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The study follows the COP30 new Tropical Forests Forever Facility, which aims to mobilise billions for climate finance. It would pay forested countries to leave their tropical forests untouched.
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Thanks Joe. I am pleased that my PhD research findings & book were submitted as evidence by the Law society of Kenya highlighting the criminalisation of farmers for saving their own seeds contradicting Kenya‘s constitution and restricts farmer’ rights to their own seed choice.
Aware of this thanks to @clareogw.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thanks Joe. I am pleased that my PhD research findings & book were submitted as evidence by the Law society of Kenya highlighting the criminalisation of farmers for saving their own seeds contradicting Kenya‘s constitution and restricts farmer’ rights to their own seed choice.
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Kenyan farmers just won a huge victory, the High Court has upheld their right to save and share indigenous seeds instead of bowing to corporate seed laws. A big step for food sovereignty, climate resilience and farmer power. #GreenSky #Kenya
Kenyan farmers secure right to share local seeds in court ruling reut.rs/3XlWO4V
Kenyan farmers secure right to share local seeds in court ruling
Small-scale farmers in Kenya sang and celebrated on Thursday after a court ruling secured their right to carry on the traditional practice of sharing local seeds.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Remembering Dervla Murphy on what would be her 93rd birthday today. She would be overjoyed for Kenyan smallholder farmers win in court yesterday to get back stewardship of their seeds they have cultivated for generations. Breithlá Shona Dervla.
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Remembering Dervla Murphy on what would be her 93rd birthday today. She would be overjoyed for Kenyan smallholder farmers win in court yesterday to get back stewardship of their seeds they have cultivated for generations. Breithlá Shona Dervla.
Thanks Teresa. If only more people( esp younger generation coming through) could do PhDs without following corporate commercial interests. That is having a very negative colonial type Impact especially in those countries like in Africa where corporations are so powerful.
Kenya sounds like the frontline in the struggle against climate change. I’m glad they’ve got you backing them up. It shows what valuable work is done in PhDs. Congrats again on yours, it’s a great achievement.
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Thanks Teresa. If only more people( esp younger generation coming through) could do PhDs without following corporate commercial interests. That is having a very negative colonial type Impact especially in those countries like in Africa where corporations are so powerful.
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That is an amazing impact for doctoral research to have. Huzzah! 🙌🏻
November 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
That is an amazing impact for doctoral research to have. Huzzah! 🙌🏻
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That’s fantastic Claire, it’s a huge vindication of your work.
Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
That’s fantastic Claire, it’s a huge vindication of your work.
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This is major.
Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is major.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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"Landmark decision in Kenya: the Machakos Court has ruled provisions of the Seed Law unconstitutional. The case originated with 15 farmers from the #SeedSavers Network defending the rights of millions of others. A turning point for seed sovereignty and farmers' rights."
@clareogw.bsky.social
@clareogw.bsky.social
Décision historique au Kenya: la Cour de Machakos juge inconstitutionnelles des dispositions de la loi sur les semences. À l’origine, 15 paysan-ne-s du #SeedSavers Network défendant les droits de millions d'autres. Un tournant pour la souveraineté en matière de #semences et les droits des paysans.
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Landmark decision in Kenya: the Machakos Court has ruled provisions of the Seed Law unconstitutional. The case originated with 15 farmers from the #SeedSavers Network defending the rights of millions of others. A turning point for seed sovereignty and farmers' rights."
@clareogw.bsky.social
@clareogw.bsky.social
Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...
Tomorrow Farmers in Kenya learn if their appeal of their Seed and Plant varieties Act 2012 which criminalised them for saving and sharing their own seed varieties is successful.They were backed by the Law society of Kenya who included research findings from my PhD& book. We live in hope🙏🏼
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Tomorrow Farmers in Kenya learn if their appeal of their Seed and Plant varieties Act 2012 which criminalised them for saving and sharing their own seed varieties is successful.They were backed by the Law society of Kenya who included research findings from my PhD& book. We live in hope🙏🏼
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Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
We have seen before how cutting ‘red tape’ leads to disaster, especially in planning and housing
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
Thanks Joe. I am pleased that my PhD research findings & book were submitted as evidence by the Law society of Kenya highlighting the criminalisation of farmers for saving their own seeds contradicting Kenya‘s constitution and restricts farmer’ rights to their own seed choice.
Aware of this thanks to @clareogw.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thanks Joe. I am pleased that my PhD research findings & book were submitted as evidence by the Law society of Kenya highlighting the criminalisation of farmers for saving their own seeds contradicting Kenya‘s constitution and restricts farmer’ rights to their own seed choice.
Reposted by Clare O'Grady Walshe
Inniu, d’fhreastail an tUachtarán Connolly ar sheoladh Lárionad nua um Fhoghlaim agus Forbairt Cleachtas Chúnamh na mBan agus thug sí an tÓráid Oscailte.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Inniu, d’fhreastail an tUachtarán Connolly ar sheoladh Lárionad nua um Fhoghlaim agus Forbairt Cleachtas Chúnamh na mBan agus thug sí an tÓráid Oscailte.
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I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Nitrates derogation
Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...
www.rte.ie
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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🚨The global rise of #UltraProcessedFoods isn’t accidental – it’s powered by a corporate playbook.
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨The global rise of #UltraProcessedFoods isn’t accidental – it’s powered by a corporate playbook.
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...