@padraigmcevoy
Councillor #Clane-Maynooth Municipal District Kildare Co. Co. and Eastern & Midland Regional Assembly Peace Commissioner #RestoreNature Climate action now for the longer term. https://www.padraigmcevoy.com/actions
Alexandra Bridge (1864), Clane over the high flows on the River Liffey.
While water levels are high in Clane, updated public data on the ESB-managed levels is limited.
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By lifting the Dublin Airport passenger cap, delaying funding for public transport that has planning permission and opening the door to commercial LNG, Minister @darraghobrientd.bsky.social's message to his constituents seems to be: prepare for much more climate chaos.
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The paradox of the climate policies being agreed by the Irish government is succinctly put by
@oisinc.bsky.social on his Subtack.
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"We're for the jobs the comet will bring..." #DontLookUp
Department of Transport u-turns on mandatory helmets and high-vis for cyclists
Mandatory helmets and high-vis for cyclists are now not being looked at by the Government, the Department of Transport has confirmed. The introduction of mandatory Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for bicycle users…
Compulsory reading... but with a trigger warning... pull on a helmet.
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Primary school forced to close despite warning six months earlier of fire safety problems
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Keith Kelly, Irish Independent, was in contact about possible surges in of ESB managed Liffey water levels for Newbridge and Clane, as they deal with excess water in Blessington Lake.
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Water levels at the pedestrian bridge over the stream confluence with the Liffey, Clane.
Alexandra Bridge (1864), Clane, and high flow water levels as the ESB work to drain the saturated upper catchment centred on Blessington Lakes.
Posting a record of the water level of the Liffey, Clane, at 10:30 am, Saturday, 31 January... similar to levels last witnessed in late 2009.
The Bill is still at pre-legislative stage, and it can be fixed.
A clear solution exists:
• retain the Climate Act consistency duty
• remove legislative “deeming” of compliance
• require climate compatibility to be assessed, not asserted
Submissions to the Oireachtas committee are still open.
That replaces demonstrated compliance — assessed with evidence and public participation — with assertion.
It shifts climate law from a binding safeguard to a matter of discretion, increasing legal risk and weakening accountability at exactly the point where scrutiny matters most.
A key issue in the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill is how it weakens Ireland’s Climate Act.
The Bill would require decision-makers to act consistently with climate plans only “to the extent they consider practicable”, and then deem climate compliance in advance.
Ireland's dangerous roads: When cars come first, everyone loses.
High volumes, high speeds and lack of progress in safe road design cost lives.
Other countries fixed this by prioritising safety.
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Delaying the 2026 Climate Action Plan is deeply concerning. Efforts are already way off-track & the CAP is the main tool for closing the delivery gap this decade. Saying we must wait for post-2030 carbon budgets is conceptually backwards - delay now makes future targets harder and more expensive.
In Irish terms, climate tipping point will be reached by the end of this government. #speirgorm
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The climate stripes graphic in a colour scale from blue towards red to depict the rise in average annual temperatures.
Earth's third-warmest year on record has earned another dark red stripe in the climate stripes graphic, highlighting continued and unprecedented global heating.
As of June 2025, there are 89 data centres in Ireland, all of which have been mapped by The Journal Investigates here: investigates.thejournal.ie/data-centres
I tried to understand how environmental court cases actually work as a system in Ireland: how cost rules shape behaviour, who can realistically use the courts, and why Aarhus/EU access-to-justice rules exist as legal obligations, not optional preferences.
As the Irish Government consults on changing cost rules in environmental cases, a core concern is that public-interest challenges could be made cost-prohibitive — not to improve decisions, but to reduce litigation by increasing financial risk.
Policy drift is acknowledged, but ownership stays diffuse. Coherence comes through adjustment, rather than consistency rooted in shared responsibilities.
What lingers is a familiar pattern: firmness after the fact, critique aimed elsewhere, principles clarified only once outcomes are clear... all presented as pragmatic responses.
Adaptability is presented as a virtue in managing complex policy under fast-changing conditions. That’s clearly the frame of this interview.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
The fossil fuel industry’s “energy security” argument is dangerous, misleading and fundamentally flawed. Ireland should not be building new fossil fuel infrastructure. My piece in today’s Irish Times. #climate #climateobstruction #climatejustice #fossilfuels
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Climate literacy - it all adds up - @hannahdaly.ie
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Passengers on routes 120C and 120D will see services extended to Maynooth, providing a direct connection with rail services. This route will be renamed 121 (Tullamore–Edenderry–Johnstownbridge–Maynooth).
For full details from January, check the TFI Live app.
Operated by Go-Ahead Ireland, the updates will also complement the new Route 128, serving Prosperous, Sallins, Sandyford and UCD, and offering convenient interchange options with the Luas Red and Green Lines as well as Dublin’s orbital routes.
