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Campaigning journalist & author. THE LIE OF THE LAND is published on 4th of September 2025 by @penguinbooksireland linktr.ee/lieoftheland #ClimateEmergency. ThinkOrSwim.ie.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Jun 10

Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.

It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4h

Yet again, the satirical media doing a far better job at conveying the truth than the mainstream press.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks Emily, it's farcical alright, and I tried to convey that sense.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 15h

Always enjoy a good debate, and where better than the TCD 'Phil' to participate.

Huge, enthusiastic student attendance, and great craic always guaranteed. Last week's debate was titled: 'This House Believes that Nothing Ever Changes'.

Was happy to be on the winning side this time!

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 19h

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the Environment with Matt Cooper on Today FM now available.

Astute listeners may spot that I’m deeply unimpressed by our so-called “climate” minister, Darragh O’Brien, a man as out of touch with reality as he is out of his depth.

www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

Did The Government Ignore The Climate Crisis In Budget 2026?

Critics have accused the government of failing to adequately tackle climate change in Budget 2026, which was announced by Minister for Finance Paschal Donoho...

www.todayfm.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 19h

Wow. Ivan the Terrible.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 21h

This week’s Last Word on the Environment coming up shortly on Today FM. Topics to include Budget 2026 and #climate, US bullies EU to cut green rules and EU moots daft ‘veggie burger’ name ban.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks Eoghan, glad you got to read it!

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d

All perfectly normal. Nothing speaks of a sector’s confidence in its produce than its panicked efforts to cancel competitors, real and imaginary and stifle public choice.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods

Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’

www.theguardian.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, I listened to it live, could as easily have been broadcast 20 years ago.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Am due on East Coast FM very shortly to discuss #Budget2026 and its #climate and environmental impacts.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Great slogan, sure they are custodians of the seas after all.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

What an *interesting* way of framing the ongoing collapse of Ireland’s marine ecosystems, largely driven by industrial overfishing.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Fishing industry facing 'economic Armageddon'

The Irish fishing industry has warned it is bracing for catastrophic fishing quotas next year that "could collapse the Irish fishing sector and devastate major fishing communities".

www.rte.ie

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic. So many positive stories like that.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

On my (short term) list too…

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Magic!

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2d

Amid the constant anti-renewables sentiment so common across our media, this letter today is a blessed relief.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

“In the future, people will look back and thank John Gibbons for what he has done for Irish farmers, just like his father before him”.

Very positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in current edition of Village magazine by former Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

Yet another reminder that the fight for #climate action is also the fight against fascism and genocide.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Niall, glad it struck a chord with you.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you, Colm! Rest assured, the likelihood of a tell-all autobiography is approximately zero!

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Colm Duffy @colmduff.bsky.social · 6d

Well done @thinkorswim.bsky.social.

This is a bloody great read, had to pick my jaw up off the floor a few times!

If you ever write an autobiography, I will definitely read it.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 7d

Good stuff Shane, hope you enjoy!

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 7d

Hi Shane, here's the section from my book that covers the above event, relating to Storm Desmond in 2015.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 7d

Surprised and chuffed to see THE LIE OF THE LAND featuring on the cover of the print edition of the UK magazine, 'The Bookseller', which this week has a special feature on Irish bookshops.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 7d

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the Environment is now available, with discussion on the EEA report on Ireland’s environment, the growing risk of extreme weather in our coastal areas, plus the death of primatologist Jane Goodall.

www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

The Last Word on The Environment With John Gibbons

John Gibbons joins Will O'Callaghan to discuss the weeks biggest environmental stories .This week they discuss the death of legendary conservationist Jane Go...

www.todayfm.com

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