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Friends of the Earth Ireland
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Irish member of the world's largest federation of environmental groups, campaigning for environmental justice & sustainability.
Registered Charity No: 20205807
https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/
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Friends of the Earth Ireland @foeireland.bsky.social · 1d
Wondering how to keep the momentum going after the climate march? Join SCC’s Mass Climate Lobby of TDs! This is another great opportunity to bump climate action further up political priority lists in early December.🌍✊

Register here: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
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Our reaction to the COP30 outcomes.
The agreement edges the world slightly forward but it’s not nearly enough.
When COP happens next year in Turkey, Ireland will play a key role with EU Council Presidency and actions must speak louder than words.
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/friends...
Friends of the Earth responds to COP30 conclusion - Courage in short supply as COP30 delivers bare minimum | Friends of the Earth
Outcome of climate conference, coinciding with Paris Agreement 10-year anniversary, bring limits and weaknesses of the UN process into stark relief.   Responding to the COP Outcome, CEO of &#8230...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Wondering how to keep the momentum going after the climate march? Join SCC’s Mass Climate Lobby of TDs! This is another great opportunity to bump climate action further up political priority lists in early December.🌍✊

Register here: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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This offer will end on Monday 24th November. To ensure your gift arrives in time, so don’t delay and donate for your climate justice t-shirt today.

👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/winter-t-shi...
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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🔊One day to go until the National Climate March!

Will you join us tomorrow to march for climate justice?🌍✊

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/events/join-...
Join the National Climate March
It's time to put People before Big Polluters!
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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1/ We have the power to respond, to stand up, speak out, and be seen. Our ‘Climate Justice Now’ and ‘Save What We Love’ t-shirts are symbols of solidarity and our determined fight for justice and all we strive to protect on our shared home, planet Earth. 🌍
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Comhghairdeas Catherine!

Is áthas linn go bhfuil sé mar sprioc ag Catherine a bheith ina "guth a chuireann an bhunbhagairt a thagann le cliseadh aeráide in iúl".

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Ba bhreá le Cairde an Domhain comhghairdeas a ngabháil do Catherine Connolly inniu ar lá a hoirnithe.
Friends of the Earth extends our warm congratulations to Catherine Connolly ahead of her inauguration as Uachtarán na hÉireann later today.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Real climate action means matching words with action to put people before big polluters.

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/press/friend...
Friends of the Earth’s response to Taoiseach’s statement at COP30
Real climate leadership means matching words with action at home
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November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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“If I do leave the country (and the outward march of the twenty-somethings is already happening all around me), the freezing dampness of Irish housing will be a major driving factor.”

~Colm, a private rental tenant in Dublin. Read his full blog here👇

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“What is it about the way Ireland's economy and society are set up that a 'good job' leaves me in fuel poverty?”
Blog by Colm, a private rental tenant, on his experience of living in a cold, mould-ridden home
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November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Join us at the National Climate March!

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

Learn more ➡️https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/lets-march-to-put-people-before-polluters/

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Join the National Climate March
It's time to put People before Big Polluters!
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October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Politicians must act. The powerful hurricane bearing down on Jamaica is evidence of the folly of continuing to burn fossil fuels. Climate change increases the intensity of hurricanes. Politicians denying climate change or dragging their feet are putting lives at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Live updates: Hurricane Melissa to make landfall in Jamaica
People are evacuated to higher ground as US meteorologists warn of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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From the Amazon to Cabo Delgado to the Niger Delta, communities are resisting corporate climate criminals.

Keep the #CorporateLobby out of the #BindingTreaty negotiations. Keep the foxes out of the henhouse.

Read our latest joint report with @stoptncimpunity.bsky.social👇
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October 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Today the Lancet reports heat-related deaths rising, a surge of 23% since the 1990s in their Ninth Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate Change.

Join us later to hear how @foeireland.bsky.social is working for communities, justice and climate action as we celebrate our Impact Report 2025. 👇
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Join us for the online launch of our impact report! 🎉

Thanks to your support, we’ve achieved a lot together. Let’s celebrate it!🥳

Register today to join us online at 12.30pm on Wednesday 29th October🌍
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/events/impac...
Join our online impact report launch!
Let's celebrate what we've achieved together thanks to your support. Register today to join us online at 12.30pm on Wednesday 29th October.
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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"If Government chooses to protect communities & prioritise energy for housing & essential services by putting the brakes on Big Tech’s power grab, they will have the support of the public behind them"

Rosi Leonard of FoE quoted in @irishexaminer.bsky.social

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Irish people surveyed want data centres to be powered completely by renewable energy
Some 40% recognise that data centres account for a large share of national energy consumption — more than a fifth of Ireland's metered electricity
www.irishexaminer.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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New poll shows public want energy prioritised for housing and essential services, not data centres.

People see data centre growth as threat to Ireland’s energy and water supplies, and ecosystems, and want Big Tech to be regulated

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/new-pol...
New poll shows public want energy prioritised for housing and essential services, not data centres | Friends of the Earth
New poll shows public want energy prioritised for housing and essential services, not data centres  People see data centre growth as threat to Ireland’s energy and water supplies, and …
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October 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Join us for the online launch of our impact report! 🎉

Thanks to your support, we’ve achieved a lot together. Let’s celebrate it!🥳

Register today to join us online at 12.30pm on Wednesday 29th October🌍
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/events/impac...
Join our online impact report launch!
Let's celebrate what we've achieved together thanks to your support. Register today to join us online at 12.30pm on Wednesday 29th October.
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Our statement on Citywest.

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/stateme...

Now is the time for safety and solidarity and for communities to come together and reject the hate-driven incidents of recent days.
Statement on Citywest | Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth Ireland is part of a global movement for environmental and social justice. We count people from over 70 countries as part of our family who share our values of peace, justice and ...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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If you rent, you have no say in your home’s heating system & insulation level, but you do pay the bills. Minimum Building Energy Rating (BER) rules would change that—a Bill on this is being debated in the Dáil soon.

Learn more⬇️
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Why we need minimum Building Energy Ratings in private rental homes
If you rent, you don’t get to choose your boiler, insulation level, or your windows, but you do pay the bills. Minimum BER rules would change that.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Taoiseach must be clear - no free passes for Big Tech in midst of climate crisis.

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/taoisea...
Taoiseach must be clear - no free passes for Big Tech in midst of climate crisis
Taoiseach’s recent comments at Stripe launch appear to reject legal action on climate grounds.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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🚨 Permission for Irish data centre megacomplex could send dangerous signal for Europe. Today we’re supporting a legal action taken by Friends of the Irish Environment and @foeireland.bsky.social.
October 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Data Centres complain about the lack of infrastructure being built for them in Ireland, but won't even comply with rules around what the impact would be.

Read more here www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/what-we...
October 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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This Govt shouldn’t dismiss expert analysis from state bodies or rely on avoiding EU obligations to paper over inaction, especially not on the climate crisis.

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www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...
Minister says climate costs warning is ‘back of envelope stuff’
Darragh O’Brien says he does not believe Ireland will face fines of up to €26 billion
www.irishtimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The test for this Budget was simple: will fewer people be left afraid to turn their heating on?

Unfortunately there is little hope that the Budget decisions have moved that needle, despite some measures around the edges.

@clareoconnor.bsky.social writes.

www.thejournal.ie/readme/budge...
Opinion: Winter is coming - but the new Budget won't keep our homes warm
Households are bracing for a winter of expensive energy bills and the Budget has given little hope of that pressure being alleviated, writes Clare O’Connor of Friends of the Earth.
www.thejournal.ie
October 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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1/ Some quotes from our initial reaction to #Budget2026

Read our statement in full here 👇
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October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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#Budget2026: Some initial reaction🔎
It’s impossible to “prepare for tomorrow” while ignoring the climate crisis
Small steps towards addressing energy poverty welcome but overall Budget 2026 fails to tackle the interlinked climate & cost of living crises
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Budget Reaction : Impossible to “prepare for tomorrow” while ignoring climate crisis
Small steps towards addressing energy poverty welcome but overall Budget 2026 fails to tackle the interlinked climate and cost of living crises
www.friendsoftheearth.ie
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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We have spotlighted five things to watch in Budget 2026 tomorrow to assess the Government’s commitment to tackling the interlinked climate and cost of living crises

Read it here: bit.ly/5thingsBudge...
October 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM