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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 2d

The Bar of Ireland.

Bar of Ireland Statement
It is the duty of barristers to be independent and free from any influence, especially such as may arise from their personal interests or external pressure, in the discharge of their professional duties as barristers.

Barristers cannot discriminate in favour of or against any person availing, or seeking to avail, of the services of the barrister on the grounds of race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, language, politics, religion, nationality, national or social origin, national minority, birth or other status.

It is also the duty of barristers to accept instructions in any case in their area of practice. As a result, barristers should not be identified with their clients or their clients’ causes or suffer adverse consequences as a result of being so identified. This fundamental principle arises from the Code of Conduct of The Bar of Ireland and is recognised in the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers and in the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer.

The duty of barristers to accept instructions, sometimes referred to as the “cab-rank rule”, ensures that everyone is entitled to access to justice and is central to trust in the Irish legal system and the rule of law.

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 2d

Drogheda

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 7d

The radio silence from the @lawsocietyireland.bsky.social is concerning though

Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.bsky.social · 7d

About time somebody said this

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

‘Better quality’ planning decisions would mean fewer judicial reviews - Bar council chair

Seán Guerin SC says decision-making failure over planning for Dublin drainage project ‘not the fault of judicial review’

www.irishtimes.com

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Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.bsky.social · 7d

About time somebody said this

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

‘Better quality’ planning decisions would mean fewer judicial reviews - Bar council chair

Seán Guerin SC says decision-making failure over planning for Dublin drainage project ‘not the fault of judicial review’

www.irishtimes.com

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 7d

The headline focuses on impacts on sea views, but the real story is that Irish Rail is planning for 1.3m sea-level rise over the next 50 years - that's the story

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Sea views on Dublin Bay’s south side to go if planned flood walls for Dart line are built

Residents say structures would also kill off long-promised walkway and cycle path

www.irishtimes.com

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FP Logue LLP @fploguellp.bsky.social · 12d

We are delighted to welcome Luke McCann to the team at @fploguellp.bsky.social

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 12d

Hate to say ‘I told you so’, but let’s just say that if you’ve read THE LIE OF THE LAND, none of this will be even remotely surprising.

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds

European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm

www.irishtimes.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 12d

Reminder: Our Govt is obsessed with shutting off Court oversight of bad environmental decisions.

#JudicialReview #Environment #Law
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report

The report makes for worrying reading.

www.irishexaminer.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 12d

Nature in Ireland is in a “very poor” state with the country’s economic growth achieved at the expense of the environment, EU analysis has found.
- @codohertynews.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Ireland’s natural environment in ‘very poor’ condition, EU analysis finds

European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm

www.irishtimes.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 12d

"The chosen people of God is all humanity."

Megalulu ♡︎ @megalu.bsky.social · 16d

The UN Speech that should have been covered wall to wall

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FP Logue LLP @fploguellp.bsky.social · 14d

'Novel' court action launched against EPA permit for data centre group's power plant

Campaigners claim that the EPA is failing to meet Ireland’s climate obligations in its licensing of power for the data centre.

www.thejournal.ie/data-centres...

'Novel' court action launched against EPA permit for data centre group's power plant

Campaigners claim that the EPA is failing to meet Ireland’s climate obligations in its licensing of power for the data centre.

www.thejournal.ie

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 16d

Just back, and there are so many people cycling compared to 10 years ago

Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 16d

In Brussels this week. Loving the effort that goes into making streets safer for people of all ages.

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FP Logue LLP @fploguellp.bsky.social · 17d

EU Commission sued over lack of environmental transparency - @fploguellp.bsky.social acting for @clientearth.bsky.social in this case before the General Court

euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

EU Commission sued over lack of environmental transparency

According to NGO ClientEarth, the EU Commission is illegally holding back information which should be public on health and the environment — and they are suing at the European General Court in Luxembo...

euobserver.com

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 17d

"The problem is no longer confined to specific policy areas or individual member states such as Hungary or Slovakia. From German local authorities attempting to oppress pro-Palestinian demonstrations, Italy’s prime minister discrediting the judiciary .. a dangerous pattern is emerging across the EU"

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17d

If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen

European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre

www.theguardian.com

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 18d

Autocracy in America: "the attack on law firms is part of a two-front strategy to neuter an indispensable branch of government. Trump and his allies are choking off lawsuits before they reach the judiciary on the front end while questioning the legitimacy of successful lawsuits on the back end."

Gregg Nunziata @greggnunziata.bsky.social · 18d

New from me: Why everyone should care about Trump's unlawful attacks on law firms.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/trumps-war...

Trump’s War on Law Firms is a War on You

Why he won’t stop at destroying the legal profession.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 19d

I've often thought that these reports would make for good assignments to energy engineering students - how many basic errors can you spot?

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 19d

Unherd of: Information commissioner orders landmark release of cattle herd location data

thecurrency.news/articles/200...

Unherd of: Information commissioner orders landmark release of cattle herd location data - The Currency

On Tuesday, September 2, a 13-page appeal decision from the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) landed in the inboxes of the transparency advocacy group Right to Know and t...

thecurrency.news

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 20d

That's not what the law says - fortunately enough.

Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 20d

The best was this morning where a huge global consultancy prepared CO2 emissions calculations on the basis that the latent heat of vaporisation of water would be recovered and converted to electricity.

Answers on a postcard ...

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 20d

Reading environmental reports for gas power stations and data centres lately.

All prepared by huge consultancies which appear not to understand the basic laws of physics. Very often they assume that power stations are 100% efficient

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 24d

In many cases proceedings have to be issued in the applicant's name which immediately goes onto High Court Search and a subsequent application made to the judge for anonymisation Which may or may not filter through to the Central Office.

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 24d

As far as I can see there is still no real procedure internally in the Courts Service to protect the identities of applicants including minors and abuse survivors.

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 24d

The Courts Service lost before the DPC and took a Circuit Court appeal where they lost and then appealed to the High Court before eventually giving up on the basis that the GDPR had come into force

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Fred Logue @fplogue.bsky.social · 24d

As we said the last time it won't happen again. I took a successful data protection complaint a few years ago against the Courts Service for publishing the name of an abuse survivor by mistakenly publishing an unredacted judgment.

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 28d

Precisely the question I keep asking myself:

'It begs the question: what on earth is the point of the EPA licensing regime if companies – in broad daylight, visible to us all – repeatedly breach the rules meant to protect our fragile rivers?'

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

EPA licensing rules to protect our fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached

Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing

www.irishtimes.com

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