Irish Doctors for the Environment
@irishdocsenv.bsky.social
An organisation of healthcare professionals and students in Ireland dedicated to promoting good health by addressing the health impacts of the climate and biodiversity crises through environmental care.
Registered charity (#20205893)
🔗 https://ide.ie
Registered charity (#20205893)
🔗 https://ide.ie
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See how wide, safe, and comfortable the cycle paths are? This is what we deserve in Ireland.
Anything but is simply not good enough.
Anything but is simply not good enough.
This bus-and-cycle expressway runs directly from Nijmegen station to the university and hospital in the south of the city. People on bikes and buses get there fast without delays, while motor traffic has to take the longer route.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
See how wide, safe, and comfortable the cycle paths are? This is what we deserve in Ireland.
Anything but is simply not good enough.
Anything but is simply not good enough.
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It really is just simple geometry.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
The entrance to the 3-storey bike parking garage at Utrecht Central holding 12,500 bicycles. It’s free for the first 24 hours, linked to the station, and used by tens of thousands every day. This is what happens when a country treats bikes as real transport infrastructure, not an afterthought.
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It really is just simple geometry.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
You cannot build a functional city if everyone brings a 2-ton living room on wheels with them.
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I would love to see a similar level of ambition and vision for Dublin.
Dublin desperately needs greener, healthier and creative solutions like this!
#ReimagineDublin
Dublin desperately needs greener, healthier and creative solutions like this!
#ReimagineDublin
How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I would love to see a similar level of ambition and vision for Dublin.
Dublin desperately needs greener, healthier and creative solutions like this!
#ReimagineDublin
Dublin desperately needs greener, healthier and creative solutions like this!
#ReimagineDublin
Leaf blowers should be banned (bar a few very specific exceptions).
Pod of this week’s Last Word on the environment with Matt Cooper is now available. I argued for the futility of trying to solve Ireland’s congestion crisis with more roads, while also having a hop off a pet peeve: petrol-powered leaf blowers.
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Are Leaf Blowers Bad For The Environment?
On this week’s Environment slot, Matt talks to John Gibbons about the noise and air pollution produced by leaf blowers.Meanwhile, in response to an earlier...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Leaf blowers should be banned (bar a few very specific exceptions).
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New Substack on my love of trains and how we can transition into a society that picks rail rather than flights!
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Raising Railways
How I fell for trains and why Europe should too
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November 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
New Substack on my love of trains and how we can transition into a society that picks rail rather than flights!
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
open.substack.com/pub/aislinna...
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"If An Garda Síochána is serious about improving safety, then the next video should focus on the group with the greatest capacity to cause harm: motorists." - @olaln.bsky.social on the misguided approach to road safety by An Garda Síochána
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The Wrong Road to Safety
What a recent Gardaí social media post reveals about Ireland’s car-first mindset.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"If An Garda Síochána is serious about improving safety, then the next video should focus on the group with the greatest capacity to cause harm: motorists." - @olaln.bsky.social on the misguided approach to road safety by An Garda Síochána
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One of the most rambly interviews we've ever heard. MOL drones on about the cap, and Ciara Doherty eggs him on with questions about issues he’s no expert in, from housing to remote work.
Nobody else in the country gets such free, uncritical access to Irish media as MOL, and it’s terrifying.
Nobody else in the country gets such free, uncritical access to Irish media as MOL, and it’s terrifying.
Michael O’Leary on fast-tracking airport cap removal
Ryanair has today called on Taoiseach Micheál Martin to fast-track legislation to scrap Dublin Airport’s passenger cap before the end of 2025.
Ryanair boss, Michael O’Leary, joins Ciara Doherty to di...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
One of the most rambly interviews we've ever heard. MOL drones on about the cap, and Ciara Doherty eggs him on with questions about issues he’s no expert in, from housing to remote work.
Nobody else in the country gets such free, uncritical access to Irish media as MOL, and it’s terrifying.
Nobody else in the country gets such free, uncritical access to Irish media as MOL, and it’s terrifying.
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Tesco and Aer Lingus have launched a scheme that turns everyday shopping into “unforgettable travel.” Doing this in the middle of a climate crisis is absolute madness!
It’s time to ban fossil-fuel companies, including airlines, from advertising and shaping our choices in this way.
#BanFossilAds
It’s time to ban fossil-fuel companies, including airlines, from advertising and shaping our choices in this way.
#BanFossilAds
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Tesco and Aer Lingus have launched a scheme that turns everyday shopping into “unforgettable travel.” Doing this in the middle of a climate crisis is absolute madness!
It’s time to ban fossil-fuel companies, including airlines, from advertising and shaping our choices in this way.
#BanFossilAds
It’s time to ban fossil-fuel companies, including airlines, from advertising and shaping our choices in this way.
#BanFossilAds
🚲 Investing in active travel: we all win.
🚘 Investing in more cars: we all lose.
🚘 Investing in more cars: we all lose.
Most Irish politicians ignore the massive costs of our car-centric transport system, doubling down on cars as a 'win' for society. We all pay for this.
Meanwhile, investment in active travel keeps shrinking, and the rollout of the little infrastructure we do get crawls along at a snail’s pace.
Meanwhile, investment in active travel keeps shrinking, and the rollout of the little infrastructure we do get crawls along at a snail’s pace.
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚲 Investing in active travel: we all win.
🚘 Investing in more cars: we all lose.
🚘 Investing in more cars: we all lose.
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‘I had already given my baby a name’ – This is climate breakdown
‘I had already given my baby a name’ – This is climate breakdown
It started with a migraine but ended in hospital. When Gowend had dengue the first time she had no idea she was pregnant. This is Gowend’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
‘I had already given my baby a name’ – This is climate breakdown
Our very own Dr Callum Swift speaking at this event on Thursday the 20th of November.
#SustainableEmergencyCare
#SustainableEmergencyCare
International SUSTAINABLE EMERGENCY CARE
First global webinar on Sustainable Emergency Care—launches, global projects, and practical solutions. Aligned with Choosing Wisely International.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Our very own Dr Callum Swift speaking at this event on Thursday the 20th of November.
#SustainableEmergencyCare
#SustainableEmergencyCare
As part of the CHA, we recently launched our report “Active Travel: The Magic Pill.”
It shows that embedding active travel into daily life brings major health and environmental benefits for everyone.
And yet, @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social continues to build active-travel 'infrastructure' like this.
It shows that embedding active travel into daily life brings major health and environmental benefits for everyone.
And yet, @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social continues to build active-travel 'infrastructure' like this.
Freshly laid tarmac, freshly painted death lane.
How is this an acceptable standard in 2025 @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social? Paint ≠ infrastructure.
We deserve wide, fully protected cycle lanes that support a healthier, safer, more sustainable city.
This simply isn’t good enough.
#ReimagineDublin
How is this an acceptable standard in 2025 @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social? Paint ≠ infrastructure.
We deserve wide, fully protected cycle lanes that support a healthier, safer, more sustainable city.
This simply isn’t good enough.
#ReimagineDublin
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
As part of the CHA, we recently launched our report “Active Travel: The Magic Pill.”
It shows that embedding active travel into daily life brings major health and environmental benefits for everyone.
And yet, @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social continues to build active-travel 'infrastructure' like this.
It shows that embedding active travel into daily life brings major health and environmental benefits for everyone.
And yet, @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social continues to build active-travel 'infrastructure' like this.
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Interesting look at mode share across 800 cities worldwide. City size and income tell you a lot about how people get around. And, well… Dublin doesn’t come out looking great. Not exactly a stronghold of public or active transport.
#ReimagineDublin
#ReimagineDublin
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Interesting look at mode share across 800 cities worldwide. City size and income tell you a lot about how people get around. And, well… Dublin doesn’t come out looking great. Not exactly a stronghold of public or active transport.
#ReimagineDublin
#ReimagineDublin
Thank you, @thinkorswim.bsky.social and @whittledaway.bsky.social for always bringing reason and much-needed urgency to the conversations around the climate and nature crisis.
It was a genuinely inspiring discussion this afternoon between two people who continue to push things forward.
Keep at it!
It was a genuinely inspiring discussion this afternoon between two people who continue to push things forward.
Keep at it!
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank you, @thinkorswim.bsky.social and @whittledaway.bsky.social for always bringing reason and much-needed urgency to the conversations around the climate and nature crisis.
It was a genuinely inspiring discussion this afternoon between two people who continue to push things forward.
Keep at it!
It was a genuinely inspiring discussion this afternoon between two people who continue to push things forward.
Keep at it!
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Brilliant conversation in Books Upstairs this afternoon between the always-inspirational @thinkorswim.bsky.social and @whittledaway.bsky.social on John's new book The Lie of the Land.
It was packed with stark facts, sobering analysis, and even a bit of hope!
It was packed with stark facts, sobering analysis, and even a bit of hope!
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Brilliant conversation in Books Upstairs this afternoon between the always-inspirational @thinkorswim.bsky.social and @whittledaway.bsky.social on John's new book The Lie of the Land.
It was packed with stark facts, sobering analysis, and even a bit of hope!
It was packed with stark facts, sobering analysis, and even a bit of hope!
Yesterday, we marched alongside inspiring organisations and individuals at the National Climate March, urging the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and phase out fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It matters.
Let’s keep going!
Climate action = health action!
Showing up. Speaking up. It matters.
Let’s keep going!
Climate action = health action!
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Yesterday, we marched alongside inspiring organisations and individuals at the National Climate March, urging the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and phase out fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It matters.
Let’s keep going!
Climate action = health action!
Showing up. Speaking up. It matters.
Let’s keep going!
Climate action = health action!
Let’s bring a public Lido to George’s Dock that’s affordable, inclusive and respectful of this iconic site’s heritage 🌊.
The Council is finally asking what the public wants — and this is our chance to be heard!
Please complete the survey today:
➤ Choose “Recreation”
➤ Then select “Swimming Pool”
The Council is finally asking what the public wants — and this is our chance to be heard!
Please complete the survey today:
➤ Choose “Recreation”
➤ Then select “Swimming Pool”
engage.dublincity.ie
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Inspiring day at the National Climate March organised by
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.
Let’s keep at it!
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.
Let’s keep at it!
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Inspiring day at the National Climate March organised by
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.
Let’s keep at it!
@foeireland.bsky.social, marching with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social, calling on the Irish Government to deliver a just climate-action policy and to end fossil-fuel power.
Showing up. Speaking up. It makes a difference.
Let’s keep at it!
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Great to meet with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social today at the @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social protest 🪧 in Dublin. Thank you all for coming out and taking a stand against harmful GHG emissions!!
I marched with colleagues from @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Wildlife is affected by climate change too!!
I marched with colleagues from @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Wildlife is affected by climate change too!!
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Great to meet with @irishdocsenv.bsky.social today at the @stopclimatechaos.bsky.social protest 🪧 in Dublin. Thank you all for coming out and taking a stand against harmful GHG emissions!!
I marched with colleagues from @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Wildlife is affected by climate change too!!
I marched with colleagues from @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social Wildlife is affected by climate change too!!
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This is brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is brilliant.
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In the midst of climate breakdown, fossil fuel lobbyists continue to pull the strings of the puppet show that COP has become.
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In the midst of climate breakdown, fossil fuel lobbyists continue to pull the strings of the puppet show that COP has become.
This is symptomatic of Dublin City Council’s approach to active travel infrastructure.
No understanding. No respect for cyclists.
Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.
No understanding. No respect for cyclists.
Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.
"Upgrading" a cycle path should NOT mean endangering cyclists.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
Where are we supposed to go here, Dublin City Council?
Into oncoming traffic? Onto the footpath?
If you’re redoing a cycle path, you must provide a safe alternative while the work’s underway.
This is bad even by your standards.
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is symptomatic of Dublin City Council’s approach to active travel infrastructure.
No understanding. No respect for cyclists.
Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.
No understanding. No respect for cyclists.
Providing a safe alternative during works isn’t a big ask — it’s the bare minimum.
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Delighted to join the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast to talk about climate action in healthcare - why it matters, what’s already happening, and how we turn ambition into real change for patients, staff and the wider Irish community.
#120 Climate Action in Healthcare
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November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Delighted to join the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing Podcast to talk about climate action in healthcare - why it matters, what’s already happening, and how we turn ambition into real change for patients, staff and the wider Irish community.
The Govt flies to COP30 preaching climate leadership, but the glaring truth is this:
There is no tangible domestic climate action.
No credible pathway for emissions cuts.
No health-centered climate planning.
No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
There is no tangible domestic climate action.
No credible pathway for emissions cuts.
No health-centered climate planning.
No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
Neale Richmond: The government takes climate action seriously, but we recognise we need to do more
Minister of State Neale Richmond is in Brazil today at the UN’s annual climate summit.
www.thejournal.ie
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Govt flies to COP30 preaching climate leadership, but the glaring truth is this:
There is no tangible domestic climate action.
No credible pathway for emissions cuts.
No health-centered climate planning.
No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
There is no tangible domestic climate action.
No credible pathway for emissions cuts.
No health-centered climate planning.
No transition for transport, agriculture, or energy at the scale science demands.
Time to introduce congestion charges in Ireland?
New Zealand's transport minister knows that congestion pricing's popularity always rises:
"[Once] benefits start to flow in terms of smoother journey times, reduced traffic at peak times, smog goes down, safety improves, people go 'this is fantastic,' and immediately public opinion turns around."
"[Once] benefits start to flow in terms of smoother journey times, reduced traffic at peak times, smog goes down, safety improves, people go 'this is fantastic,' and immediately public opinion turns around."
Legislation allowing congestion charging passes third reading in Parliament
The Bill establishes a framework permitting local authorities to set up a congestion charging scheme, by notifying NZTA.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Time to introduce congestion charges in Ireland?