Oisin Coghlan
@oisinc.bsky.social
Public policy advisor, analyst, advocate, commentator. Interim coordination for the Stop Climate Chaos coalition. Former ceo of @foeireland.bsky.social. Politics junkie. #LFC #AndACyclist.
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"Crunch time for the Government’s climate commitments" - timely commentary from @oisinc.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Crunch time for the Government’s climate commitments" - timely commentary from @oisinc.bsky.social
www.energyireland.ie/crunch-time-...
www.energyireland.ie/crunch-time-...
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Our letter in response to John FitzGerald's article last week, which made several incorrect claims about our research, including that it calls for Ireland to "end all livestock production".
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October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Our letter in response to John FitzGerald's article last week, which made several incorrect claims about our research, including that it calls for Ireland to "end all livestock production".
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
I've written to @rte.ie Prime Time urging them to ask the about climate change in the final Presidential debate next Tuesday. Both candidates supported the 2019 declaration of a climate emergency by the Dáil. I want to hear how they would approach it as president.
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The views of the presidential candidates on climate change | Oisín Coghlan
I've just written to RTE's Prime Time urging them to ask the presidential candidates about climate change in the final TV debate next Tuesday. Here's what I said. Prime Time's email is just primetime@...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I've written to @rte.ie Prime Time urging them to ask the about climate change in the final Presidential debate next Tuesday. Both candidates supported the 2019 declaration of a climate emergency by the Dáil. I want to hear how they would approach it as president.
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This is honestly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time- banning the use of the words burger & sausage on plant based products.
The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'?
P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?
The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'?
P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?
October 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is honestly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time- banning the use of the words burger & sausage on plant based products.
The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'?
P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?
The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'?
P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?
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The full quote as reported:
“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change,” he said.
“This might be controversial, because I believe in addressing climate change....
“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change,” he said.
“This might be controversial, because I believe in addressing climate change....
“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change.”
- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.
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- Mícheál Martin, Taoiseach.
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Taoiseach says some climate projects will not be fulfilled because they risk polarising society
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has rowed back on climate change commitments, saying Ireland may not be able fulfil all current initiatives due to the polarising effect it could have on society.
www.independent.ie
October 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The full quote as reported:
“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change,” he said.
“This might be controversial, because I believe in addressing climate change....
“I don’t think we can mitigate for climate change,” he said.
“This might be controversial, because I believe in addressing climate change....
"No recollection or records" now vaults over "on mature recollection" to the top of the phrases-that-sank-an-Irish-Presidential-election-campaign charts. In both cases a considered "recollection" proved to be in contradiction with the truth and sank a @fiannafailparty.bsky.social candidate.
October 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"No recollection or records" now vaults over "on mature recollection" to the top of the phrases-that-sank-an-Irish-Presidential-election-campaign charts. In both cases a considered "recollection" proved to be in contradiction with the truth and sank a @fiannafailparty.bsky.social candidate.
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Infuriating radio debate sparked by our "temperature neutrality" analysis.
Drennan, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, throws out a load of untrue statements that suggests farmers are being unfairly treated in GHG accounting & targets
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Drennan, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, throws out a load of untrue statements that suggests farmers are being unfairly treated in GHG accounting & targets
...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Scientists dispute climate advisers’ emissions cuts plan | Newstalk
Scientists want an urgent review of Ireland’s proposals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions af...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Infuriating radio debate sparked by our "temperature neutrality" analysis.
Drennan, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, throws out a load of untrue statements that suggests farmers are being unfairly treated in GHG accounting & targets
...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
Drennan, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, throws out a load of untrue statements that suggests farmers are being unfairly treated in GHG accounting & targets
...
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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Charities and community groups are behind so much of the quiet, unseen work that happens in our communities.
We want to make that work loud and visible.
Visit WeAct.ie.
We want to make that work loud and visible.
Visit WeAct.ie.
August 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Charities and community groups are behind so much of the quiet, unseen work that happens in our communities.
We want to make that work loud and visible.
Visit WeAct.ie.
We want to make that work loud and visible.
Visit WeAct.ie.
Sally Rooney won’t be 35 until February. But can we elect her President in October, let the presidential commission do the job for a few months and have her inauguration on her birthday? You have to be 35 to be President but do you have to be 35 to be elected? www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Sally Rooney: I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it
I would happily publish this statement in a UK newspaper – but that would now be illegal
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August 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sally Rooney won’t be 35 until February. But can we elect her President in October, let the presidential commission do the job for a few months and have her inauguration on her birthday? You have to be 35 to be President but do you have to be 35 to be elected? www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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We now have ESBN & GNI on record that they can't prevent data centre connections. Upshot is no limits on data centres outside of Dublin + expansion of sites in Dublin - skyrocketing demand, impacts on housing, higher costs, gas dependency & emissions. Urgent need for legislative + policy change!
July 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We now have ESBN & GNI on record that they can't prevent data centre connections. Upshot is no limits on data centres outside of Dublin + expansion of sites in Dublin - skyrocketing demand, impacts on housing, higher costs, gas dependency & emissions. Urgent need for legislative + policy change!
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This decision by the EU shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that has been paying attention to water quality.
What should come as a surprise is that to date the Government has no contingency plan in place for any loss or major revision of the derogation.
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
What should come as a surprise is that to date the Government has no contingency plan in place for any loss or major revision of the derogation.
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
An Taisce — The National Trust for Ireland welcomes EU Commission Decision
An Taisce welcomes the EU Commission requirement that more stringent environmental conditions be applied to farmers applying for a nitrates derogation in order to bring them into compliance with the E...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This decision by the EU shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that has been paying attention to water quality.
What should come as a surprise is that to date the Government has no contingency plan in place for any loss or major revision of the derogation.
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
What should come as a surprise is that to date the Government has no contingency plan in place for any loss or major revision of the derogation.
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
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📆Today is the EU deadline for Social Climate Plans.
In Ireland:
❌ No plan published
❌ No public consultation
These plans are needed to access EU funding to help with heating & transport costs, especially for lower-income households.
📆Today is the EU deadline for Social Climate Plans.
In Ireland:
❌ No plan published
❌ No public consultation
These plans are needed to access EU funding to help with heating & transport costs, especially for lower-income households.
June 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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📆Today is the EU deadline for Social Climate Plans.
In Ireland:
❌ No plan published
❌ No public consultation
These plans are needed to access EU funding to help with heating & transport costs, especially for lower-income households.
📆Today is the EU deadline for Social Climate Plans.
In Ireland:
❌ No plan published
❌ No public consultation
These plans are needed to access EU funding to help with heating & transport costs, especially for lower-income households.
What to make of the fact that the sockets at the #NED25 aren’t connected to any power supply 😬? Our infrastructural deficit is getting out of hand altogether 😛.
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What to make of the fact that the sockets at the #NED25 aren’t connected to any power supply 😬? Our infrastructural deficit is getting out of hand altogether 😛.
Good to hear @micheal-martin.bsky.social at #NED25 reiterate the “existential challenge of climate change”, the growing threat from storms like Eowyn, and commit to accelerate #ClimateAction, “doing more and faster”.
But we haven’t seen decisions and delivery to match that rhetoric so far.
But we haven’t seen decisions and delivery to match that rhetoric so far.
June 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Good to hear @micheal-martin.bsky.social at #NED25 reiterate the “existential challenge of climate change”, the growing threat from storms like Eowyn, and commit to accelerate #ClimateAction, “doing more and faster”.
But we haven’t seen decisions and delivery to match that rhetoric so far.
But we haven’t seen decisions and delivery to match that rhetoric so far.
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Time for Taoiseach @micheal-martin.bsky.social to listen to expert advice - top official highlights risk of data centres to housing and need for demand reduction - key elements of @foeireland.bsky.social campaign
👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
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Power shortages mean we’ll have to choose between new homes and data centres, top official warns
Power shortages mean the country will have to choose between artificial intelligence (AI) and housing, a senior government official has warned.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Time for Taoiseach @micheal-martin.bsky.social to listen to expert advice - top official highlights risk of data centres to housing and need for demand reduction - key elements of @foeireland.bsky.social campaign
👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
👉 www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres/
www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Today @trocaire.bsky.social is launching a new climate justice campaign with a powerful report: ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how we’re enabling climate harm & calls on @micheal-martin.bsky.social’s Gov to do its fair share to drive a fast, funded, fossil-fuel phase out
May 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Today @trocaire.bsky.social is launching a new climate justice campaign with a powerful report: ‘Fuelling Injustice: Ireland’s fossil fuel problem’ exposes how we’re enabling climate harm & calls on @micheal-martin.bsky.social’s Gov to do its fair share to drive a fast, funded, fossil-fuel phase out
Great to hear Minister Jerry Buttimer speak so positively about the role charities & voluntary organisations play in communities around Ireland, especially in times like Storm Eowyn, and acknowledging the sector’s calls for multi-annual funding and efficient regulation at The Wheel’s #CharitySummit.
May 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Great to hear Minister Jerry Buttimer speak so positively about the role charities & voluntary organisations play in communities around Ireland, especially in times like Storm Eowyn, and acknowledging the sector’s calls for multi-annual funding and efficient regulation at The Wheel’s #CharitySummit.
Useful summary by Prof @hannahdaly.ie of the shocking and alarming new figures from @epaireland.bsky.social on Ireland’s emissions that stoke climate chaos.
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The EPA’s latest GHG projections show Ireland is far off track to meet its legally binding carbon budgets. Even with optimistic assumptions, emissions are projected to fall just 23% by 2030—less than half the 51% target.
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The EPA’s latest GHG projections show Ireland is far off track to meet its legally binding carbon budgets. Even with optimistic assumptions, emissions are projected to fall just 23% by 2030—less than half the 51% target.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Analysis: There is no hiding place from latest EPA data on greenhouse gases
Do we want to spend our money on fines or ensure Ireland becomes climate resilient?
www.irishtimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Useful summary by Prof @hannahdaly.ie of the shocking and alarming new figures from @epaireland.bsky.social on Ireland’s emissions that stoke climate chaos.
Stop Climate Chaos calls @epaireland.bsky.social's new emissions projections "alarming and shocking" and says what @micheal-martin.bsky.social does next is the acid test of his commitment to delivering the Programme for Government and upholding the climate law www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/05...
EPA emissions figures “alarming and shocking” as Ireland goes backwards on climate | Stop Climate Chaos
What Government does now is acid test for Micheál Martin’s legacyCommenting on the EPA emissions projections figures published today, which indicate Ireland will only reduce its climate-changing ̷...
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May 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Stop Climate Chaos calls @epaireland.bsky.social's new emissions projections "alarming and shocking" and says what @micheal-martin.bsky.social does next is the acid test of his commitment to delivering the Programme for Government and upholding the climate law www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/05...
My take on @micheal-martin.bsky.social's climate reputation after a few months back as Taoiseach, for @eolasmagazine.bsky.social.
He's undone much of the work he'd done to be regarded as serious on climate change. What he does next will determine his legacy.
www.eolasmagazine.ie/lip-service-...
He's undone much of the work he'd done to be regarded as serious on climate change. What he does next will determine his legacy.
www.eolasmagazine.ie/lip-service-...
Lip-service or a lasting legacy on climate? | Eolas Magazine
eolas Magazine is Ireland's leading policy, politics and business magazine which reaches over 10,000 senior decision-makers and influencers in government, business and the voluntary sector
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May 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My take on @micheal-martin.bsky.social's climate reputation after a few months back as Taoiseach, for @eolasmagazine.bsky.social.
He's undone much of the work he'd done to be regarded as serious on climate change. What he does next will determine his legacy.
www.eolasmagazine.ie/lip-service-...
He's undone much of the work he'd done to be regarded as serious on climate change. What he does next will determine his legacy.
www.eolasmagazine.ie/lip-service-...
Mr Foley seems to be saying that a habitable planet for our children is unrealistic and that short term corporate profits and tax revenues are more important: "Climate chaos is a price worth paying for corporate profits".
Mark Foley, former EirGrid CEO said Ireland’s digital sector is facing an “existential crisis” and data centres should connect to the gas network to generate energy on-site without delay.
If only this sector was the only thing facing an existential crisis...
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If only this sector was the only thing facing an existential crisis...
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‘Climate targets were never realistic’: Former Eirgrid boss says data centres should run off gas
www.businesspost.ie
May 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Mr Foley seems to be saying that a habitable planet for our children is unrealistic and that short term corporate profits and tax revenues are more important: "Climate chaos is a price worth paying for corporate profits".
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It’s really bizarre to hear the Taoiseach call the debate around data centres “ill informed”, “without perspective” & “name calling”. It’s not “just” NGOs & academics raising concern - SEAI & CCAC have both said such expansion is a threat to climate targets
www.businesspost.ie/politics/wat...
www.businesspost.ie/politics/wat...
Watch: Taoiseach condemns ‘ill informed’ debate on data centres
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May 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It’s really bizarre to hear the Taoiseach call the debate around data centres “ill informed”, “without perspective” & “name calling”. It’s not “just” NGOs & academics raising concern - SEAI & CCAC have both said such expansion is a threat to climate targets
www.businesspost.ie/politics/wat...
www.businesspost.ie/politics/wat...
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It was also great to have a chance to discuss the work of the Just Transition Commission with Mary Robinson and to receive a Dandelion pin as part of Project Dandelion, which I look forward to supporting.
May 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It was also great to have a chance to discuss the work of the Just Transition Commission with Mary Robinson and to receive a Dandelion pin as part of Project Dandelion, which I look forward to supporting.
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May 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Gaza.
May 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Gaza.