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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · 12d

A plant-based food system would not entail the destruction of lakes and biodiversity 🌱🌱

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · 12d

How many lakes must die before we stop putting the demands of animal farming before the preservation of nature?

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · 12d

‘Cllr Morris said he understood under the EU nitrates directive farmers were allowed discharge liquid wastes into the lake in advance of an October deadline, which meant “there was a perfect storm of conditions” for the bloom to occur.’

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · 12d

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Algal bloom on Lough Derg prompts call for multi-agency investigation

ESB denies low water levels on Shannon caused pollution

www.irishtimes.com

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jul 9

@eurogroupforanimals.org is lobbying the EU to protect animals during transport, you can use this link to email your MEP
www.eurogroupforanimals.org/transport-re...

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jul 9

Contact the DAFM [email protected] and let the Minister know that this is not OK.
You can also contact @irishferries.bsky.social and @brittanyferries.bsky.social who are transporting these poor animals:
[email protected]

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jul 9

This very short video by @ethicalfarmie.bsky.social clearly shows the horrors of #LiveExport. Young Irish bulls are still being subjected to this and even shipped outside the EU where the EU 'protections' don't apply.
This needs to end now!

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · Jul 7

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...

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...

www.antaisce.org

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Fintan Kelly @fintankelly.bsky.social · Jul 8

The ongoing erosion of environmental ambition in the EU must stop. I call on Members of the European Parliament to reject any attempt to weaken the EU Deforestation Regulation
@lukemingflanagan.bsky.social @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social
@lnbdublin.bsky.social
@aodhanoriordain.bsky.social

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · Jul 8

Nitrate pollution in Ireland

An Taisce's Head of Advocacy, Dr Elaine McGoff: 'Half of our lakes and two-thirds of our estuaries are polluted ... time for the Government to step up and put in place a well-thought through and adequately resourced plan’

@elainemcgoff.bsky.social
#WaterQualityMatters

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Jul 8

Apparently, according to IFA on Morning Ireland just now, it’s an “Armageddon scenario” for agri sector if its licence to pollute, aka the Nitrates Derogation, is withdrawn.

This is despite fact that EVERY other country in EU has scrapped this hugely damaging derogation.

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Plant Based News @plantbasednews.bsky.social · Jul 2

If trees had funerals...

Livestock farming is a leading cause of deforestation. This is due to the fact that vast amounts of land are required to keep animals and grow their feed. It is thought that animal agriculture is responsible for around 91 percent of Amazon destruction.

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · Jul 2

Watch back:

'What you need to know about nitrates' — with Freshwater Ecology Expert and An Taisce Head of Advocacy, @elainemcgoff.bsky.social

This great webinar explores what nitrates are, how they can negatively impact ecology & why this continues to be an issue in Ireland

youtu.be/43oobULXVTs

An Taisce 2025 webinars: What you need to know about Nitrates

YouTube video by An Taisce comms

youtu.be

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Fair Seas @fairseas.ie · Jul 2

Government intention to scale back its commitment to stand alone marine protection legislation, in favour of amending existing offshore energy legislation, is a worrying development in the protection of Ireland’s seas.

Full press release ⬇️

fairseas.ie/2025/07/02/g...

#FairSeas

FAIR SEAS CRITICISES GOVERNMENT U-TURN ON MARINE PROTECTION | FairSeas

Government intention to scale back commitment to stand alone marine protection legislation, in favour of amending offshore energy legislation.

fairseas.ie

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Jul 2

I'm just learning that the government is planning to drop its commitment for a Marine Protected Area Act and I'm disgusted. Anyone who made a submission to the public consultation on this a few years ago should be too. I have been ringing my local politicians (especially FFG) to express my feelings!

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Adfree Cities @adfreecities.bsky.social · Jul 2

Imagine if there was pro-veg messaging instead of meat ads. Imagine if food labels had to declare animal suffering. Imagine if ALL unhealthy food ads disappeared. We take a look at the initiatives showing us a kinder future, beyond misinformation: adfreecities.org.uk/2025/06/beyo...

Beyond industrial farming: how we can overcome food misinformation and envision a path to a kinder future - Adfree Cities

Our food system is broken and dishonest. A number of excellent reports and campaigns have recently been launched which show that, in multiple ways, we are badly misinformed about where our food comes ...

adfreecities.org.uk

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · Jun 20

'Lady's Island Lake is one of the most polluted lakes in Ireland. ... the regulations we have in Ireland are not fit for purpose for addressing nitrogen pollution' @elainemcgoff.bsky.social An Taisce's Head of Advocacy on RTÉ's PrimeTIme

Watch back, begins at 10.32: www.rte.ie/player/serie...

Prime Time 2025-06-19

As the US President says the Supreme Leader of Iran should not longer

www.rte.ie

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Jun 21

We should stop looking at farming like it was something out of a children's story book and regulate it, just like we do the pharmaceutical industry

jrnl.ie/6731194

Opinion: Why don't we regulate farms like we do pharmaceuticals?

Environmental campaigner Pádraic Fogarty says farming is the elephant in Ireland’s climate room, and we should therefore be better regulating it.

jrnl.ie

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jun 20

None of the people writing above would ever promote livestock intensification. All of them maintain that the most sustainable farmers are the ones growing crops for people to eat, not to feed to animals. See Joseph Poore's advice about the best thing you can do for the climate: adopt a vegan diet.

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jun 20

and a more recent report
animal.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...

animal.law.harvard.edu

Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jun 20

Here's another opinion on extensive livestock farming
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The most damaging farm products? Organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb

Analysis: You may be amazed by that answer, but the area of land used for grazing is vast compared with the meat and milk produced

www.theguardian.com

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jun 18

Let's say NO to Moy Park's sponsorship of the Belfast City Marathon and other Belfast sporting events

#SaveLoughNeagh

my.actnowni.org/petitions/dr...

Sign Now: Tell Belfast City Marathon to drop Moy Park as a sponsor

Major polluter @MoyParkChicken is killing Lough Neagh. I've signed this petition calling on Belfast City Marathon @MarathonBelfast to drop Moy Park as a sponsor today - will you sign too?

my.actnowni.org

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jun 18

Great news from the UK - and proof that we CAN combat agricultural pollution by just saying NO to more industrial animal farms!

#plantbasedfoodsystem

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns

Planning permission quashed by high court after officials failed to consider impact of spreading manure on land

www.theguardian.com

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Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jun 18

We don't have time for timid half measures
www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy

It’s a lot sooner than you think.

www.vox.com

Animal Rebellion Ireland @animalrebelsire.bsky.social · Jun 18

Disappointing to see the emphasis here on continuing to incentivise animal agriculture, now under the guise of 'extensive' as opposed to 'intensive' farming. Where is the place for much-needed #rewilding and a #plantbasedfoodsystem?

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