Fred Logue
@fplogue.bsky.social
nothing was illegal, since there were no longer any laws #andacyclist. Born: 326 CO2 ppm 🙏
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Laois group takes Coillte windfarm plan to European Court again
People Over Wind (POW) from Cullenagh south of Portlaoise, say they are "challenging secrecy over state wind farm plans in Laois".
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People Over Wind (POW) from Cullenagh south of Portlaoise, say they are "challenging secrecy over state wind farm plans in Laois".
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Laois group takes Coillte windfarm plan to European Court again
People Over Wind fighting plan for hilltop turbines for over a decade
www.ireland-live.ie
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Laois group takes Coillte windfarm plan to European Court again
People Over Wind (POW) from Cullenagh south of Portlaoise, say they are "challenging secrecy over state wind farm plans in Laois".
www.ireland-live.ie/news/laois-l...
People Over Wind (POW) from Cullenagh south of Portlaoise, say they are "challenging secrecy over state wind farm plans in Laois".
www.ireland-live.ie/news/laois-l...
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Interesting and accurate data here on current legal challenges (and trends) to permitted developments from @fplogue.bsky.social
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Money Talks, B**lshit Walks
The Money is is talking us into autocracy - we shouldn't let it Money is talking us into autocracy by appropriating the common good to serve the 1%, but the common good isn't promoted by squashing peo...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Interesting and accurate data here on current legal challenges (and trends) to permitted developments from @fplogue.bsky.social
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Costs against a *successful* party?
Any idea proposed by a man wearing a chain of office is a bad idea
www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
www.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Costs against a *successful* party?
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Fundamentally this measure is to stop people complaining to the courts that the state has acted unlawfully
This would apply when you complain about the unlawful behaviour and the High Court agrees with you
Rather than work within the law the state decides to stop people telling the courts about it
This would apply when you complain about the unlawful behaviour and the High Court agrees with you
Rather than work within the law the state decides to stop people telling the courts about it
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fundamentally this measure is to stop people complaining to the courts that the state has acted unlawfully
This would apply when you complain about the unlawful behaviour and the High Court agrees with you
Rather than work within the law the state decides to stop people telling the courts about it
This would apply when you complain about the unlawful behaviour and the High Court agrees with you
Rather than work within the law the state decides to stop people telling the courts about it
You'd also be led to believe that only "objectors" will be affected, but presumably the 100s of developers and landowners that that judicial reviews will also have to pony up to correct legal errors
No they won’t because this is unlawful in about five different ways
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You'd also be led to believe that only "objectors" will be affected, but presumably the 100s of developers and landowners that that judicial reviews will also have to pony up to correct legal errors
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The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
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No they won’t because this is unlawful in about five different ways
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
No they won’t because this is unlawful in about five different ways
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
The foundation of enshittification is the enshittogenic policy environment
Spot on here from @fplogue.bsky.social Govt need to stop changing the planning system
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The Government should declare a moratorium on changing the planning system - Part of my contribution to the debate about planning and infrastructure on the Tonight Show last night | Fred Logue
The Government should declare a moratorium on changing the planning system - Part of my contribution to the debate about planning and infrastructure on the Tonight Show last night
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November 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The foundation of enshittification is the enshittogenic policy environment
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Schooled the NIMBY @fplogue.bsky.social and so-called planning expert Sabrina Joyce-Kemper on the podcast this week. #IStandWithJohnCollison #TechBrosBeforeHedgeRows
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Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
The Collison Corrections and Access to Justice
Podcast Episode · The Echo Chamber from Tortoise Shack · 05/11/2025 · 1 sec
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November 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Schooled the NIMBY @fplogue.bsky.social and so-called planning expert Sabrina Joyce-Kemper on the podcast this week. #IStandWithJohnCollison #TechBrosBeforeHedgeRows
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
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Meeting with EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall
"We’re calling on the Commissioner to champion the science and the law in her decision on Ireland’s next nitrates derogation ... Irish people care very deeply about clean and healthy waters"
Dr Elaine McGoff
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"We’re calling on the Commissioner to champion the science and the law in her decision on Ireland’s next nitrates derogation ... Irish people care very deeply about clean and healthy waters"
Dr Elaine McGoff
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November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Meeting with EU Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall
"We’re calling on the Commissioner to champion the science and the law in her decision on Ireland’s next nitrates derogation ... Irish people care very deeply about clean and healthy waters"
Dr Elaine McGoff
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
"We’re calling on the Commissioner to champion the science and the law in her decision on Ireland’s next nitrates derogation ... Irish people care very deeply about clean and healthy waters"
Dr Elaine McGoff
www.antaisce.org/news/an-tais...
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‘…[global warming] above 1.5 degrees is now inevitable…Leaders must seize this moment and waste no time in: Tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency by 2030; Building modern grids and large-scale storage; And ending all new coal, oil and gas expansion in a just and equitable manner.’
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
‘…[global warming] above 1.5 degrees is now inevitable…Leaders must seize this moment and waste no time in: Tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency by 2030; Building modern grids and large-scale storage; And ending all new coal, oil and gas expansion in a just and equitable manner.’
I wanted to say that they should halt the enshittification of the planning system but thought better of it for live TV
Spot on here from @fplogue.bsky.social Govt need to stop changing the planning system
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
The Government should declare a moratorium on changing the planning system - Part of my contribution to the debate about planning and infrastructure on the Tonight Show last night | Fred Logue
The Government should declare a moratorium on changing the planning system - Part of my contribution to the debate about planning and infrastructure on the Tonight Show last night
www.linkedin.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I wanted to say that they should halt the enshittification of the planning system but thought better of it for live TV
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Spot on here from @fplogue.bsky.social Govt need to stop changing the planning system
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
The Government should declare a moratorium on changing the planning system - Part of my contribution to the debate about planning and infrastructure on the Tonight Show last night | Fred Logue
The Government should declare a moratorium on changing the planning system - Part of my contribution to the debate about planning and infrastructure on the Tonight Show last night
www.linkedin.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Spot on here from @fplogue.bsky.social Govt need to stop changing the planning system
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/fplogu...
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As an Irish person who was alive in 2008 I can confirm that private businesses only ask sovereign governments to guarantee their financing when business is going really, really well
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
As an Irish person who was alive in 2008 I can confirm that private businesses only ask sovereign governments to guarantee their financing when business is going really, really well
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YES! ⬇️
Every good developer does this ⬇️.
It costs peanuts compared to overall development budgets.
Every good developer does this ⬇️.
It costs peanuts compared to overall development budgets.
7. The formula is simple
(a) Good plans which are clear and easy to understand
(b) Infrastructure in place in advance
(b) Early public participation before applications finalised
(c) Realistic applications that don't overdevelop
(d) Good decision makers, with expertise, enforcing high standards
(a) Good plans which are clear and easy to understand
(b) Infrastructure in place in advance
(b) Early public participation before applications finalised
(c) Realistic applications that don't overdevelop
(d) Good decision makers, with expertise, enforcing high standards
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
YES! ⬇️
Every good developer does this ⬇️.
It costs peanuts compared to overall development budgets.
Every good developer does this ⬇️.
It costs peanuts compared to overall development budgets.
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Facts matter, particularly when it comes to the erosion of the public right to access justice.
There has been a huge drop in judicial review by ordinary members of the public this year, probably 40% down on last year
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Facts matter, particularly when it comes to the erosion of the public right to access justice.
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There is a co-ordinated attack underway on access to justice & environmental democracy, with the Irish public being bombarded daily with anti-judicial review messaging from all sides.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
Despite the click-bait headline my contribution has been accurately reported in this piece by @eithnedodd.bsky.social unfortunately on the industry side the wool has been pulled over her eyes by the usual self-serving rhetoric
By way of followup a short 🧵
By way of followup a short 🧵
The rate of judicial review in Ireland is "off the charts," the Director of Housing and Planning at the Construction Industry Federation has said
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There is a co-ordinated attack underway on access to justice & environmental democracy, with the Irish public being bombarded daily with anti-judicial review messaging from all sides.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
This is to soften up the public before their right to access justice is removed- it's manufacturing consent.
Money talks, bullshit walks
We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵
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We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
Money Talks, Bullshit Walks
Money is is talking us into autocracy - we shouldn't let it Money is talking us into autocracy by appropriating the common good to serve the 1%, but the common good isn't promoted by squashing people'...
www.linkedin.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Money talks, bullshit walks
We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
We shouldn't let the money talk us into autocracy, a 🧵
www.linkedin.com/pulse/money-...
Why is transposition of RED III late? Because resources had to be diverted to deal with Commission infringement proceedings for non-transposition of RED II
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November 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Why is transposition of RED III late? Because resources had to be diverted to deal with Commission infringement proceedings for non-transposition of RED II
www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=20...
www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=20...
Yep. And worse, now that the 2024 and 2000 Acts continue to run in parallel, transposition has to be done on the double
Red III transposition has seemed like an attempt to make the most perfectly illegible legislation possible... and they could've integrated it into normal processes in the new planning act but didn't. Instead it seems to have been ignored while the bill was being drafted.
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Yep. And worse, now that the 2024 and 2000 Acts continue to run in parallel, transposition has to be done on the double
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Another example of the same elevating an issue of minor importance
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Another example of the same elevating an issue of minor importance
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The idea that Ireland has ever "gold plated" the transposition of EU Environmental law, is causing a lot of people in my world to chortle manically.
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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As the European Court of Human Rights rightly put it in Grzęda v. Poland, "the Convention does not prevent States from taking legitimate and necessary decisions to reform the judiciary ... However, any reform of the judicial system should not result in undermining the independence of the judiciary"
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
As the European Court of Human Rights rightly put it in Grzęda v. Poland, "the Convention does not prevent States from taking legitimate and necessary decisions to reform the judiciary ... However, any reform of the judicial system should not result in undermining the independence of the judiciary"
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Authoritarian actors also often speak of the need for "judicial reforms" to disguise their agenda to dismantle judicial independence and create a party-state
Funny how when people talk about ‘reforming’ the ECHR, they always mean removing rights from people they don’t like.
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Authoritarian actors also often speak of the need for "judicial reforms" to disguise their agenda to dismantle judicial independence and create a party-state
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November 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join me for my Trade event in the EPLO Dublin office on Balfe street, 6th November at 2:30pm where our expert panel will talk about key issues in trade and how we can work together to fight for better, fairer trade deals. Register for the event at www.eventbrite.ie/e/never-wast...