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Campaigning journalist & author. THE LIE OF THE LAND is published on 4th of September 2025 by @penguinbooksireland linktr.ee/lieoftheland #ClimateEmergency. ThinkOrSwim.ie.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Jun 10

Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.

It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 32m

Am due on East Coast FM very shortly to discuss #Budget2026 and its #climate and environmental impacts.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 53m

Great slogan, sure they are custodians of the seas after all.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 2h

What an *interesting* way of framing the ongoing collapse of Ireland’s marine ecosystems, largely driven by industrial overfishing.

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Fishing industry facing 'economic Armageddon'

The Irish fishing industry has warned it is bracing for catastrophic fishing quotas next year that "could collapse the Irish fishing sector and devastate major fishing communities".

www.rte.ie

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 13h

Fantastic. So many positive stories like that.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 14h

On my (short term) list too…

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 14h

Magic!

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 16h

Amid the constant anti-renewables sentiment so common across our media, this letter today is a blessed relief.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

“In the future, people will look back and thank John Gibbons for what he has done for Irish farmers, just like his father before him”.

Very positive review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in current edition of Village magazine by former Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Yet another reminder that the fight for #climate action is also the fight against fascism and genocide.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Niall, glad it struck a chord with you.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you, Colm! Rest assured, the likelihood of a tell-all autobiography is approximately zero!

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Colm Duffy @colmduff.bsky.social · 4d

Well done @thinkorswim.bsky.social.

This is a bloody great read, had to pick my jaw up off the floor a few times!

If you ever write an autobiography, I will definitely read it.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

Good stuff Shane, hope you enjoy!

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

Hi Shane, here's the section from my book that covers the above event, relating to Storm Desmond in 2015.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 4d

Surprised and chuffed to see THE LIE OF THE LAND featuring on the cover of the print edition of the UK magazine, 'The Bookseller', which this week has a special feature on Irish bookshops.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

Pod of this week’s Last Word on the Environment is now available, with discussion on the EEA report on Ireland’s environment, the growing risk of extreme weather in our coastal areas, plus the death of primatologist Jane Goodall.

www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the...

The Last Word on The Environment With John Gibbons

John Gibbons joins Will O'Callaghan to discuss the weeks biggest environmental stories .This week they discuss the death of legendary conservationist Jane Go...

www.todayfm.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks!

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 5d

One of our members caught the soon-to-be-cut Paris–Berlin sleeper train...

Sad to see the service go, but very on brand to be reading @thinkorswim.bsky.social's fabulous new book, The Lie of the Land, along the way.

Available in any good bookstore as John would say!

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

I can see the irony alright, and yes, aviation emissions are squarely addressed in the transport chapter.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 5d

Am due on the Last Word on the Environment on Today FM shortly. Topics to include damning EEA report on Ireland’s environmental protection; remembering Jane Goodall, plus #climate impacts on Irish homes.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 6d

Extensive quotes from THE LIE OF THE LAND feature in a column in today’s Irish Examiner by Dr Catherine Conlon.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 7d

Excellent, enjoy!

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 7d

Happy birthday - and hope you enjoy the read! 🎂

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 7d

Met lots of interesting people in Stradbally today at the #climatecarnival and was genuinely blown away by how many people have already read - and enjoyed - THE LIE OF THE LAND.

Good to meet & chat with Darina Allen of Ballymaloe too.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 7d

Enjoyed taking part in a lively debate at the #climatecarnival in Stradbally this morning on the’Future of Food’

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