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Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
The day began with the pinapple on a pizza scandal. And now this abomination.
Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
Press release: Despite widespread, foreseeable inter-generational harm to the climate, human health & food systems, Australia continues to expand fossil fuels. As Co-President of #COP31, the State must commit to ambitious #humanrightsbased #climateaction
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Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
The Houston, Texas model of growth being promoted for Dublin, Ireland.
My column this week is about a second motorway around Dublin. There are 5,000+ housing planning permissions per year from just 4 counties - Fingal, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow. Building such a volume of housing without enough roads will only mean more commuter hell.
independent.ie/comment/opini…
You’d wonder what the actual rationale behind this is. Somehow FF-FG are intent on doing the opposite of good practice as already implemented pretty much everywhere these days.
Govt presses ahead with permission for smaller, darker & more expensive apartments rte.ie/news/business/2026/11…
Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
Dublin needs more public transport, tram lines, and an extensive metro, not more motorways to choke the life out of it.
My column this week is about a second motorway around Dublin. There are 5,000+ housing planning permissions per year from just 4 counties - Fingal, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow. Building such a volume of housing without enough roads will only mean more commuter hell.
independent.ie/comment/opini…
Exact reason why Galway City cllrs zoned lands at Murrough and apartment blocks in close proximity to the sea are showing on the draft urban vision.
The rate at which sea levels are rising around Ireland has increased more than fivefold since the beginning of this century, according to a major new scientific study
rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/110…
Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
Over 3,000 winter guests just arrived in Sligo.
These barnacle geese have officially completed their 2,000km journey from Greenland and they are loud! They feed at Lissadell by day and fly to Inishmurray Island to roost at night.
#sligo #lovesligo #wildatlanticway
Given that the grid collapses every time there’s a storm of some sort, that’s going to be a hard one to implement.
National electrification plan to be published in effort to cut oil and gas reliance irishtimes.com/environment/c…
I’ll say it again for the record. The ring road is not about traffic. It’s about opening up lands for developers. The existing traffic woes is due to poor planning. Councillors have a lot to answer here and the finger should be pointed at them.
irishtimes.com/transport/202…
Latest interview by Martin Wolf of the FT, 2 previous interviews also worth a listening. All available on YouTube
Martin Wolf on the World youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… via @YouTube
Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
Our @Dept_Transport is proposing to spend €1bn on an outer ring road while telling us that the road “may reduce congestion temporarily; however, demand will eventually overtake the capacity of this infrastructure.”
See their own before & after map here.
assets.gov.ie/static/documen…
The last remaining objector to a proposed ring road in Galway city has withdrawn a High Court challenge, questioning elements of the planned route
rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/110…
That was the daftest idea. Just being provocative for the sake of it.
independent.ie/world-news/hu…
Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
Can anyone point to a single example where a bigger road fixed traffic congestion in a city? The M50 didn't do it in Dublin. Thhe M25 didn't do it in London. Bordeaux's bypass motorway is a nightmare.
The quincentennial bridge was supposed to be a game changer, so was the M50 etc. etc. All are now gridlocked.
irishtimes.com/transport/202…
Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
‘He’s burning up goodwill’: Pressure grows on Housing Minister over recent changes: One housing charity director warned James Browne is ‘not bringing anyone with him’ on recent key announcements, and questioned what his strategy is. thejournal.ie/james-browne-h…
If the Minister were to answer the question, he would have to admit that successive governments’ housing policies have failed the average Joe in favour of developers.
irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
Dr Síbhe Ní Fhathaigh retweeted
Yes. That’s how fascism starts.
This is a must-read, from a man who defected from the Communist bloc to the USA 40 years ago. "What worries me the most is not Trump himself or those who do his bidding, but rather the willingness of so many ordinary citizens to look away."
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
