Ed Davitt

Lula:

Lula’s win is the first good news for the planet in a while! I bet it shaves a tenth of a degree off how hot our earth eventually gets, which will save millions of lives Thank you Brazil!

🚨BREAKING: Good news from Serbia: seems the students have won, and the autocrats, including Aleksandar Vučić have just been voted out!

Well goddamn he’s gone and done it!!! #Lula #Brazil

National Climate Demonstration 2026! 🌍The climate crisis and water are linked. Climate change is having negative impacts on both water quality and water availability.  We need action now! 📆 Save the date: 14th November 2026. 📍Garden of Remembrance, 1pm ✊Join us there!

The Green Party supports union members who have been driven to take strike action this Wednesday. The Government needs to stop posturing, recognise that workers have been hit by months of inflation, and deliver a fair day's pay for a fair day's work.

Tomorrow, large parts of the public sector will be shut for 24 hours. The Green Party supports union members who have been driven to take this action ✊ The Government needs to stop posturing and recognise that cost-of-living measures introduced so far have not helped them sufficiently.

There is no dedicated Nature Restoration fund in the budget for 2027

Irish Gov is hosting its "International AI Summit" next week Even I was surprised by how industry heavy is it 83% of speakers are corporates, 0 independent experts, 1 union rep I'm not explicit about this in the piece -but- surely this is, at best, tone deaf? www.techpolicy.press/at-irelands-...

Yesterday was a bad day for nature as virtually no new funding was announced. The guessing and uncertainty as how Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan is to be funded goes on. www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...

“The Government has simply given up on climate change. We’ve just come out of a summer with wildfires and record temperatures on the continent. The government’s response is to lower the cost of carbon and hike up public transport fares."

In last years budget, SEAI was allocated €640 million to support home retrofit. Min Chambers has just announced that SEAI will get €654.5 million in 2027 for retrofit. A €14.5 million increase. A 2% increase.

Having written off 4 years of carbon tax revenue (and no indication yet how that hole will be filled) the Tanaiste spends a section of his speech talking about how important energy transition is to his Government. But what the the measures he is actually announcing?

We've just launched our pre-budget ideas. The basic idea that Ireland's high costs need investment to deal with - not just money to cope. Our core proposal is a big once-off package to support households financially and to move faster off expensive fossil fuels.

The numbers in the new Ending Fossil Power report from @stopclimatechaosie.bsky.social should be a wake-up call. 🇮🇪 Ireland is legally committed to cutting emissions by 51% by 2030 - but even if every existing policy is delivered, the EPA projects we’ll achieve just 25%.

Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...

AI is also going to force changes to anything where the friction is provided by a lengthy application process that can now be largely automated: employment tribunals, job applications, complaints procedures... As we're already seeing.

The first in our new series of Women Leading Change events, looking at women’s participation in politics and public life, will take place next Tuesday at 11am-12pm. This event will be hosted by our very own @janetphorner.bsky.social and @hazelchu.bsky.social! Register today 👇 bit.ly/4z0FMu3

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are hiking fares in the middle of a cost of living crisis. And after the summer we’ve just had, we should be encouraging more people onto buses and trains and expanding services to reduce our transport emissions. We do that by making it more affordable - not less.

My thoughts are with MHR and I wish him a speedy recovery. Every politician, from the Taoiseach to a county councillor, should be able to undertake their work in safety.

Join us tomorrow!

This is the reality of changing citizenship requirements and applying those changes retrospectively. Lives thrown into chaos.

This Saturday show President Trump and this Government what we stand for

Stop the fare hikes! Join us, opposition parties, commuter groups and environmental groups outside Leinster House at 6pm on Thursday 17th September to call on the Government to scrap the fare increase and step up investment in public transport!

No rationale, research or evidence has been presented by the Justice Minister for his proposed changes restricting citizenship access. These plans that are simply aimed at making Ireland a hostile place for migrants who contribute so much to our economy and society. www.iccl.ie/news/citizen...

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.

Frank was a powerful advocate for Dublin’s architectural and cultural heritage. He used his platform in The Irish Times to highlight environmental and climate issues, long before these were part of public debate. His contribution to national discussions will be missed-@rodericogorman.bsky.social

In Government the Greens cut average fares by 20% and slashed prices by 50% for young adults. Don't hike prices in a cost of living crisis Minister Darragh O'Brien.

Good day for the Organisation for Cartographers for Social Equality, finally. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Greens call on Government to slam the brakes on fare increases To raise public transport fares by 15% in the middle of a cost of living crisis is a slap in the face to everyone who uses public transport. greenparty.ie/news/greens-...

To raise public transport fares by 15% in the middle of a cost of living crisis is a slap in the face to these commuters, who see the hundreds of millions that Government has spent protecting some sectors from inflation costs, yet they are expected to pay out more, every day, every journey.

The Government has chosen to increase public transport fares, chosen to make passengers pick up the bill during a cost of living and climate crisis. Today @rodericogorman and @feljin_jose spoke to every media outlet in the country to express their frustration at this decision.

Insanity. The government have revealed a plan to raise the cost of the bus, Luas and train. The climate is on fire, congestion is increasing, cost of living is up. This is the exact opposite to what should be done. Contact your TDs now and help stop this madness.

There are 100s of reasons why this is a bad idea. Here are just some of them: - Reduced PT fares shown clearly to help protect against cost-of-living crisis💶 - Everybody loves the €2 fare💚 - It's made switching between buses much more attractive🚍 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

So the government cut excise on fuel to reduce fuel prices but are increasing public transport fares because of inflation. In a cost of living and climate crisis. Make it make sense.

This has got to be one of the most outrageous moves by this government yet. They should hang their heads in shame. 🔥Cost of living crisis at home 🔥El Nino incoming 🔥Summer of wildfires 🔥Thousands missing after Nepal floods 🔥UN declares we're too late to keep warming at 1.5

We’re in the middle of a cost of living crisis, yet the Government throws commuters under the bus.... (sorry about the bad pun, but this is outrageous)

I have never used a more staggeringly useless service, website and overall experience as Paypal. Over 5 months trying to get a seller account reactivated. Website notifications permanently bugged, next to zero communication, and all of it there was incorrect or in no way aligned. Just incredible

Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.

According to the CSO Data Centres consumed 23% of Ireland's metered electricity in 2025 and could consume up to 30% by 2030! Time they paid for the bigger share! @greenparty.ie are proposing a levy on Data Centre energy usage. It could raise up to 100 million plus in revenue! #datacentres #budget

‘Then there was the casual, almost Muskian, manner in which minister Jack Chambers disbanded the climate division in the Department of Public Expenditure. In other words, the man holding the purse strings on big projects does not need any environmental inputs on their effects or improvement.’

I spoke to Newstalk earlier about what happens when climate breakdown meets degraded ecosystems and how restoring native habitats is keys to fire resilience 🔥 www.newstalk.com/podcasts/cla...

Tánaiste Simon Harris's proposed State-backed investment account could leave people paying tax even if their investments lose money, the Green Party has warned, as it unveiled an alternative savings scheme it says would be fairer for consumers. jrnl.ie/7123055

Shooting interests & the rightwing press want to exploit the wildfires to reinstate moorland burning. But you don't fight fire with fire. You fight it with water. This wildfire in Wales' Elan Valley in May stopped abruptly when it reached re-wetted peat bogs: www.walesfarmer.co.uk/news/2614875...

Hungary will shut down the Paks nuclear power plant on Sunday for the first time in its 44-year history. Climate change means a lack of cooling water in summer is a real challenge for Europe’s nuclear industry. www.dw.com/en/hungary-t...

As of today, the use of AI becomes more transparent in the EU. Here’s how EU law makes sure AI works for you, in full openness ↓