Fintan Kelly

Almost 100 jobs at risk as North Cork Creameries stops processing Staff at North Cork Creameries have been informed that their jobs at the plant are at risk, with almost 100 jobs to be impacted.

All business owners have a responsibility to their staff, clients and community to ensure they are operating within the law. It's a tragedy that some businesses behave as if they have the right to pollute with impunity. share.google/G8yR2OmIqpl4...

The EP’s envi committee just voted to maintain a standalone LIFE asking for €6.4 billion

Well done

Now the EC should cissue an emended MFF proposal that preserves this crucial tool, both for adressing the biodiversity crisis and to enable local level constructive cooperation between stakehonders

Poor climate choices puts a fair transition for Irish dairy and beef at risk Ireland is finalizing its climate protection targets to the year 2040.

Early, deep, and sustained cuts to its agricultural methane, are critical to Ireland's efforts to cut GHG emissions.

Rather than face that challenge head on, the government is considering moving the goal posts.

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Consistent leadership from PM Pedro Sánchez. The world should unite around him and work to isolate the U.S. as a dangerous rogue state.

Apparently Coillte have informed agencies that they will not be moving forward with the Portumna Forest Park Masterplan. Turning an important public woodland into holiday homes is inappropriate commercialisation at a time when we need community led nature restoration in public forests

Cycling in Dublin rises 50% as most residents back more bike lanes Residents of Ireland’s five main cities want more space for cyclists, even at the expense of cars

"The vast majority of residents across the State’s five main cities want increased investment in cycling infrastructure, even when that results in less road space for cars"
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There is and that's why we need a clear strategy from government to unlock the potential of the National Parks, Coillte and Bord na Mona lands. This kind of project could easily be replicated by outher local authorities.

Monaghan Council launches major rewilding project at historic Elliott’s Farm The project will be formally launched on Wednesday, March 4 at 11am, with a public hedge‑planting demonstration planned for attendees.

Monaghan County Council’s use of public land as the centre of a community‑led meadow restoration project is exactly the kind of initiative that should be rolled out across the country through Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan.
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The early cut of my small meadow has been a spring ritual for around 20 years. Pulled out loads of scutch grass to open up the soil, reduce competition & nutrients & give the herbaceous wildflowers space to emerge & flower this season. Hens are more faithful companions than dogs for this work.

European Commission brings Mercosur trade deal into force without MEP sign off Decision to provisionally apply EU-Mercosur deal without MEPs sign off draws backlash from farmers

Politicians who have no respect for democracy have no business participating in it.
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Supermac’s boss Pat McDonagh unable to block costs protection for environmental group Supermac’s owner Pat McDonagh has been unsuccessful in his bid to stop an environmental group from getting costs protection for a lawsuit challenging the connection of a multi-million euro motorway pl...

Pat McDonagh is a cowboy and forgive me good people of Galway but I'll be steering clear of Supermas from now on.
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Congrats Eoghan

Nature abhours a vacuum and fills none faster than a pond.

Consecutive Ministers for Nature who get it 🌱

Noonan helped get the NRL across the line. Now O'Sullivan has the tougher job: delivering a plan that turns ambition into action

Real progress will need leadership across Cabinet & funding for farmers & public land www.farmersjournal.ie/news/news/fa...

🚨𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

The European Commission just responded to a major finding from the European Ombudsman, the EU official who investigates complaints when EU institutions fail to follow the rules.

Good for the land, but what about the farmer? How Agri-Environment Schemes impact mental health in France and Ireland Trinity research shows that depending on how schemes are designed and delivered, well-being impacts can be positive or negative. Time spent in nature and peer discussion groups are key to fostering po...

Research in Ireland & France has shown that Agri-environmental schemes can improve farmers mental wellbeing through a sense of pride in environmental improvements & peer support.
Key drawbacks included paperwork & delayed payments, both of which can be improved
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Cooldross Nature Reserve is a great example of the kind of nature restoration projects that should be delivered by Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan. Targeted conservation management & habitat restoration by the NPWS have increased Lapwing from 2 breeding pairs in 2017 to 77 in 2024 #RestoreNature

Climate Changemakers: Three key ingredients to boost nature restoration in Ireland Nature in Ireland needs targeted support to speed up its recovery from decades of degradation, says Fintan Kelly, senior land use officer with the Irish Environmental Network (IEN).

Three key ingredients to boost nature restoration in Ireland:

Political will, funding and a strong plan for public land will all help ensure meaningful progress on restoring nature in Ireland
#RestoreNature
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Wouldn't it be great if millionaires investment portfolio was about purchasing and protecting sites for nature instead of stocks.

'It’s a piece of heaven, isn’t it?': A West Cork rainforest and the mission to rewild it A year before his high-profile purchase of The Park Hotel in Kenmare, Bryan Meehan quietly became the owner of a West Cork rainforest.

The life cycle of an oak continues long after it dies. Its form is lost, but its energy & influence flow through time. The same is true of a good environmentalist, like the late Andrew St Ledger, whose influence can still be felt in the people & places he touched
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After over a month of constant storms, the majority of Ireland is under a flood warning.
We are living in a new reality. Instead of rising to the challenge, our elected representatives are busy dismantling environmental ambition. Our democratic institutions are failing.
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Our health and future are being traded for profit ❌

Polluters & their political allies are dismantling Europe's environmental laws.

200,000+ people have said #HandsOffNature in less than 2 weeks! @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
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“I have discovered that I also live in creation’s dawn; the morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful every day” - John Muir

Head 12 Exemption from the Act of 2015 Provide that: Any function or exercise undertaken under this Act shall be exempt from the provisions of section 15 of the Act of 2015. Explanatory Note This Head provides that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 do not apply to any functions or exercises undertaken under this Bill.

An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Government’s Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.

He's not welcome in Ireland either

Yes it will be interesting to see what the enforcement issues are with those cases. The approach of fining people after the fact is flawed in general.

Over 280 farmers fined for illegal burning of land in 2025 - DAFM 283 farmers were fined for illegal burning of land in 2025, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).

Illegal burning is a major threat to life, wildlife, environment and property. Its very welcome to see leadership from DAFM in tackling illegal buring, with a more than four fold increase in fines in 2025.
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Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

Mario Draghi is not going to save Europe Europe letter: National governments have been content to ignore real economic blocks and instead blame Brussels regulations

Draghi isn’t going to save Europe. Cutting back chunks of the union’s landmark laws and regulations won’t do the job either - Writes Jack Power #HandsOffNature www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

27 EU leaders. In a castle. Deciding which protections to cut for polluter profit 😡

180,000+ people already said: #HandsOffNature ✊

Join us in telling EU leaders that we will not sacrifice our future for corporate profits
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