Sinéad O'Brien

Save our marine life! Stop fishing of Sprat in all Irish coastal waters now! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/8sHZZHg8Cp via @Change

Delighted to attend @NPWSIreland Leaders' Forum to #RestoreNature this week along with a mighty team of SWAN members. Commitment of staff, participants & Chair inspires confidence in a positive process & hope for a strong Nature Restoration Plan. River restoration will be key.

Good to see a drop in river nitrogen levels in '24 but in South & South East it’s still WAY above what’s needed for good river water quality. These areas have the highest levels of intensive / derogation dairy farms. ➕ no info on the cause of the drop rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Putting this out today as don't want to dampen the parade on Monday. We need to look after this beautiful country we have and the wonderful lakes that are so important to our heritage. We'll have much more to celebrate if we do. 🎉☘️🐟 #StPatricksDay #RestoreOurWaters

Nothing to see here, just RPS consultants pointing out that the measures proposed to protect our water quality from agriculture in the Nitrates Action Programme have NO EVIDENCE that they'll work to fix water quality. Saying the quiet part out loud.

This is a really useful tool for asking election candidate to prioritise water quality. Species or faeces? I know which one most election candidates are talking more of.

There's been plenty of talk from candidates in #GE24 on what they'll do to stop water pollution BUT will they commit to the tough changes that are really needed and save our water species OR are they talking more faeces? Email them to find out👇

If you watched Prime Time last night about water pollution from Uisce Eireann & want to know more about what is happening and what needs to be done about it, read this thread 🧵 #rtept

Great to see this report published. The science and know-now is available, but action on measures is essential to protect and restore water quality and ecosystems. @EPACatchments @WatersProgramme @RTallireland @nfgws @swanireland @teagasc @DeptHousingIRL

Where is sewage not being treated properly? 👀The Urban Wastewater Treatment report shows the number of towns & villages discharging raw sewage every day has reduced from 29 to 16 since the start of 2023. But more work is needed to protect the environment: bit.ly/4exJbqe

New Catchment Summary Reports give a good overview of water quality at water body level, available on catchments.ie - @swanireland @RTallireland @nfgws @triona_mcgrath @EPACatchments An Fóram Uisce (thewaterforum.ie)

Last year, the earth's forests, plants and soil suffered so much damage from #ClimateChange that they no longer served collectively as a carbon sink. This is very bad news. And it's an event not projected by climate models for 2023. #EndFossilFuels now! theguardian.com/environment/20…

A good thread on the 'wild Nephin' landscape. Over 10 years now since we were told this area would be rewilded. What has happened on the ground? Not much

Great piece by @sineadmercier @wereontheditch ... it's not over till it's over Still time to #RejectPlanningBill #ReturnPlanningBilToSeanad #DeletePart9 #MaintainaTheStatusQuoOnJR #SayNoToLNG #Aarhus

The sale of lands adjacent to the Glen of the Downs nature reserve presents a once in a life time opportunity for the State to double one of Ireland's most important Old Oak Woodlands. What better way to kickstart 🇮🇪Nature Restoration Plan #RestoreNature rte.ie/news/leinster/…

Amidst all the talk & political promises about retaining the derogation- this is a critical point, one that I have been highlighting for years, to little avail. Quite simply, there is no evidence the measures being put in place will work. You want results? Follow the science.

Mapped: Inside Ireland’s Powerful Farming Lobby scq.io/GtMchTM via @DeSmog In the chilled section of any major supermarket, from London to Lagos, you’re likely to find a taste of Ireland – a stick of premium butter wrapped in gold or green packaging, celebrating a superior product from grass-fed pastures. But the gleaming image of Ireland’s agri-produce hides a number of inconvenient truths, among them the damage the sector is wreaking on Ireland’s climate targets, as well as its waterways and soils.

“Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.” Dalai Lama #EndTheCageAge @ciwf

No more delays. Save Our Seas today! 🌊📢

Tenfold increase in farm inspections needed by some councils to meet '24 targets New targets still amount to less than 4% of the total slurry farms. “at such a paltry inspection rate they’re just not going to inspect the no. of farms that need to be” 👇 thejournal.ie/up-manure-cree…