Fowl Emissions Archives

GOVERNMENT DATA BULLIES

June 12, 2025

In a chilling public display of loyalty to our Big Tech overlords, Fianna Fáil heavyweights have been putting the boot into a senior... Read more »

MICHEÁL MARTIN’S ROADWORKS

June 12, 2025

“Roads are also important for environment, this doesn’t get said often enough.” That was Micheál Martin’s hot take in Galway last week as... Read more »

GREAT GAS

May 29, 2025

It must be a head-spinning time to work for Gas Networks Ireland (GNI), the semi-state company responsible for operating Ireland’s fossil gas grid.... Read more »

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WATERED DOWN

May 29, 2025

Today 33 Irish rivers are classified as “heavily modified water bodies” (HMWBs), meaning they are of minimal ecological value and so don’t need... Read more »

GOLD MINE PROJECT FOYLED AGAIN

May 15, 2025

In a saga of government department hypocrisy that Strabane man Brian O’Nolan (aka Myles na gCopaleen) may have considered perfect fodder for his... Read more »

CLIMATE NEUTRALITY ‘WISHFUL THINKING’

May 1, 2025

When it comes to Ireland’s energy transition, “wishful thinking needs to be replaced by the realities of engineering, finance and project delivery”. So... Read more »

‘IT’ HOT AIR

May 1, 2025

While there is no future in fossil gas, the outlook is equally bleak for biomethane, a highly problematic gas that increasingly looks like... Read more »

ESRI BLAMESFARM LOBBY

April 17, 2025

The latest research from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) had some fascinating insights into how climate change is perceived by both... Read more »

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TOMMY TIERNAN’S HOT AIR

April 17, 2025

Almost 10 years ago, comedian Tommy Tiernan roared from the Abbey Theatre stage: “It’s too fucking late.” The event was the Climate Gathering... Read more »

‘LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD’

April 3, 2025

“A victory for common sense over ideological dogma,” was Fianna Fáil MEP Billy Kelleher’s response to An Bord Pleanála’s recent decision to grant... Read more »

NATURE RESERVED

April 3, 2025

Coillte, the state forestry agency, has long been under fire for its dire environmental record and its focus on industrial conifer plantations that... Read more »

CLIMATE: NEW ERA

March 6, 2025

WITH COLOSSAL EU fines of €26bn coming down the tracks, it is at least comforting to look across the Atlantic at Elon Musk’s... Read more »

JOHN WILSON’S TOAST

March 6, 2025

In 2019 Leo Varadkar was rightly mocked for saying climate change had “benefits” as well as “downsides”. An early contender for this year’s... Read more »

HERE COMES SUMMER

February 20, 2025

“What’s summer anymore?” That’s the question posed by one of around 200 farmers who took part in a recent research project run by... Read more »

DARRAGH MCCULLOUGH’S HERD

February 20, 2025

Congrats to Meath farmer and agri scribe Darragh McCullough on achieving his 10-year goal of growing his dairy herd to over 500 cows.... Read more »

STORMY WEATHER WE’RE HAVING

February 6, 2025

Storm Éowyn elicited an array of knee-jerk reactions, but Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins’s was in a league of its own. “We need,... Read more »

KEVIN MCPARTLAN’S LEXICON

February 6, 2025

Lobbyist Kevin McPartlan showed up in this magazine’s Hot Air Brigade in 2017, arguing against a sugar tax. “There is no such thing... Read more »

TRUMP RULES HERE TOO

January 23, 2025

IT HAS long been understood that the Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael element of the outgoing coalition Government had to be dragged kicking and screaming... Read more »

END TO BUSINESS AS USUAL

January 23, 2025

A recent landmark High Court judgment has given a huge boost to environmental protection. Justice Richard Humphreys lambasted An Bord Pleanála (ABP) for... Read more »

DRILL, BABY, DRILL!

January 9, 2025

Just before Christmas Donald Trump ordered the EU to step up imports of US oil and gas. “Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the... Read more »

NIGEL’S ‘ENERGY INDEPENDENCE’

January 9, 2025

Last summer Tullamore company Lumcloon Energy drummed up widespread community support in Coolpowra in east Galway for a supposed solar farm but then... Read more »

TREASONOUS AN TAISCE!

December 12, 2024

Shortly before the election, Independent TD Mattie McGrath introduced a bill in the Dáil aimed at stripping heritage charity An Taisce of its... Read more »

HOW PARTIES RATE ON CLIMATE

November 28, 2024

It’s a political truism that the electorate is far more concerned about the end of the month than the end of the world,... Read more »

HARRIS/FITZMAURICE AGREE ON AGRI

October 31, 2024

With the general election just weeks away, competition is hotting up as to which politician can most cravenly capitulate to special-interest lobbying from... Read more »

DOIREANN BREATHNACH’S ADVICE

October 31, 2024

Congratulations to climate warrior Doireann Breathnach for making quite a splash in her role with consultancy firm Accenture. She recently stood down as... Read more »

GREENS’ AN TAISCE PLANNING BILL

October 17, 2024

“A shameful attack on good work has been massively defeated.” So said Green TD Steven Matthews last week on X, celebrating... Read more »

MATT COOPER’S HOT AIR

October 17, 2024

One of the features of our post-truth, Trumpian world is the increasing confidence of some commentators to disregard science, logic and other boring... Read more »

FARM MEDIA PR FANTASIES

October 3, 2024

Behind the media and marketing façade of Irish agriculture being all about traditional family farming that is uniquely clean, green and sustainable, there... Read more »

PARKED!

October 3, 2024

Months of bitter opposition by city centre business interests, backed by Ibec and junior FG minister Emer Higgins, to extremely modest proposals to... Read more »

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LOUGH NEAGH OWNER

September 19, 2024

The Earl of Shaftesbury, a Dorset aristocrat and former DJ who somehow owns the bed of Lough Neagh, has been enjoying considerable kudos... Read more »

MARIE’S UNUSUAL OUTINGS

September 19, 2024

Marie Donnelly has had some baffling media outings since taking over as Climate Change Advisory Council chair in 2021 but a recent comment... Read more »

McWILLIAMS’S BLUFF

September 5, 2024

HERE’S THE choice: Ireland can either opt for a coherent national climate and energy strategy or we can back the rampant expansion of... Read more »

POST HOT AIR

September 5, 2024

Kudos to the Business Post for once again fearlessly standing up for the right of the highly polluting aviation sector to enjoy untrammelled... Read more »

PSEUDO SOLAR GIFTS

August 22, 2024

It’s not unusual for an energy company to throw a lot of cash at a rural community when trying to build a big... Read more »

WHAT A WIZZ!

August 22, 2024

Last week Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air launched an ‘All you can fly’ annual ticket. “What’s not to love?” asked a BBC online... Read more »

RTÉ’S CLIMATE ‘STRATEGY’

August 8, 2024

FOR YEARS RTÉ’s coverage of the climate emergency has vacillated between lukewarm and non-existent. It reached such a low point that in July... Read more »