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Last week Westmeath Council approved planning permission for a huge data centre backed up by a gas plant, itself supposedly built to ensure 'uninterrupted supply of power to Irish households and businesses'
Smoke, mirrors and trojan horses
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0608/1577376-westmeath-data-centre-approved/
LNG SGER Bill will be presented to the Dáil this month
Climate Minister O’Brien said the LNG will only be used in an emergency
But, due to data centre demand on the grid... and climate breakdown, the likelihood of emergencies is increasing under this Government!
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/video-on-demand/dail/2026-06-11/
Welcome to Extinction Rebellion Ireland
Tuesday 9th June 7-8pm online
Open to all - find your place in the movement
This online orientation session is for brand new rebels, rebels who want to act on the climate emergency and what we, in Extinction Rebellion Ireland, can do about it and for those who have begun with XR Ireland and have not yet done this training.
We are all volunteers and we are all crew.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/welcome-to-extinction-rebellion-ireland-3
📚Children's Rights Over Flights will be at the Radical Book Fair - Saturday 30 May 2026 - Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square, Dublin, D01 T6V6 - 2.30 to 5 pm
Come say hello and learn more about our campaign and how to support it!
Welcome to Extinction Rebellion Ireland
Tuesday 12th May 7-8pm online
Open to all - find your place in the movement
This online orientation session is for brand new rebels, rebels who want to act on the climate emergency and what we, in Extinction Rebellion Ireland, can do about it and for those who have begun with XR Ireland and have not yet done this training.
We are all volunteers and we are all crew.
https://actionnetwork.org/events/welcome-to-extinction-rebellion-ireland-2
- 95+ groups across 25 countries have responded to the jet fuel crisis with a manifesto proposing ten measures to reduce air traffic.
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The manifesto highlights aviation’s impacts, from climate heating to militarisation.
- @StayGrounded_net Stay Grounded described the jet fuel crisis as the “new normal” in an era of war and climate instability.
Open letter from 16 organisations to Minister O'Brien calling on him to urgently halt the Government’s interventions to legislate exemption from climate obligations for the Dublin Airport cap
@IrishCyclingCampaign @NHNA @StayGrounded_net @ExtinctionRebellionIreland
Ireland's electricity capacity market - adds to all our electricity bills to facilitate expansion of data centres, and actually pays those data centres to install on-site fossil fuel generation!
https://beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/03/26/irelands-capacity-market-renewal/
One of Ireland’s key electricity supply mechanisms – the capacity market – is coming up for its 10-year renewal with the European Commission in May 2028. Without necessary interventions, there is a risk that it could add billions to household energy bills to support data centre electricity consumption; which could run in contradiction to EU state aid rules. The Irish capacity market is already set to add over €7 billion to energy bills between 2018 and 2037, via contracts to companies paid through levies on energy bills. Over two thirds of this was awarded to fossil gas plants. In the context of soaring electricity demand from data centres, this total could be set to spiral. With Irish household energy bills having already increased by over €600 per year since 2020, families can ill-afford further price hikes. The renewal of Ireland’s capacity market comes at a moment of critical inflection for the country’s energy future. With new data centres driving up electricity demand, urgent steps need to be taken to limit this demand and ensure Ireland’s power sector emissions continue to fall. It will also be vital for compliance with EU regulations that data centres contribute proportionately for the strain they […]
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