Coastal Concern Alliance

Independent voluntary citizens' group. Democratic marine planning now, pls. Biodiversity & ecosystem protection a priority. No political/industry affiliations.

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

Delighted to share details of public event - Safeguarding our Seas and Shores - Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire. 3 March 2026. 7.30pm. Booking on Eventbrite. All welcome.

[Paulie Doyle @BigPaulieDoyle]

Great piece by @PBresnihan, Pat Brody and Rory Rowan. Ireland is utterly dependent on FDI - and vested interests see increased defence spending as a potential cash cow. That's what all this talk of 'taking defence seriously' is about.

https://t.co/XuE1JIbcCy

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

@gloverstweets Yes. You make an important point, Ashley. Where public money supports them and facilitates the activities of NGOs, transparency should be mandatory. We can see no reason why this should not be the case. Can you? @COSullivanTD @BlueIreland

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

@FintanKelly_ @COSullivanTD So many opportunities go untapped. Great to see this and hope their commitment soon moves offshore to protect habitats and species that are in the firing line due to developer-led planning of ORE. Bin them and do offshore wind properly. Where we put turbines matters. @BlueIreland

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

https://t.co/SYyFWuhDJz

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

Really disappointing that all the promises remain just empty words. Without the financial backing, nature remains the poor relation it has always been in this country. Hoped for change with NRL coming and ⁦@COSullivanTD⁩ .

[Fintan Kelly @FintanKelly_]

The opportunity to double the size of an internationally significant oak woodland like the Glen of the Downs is incredibly rare.
This is the kind of opportunity the State needs to seize if Ireland is to deliver nature restoration @COSullivanTD
https://t.co/Vyi40n15cu

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

The state of this once beautiful lake is nothing short of criminal. Ireland’s environmental credentials are in the gutter… We support the @coastwatch_ire call to ban slurry & fertiliser.

[Coastwatch @coastwatch_ire]

Good to see this iisue highlighted & feature Coastwatcher Mick Berry. We need action now, Coastwatch submission to Oireachtas asked for a ban on slurry & fertiliser spreading in the catchment with compensation for landowners, as successfully done for Lough Sheelin in 1980.

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

Gov publishes draft MPPS with 1 month public consultation. Another ploy to retrospectively legitimise marine planning policy. MARA website states that statutory MPPS underpins the MAP Act 2021. How can it if it doesn’t exist? @swanireland @IrishEnvNet @AnTaisce @coastwatch_ire

[Sabrina Joyce-Kemper SJK @kemper_sabrina]

Uisce Eireann & An Bord Pleanala agreed a JR settlement today that ensured no raw sewage discharges from remaining houses in Howth (not covered by a recent pumping station planning application) would discharge to Doldrum Bay. Thanks to all who helped fund the appeal.

[Mike Shanahan @miestfy]

@philip_ciwf @DailyMail @BirdsMatter_ie @CoastalConcern @FairSeasIreland @AnTaisce

[BirdsMatter_ie @BirdsMatter_ie]

Head of Policy & Advocacy Oonagh Duggan explaining to EU Cmmr @CostasKadis yest at #EuropeanMaritimeDay2025 why we're worried abt cumulative/incombination impacts of marine activities on seabirds. Appropriate siting of ORE, implementation of fisheries policy, restore pops.

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

Today greeted the sun when it peeped up at 5.33 precisely! A magical morning. As always, a great event. Well done to all. #darknessintolight2025

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

Indicative of careless manner in which marine resources are ‘managed’,& failure to value true climate mitigation. We get a too a blind commitment to consenting wind infrastructure in some of Ireland’s more biodiversity-rich habitats, and permitting the destruction of sea-grass?

[Coastwatch @coastwatch_ire]

#Dredging for shellfish in some of Ireland’s most sensitive marine areas is wiping out #seagrass meadows that play a critical role in capturing vast amounts of carbon and in enriching biodiversity.

https://t.co/9KkQQiptpD

[Fintan Kelly @FintanKelly_]

A Hen harrier performing a sky dance amidst a sea of sitka spruce. A scene that conveys the total devastation that we have wrought on nature in this country. Nature restoration isnt just a legal obligation its a moral obligation.

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

The implications of the proposed NISA Wind farm on the
birds of Rockabill, Lambay and surrounds. All are welcome to this meeting that will focus on the wonderful birds of Rockabill and Lambay.

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

Yes & that’s only part of the misinformation. Reaching housing targets will, with no other emissions increases, mean we miss targets . (Ref: Dr Lorcan Sirr, visiting Professor of Housing, School of Law, University of Galway)

[patrick bresnihan @PBresnihan]

Doesn't get much attention but the EU energy efficiency directive obliges Ireland to reduce absolute energy demand by 2030 by 12.6% (vs 2022).

Instead Govnt is doubling down on data centres, driving electricity + gas demand & calling it 'green growth'.

https://t.co/cU5WeWnrod

[Coastal Concern Alliance @CoastalConcern]

Today @fotoole @IrishTimes concludes that Ireland can find a place in the world & lays out what is possible. All critical to current State policy on near-shore wind. If we get them right - science, rationality, human rights and international law - then we can win for climate.