Tag Archives: Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea

Violent words beget violent actions

Posted on February 27, 2023 by John Gibbons

By and large, Ireland is a tolerant country, spared the worst excesses of polarisation that have blighted post-Brexit Britain and the US after Trump. There has, however, been a creeping slide towards ugly extremism in the last couple of years, … Continue reading →

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Giving nature the legal right to exist

Posted on December 10, 2022 by John Gibbons

Mankind’s relationship with the rest of nature has been overwhelmingly predatory for centuries, with the natural world used as both a quarry from which to extract ‘resources’ and as a dump into which to eject our mountains of waste. The … Continue reading →

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EU decries attacks on Irish environmental defenders

Posted on January 30, 2022 by John Gibbons

The well-worn narrative emanating primarily from the Irish agri sector and amplified by a cohort of vocal rural TDs is that, despite being the true custodians of the natural environment, they are being constantly “demonised” by over-zealous environmentalists, animal welfare … Continue reading →

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