An organisation of medical professionals in Ireland focused on promoting good health through care of the environment. Registered charity number: 20205893.
Dublin City, Ireland
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🚀 Today we launched our manifesto for the general election #GE24.
🌏 Now is the time to change course - away from fossil fuels and toward a healthier future. We must act now! There is no time to lose!
🔗 Find the manifesto here: ide.ie/political-manifesto/
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This platform was never perfect, but it now spreads misinformation faster than the truth, drowns out science, and rewards outrage and hatred over dialogue.
We're making this account dormant so our posts stay accessible.
Join us where respect, science, and solutions thrive.
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Active transport infrastructure, done right, is health infrastructure.
Ireland deserves world-class infrastructure—invest in it, and the benefits will be endless!
My response to @EamonRyan’s recent brilliant piece on cycling infrastructure in today’s Irish Times.
#ActiveTransport
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
What a ridiculous take. Drink driving kills, but so does speed.
Total waste of paper/internet publishing this.
PS: It’s the government lowering speed limits, not the RSA.
The RSA is lowering speed limits, but will it make roads safer? Anton Savage argues that drink driving and reckless behaviour—not speed—are the real problems being ignored
businesspost.ie/arts-living/…
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
Innovating a more sustainable health service
@IHCA_IE @GColleranMD @IrishDocsEnv @SusHealthcare @EPAIreland @ESRIDublin @ICGPnews @ClimHealthIre @HSELive @Slaintecare @HealthyIreland #environment #climate #environment
medicalindependent.ie/in-the…
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
Innovating a more sustainable health service: A recent symposium discussed a new fund that can help consultants to champion #sustainability and #climate resilience medicalindependent.ie/in-the… @IHCA_IE @GColleranMD @IrishDocsEnv @SusHealthcare @EPAIreland @ClimHealthIre @HSELive
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Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
Imagine something like this in Dublin, Galway, Cork, or Limerick.
If only we had bold, brave politicians and engineers willing to stand up to the car lobby.
50 years ago, a transport revolution started in
#Zürich.
#Switzerland rejected urban freeways. Zurich decided not to build a metro, opting for an S-Bahn commuter train network.
And they gave *absolute* priority to trams over cars in center of Zurich. The result?
🇨🇭🚋🧵
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Storm Eowyn: A wake-up call for Ireland 🌍
Record-breaking winds, massive power outages, and disrupted lives. Is this the new normal? The climate crisis is here, and we know the cause—us. The solutions are clear, but are we ready to act?
medium.com/@irishdocsenv/sto…
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🧖♀️ Saunas are fantastic for reconnecting with blue spaces, boosting outdoor time, and improving mental and physical health.
⛔️ The lack sea swimming in Dun Laoghaire makes this project a missed opportunity.
#BlueHealth 🌊
First impression: a fantastic idea! The 15-20 floating saunas in Oslo, where you can dive straight off the pontoon into the sea, are amazing.
But then it hits you—if you can’t swim in the sea at Dun Laoghaire, what’s the point of a floating sauna?
independent.ie/regionals/dub…
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The type of railway station we deserve in Ireland!
Just arrived in Berlin for the @die_gruenen weekend Congress, and that's an impressive Hauptbahnhof Railway station. With elections one month away here I'm looking forward to the debates. gruene.de/artikel/parteitag-…
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
Investing in roads over people is a backward step - my article 👇 imt.ie/opinion/dr-catherine-… @CorkHealthyCity @Irishheart_ie @IrishCancerSoc @IrishDocsEnv @DeanVenables @brian_caulfield @UCCPublicHealth @MichealMartinTD @SimonHarrisTD @HsehealthW
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
“The evidence is undeniable. Slower speeds save lives. Better cycling infrastructure saves lives. Fewer cars in city centres save lives. A 30kmh speed limit isn’t some Orwellian plot to ruin your life, it’s an attempt to salvage a bit of sanity.” - @GerHerbert1
Pontevedra, Spain, shows shows safer streets & fewer cars lead to thriving cities. My piece in today's @Independent_ie #roadsafety
independent.ie/opinion/comme…
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Tobacco lobbyists really have the good of your lungs, not profit, at heart.
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
Went for a hike in Glendalough yesterday.
The amount of deer was terrifying. The complete absence of natural predators is wreaking havoc on our ecosystems, with overgrazing and biodiversity loss becoming more serious by the day.
Irish deer populations have become rampant, and the trees are paying a price irishtimes.com/environment/2…
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Irish deer populations have become rampant, and the trees are paying a price irishtimes.com/environment/2…
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
Glendalough is stunning—the valley, the rivers—but like many Irish nature reserves and NPs, it struggles: overgrazed forests, unnatural tree plantations, too many deer and feral goats.
A glimpse of Ireland's potential, but it remains an unbalanced, unhealthy ecosystem.
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The main barrier to public transport is not price, but quantity and quality.
However, it would be nice to see employers such as the @HSELive subsidise public and active transport instead of providing free parking to staff.
businesspost.ie/news/employe…
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Invasive species are not only 'destroying ecosystems' in Killarney National Park, but most of Ireland's remaining pockets of native ecosystems (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/6595158
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Key points from the Programme for Government.
No specific mention of climate or environmental action.
In the midst of a climate crisis, this is deeply alarming. We’re in big trouble.
rte.ie/news/2025/0115/149106…
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Irish Doctors for the Environment retweeted
Despite the 2:1 investment ratio, Irish transport emissions keep rising.
Now, the incoming government plans to scrap it, prioritising cars over people and the planet.
Imagine the damage this will do to our health and future.
To the incoming Irish government: Abandoning the 2:1 public/active transport investment ratio is a grave mistake.
Active and public transport saves lives, cuts emissions, improves health, and reduces healthcare costs.
Investing in roads over people is a step backwards!
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