PhD. Head of Advocacy for An Taisce. Water floats my boat. 🚲 powered. Views are my own. https://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mlob72pqcc2xTá an ceart ag an tUachtarán. Rivers are the ultimate truth tellers, and the story they're telling us is not a good one. https://www.thejournal.ie/connolly-environment-speech-dcu-7036942-May2026/12 May 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlob72pqcc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mlatzseecc2fI, for one, am impatient and angry. Who's with me? 'Can we drink from our rivers without vomiting?...Think about your local waterway. Can you do these things? If the answer is no, isn’t it time we started getting impatient and angry about that?' #HandsOffNature https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/05/03/is-there-an-irish-river-i-can-drink-from-without-vomiting/07 May 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlatzseecc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3ml6eboc6qc2sIreland doesn't cover itself in glory when it comes to wastewater, but having the UK as a neighbour almost makes us look progressive when it comes to wastewater treatment. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6eboc6qc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mkpbxj6zjs2fThis is heartening to read: 'The responses documented demonstrate just how much far-right influence is contested. It shows communities across Ireland are actively building inclusive, resilient, and welcoming places and are stepping up during moments of crisis.' [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpbxj6zjs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mkmyeq56bs2oI was part of the @envpillar.bsky.social delegation to meet EU DG Mamer today & highlighted how much we need & depend on strong EU regulations to protect Irish waterways. This is not the time for weakening the legislation that protects water and nature. https://www.environmentalpillar.ie/simplification-of-eu-environmental-regulations-will-harm-society-and-the-environment/29 Apr 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmyeq56bs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mkkhlv4ois2xSpot on here: 'What for me is truly pernicious is the targeting by commercial interests of young children for indoctrination via our education system, exploiting weak governance and the apparent unwillingness of our politicians and institutions to face down industry misinformation at any level.' [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkhlv4ois2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mkhnxssv5k2xSlimy and smelly, just how rivers should be..... 'The River Wye is one of the UK's longest and most celebrated rivers. But in recent years those living nearby have complained that it regularly turns green in the summer and has become smelly and slimy.' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxl5rjw58po27 Apr 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhnxssv5k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mkacb3zjh222Little piece of heaven at the River Liffey this morning. #HandsOffNature24 Apr 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkacb3zjh222https://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mk6353ihrk2nThis blows my mind. So anyone can disseminate anything they like to our schools? 'Dept Edu does not have a role in approving.. content in any publication.. External companies...are free to make direct contact with schools with regard to their own resources.” https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41832134.html23 Apr 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6353ihrk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mk2v4kq2rs2tI wrote this for Earth Day 2 years ago, and every word of it still rings true for me. These days I need wild, untamed nature more than ever. #EarthDay2026 #HandsOffNature22 Apr 2026 06:37 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2v4kq2rs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mjzcqjcj5k2tAn interesting look at potential impacts of a large, proposed gold mine in one of most protected landscapes in Europe, and the brave communities that are resisting it. The Sperrins is highly environmentally sensitive and an important cultural landscape in Tyrone. It's at public inquiry stage. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzcqjcj5k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/elainemcgoff.bsky.social/post/3mjwbzgm6ik2tIreland is playing a dangerous game with food security. 'The policies of successive governments have prioritised an export-led agricultural system leveraging the big beasts of beef and dairy, while ignoring the needs of our indigenous veg and fruit growers.' https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/18/mick-kelly-were-only-ever-nine-meals-away-from-anarchy-that-risk-is-no-longer-just-theoretical/20 Apr 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:gpqcghk4thhkymwoetjunvo2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwbzgm6ik2t