The Climate Alarm Clock

A special episode where Darragh has a chat with Irish wildlife expert Éanna Ní Lamhna.
The episode was recorded on a very calm day aboard the Ku-ee-tu, moored on Lough Derg just outside of Dromineer, Co. Tipperary.
The interview was an event organised by Nenagh Dromineer Literary Festival, and the podcast was recorded with funding from Green Foundation Ireland. Thanks to both organisations for having us
Éannas book, The Great Irish Biodiversity Book is out now. published by Gill Books

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The team are back together to chat about COP 30 which just finished up in Belem at the mouth of the mighty Amazon. Darragh, Anna and Ciara look at the highlights and lowlights of this year's Conference of the Parties and wonder why 56,000 people needed to be there.
Commitment to the Paris Agreement is still hanging on, Just Transition is featuring more strongly and Adaptation to climate change is now in the mix. But climate action is still falling short and fossil fuels are off the hook again.
What about the Irish response? Taoiseach Micheal Martin made a rousing speech at COP, quickly followed by advocating for new fossil fuel infrastructure back at home.
Is there ANY good news out there? We find some stories that make us happy. Puffins and more puffins!
Actions we recommend:
Don't forget Gaza, join the national demonstration for Palestine on November 29th
Join the mass lobby to put climate back on the political agenda
Check out Food Culture Ireland to find out more about connections between food, people, soil and sea
And you can always buy us a coffee

A special episode recorded at the Earth Rising Festival at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The team recorded some of the conversations we had with various contributors around the festival. Giving a flavour on what Earth Rising '25 was all about
Presented by Darragh Wynne with Ciara Daly and Tom Spencer
Produced by Robert Cotter
Big thank you to all our contributors:
LIsa Fitzsimons
John Barry
Aindrias de Staic
Lisa Fingleton
Sailhymn (Katie O'Connor)
Laura Costello

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The Climate Alarms Clock is back with a couple of special episodes
Todays episode was recorded live at The Earth Rising Festival in the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), in Kilmainham, Dublin on the 14th Sept 2025
Darragh, Ciara and Tom discuss some of the news stories from the summer past, reflect on the festival and the bigger questions surrounding climate change
Trocaire campaign to lobby the Irish goverment to stop sitting on their hands
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For our season finale, the gang's all here. We look at a new report that uncovers Ireland's dirty fossil fuel financing secrets.
And we find some stories of adaptation in Ireland -- Monaghan prepares for the worst, trade unions want to bring in paid climate leave and we have hosepipe bans around the country.
As Greta Thunberg demonstrates, climate justice is bound up with human rights and we are horrified by the latest atrocities in Gaza.
We're taking a break for the summer, thanks for listening and a few suggested actions while we're gone:
Listen to our brilliant producer who sings the season out for us = Bob Bound - Business as Usual on Bandcamp, available to stream or buy. It will be available to stream on all the other platforms VERY SOON (Spotify, Apple Music,YouTube)
Send a young person to the Youth Climate Gathering | Friends of the Earth in July
Break bread with your neighbours and build community at a street feast this summer.
Find out more about carbon markets at the EPA climate conference on 28th May
And remember... no mow May! Embrace the untidiness.