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What if city living also meant you could grow your own food? One Dutch community has it sussed

The Dutch experiment at Oosterwold offers a radically different model of urban living. John Gibbons visited the residents to see how it’s done.

yesterday 10

TheJournal

John Gibbons

Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House

Four per cent of the Irish workforce is employed in farming – but 15 per cent of our elected national politicians are farmers or landowners,...

19.09.2026 20

The Irish Times

John Gibbons

Ireland needs an agriculture policy. Instead it has an agri-food industry

Denmark no longer has an agriculture minister – Ireland should follow suit

17.08.2026 40

The Irish Times

John Gibbons

Wildfires at home and abroad: The climate crisis is here, and Ireland is far from prepared

With wildfires raging across Europe and here at home in Tipperary, Kerry and Wicklow, the warning signs couldn’t be clearer, yet the government...

26.07.2026 40

TheJournal

John Gibbons

John Gibbons: The planet is burning, but Ireland still isn't taking climate change seriously

From deadly heatwaves to missed targets, the climate warning signs are flashing red, while political urgency in Ireland is nowhere to be seen.

29.05.2026 60

TheJournal

John Gibbons

Opinion: Carbon tax may be the tax we love to hate, but it's the one we can't afford to scrap

Carbon tax may be unpopular, but we need it to avoid a far more expensive future, and the government was wrong to cave in after protests, writes John...

17.04.2026 70

TheJournal

John Gibbons -

John Gibbons: Ireland had a 'Goldilocks' climate - but we've been killing Goldilocks

04.09.2025 60

TheJournal

John Gibbons -

When empires fall: Trump, climate denial and the end of American reason

06.08.2025 80

TheJournal

John Gibbons -