John Gibbons 🇵🇸
@think_or_swim
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Journalist & author based in Dublin. https://t.co/pOpo7YiIml. THE LIE OF THE LAND is publishing on 4th of Sept by @PenguinIEBooks https://t.co/hNFhzF1WLm
Dublin
Joined November 2010
Delighted to announce that my first book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is due for publication on September 4th next via @PenguinIEBooks. It's a frank assessment of Ireland and the #Climate emergency, with a roadmap towards a more food and energy-secure future.
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Wonderful to see well-researched & inspiring 'Lie of the Land' by environmental journalist John Gibbons on @IrishBookAward shortlist. Sole book on environmental issues in non-fiction category too. Public vote open until 16 Nov: https://t.co/aIX1t6ved8
@think_or_swim
irishbookawards.ie
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If you're in the vicinity of Skibbereen, Co. Cork tomorrow evening, I'm doing an Open Evening with Green Skibbereen at Myross Wood House to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND & the wider #climate emergency. Do come along. Details below: https://t.co/d9oi6ELMs5
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An Evening with John Gibbons – CECAS at Myross Wood House, Leap, Tue 28 Oct 2025 - Join us for a special open evening and book launch with journalist and climate commentator John Gibbons, author of...
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Wouldn’t it be quite something if a book about Ireland & the #climate crisis were to win non-fiction Book of the Year in the @IrishBookAward ? With your help, this CAN happen: please follow link below and *vote* for THE LIE OF THE LAND, then pass it on! https://t.co/yHAOrkQcTE
irishbookawards.ie
AN POST IRISH BOOk AWARDS Public Vote 2025 Vote for your favourite books of the year here and win €100 of National Book Tokens Scroll down and vote for your favourite books and be in with a chance of...
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BEYOND delighted and honoured to be Shortlisted tonight for non-fiction Book of the Year at this year’s Irish Book Awards! THE LIE OF THE LAND continues to make waves!
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Pod of this week’s @lstwrd on the Environment with @cooper_m on Today FM now online. Astute listeners may spot that I’m deeply unimpressed by our so-called #climate minister, Darragh O’Brien, as out of touch with reality as he is out of his depth. https://t.co/fcCKccaWCz
todayfm.com
Critics have accused the government of failing to adequately tackle climate change in Budget 2026, which was announced by Minister for Finance Paschal Donoho...
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President Michael D. Higgins today received journalist and author John Gibbons @think_or_swim at Áras an Uachtaráin, who presented the President with a copy of his new book ‘The Lie of the Land: A Game Plan for Ireland in the Climate Crisis’
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As much as the book is a devastating critique of what Gibbons calls “dishonest discourse” from agribusiness lobby & in media, it’s also an unsparing review of role of policymakers in bringing Ireland to its climate-vulnerable position” By @niallsargent
https://t.co/fUpMzmyjSW
thecurrency.news
“I did my share, but I was going to push a pencil, not a plough.” John Gibbons, the seasoned climate writer and commentator, sums up his rearing on the family farm in Co Kilkenny in the same honest...
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Beyond chuffed to see THE LIE OF THE LAND debut at No.9 in Ireland’s Non-Fiction bestseller list this week!
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"Gibbons’ book is an education for anyone baffled by the rows that bedevil Irish #climate policy...but mostly, it’s a plea for honesty around topics when hiding from the truth has been the national approach" Indo's in-depth review of THE LIE OF THE LAND. https://t.co/rpCxCEIZAv
independent.ie
On the farm where John Gibbons grew up, the rule was that there were only two types of animal: livestock and vermin.
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"I know him to be passionate, principled and pugnacious, features that come across strongly in this well-argued and well-written book, one that is loaded with facts to buttress his arguments" – @cooper_m in the @businessposthq on THE LIE OF THE LAND
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Just had a chat with Joe Nash on @Live95Limerick, ahead of tomorrow evening’s event in @OMahonysBooks in Limerick to mark the launch of THE LIE OF THE LAND
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Pod of today's extended interview with @SeanMoncrieff on @NewstalkFM on NewsTalk to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND is now online. https://t.co/XMp417DRoo
newstalk.com
John Gibbons is an Environmental Journalist and Commentator who is releasing a book called ‘The...
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Most enjoyable extended chat with @SeanMoncrieff on @newstalkfm just now to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND and Ireland’s spotty #climate record, and more.
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Absolutely delighted with extensive and thorough review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today’s Irish Times by Pádraic Fogarty
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Have articles in today’s Irish Daily Mirror and Daily Star challenging Irish myths about “feeding the world”, based around issues discussed in THE LIE OF THE LAND
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Most enjoyable launch of THE LIE OF THE LAND in Dublin yesterday evening. Huge turnout and great craic. With thanks to @PenguinIEBooks and to our excellent MC, @cooper_m.
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