In this episode we speak to Sinéad Mercier. Sinéad is a lecturer inEnvironmental Law & Policy and PhD Researcher in the Sutherland School of Lawin UCD with thePROPERTY [IN]JUSTICE project led by AmyStrecker and Amanda Byer. We discuss Sinéad’s political background, herengagement with Trade Unionism and work with ICTU; environmental campaigning,how environmentalism has developed in Ireland, and some of the campaigns andgroups that have played a role in that; Sinéad’s previous experience inenvironmental law and as a policy researcher with Senator Alice Mary Higginsand with the Green Party; and the contrast between an environmentalism stillembedded in colonialism and capitalism and a genuinely transformative socialistenvironmentalism and Just Transition.

Sinéad’s paper,“Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland”, can be found on the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) website. The discussion also mentions Adrian Kane’s book,Trade Unions, published by Cork University Press. Listeners can find the Not Here Not Anywhere campaign to end fossil fuelinfrastructure and exploration atnotherenotanywhere.com.