Early this month 34 community groups signed this statement of no confidence in RSA. This week, an RSA Ireland spokesperson told Matt Cooper on Today FM 💛 that they’d spoken with members of groups. To be clear: We received no contact from the RSA, & neither did any group we asked.

We often discuss Russian attempts to subvert the democratic process but perhaps we're looking in the wrong direction and it's the USA we need to put under the spotlight.

In news surprising to no-one who has ever clicked on the profiles of the racist trolls pedalling division and hate in Ireland, it turns out the vast majority are based in America and Britain...
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Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2023 (Safe Access Zones) has just passed through the Seanad and will now be signed into Irish law. I am so proud. Thank you to everyone who supported Together for Safety throughout the last four years. Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️ WE DID IT!!! 💜

In the same week the Safe Access Zones (Scotland) Bill passed stage one, similar legislation is entering it's final stages in Ireland.

Congrats to all the campaigners and politicians who have championed this.

#SafeAccessZones bill has now passed all stages. Huge congrats to the activists who never gave up on it. ❤️❤️

We need respect and dignity for those accessing healthcare now more than ever. Together for Safety

Who is the spokesperson? Cause they don't seem to have the first clue as to what the Green Partys policies actually are on peace and neutrality. #TripleLock

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Energy emissions fall to lowest level in 30 years - SEAI via @RTENews rte.ie/news/2024/0501…

'Shane Gleeson and his family run five Spar stores in the city. He believes traffic plans...have “completely ignored” businesses'
- Shane Gleeson gave up the parking spaces right outside his shop for a council-funded parklet.
The perfect spot to have your cake and eat it.
7/9

You'd be withered from this crowd but not surprising, they have been trying to block every possible improvement in #Limerick City for a while now. Very disappointed in the Irish Independent though, a lot of inaccuracies & unchallenged bull in the piece.
Here's a few I found (1/9)

🗞️ Next month’s historic solidarity game between Bohemians and Palestine Women’s National team featured in Morning Star.

🗓️ The game takes place on Wednesday May 15 at Dalymount Park with proceeds funding the trip and Palestinian charities.

🎟️ Tickets:…

From wiki: 'FOREST (short for 'Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco') is a United Kingdom smokers' rights group primarily funded by the tobacco industry which campaigns against what it sees as 'excessive regulation' of smoking and tobacco products.'

🗳 VOTING IN PRISON 🗳

People in prison have the same right to register to vote as people in the community.

Read more about voting in prison on our website 👉 iprt.ie/elections-2024…

#YourVoteYourVoice #CheckTheRegister #LocalElections2024 #LE24 #EUElections2024 (1/2)

This would have scrapped thousands of people's submissions and thousands of hours of work on the plan to reduce through traffic and speed up buses in the city centre. It was close but the Green group was the only one cohesive enough to work together to save it.

“To be very honest, I’m getting a bit tired,” said Bas Eickhout of the European Green Party.

“We are having here a person that is standing here on behalf of the ID Group…Maybe before you are teaching everyone, clean up your own house.”

#MaastrichtDebate

Wonderful to spend the morning listening to local historians and people working on research for the #GrangegormanHistories project. Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) Royal Irish Academy National Archives, Ireland Janet Horner

Thunderous applause for Bas Eickhout of the Greens when he tells EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen that she’s watering down the European Green Deal and “scapegoating” the farmers.

Their real problem, he says, is that they “don’t have a decent income.”

The politicians decrying the PROPOSED Dublin Transport Plan but utterly silent on the costly and FULLY built O'Connell Street in Limerick (which is actively dangerous for people with visual impairment, genuinely terrifying for white cane users, but prioritised cars) can spare me.

Did you make a submission to the fully open public consultation? Even a line to highlight the importance of the UNCRPD? Can't find your submission listed online with other reps.

Did you make a submission to the fully open public consultation? Even a line to highlight the importance of the UNCRPD? Can't find your submission listed online with other reps.