On 24th October 2011, Irish citizen and hospice worker Celia de Jesus lost her life during a major flood event in Dublin. Unable to exit her basement flat as floodwater quickly rose at her door, she was trapped and drowned. In his report, the Dublin District Coroner of the time argue that Celia de Jesus drowned “as a result of a surge of water and flooding over a short period of time following two days of heavy rain”, reaching a final verdict of “death by misadventure”. However, extensive research into the tragic event reveals that the coroner report omits several pieces of evidence clearly challenging the conclusion of the report. Two of the main pieces of evidence left out of the report are as follows: • EVIDENCE 1: Celia de Jesus’s landlord had not received planning permission to divide the basement of his property into two rental units. Celia de Jesus was therefore renting an unauthorised basement flat. Furthermore, while located in a well-known flood-prone area, the basement flat had only one means of exit, the entrance door. All windows of the flat were blocked with metal bars. When Celia de Jesus was unable to open her entrance door for unknown reasons, she had no other means of exit at her disposal and was trapped. These pieces of evidence are never explicitly mentioned in the report and never outlined as a major cause of the tragic death. Instead, the claim is made that the works to divide the basement into two rental units (“appear to”) precede the Building Control Act 1990 and that, as a result, they shall be deemed to have been permitted. However, such a legal technicality cannot justify entertaining a misleading account of the tragic death. • EVIDENCE 2: In the coroner report, a list of planning applications submitted for the property in which Celia de Jesus died, both granted and refused, is provided. However, one planning application, dated 2009 and refused, is not included in the list. In this planning application addressed to Dublin City Council, it is stated that the property in which Celia de Jesus lived and died is “not of a habitable standard” (architect report, planning application 3066/09). Despite such a concerning statement, the issue failed to be addressed, which constituted another significant enabler of the tragic event. Following the tragic event and until now, various state and local government agencies, among them Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council and the Office of Public Works, have actively sustained the misleading account of Celia de Jesus’s death in reports and during public meetings. Instead of mentioning the planning breach and institutional failure that led to the tragic death, they consistently and unliterally blamed the flood. The misleading account was widely relayed in the local and national press and among local communities. As we are now approaching the fifteenth anniversary of the tragic death, we ask Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council, the Office of Public Works and the Minister for Justice to take the following actions as a matter of urgency: • ACTION 1: Issue a public statement explaining the full circumstances of the death of Celia de Jesus based on all available evidence • ACTION 2: Issue a public apology for having sustained a misleading account of the tragic death • ACTION 3: Request an immediate review of the coroner report and of its final verdict Please sign the petition to support these demands and share as widely as you can thank you!

Children spend a huge proportion of their lives in classrooms. They should not have to breathe poorly ventilated, unfiltered, rebreathed air for six hours a day when practical solutions exist. COVID has not disappeared. Reinfections continue, and a proportion of children and adults (16% according HSE FADA report, 15-53% according to HIQA's review of international evidence, 16% according to Mass General Brigham study, 2026, 27% of healthcare workers according to NHS REACH-OUT study, 2026) develop Long COVID — sometimes with disabling symptoms. Due to the lack of information on long Covid in Ireland, much of this harm is going undiagnosed or is not attributed to the real cause, COVID-19 infection. The WHO, the CDC, the OECD and other international organizations continue to warn about Long COVID, including its impact on children, yet public awareness in Ireland remains remarkably low. Clean indoor air is one of the few interventions that can protect everyone without requiring individual behaviour. Good ventilation and appropriately sized HEPA filtration reduce exposure to airborne infectious particles while also helping to reduce pollutants, allergens and particulate matter. Other places are already acting. Schools in London, parts of the United States, Canada, Australia and elsewhere have introduced filtration, air-quality monitoring or wider clean-air programmes. Ireland announced €62 million for school ventilation improvements and HEPA filtration in December 2021, yet HEPA filtration is still not standard in Irish classrooms. This is also about the right to honest public-health information. Parents should be given clear, current information about airborne transmission, Long COVID, women and girls being at greater risk of Long COVID, reinfection and the potential longer-term consequences of infection so that they can make informed decisions for their families. The information vacuum on the reality of Long COVID and the huge burden it puts on the healthcare system is being filled by racist, antivax conspiracy theorists. Clean Indoor Air will save lives and improve the health and wellbeing of children today and for generations to come. The infrastructure we put in place now will protect pupils and teachers from COVID, influenza and many other airborne infections, while improving the everyday quality of the air they breathe.  Ireland entered the pandemic with the 4th highest rate of asthma in the world with 1 in 5 children suffering and as an outlier in the EU with rising deaths from asthma. It is an abomination that the government decided against making HEPA filters standard in classrooms when faced with COVID-19, and we feel it is an insult to our intelligence and an exercise in gaslighting when politicians and media discuss issues such as "alarming rates of absenteeism" and "record breaking hospital overcrowding", while completely ignoring the reality of long COVID. We know how to make indoor air cleaner. We know how to reduce airborne transmission. Parents deserve accurate information about the risks. What is missing is the political will to act. Please join us in asking the Government to make clean air and honest public-health information a basic standard for every child in Ireland.

We should support this because deporting someone who may face persecution or torture for their political activism is not just an immigration issue but a question of human rights and Ireland’s responsibility under international law. If there is credible evidence that Sami could be at risk in Türkiye, Ireland should ensure that he is not returned to a situation where he could be harmed. Standing up for him also means defending the principle that political dissent should not be criminalised or punished through deportation. This is about making sure Ireland’s asylum and human-rights commitments are applied consistently, regardless of who the person is.

The Triple Lock is the core of Ireland's Neutrality. It is a principled position taken by Ireland that, under international law, requires impartiality in refraining from supporting or helping either side in a military conflict, thereby reducing the potential for prolonging or intensifying war.  We believe that there should be no changes to the Triple Lock and Ireland's Neutral status without a referendum where all the people of Ireland can decide. The Triple Lock was cited as a key guarantee of Irish neutrality during both the Nice Treaty (2002) and Lisbon Treaty (2009) referendum campaigns, and removing the Triple Lock would fundamentally undermine Irish neutrality. Ireland's neutrality keeps us safe and is what has kept us out of foreign conflicts. With world politics being so volatile currently, and world peace being so fragile, now more than ever it is vital that Ireland is a voice for peace and justice and that our soldiers continue to be respected in their vitally important work as peacekeepers.  

The educational  and administrative systems in Gaza have broken down and it is impossible for some students to complete every detail in their visa applications. These students have been accepted by Irish universities. They are the people that will be needed to help rebuild the physical and administrative systems in Gaza, if that is ever possible. The Department of Justice can be guided by the applications offices in the different universities and automatically give visa to those students from war-torn Gaza, who have been accepted. We urge you to intervene immediately, and ensure these students can avail of the educational opportunities they, and their communities in Gaza need.

To: The Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Rásaíocht Con Éireann (GRI), and Cork East Representatives The Situation in Youghal, Co. Cork. For decades, greyhound racing in Ireland has received tens of millions of euros in public subsidies through the statutory Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund—amounting to over €19 million nationally every year. Yet, here in East Cork, our local facility—Youghal Greyhound Stadium—runs on life support. State-commissioned economic reviews by Indecon previously highlighted that the Youghal track operates at a financial loss with some of the lowest live spectator turnouts in the region. Official figures and reporting show that meetings frequently take place before nearly empty stands, running primarily to stream off-track betting coverage. Despite this, over €763,000 in public funding has gone toward keeping this single venue operational in recent years. Official figures and media reporting show that Youghal regularly sees as few as 3 paying members of the public at its twice-weekly race meetings. The stands are virtually empty, with races taking place primarily to be filmed for offshore TV betting contracts (SIS). The Welfare Reality Behind the empty stands is a grave animal welfare issue. Official figures released through Parliamentary Questions (PQs) show that of the greyhounds registered under the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System (RCETS): • 57% of non-exported greyhounds from the 2021 birth cohort that retired in Ireland were recorded as deceased. • 74% from the 2022 birth cohort were recorded as deceased. • Over 5,300 dogs were exported overseas from the 2021 cohort alone, while Irish rehoming charities struggle under massive waiting lists. Taxpayer money should not be used to prop up a industry with unresolvable welfare issues and declining local interest. What East Cork Needs Instead East Cork faces real challenges—from underfunded community spaces and sports facilities for local youth, to overwhelmed local animal shelters trying to rescue and rehome greyhounds and other pets. Public money should serve the public good. Call-To-Action (The Specific Demands) By signing this petition, we call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Cork East Public Representatives to: 1. Cease State Subsidies for Youghal Greyhound Stadium: Implement the findings of independent economic reviews and phase out public grant funding for underperforming regional tracks. 2. Decouple the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund: Amend Section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 to remove the automatic 20% funding guarantee for greyhound racing, subjecting all future allocations to independent Oireachtas scrutiny. 3. Ring-Fence Funds Locally for East Cork: Redirect the state funding currently used to subsidise Youghal Track directly into East Cork community infrastructure, youth facilities, and local animal welfare organisations.

Other people should join me in this campaigne because there has been many issues lately with the tullamore skate scene as the park is an unsafe place and the skatepark no longer feels like a fun place to learn to skate there is many skaters in tullamore and only one skatepark is no longer enough

Regular working people of Ireland are generally not allowed to drink alcohol during work hours, our government should not be allowed to either. Alcohol is one of the most abused substances in the country, it leads to many deaths in Ireland each year and leaves users impaired after consumption. It should not be available to our elected representatives while they are on duty. Recent report showing that the government are going to spend 400,000 euro to pick new wines for the bar. [1] While previous reports show that many TD's and Senators have failed to pay their bar tabs, up until 2018 those tabs were "Written off", but new rules have resulted in them having the monies taken from their salaries.  [2] It is time that our elected representatives close the Dáil bar and get back to work for those who elected them. [1] New wine  [2] Bar tabs

We believe women should retain meaningful choice in how they receive care during pregnancy and birth, and that maternity care options should be enhanced, not restricted, by healthcare reforms. We fully support and strongly endorse major investment in the public maternity care system, and we want to see it developed to the highest possible standard, with meaningful choice across care pathways, including consultant-led care, midwifery-led care, and community-based care. However, this must be achieved by strengthening and expanding services, not by removing existing options, particularly where there is no adequate or appropriate alternative available to replace the current private care pathway. Thousands of pregnant women choose private maternity care for a range of personal reasons. For many, the key reason is the guarantee of continuity of care: having a chosen consultant care for them from the first antenatal appointment through to delivery and postnatal follow-up. This pathway is deeply significant because it provides: • Tailored, personalised care: Women with specific physical or emotional needs, including those with past traumatic experiences, require care that reflects and responds to their circumstances. • Trust and peace of mind: Being attended by a familiar consultant who understands a woman's history provides reassurance during what is often the most significant medical event of her life to date. Most women choose this care pathway and make financial sacrifices to do so because an equivalent level of care is not available to them within the public system. Not every woman chooses this option. But every woman should have the right to. Yet under current Sláintecare reforms, access to the private maternity care pathway is being phased out. Maternity care is disproportionately affected by Sláintecare policy, and women are the only group directly impacted in this way. Unlike other areas of healthcare, where private and public options exist side by side, maternity care in Ireland operates within the public hospital system, as there are no private maternity hospitals. Removing private care from public hospitals removes access to the private maternity care pathway entirely. This creates a clear structural inequity: choice is being reduced in a female-only area of healthcare, while private options remain available in other medical specialties. We call on the Government to maintain access to the private maternity care pathway within the maternity care system by refraining from removing private maternity care access within public maternity hospitals.

The removal of the Triple Lock will almost certainly result our forces being compelled to partake in illegal wars -- wars which in the past have always resulted in the killing and maiming of innocent civilians. The gravity of this cannot be understated. The threat of a life-time boycott of the private commercial interests of TDs who become complicit in this egregious abandonment of the Triple Lock is warranted. This petition is a declaration of intent of people to boycott the private business interests - now and in the future - of any TD who ultimately acts to remove the Triple Lock. If enough signatures are obtained the declaration will be emailed to all TDs in advance of any vote on the removal of the Triple Lock. In doing so, this will clarify for all the depth and breadth of opposition to this planned removal. Even if the number of signatures is a small proportion of the population as a whole, it would serve as an indication of the strength of public opinion. A list of current business interests (directorships, significant shareholdings, contracts) of TDs who act to remove of the Triple Lock will be maintained for reference. This list can be maintained up-to-date and promoted in future. "It Is Difficult to Get a Man [sic] to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It." - Upton SinclairWe can help them understand more clearly

The Triple Lock was introduced to protect Irish neutrality and to ensure that Irish troops could only be deployed overseas with Government approval, Dáil approval and a UN mandate. It provides an important safeguard that overseas military deployments are based on international law and broad international agreement.  Fianna Fáil made commitments to the Irish people during Nice and Lisbon Treaties that the Triple Lock would provide a cast- iron legal status for neutrality. Micheál Martin called the triple lock the cornerstone of our neutrality. Now, under external pressure from the EU and NATO, the FFG government wants to scrap it.  Polls consistently show strong support for Irish neutrality and for retaining the Triple Lock. At a time when people are extremely concerned about housing, the cost of living and healthcare, why is the government pushing through this dramatic change instead of fixing the issues they were elected to fix.

How this affects you: Public transport and government services are public goods. But right now, vital updates—like train cancellations, road closures, and emergency alerts—are often shared on private social media platforms (X/twitter) long before they reach official websites or apps. This means: • You are forced to use private platforms and accept their tracking just to see public alerts. • Information is 'Gated' behind logins, its shown along with content influenced big tech algorithms, and there are advertisements. Even though X may allow you to open tweet links without login (for now), you cannot follow an account and see all their updates without a login. • If you don't use X (Twitter), you're left behind. I believe that if the taxpayer pays for the information, the taxpayer should be able to see it on a public, account-free, state-owned website. No 'followers' required. No logins necessary. Just the facts, when you need them. Why This Matters 1. Digital Fairness & Inclusion Public information is paid for by the taxpayer and should be accessible to everyone, not just those with a social media account. People who choose to avoid certain platforms or those who struggle with tech are being left behind. Access to state information should be a baseline right. 2. The Danger of "Gated" Information When a government agency posts an update only to a private site, they are "gating" public info. This forces you to navigate private algorithms and tracking cookies just to see a train delay or a weather warning. In an era where we are worried about data privacy and the power of Big Tech, our own government shouldn't be handing them a monopoly on our attention. 3. Safety and Sovereignty Relying on a single private company for emergency and infrastructure updates is a massive risk. If a platform goes down or changes its rules, the Irish public loses its connection to vital services. Why You Should Join This Campaign • For the Commuter: To ensure the app your taxes pay for actually tells you when the train is late. • For the Privacy-Conscious: To stop being tracked by Big Tech just to access state services. • For the Vulnerable: To ensure our parents and grandparents aren't excluded from vital updates because they don't have an X account. • For the Future: To demand that the Irish government lives up to its "Digital Inclusion" promises and keeps public info in public hands. FAQ "I use X (Twitter) and it’s convenient. Why change it?" We aren't asking them to stop posting to X: we’re asking them to stop posting exclusively to X. You can keep using your preferred feed, but vital info shouldn't be "gated." Everyone, including the elderly, the privacy-conscious, and those without accounts, deserves the same real-time updates on a public, state-owned platform. "Does this create extra work for staff to manage two feeds?" Actually, it fixes a broken workflow. Right now, staff are often "double-jobbing" or prioritising social media manually. We are advocating for a "Source First" approach: one update to the official system that automatically syncs to the website, the app, and social media simultaneously. It’s about better automation, not more manual labor. "Is this just about train delays?" Trains are the most visible example, but this is about a standard for all public bodies - from the Gardaí and local councils to the HSE. Publicly funded information is a public good; it belongs on public infrastructure first.