We welcome and commend the Play Streets initiative and the recent car-free day on September 21st. These events are valuable and inspiring examples of how Dublin can create safer, more inclusive, and community-focused public spaces.  We fully support these efforts and want to see them grow. To deliver real, city-wide impact, we must build on this positive momentum. On the most recent car-free day, just 25 of Dublin’s more than 4,000 streets were closed to traffic, and only for three hours. Many residents didn’t even know it was happening. This is not enough to make a meaningful difference to air quality, community life, or public space. We ask Dublin City Council to: 1. Expand the number of streets included in car-free initiatives across all areas of Dublin. 2. Extend the duration of car-free events to a full day, rather than just a few hours. 3. Increase the frequency, moving from one day a year to at least one Sunday per month in 2026. 4. Publicly promote and map each event so that residents across Dublin can take part. Cities like Bogotá and Paris have shown how regular car-free Sundays transform urban life (giving us cleaner air, safer streets, and more sociable communities!) Dublin has the same potential! It’s time to make our streets places for people, not cars. Get in touch with us by email: [email protected]  Follow us on Instagram: @peoplenotcarsdublin

Some students don’t need more motivation. They just need a meal. Right now across Ireland, too many students are studying hungry, skipping meals to pay rent or travel to class. Hunger isn’t just physical. It drains focus, energy, and hope. When we feed students, we’re not just helping them survive college. We’re helping them show up fully, to learn, lead, and become who they’re meant to be. This is why we’re building Crave Christi Student Sponsorship, to make sure no student is left behind because of an empty plate. Join us in turning compassion into action. Together, we can make student hunger impossible to ignore. Because hunger shouldn’t be part of the college experience. Not here. Not now.

It allows people with CRPS a rare chronic pain condition to have access to prescribed medical Cannabis from their GP through the MCAP programm  in Ireland.   It is  extremely important  to help  sufferers who on a daily basis suffer with this rare condition. The effects of this disease  has an immense  impact on the individual their family. 

Who is affected? Across Ireland, thousands of children are struggling with anxiety, trauma, and emotional challenges. Too many are being offered short pilot programmes, which simply cannot meet their needs. Play Therapy gives children the time, space, and safety to express themselves, build trust, and heal — but it requires a minimum of 12–15 weeks to be truly effective. What is at stake? When children don’t receive consistent support, their emotional distress often shows up as difficulties with concentration, behaviour, and learning. This affects not only their mental health but also their confidence and academic progress. Without sustained Play Therapy, many children fall further behind, and families and teachers are left without the help they need. Why now? We are calling on the Irish Government — including the Department of Education, the HSE, and TUSLA — to fund proper school-based contracts employing Play Therapists for 20–25 hours per week. This model reflects safe professional practice and ensures children can receive the minimum 12–15 weeks of support they need. The time to act is now — our children deserve lasting care, not short-term pilots.

There are thousands of people affected by this issue and yet it is ignored by planning/councils and government.  People with medical conditions needing urgent toilet access experience pain, accidents and humilation when refused access to toilets when out in publuc spaces. Shops/businesses have a right to refusal, legalising the "No wait card" would stop this.  It would bring a better quality of life, take away anxiety and stress when going out in society and bring dignity to people affected. #Nowaitcard  #invisible disabilities 

Why This Matters — To Everyone Huntington’s disease families in Ireland have been promised and then denied basic care and support. We are a small, relatively rich country and our healthcare system is failing those who need it as well as those who work in it.  Sign this petition to support families : • Proper Huntingtons Disease care through specialist multi-disciplinary teams (like Scotland has - same population but a specialist team in all 7 major cities) • A health system ready for advanced therapies like the Uniqure trial making the news • Leadership that keeps its promises Because a health service that fails us today will fail our tomorrows.

Considering the success of the Greystones Sharks which in its two years of existence has over 300 members under the age of 16, a public, free space to play basketball would be a great way for kids and teenagers to be able to engage in healthy activity outside of a formal setting.

There is currently no leave for Miscarriage Leave in Ireland, only for past a certain gestation. Loss is loss and should be treated as so.  It should not come out of normal sick leave.  It should be Compassionate Leave, of Bereavement Leave.  Women should not have to look at their Sick Leave after undergoing such trauma. Covid leave was brought in straight away, which shows the lack of women’s rights in our country. 

What needs to change now: 1. Real choice of place of birth. While we welcome “Home-from-home” rooms as a much needed option for water immersion in hospitals, these rooms are no substitute for home birth or birth centres. The National Maternity Strategy outlined that all supported pathway, or uncomplicated, pregnancies would give birth in birth centres or home birth. As such, we request: • The development of truly midwifery-led birthing centres in all 19 maternity units or catchment areas. There are currently only two, the same number as before the strategy was created.  • The restoration and expansion of public home birth. Reinstate services where they are suspended, like in Limerick, and extend access nationwide so eligible women in the supported care pathway can choose a home birth without unnecessary barriers. 2. Respect midwives’ autonomy. Make midwifery-led care the default for uncomplicated pregnancies, protect community midwifery schemes, and ensure midwives can practise within their full scope. 3. Make informed consent non-negotiable. Provide clear information on risks, benefits and alternatives — including the option of no intervention — and honour valid refusals. End routine, non-evidence-based interventions and apply national guidance consistently. 4. Prioritise water immersion and facilitating water births. 15 of the 19 maternity units have at least one birthing pool, but only three offer water birth. Every unit should have at least one birthing pool and every unit should offer water birth. Prioritise this safe option for women with staff training, nationalised protocols and auditing to ensure usage — water is effective natural analgesia and should be supported. 5. Trauma-informed care everywhere. Train staff and resource services so every woman — especially survivors of sexual violence — receives compassionate, sensitive, person-centred care. 6. Transparency & accountability: All too often Maternity Safety Statements (MSS) are incomplete and months behind. Some hospitals fail to publish all clinical incidents and cumulative year to date figures. This is unacceptable and must be resolved. We believe the MSS should also be expanded, publish unit-level data on all interventions, including: • Differentiating methods of induction used, including membrane sweeps, pessaries and oxytocin drip. • Distinguishing between elective, scheduled and emergency caesareans • water immersion  • water birth  • home birth requests and coverage 7. We need clear timelines for full NMS implementation — with service-user and midwifery oversight. This is about choice, safety, dignity, and trust. It’s 2025: mothers and babies in Ireland deserve maternity care that truly centres women and follows the evidence — not convenience or outdated protocols. Add your name to demand real choice and better care. Share this petition with your family, friends and community. Together, we can ensure every mother in Ireland has access to respectful, evidence-based, women-centred care — where informed choice is the standard, not the exception. We also invite you to stand with us at one or more of our rallies to show your support in person. Every voice and presence makes a difference, and together we can create real change. Together, women and families can show that we will no longer accept less — because women, babies, families and midwives deserve better.  Rally Information Sligo: October 11th, 11am, Queen Maeve Square, Sligo Town Limerick: October 11th, 11am, Location TBD Dublin: October 23rd 2pm, At the gates of Leinster House

I live on a Local road. i see all types of pedestrians using this road for their daily walks. these include i see families with young children i see mothers pushing their prams. i see dog walkers. i see elderly friends of the locality going about their daily keep fit walks , some with hi-viz jackets. i myself have had lots of near misses with passing vehicles failing to give an inch when overtaking me.  i have spoken to walkers who will not use certain roads because they are afraid to walk on the roads.

Since October 2023, Gaza has faced one of the deadliest assaults in modern history. Over 300,000 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of them women and children. Entire communities have been erased, and the genocide continues daily. Coca-Cola is not a neutral brand in this context. The company: Operates in illegal Israeli settlements built on stolen Palestinian land. Has supply chains and business practices that profit from occupation and apartheid. Uses global events and sponsorships to whitewash its image while remaining complicit in human rights abuses. Electric Picnic is more than just a festival it is a cultural institution in Ireland, a space where values of creativity, freedom, and solidarity are celebrated. Allowing Coca-Cola to sponsor the festival undermines these very values and makes Electric Picnic complicit in whitewashing genocide. By dropping Coca-Cola, Electric Picnic can send a powerful message: our culture will not be used to cover up crimes against humanity. This would not only honor the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in Gaza but also set a precedent for ethical sponsorship in the music and arts world. Standing against genocide is not political but is a matter of basic human rights and human dignity.

OThe Clonlara residing along the R463 would like to request the support of all residents of Clonlara for the following reasons: • Improved accessibility for those of us at these addresses means more economic activity in Clonlara village.   • It would allow us to access bars and restaurants. It would also create a higher footfall for the village shop which has now closed twice previously due to this challenge. It would increase bus service user numbers thus ensuring the service is not cancelled and more bus services may be added. • It would reduce traffic at Clonlara bridge as many would choose to walk and cycle such a short distance rather than sit on the bridge in traffic. • It would bring members from your community who are currently not spending time in the village due to a lack of accessibility across the bridge and create a more unified community.   We would also like to request the support of those who have  accessibility concerns for relatives living in the area. We thank you all for your support on this matter. **Petition update*  On 12.10.2025 this petition was submitted to Clare Coco, Cathal Crowe TD, elected members of Shannon municipal district, Clare ag friendly programme, Rural and Community Development Officer Conor Leyden