We believe that the Luas extension to Newcastle is a great idea for the local population and we believe it would make travel alot quicker and safer for the younger people travelling towards Tallaght, We also believe that with the extension to Newcastle would be great for people visiting Dublin and wanting to travel as much as possible, But mainly it is for the people of Newcastle to provide them with a safe and quick mode of transport.

Duncannon Village in County Wexford is excluded from having a scheduled, permanent Local Link service. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has consistently refused to add Duncannon to the service currently enjoyed by other communities in the area, despite sustainable transport for rural areas being a key component of the Government's Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. Our community deserves to be treated fairly and have equal access to Local Link services. The DUNCANNON VILLAGE RENEWAL COMMITTEE and LOCAL RESIDENTS are organising a campaign to request that the NTA reconsider their decision, treat our community fairly, address this inequality, and provide Duncannon with a Local Link service.   Many people in and around Duncannon do not have access to personal transport. This lack of access affects particularly elderly and young people. A scheduled, sustainable, permanent Local Link service would hugely enhance their quality of life, enabling everyone to access essential amenities and travel quickly and safely to other places not covered by Bus Eireann services. It would also help young people to socialise and attend activities outside of school. Sustainable, scheduled public transport helps to prevent isolation, build community cohesion and strengthen bonds.  The General Manager of TFI (Transport For Ireland) Local Link, Wexford, has been very supportive and has petitioned the NTA board to add Duncannon to the Local Link 399 route. This request has been rejected. The reason given is that the Bus Eireann service 370 stops in Duncannon, but that service is limited. It only stops at 07.25, 12.20 and 16.15, Monday – Saturday, not on Sundays or public holidays, and doesn’t go to other villages or around the Hook Peninsula. In stark contrast, the Local Link 399 service visits the nearby villages of Ballyhack and Fethard-on-Sea seven times a day, seven days a week, including public holidays. There are many other locations that benefit from both services, including local villages of Campile, Ramsgrange and Wellington Bridge. Why is Duncannon consistently denied this benefit? It would add only ten or fifteen minutes in run-time to include Duncannon Village in the current Local Link 399 route. Bus Eireann are purportedly waiting on funding to increase services on route 370 but there is no indication of when this might happen. And an extended Bus Eireann service would not fulfil the obvious need for a scheduled Local Link service between Duncannon, Fethard-on-Sea and the wider Hook Peninsula.  Duncannon Village is an extremely popular destination, drawing large numbers of visitors at weekends, on public holidays (when Bus Eireann is unavailable), and throughout the summer. Parking is very limited in the village. A scheduled, permanent Local Link service would help to reduce pollution and congestion, alleviate parking difficulties and enable people from other local villages to visit Duncannon. The General Manager of TFI (Transport For Ireland) Local Link, Wexford understands the issues Duncannon residents and other people face. Working in close partnership with the Duncannon Village Renewal Committee, they organised a shuttle service between the village of Ramsgrange and Duncannon for the Duncannon Summer Festival in July 2025. It was a huge success, carrying well over a hundred passengers throughout the day and late into the evening. It enabled people to access and enjoy the festival, to travel safely and significantly reduced car journeys into the village.    Our local GP, Dr Doyle, is moving her GP surgery onto the centre of Duncannon. Representatives from the HSE were very surprised that Duncannon is excluded from the Local Link service and are very keen to see the village included in the future. Together, the HSE and Local Link could improve the health of the local population by providing an important service enabling access for everyone.  We urge the NTA to reconsider their decision, to treat our community fairly, address this inequality, and provide Duncannon with the same Local Link service that other communities in the area enjoy.      

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.

A local playground will: Provide a safe and welcoming space for children of all ages and abilities. Support physical and mental wellbeing through outdoor activity. Create a social hub where families can connect. Enhance the attractiveness and vibrancy of Cloughjordan village. Support local businesses by encouraging families to stay and spend locally.

Public safety must come first. We urge the Council and our local TD's to act now to prevent avoidable harm.

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The Road R741 from Crosstown to Castlebridge is unsafe and unfit for its purpose.  12000+ cars use this stretch of road every day, a ten fold increase over the last 2 decades. Over the years, there have been fatalities and recently many near misses with pedestrians and cyclists - some instances where they have been knocked over.  Elderly people, parents with children and disabled people using mobility scooters are forced directly onto the road where public footpaths end abruptly and verges are unsafe. The roads unsuitable resurfacing and lack of infrastructure and drainage has meant the verge is now at a sharp angle, where you can no longer safely walk. The danger is increased in wet weather. From Crosstown service station to Castlebridge, the speed limit increases from 60 to 80 km/h, while public footpaths and cycle lanes suddenly end. Unsafe verges mean pedestrians are forced directly onto the roads surface.    Houses along the road are in dips as a result of careless resurfacing - where the road is now bowed - causing flooding with damages of over €30,000.  This applies to a stretch of road just 1.2 miles long where cycle lanes and public footpaths end in abruptly in Crosstown and begin again in Castlebridge - how are pedestrians and cyclists supposed to travel safely without these measures? 

The reason for this request is to protect our children, parents and guardians, from the traffic on the main road, R610. As the school is situated on a steep hill with no access for a school bus or coach, the children and teachers have to walk down to the main road and gather behind the Grass Island to catch a bus or coach, or to walk to the playground or the tennis courts in the village. Why should the county councillors care?                                                      Because the proposed plan to change the road layout has not been proven to be an improvement but will be a serious threat to Road Safety for parents and school children. The Grass Island has been and remains a safe solution for the traffic needs of the school and village.  The implementation of the Active Travel Greenways Improvements cannot threaten the daily life of our school children or their parents.

Athenry is a growing community and the demand for reliable, early-morning public transport is clear.  Existing servcies are under enormous strain. Trains are often overcrowded to dangerous levels. Athenry desperately needs more services, not cuts. Funding these essential services will allow more people to use public transport and reduce reliance on cars, in line with the Government's environmental goals. At a time of global fuel crisis, public transport must be accessible, affordable and a reliable alternative for commuters. We will not accept Athenry's transport needs being ignored and neglected by Government and the relevant transport authorities. We demand that funding is provided for these essential services.

The ongoing crisis in the Middle East has demonstrated that the objective of affordable, secure and decarbonised energy cannot be met through importation of fossil fuels which are carbon intensive and subject to rapid price shocks. Climate change and its consequences are and will continue to have profound effects on human health and the wellbeing of future generations. In confronting the fact that 29% of Irish households are in energy poverty, we must ensure that in moving to a net-zero Ireland we adhere to the principles of a Just Transition, and must reach those furthest behind first. Energy crises disproportionately impact the most marginalised, including one parent families, carers, disabled people, and older people, and are driven by an energy system that is too reliant on expensive imported fossil fuels. The Government has been backtracking on climate action in recent months; Government Ministers have suggested in the media that they won't meet our legally binding climate targets, and several pieces of legislation undermining the Climate Act have been published, including one that proposes to build an LNG terminal in Ireland, which will lock us into importing unreliable and dirty fossil fuels.

The people of the community of Straide fundraised for, and provided labour for, the construction of the Straide Davitt Community Hall. The local community group, the Straide Community Development Group, on behalf of the community via fundraising  & with the help of government funding organisations, invested almost €300,000 in the refurbishment of the building and upgrading of services. They now find themselves stymied by their Landlord, the Michael Davitt National Memorial Company CLG, who are unwilling to extend the existing lease unaltered so that the community can avail of a €50,000 CLÁR grant. It is time for the community to reclaim their community centre. 

Because they provide a vital service voluntarily to New Ross and it's surroundings