People should support the IWU Healthcare Assistants' strike in Ireland because these essential workers are fighting for fair pay, decent conditions, and recognition, highlighting systemic underfunding that impacts vulnerable patients; supporting them means ensuring quality care by retaining experienced staff and addressing issues like low pay, heavy workloads, and broken promises that lead to burnout and turnover, which ultimately benefits the entire community, especially the elderly and disabled who rely on their vital home support. 

Pathfinder is a collaborative HSE initiative between St Luke’s General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny and the National Ambulance Service. It is an essential front line service that centres care around the elderly in Carlow and Kilkenny. - It supports to the most vulnerable in our communities to help them avoid a hospital stay. In 2024 they supported 300 patients and that number has been steadily increasing. They have knocked on the doors of hundreds of vulnerable people and allowed them to get the care and support they need in the comfort of their own homes. There is a wealth of data that shows hospital stays can increase the risk of catching deathly bugs or viruses. It can also increase the risk of medication errors, falls, immobility and many more instances that can increase mortality. Prevention is better than cure -  - Ultimately, where it is safe and possible to avoid a hospital stay, it can be better for a person's health, particularly someone who may already have an underlying health issue. - It also means someone does not have to go through the logistical stress of a hospital stay which makes life easier for them and often, for the people and families who care for them. Yet shockingly, over Christmas, the Management of St. Luke's decided to remove this essential lifeline and re-deploy these workers. - Despite multiple attempts they have not provided any data to suggest this move is the best use of resources or is in the best interest of vulnerable people. The management say this is a "temporary" re-deployment but the manner in which they have callously cut Pathfinders does not inspire confidence, nor have they published any data that explores the ramifications that even a "temporary" closure will have on people. To date there has been a serious lack of transparency and oversight. This petition calls on the HSE and the management of St. Luke's to reverse their decision and keep Pathfinder Workers in the community. There is no evidence to suggest that re-deploying these workers into St. Luke's will result in more early supported discharges. We need funding to enhance more essential services and ESD - Not cuts to established essential services. It is possible that the removal of this service in Carlow and Kilkenny could be the start of a Nationwide move to cut this frontline service. 

Many asylum seekers are already part of our communities. They work in essential sectors, pay taxes, support local businesses, and contribute to Irish society, yet they remain in long-term uncertainty about their future. Regularising long-term contributors would strengthen communities, help address labour shortages, increase tax compliance, and reflect Ireland’s values of fairness, dignity, and compassion. These individuals are our co-workers and neighbours, and they deserve the chance to fully integrate and build stable lives in the country they now call home.

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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. 

End Privatisation by Stealth - End Outsourcing It is important because Abtran, despite receiving millions in taxpayer-funded government contracts, refuses to abide by a Labour Court recommendation to engage with a trade union, pays many of its staff the minimum wage, and makes use of offshore structures in the British Virgin Islands to reduce its tax liabilities. When a company entrusted with delivering public services does not have service pay, adequate Christmas bonuses or collective bargaining for its workers, it undermines both the integrity of our public procurement system and the principles of fairness that should underpin public service delivery. This is not just a workplace issue—it is a matter of accountability, transparency, and value for money for everyone who pays taxes in Ireland. Other people should join this campaign because it is about ensuring that public money is spent responsibly and ethically. If we allow companies like Abtran to continue receiving huge state contracts without scrutiny, we risk normalising low pay, weak worker protections, and aggressive tax avoidance in Ireland’s public sector supply chain. By standing together, we can push the Public Accounts Committee to act in the public interest, demand higher standards from contractors, and protect the rights of workers. Joining this campaign is not only about supporting Abtran employees—it is about demanding a fairer, more transparent Ireland where taxpayer funds are used to strengthen, not weaken, our communities.

This petition and email campaign is about basic human rights. Work provides purpose and independence and everyone should have the right to work.  It helps IPAs meet their basic needs. Helps IPAs out of limbo and improves their mental wellbeing.  Giving everyone equal treatment is also part of the National Plan Against Racism. 

The GPO is the most important historical site in the City of Dublin, the centre of a rebellion that marked the start of the Irish revolutionary period.  The Rising was globally significant, preceding a wave of revolution against war and empire across Europe.  We can not allow the government dilute or bury our revolutionary past. We can not allow soulless corporate retailers or anyone else destroy such an important space in our City - people power can stop them! https://cdn.uplift.ie/assets/uploads/2025/07/MyUplift-banner-politician-SVG-1-scaled.png

Lolly Pop lady is a necessity in an extremely busy town like Gorey. They found it so hard 2 years ago to fill the position surely if someone is willing and healthy enough to do the job let them do it.

To encourage creativity in all fields in Ireland especially with the so popular. 

The decision-making of the absentee Chief Inspector, Carol Grogan, if left to stand, will result in catastrophic job losses in Ocean View. There are currently 27 elderly, vulnerable, and frail persons from our community waiting for placement in the wonderful Ocean View. Let them do their work which they do very well with dedication and love. We ask for the unbalanced regulatory decision-making to end. Chief Inspector, stop your unreasonable interference affecting the Centre at a local level. We give our full support to save Ocean View and the jobs of the 44 employees currently employed in the nursing home. Save Ocean View Jobs for the Dingle Peninsula. Save these local facilities employees for the people of the Corca Dhuibhne region, our local Community and beyond.

The closure of The Wombles at this location will not only leave children without crucial early learning opportunities but will also place an immense strain on working parents who depend on after-school care. Many of us have built our work schedules around this service, knowing our children are in a safe, familiar, and supportive environment. The impact extends beyond our families, affecting six dedicated early years educators who may lose their jobs. Early years education plays a vital role in identifying children who may need additional support or early intervention, and The Wombles has been instrumental in ensuring children receive the help they need from an early age. Over the past decade, they have provided Level 7 support for children who have gone on to thrive in school. We urge you to find a solution that does not leave 98 children without care and education. Our families need your immediate attention to this matter.