Just last year JCD Developments got extended planning permission to expand the Data Centre site in Little Island. This comes at a time of record high electricity bills, which are now some of the highest in Europe. As well as this, as of 2025, 22% of the Irish Electrical grids output goes straight to Data Centres. We need to stop prioritising the economic interests of big tech companies over the right of Irish workers to affordable electricity, clean water and a sustainable future for their children.  So join us as we take the fight to the tech oligarchic's and put an end to their profiteering in Cork.

We, the  Student nurses , call on the Irish Government to introduce payment for all mandatory clinical placement hours completed by student nurses and midwives, as the prices of apprenticeship rise and we work hard and don’t feel rewarded. Student nurses regularly work full 13-hour shifts, often three days per week, while balancing academic requirements and rising living costs. Many students must work additional jobs to pay rent, bills, transport costs and other essential expenses, as Susi don’t cover the summer times the student nurses must work in. The current system places significant financial and personal strain on nursing students and may discourage people from entering or remaining in the profession. We call on the Government to: • Introduce fair payment for all mandatory clinical placement hours. • Review financial supports available to nursing and midwifery students. • Ensure no student is forced into financial hardship while completing compulsory healthcare training. • Support recruitment and retention of future nurses by removing unnecessary financial barriers.

These benches are crucial amenities in a public park.   Older people, people with disabilities, people with chronic fatigue, parents, carers, walkers and visitors all need places to stop and rest. A bench is the difference between being able to use the park and not being able to go there at all for some people in our communities. Removing benches will not solve anti-social behaviour. It will only make South Park less accessible for the people who use it properly every day. We should not punish the whole community for the behaviour of a few. South Park should be safe, welcoming and usable for everyone. Keeping the benches is part of that. More info on current plans: https://www.connachttribune.ie/news/galway-officials-say-removing-south-park-benches-wont-stop-disorder-8668002

The Minister for Education has confirmed that there is no Department requirement for students to own a laptop and that schools should ensure no child is disadvantaged due to lack of access to technology. However, many families are being asked to spend hundreds of euro on specific devices, sometimes through single-supplier arrangements and third party financial institutions. The Department has also acknowledged concerns about the financial burden these schemes can place on families. As digital technology becomes increasingly important in education, national protections are needed to ensure affordability, choice and equal access for all students.

We live in an age where anxiety and depression affects so many people, we’re all trying to cut down on screen time , become more active , interact with people and embrace the healing properties of nature.Our little sauna enabled groups,  both young and old,to do just that.  A grant was received in conjunction with the Dept. Of Marine to set up the sauna and without as much as a meeting they have  now rejected its seasonal license to use the pier. Not only did it promote wellbeing and tourism but it was a beacon of light and a sanctuary to so many… Please sign our petition and help us to save our sauna 🙏🙏🙏

Even people with limited mobility need to be able to get around!

We, the undersigned citizens of Ireland, call for an immediate pause on the forced removal of private and semi-private care pathways within public maternity hospitals. While we fully support the long-term goal of a universally funded, single-tier public health system, the current execution of Sláintecare reforms creates a deeply unjust double standard that uniquely targets women when they are at their most vulnerable. In the Irish healthcare system, an individual requiring orthopedic surgery, cardiac care, or general medical treatment retains the freedom to choose private care and access it via dedicated private hospital infrastructure. However, maternity care is fundamentally different. There are no standalone private maternity hospitals in Ireland. Every expectant mother, regardless of her choices or medical needs, must use the same 19 public maternity units. By banning consultants on new contracts from treating private patients within these shared public units, the Government is systematically dismantling the only pathway women have to guarantee continuity of consultant-led care. For many, this choice is not a luxury; it is a vital clinical safety net used to navigate severe past birth trauma, high-risk medical conditions, or a heartbreaking history of miscarriage. To strip this choice away before the public system is actually resourced, staffed, and capable of delivering guaranteed continuity of care to all women is a premature structural shift. A patient in labor cannot defer care, shop around, or walk out if the system is failing; they are entirely vulnerable to the infrastructure available on the day. Restricting choices in a female-only healthcare sector, while leaving options intact for general and male-dominated medical specialties, represents a profound inequity.

Join the petition to show the FAI and government that the fans do not want this game to go ahead. No to a change of venue. No to forcing players to play a game they don't want to play. No to sportswashing. No to bending for genocidal murderers.  Spread the word. Share, like and follow. 

Calling all friends and families of Scoil Chualann, please sign the petition to request an appeal to Department of Education decision to reduce the number of permanent full time teachers in Scoil Chualann for Academic Year 2026- 2027. Scoil Chualann has been at the heart of education in Bray for generations building a proud tradition of academic excellence and cultural excellence. Scoil Chualann is a co-educational, all-Irish primary school (Gaelscoil) situated on Vevay Road in Bray, County Wicklow. Established in 1977 it is dedicated to providing Irish-medium education while nurturing Irish culture and heritage. A major milestone in its history occurred in the 1980s when a dedicated, permanent 8 classroom purpose built facility was opened to it's pupils.  For the academic year 2026 & 2027, parents have been informed following the release of Dept of Education Circular 0025/2026 there will multi grade class for Rang 3 & Rang 4 with proposed class size of 36 pupils. This proposal has naturally raised many concerns for parents of children currently enrolled, which we outlined below: 1.  A multi grade class of 36 children is 57% higher ratio than the recommended national ratio of 23 : 1 pupils to teacher ratio for primary school.  2. This local issue also highlights a national issue. According to the Department of Education, more than 43,000 Irish primary school pupils were in classes of 30 or more last year, while the average primary school class size remains at 22.5 pupils, which so happens to be the highest in the EU. Despite repeated commitments to reduce class sizes, many schools continue to operate overcrowded classrooms that place enormous pressure on children, teachers, and parents.  3. Gaelscoileanna operate through full immersion in Irish. Pupils are taught through Irish across all subjects, often with varying levels of fluency. Learning through Irish requires: additional classroom interaction,  engagement and reinforcement to ensure children can fully access the curriculum confidently through the Irish language. Introducing new concepts, encouraging participation through Irish, supporting language development maintaining immersive classroom environments 4. Protect the long-term sustainability, accessibility and growth of Irish-medium education across Ireland and align staffing policy with the State’s commitments to strengthening the Irish language. (Action Plan for 2026-2028 launched in support of the National Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2024-2030) 5. It is about recognising that equal numerical formulas do not always create equal educational outcomes. If Ireland truly values the Irish language, then our schools must be properly supported to deliver it. 6. If the Department of Education genuinely wants to support and grow the Irish language, then our education system must actively support the schools and communities doing that work every day.Children learning through Irish should be encouraged and properly supported, not expected to succeed within increasingly stretched classroom environments that fail to recognise the additional educational demands involved.

On 19th May, the staff and students of St. Patrick’s College in Carlow, along with the wider community, were devastated to hear of the planned closure of Carlow College. While the merger with SETU had been known about for years, the plans presented had been that Patrick’s would continue as a Humanities campus, and staff would be retained or transferred. What transpired was a hard pivot from this, SETU was gifted a prime property location estimated at around 20 million Euros and little to nothing was given in return. Staff have been given little consideration in this process. There has been no consultation as to what should happen with the grounds of Carlow College, the heart of Carlow town and its cultural life for 250 years. This petition is a call to action which hopes to galvanise both the college and the wider Carlow community in drawing attention to and getting answers to the following issues: 1.      The unfavourable terms staff were terminated with; promises were made that Patrick’s would continue as a going concern under SETU  2.      The loss of a Humanities college in the Southeast with no consultation 3.      The hard and unexplained pivot from the plan of Patrick’s continuing as a Humanities campus under SETU to its closure and the lack of transparency around it 4.      Ensure that there is public consultation over the future use of the grounds of St. Patrick’s. Contact: [email protected] Please visit https://www.youtube.com/@carlowcollegeclosure for updates.

A Plea for Humanity: Stop the Systemic Destruction of Families and Save a LifeI am writing this because I have witnessed a 'virus' in our legal system that destroys families from the inside out. This is not about lawyers, money, or rules—it is about the human cost of a system that turns family breakdown into a war. Every day, families are being pulled apart, and individuals are being pushed to the absolute edge of their endurance. I have seen the 'bloodshed' that happens behind closed doors when the law is used as a weapon, and I know that this path leaves nothing but broken spirits and trauma that ripples through generations. My mission is simple: to save one life. I am one person, and I have seen what happens when the system wins and the family loses. If we can save just one person from being crushed by this process, if we can stop just one family from being destroyed, then this work is worth everything. I am asking you to stand with me. We need a system that prioritizes the lives of the people it is meant to serve, not the conflict it creates. We need to replace this cycle of destruction with a path of mediation, healing, and humanity. Please, help me make the Oireachtas see the human cost. We are fighting for the life of a father, a mother, a brother, a sister—a person whose future is currently being dismantled by a broken process. Let us stand together and stop this. Let us save one life."

An Appointment, Not a Waiting List. This campaign is born out of my family's absolute worst nightmare. 19 months ago, we suffered the devastating, heart-breaking loss of my nephew to suicide. Today, we are living through the nightmare all over again. My niece has been diagnosed with ASD Level 1 and severe depression, yet she is currently stranded on a HSE CAMHS waiting list, denied the urgent care she needs. We know the terrifying cost of waiting. We are being pushed to the brink of crisis while the system stalls, and I refuse to sit by and watch the state fail another child. Right now, over 4,700 children across Ireland are stranded on HSE CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) waiting lists. Hundreds of them have been waiting for more than a year. Behind these statistics are real families in despair. Parents are forced to watch their children’s mental health deteriorate day by day in a broken system. Early intervention is vital, but the HSE is tied up in recruitment bottlenecks and systemic delays. If a child is waiting too long for a physical surgery, the state steps in through the National Treatment Purchase Fund to pay for them to be seen privately. Mental health deserves the exact same urgency. We are demanding that the Minister for Health and the Minister for Mental Health establish a Mental Health Treatment Purchase Fund. Our demand is simple: If the HSE cannot provide a child with a CAMHS appointment within 3 months, the state must automatically fund alternative, accredited private or community-based therapies. Access to life-saving mental health care should be based on a child's medical need, not their parents' ability to pay hundreds of Euros in private fees. If the state cannot provide the public care in time, the state must pay for the alternative. Sign this petition to demand immediate funding relief for the thousands of children left behind by CAMHS. Our children cannot afford to wait.