Refuse US President Donald Trump an Official Welcome to Ireland in September 2026 To: An Taoiseach, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Irish Government. We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Ireland, call on the Irish Government to refuse any official state welcome, high-profile political platform, or formal state-funded reception for US President Donald Trump during his planned visit to Ireland on September 12, 2026. While we highly value the historic bond between the people of Ireland and the United States, an official reception for Donald Trump directly contradicts our national values regarding human rights, climate justice, and international law. We must not roll out the red carpet for a political agenda that promotes division, climate denial, and the undermining of democratic institutions. Furthermore, we object to the massive expenditure of Irish taxpayer funds on the extensive Garda security operations required to facilitate what is primarily a personal, promotional trip to his luxury golf resort in Doonbeg for the Irish Open. We urge our leaders to stand on the side of justice, peace, and equality by making it clear that his divisive politics are not welcome in Ireland. Now that you have the final petition text and your Threads launch post, you are fully ready to set it up.

Protecting our children from harm is the most basic responsibility and instinct of being a parent. The devastation we have seen across Europe this summer - thousands dying, including infants and young people, as a consequence of extreme heat; Irish tourists running for their lives from wildfires; children fainting and having seizures at school; nature and wildlife destroyed - is a sign of a fast worsening climate and biodiversity emergency which puts the future of all our kids and grandkids at risk.  Instead of the emergency response we need to protect children from the worst of climate harms, their Government has been back-tracking on their obligations to them. There is so much more we can do to protect our kids and give them a better chance for their future. And children and young people need it to happen now. Please join with other parents, care-givers and grandparents, and call on Taoiseach Mícháel Martin to step up for kids and future generations as he promised, and take emergency action to help protect them and their future.

Local communities rely on An Post to deliver accessible services. Currently, there are three Delivery Service Units (DSUs) in Dublin South Central, located at Dolphin's Barn, Crumlin, and Ballyfermot. These are the depots where people who live in Dublin 8, 10 and 12 go if they need to collect a package. Under new plans from An Post, these DSUs will be moved out of their local areas, and relocated to a single 'superhub' in Lucan. This will be disastrous for both residents of Dublin 8, 10 and 12, and the postal workers providing a vital service for these communities. For local residents of Dublin 8, 10, and 12, they will now have to travel to Lucan just to pick up their missed packages. For locals of Rialto, Crumlin, and other areas, this could mean hours on public transport, or stuck in traffic. For anyone with caring responsibilities or disabilities, making this commute will just not be possible. For An Post's own workers, these changes will result in degradation of their working conditions. Many of these workers have built their lives around where they work, but are now being told that that they will need to make long commutes on a daily basis, just to carry out their role of providing a vital service for their local communities. These longer commutes will also result in routes not being finished. If a postal worker gets stuck in traffic between Lucan and Ballyfermot, for example, they will not be able to complete their route, and will have to return undelivered packages to the superhub in Lucan. Moreover, the environmental impact of this change cannot be overlooked. Increased travel distances mean more traffic congestion and higher carbon emissions, contributing to pollution and climate change—concerns that should be at the forefront of our decision-making processes. We are calling on An Post to drop these plans immediately. These changes will be disastrous for the residents of Dublin 8, 10 and 12, and the postal workers that service those communities. Instead of relocating these services out of local communities, we call an An Post to invest in improving the existing facilities in Dolphin's Barn, Crumlin, and Ballyfermot. Postal services are a vital community infrastructure, and they need to stay in communities.

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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.

Sixmilebridge has the largest growing population base in Co. Clare and students finishing primary school face uncertainty about their education, applying to over-subscribed secondary schools in Shannon and Limerick. We need somewhere for our children to continue their education, locally. Conversation about a school for Sixmilebridge has gone on for too long. We need action on it now.

In May, the ESB announced that would be raising electricity prices by 8%, which amounts to about €138 extra a year. Data Centres, which consume 22% of the national electric output, drive up electricity prices as they put strain on already over-taxed infrastructure.  They also contribute to the worsening climate crisis as they incentivise the production of ever-increasing amounts of electricity, which requires the burning of more and more fossil fuels. All the while, they guzzle thousands of gallons of clean water daily, just to keep their servers cool.    The intended Data Centre expansion in Little Island is a net negative for the local area. It would provide next to no employment, while contributing to the rising utility prices and threatening the enviroment, particulalrly the local bat and badger populations.  It needs to be stopped. 

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.

  Who’s really on trial here: The Ulm 5 - or German justice?  Family and loved ones of the Ulm 5 ask you to bring attention to this trial.  Please sign the petition! If you care about genocide, this is something to pay attention to.  Five young people - including Irish citizen, Daniel Tatlow-Devally,- are on trial in Stuttgart, Germany for aiming to prevent genocide.  They are now known as the ‘Ulm 5’.  Aiming to uphold international law, they caused damage to an Elbit Systems Germany site (Elbit Systems is responsible for over 80% of arms in the genocide in Gaza). Germany is second only to the United States in providing arms to Israel.   The five had no previous convictions and waited for their arrest without resistance. Throughout pretrial detention, the defendants have been peaceful and pose no risk to any persons. Four of the five are citizens of Germany’s EU and Council of Europe (CoE) partners - EU and CoE membership is defined by upholding all citizens’ fundamental rights. The promise of European human  rights is meaningless if governments do not hold each other to account when breaches and injustices take place.  The Ulm 5’s defence counsel say their constitutional and human rights are being breached by the court. Every trial day the Ulm5 are brought in handcuffed behind two meter high bullet proof glass separating them from their lawyers.This paints a picture of dangerous criminals, contradicting their charges and, furthermore, their EU right to presumption of innocence, while Germany continues to provide material support to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.  Germany’s trusted EU/CoE partners must not fear holding them accountable where CoE/EU rights are being violated particularly when one of their own citizens is being affected. Monitoring this trial by government representatives is legally permitted. Constitutional and human rights to a fair trial are being breached by the court such as: • The court did not allow the defence to speak at all on the first day of the trial • The judge stated that anything the defence tried to say would vanish into thin air as she determines the version of record • The defendants are allowed only limited contact with their lawyers • The court had the defendants marched into the courtroom in front of the lay judges, by five prison officers, in handcuffs, and in a glass cage, against ECtHR rulings and the lawyers’ protests • The court has made extremely prejudicial statements to the press about the Ulm 5, comparing them to murderers, terrorists, violent coup supporters and violent gangs • The court chose to hold the trial in a high-security venue of the Higher Regional Court and has not sought normal courtrooms in their own Regional Court for this trial • The court has refused the defenses’ motion to bring in an independent court stenographer. Currently, the Judge is the only record keeper. • The court has also refused to hear multiple motions calling for the presiding Judge to be recused What we are requesting: • For the Irish Government to send legal observers to ensure a just trial.The Minister for Foreign Affairs has already promised fair oversight of this trial. This can only be achieved through governmental observation. 

When the Irish Government has a surplus of money, ie, they have taken in more tax money than they have spent, that money does not just sit in a bank account, it in invested into the global stock market by the state agency, NTMA.  It was reported recently that at least 5 companies that Irish Tax payer money has been invested in, have been named as part of the UN Special rapporteurs list of companies that are complicit in genocide.  The three main companies involved are Palantir, who's Military AI has been "Battle tested" in Gaza, Air BnB who rent out illegally occupied Palestinian homes within the West bank and a telecommunications company who provide Phone and Internet services to illegal Israeli settlers.  The Irish Government have been very outspoken in relation to the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, however their actions do not match their words. The Government have refused to include services as part of the occupied territories bill, which is not surprising as they have invested OUR tax money into those same services.  We the undersigned are calling on this government to do the right thing and divest any and all Irish tax payer moneys from Genocide. 

The speed limit change from 100 km/h to 80 km/h on the N25 at Glenmore is dangerously abrupt, with poor signage and a camera placed right after the signs. Many responsible drivers are being heavily fined while they are still safely slowing down. This is not about road safety — it feels like a revenue trap. Over 30,000 fines in the first year prove the system is unfair. We need better advance warning signs, a longer transition zone, and fairer enforcement so that honest drivers are not penalised for a badly designed speed limit change.

I care deeply about protecting the Irish Wolfhound because this magnificent breed is far more than a dog — it is a living part of Ireland’s history, culture and identity. The Irish Wolfhound is Ireland’s largest and most iconic native breed and has long been an ambassador for Ireland around the world. These gentle giants are known for their loyalty, dignity and unique temperament, but they also have specialised needs that require responsible ownership, careful breeding and respect for their nature as companion animals. As the popularity of the Irish Wolfhound grows, I believe we have a responsibility to ensure that this treasured breed is not valued for commercial gain at the expense of its wellbeing, character and future. Responsible preservation must always come before profit. The Irish Wolfhound has been recognised as a National Heritage Breed. Now we must ensure that recognition is supported by meaningful protection. I am asking people to join this campaign because protecting the Irish Wolfhound is not only about protecting a breed of dog — it is about safeguarding a unique part of Ireland’s heritage for future generations. This campaign gives everyone who values our history, our native breeds and animal welfare the opportunity to help protect a national treasure. By joining us, you can help ensure that the Irish Wolfhound’s future is shaped by responsible preservation, compassion and respect — not by commercial gain. My own Irish Wolfhound, Arthur Guinness, is the inspiration behind this campaign. Living with Arthur has shown me the extraordinary nature of this breed — their gentle temperament, loyalty and the deep bond they form with their families. Irish Wolfhounds are giant companion dogs who thrive on close human connection. They are not simply animals to be housed away from family life; they need companionship, care and the security of being part of the home. Arthur represents why this magnificent Irish breed deserves to be protected and preserved for future generations.