Parents often need to use the emergency clinic for their children. Not being able to find out where to go or to be able to get through is really frustrating.

Children do not choose where they are born, flee war or the immigration status under which they enter a country. A child who has spent formative years in Ireland may have deep linguistic, educational, social and cultural connections to the country. Yet their years here do not count towards the ordinary naturalisation residence requirement, leaving their future tied to their parents’ immigration status. They are effectively held hostage to circumstances they never chose and cannot control. Their childhood in Ireland should count. They deserve a fair pathway to citizenship in the country they have grown up calling home. What we are asking for We call on the Government of Ireland and the Houses of the Oireachtas to: 1. Establish a clear pathway to Irish citizenship for children who arrived in Ireland under Temporary Protection and have spent a substantial part of their childhood living here. 2. Recognise childhood residence in Ireland when determining eligibility, including residence undertaken while the child was living under Temporary Protection. 3. Introduce proportionate and accessible eligibility criteria that take account of the child’s age on arrival, length of residence, education and established connections to Irish society. 4. Consider the best interests of the child when developing citizenship policy for children displaced by war, with appropriate safeguards against unnecessary or prolonged uncertainty. 5. Address this issue explicitly in future citizenship legislation and policy reforms, rather than leaving these children without a clear understanding of their route to citizenship. Our request We are asking for a fair and transparent pathway to citizenship that recognises the reality of children’s lives. Children who have spent a substantial part of their childhood in Ireland should have a meaningful opportunity to become Irish citizens, regardless of the fact that they were born elsewhere and arrived as a result of war. Their connection to Ireland should not be measured solely by their birthplace or their parents’ immigration category. The years they have spent growing up, learning and participating in Irish society should count. We call on the Irish Government to ensure that children displaced by war who grow up in Ireland are given a fair opportunity to belong to the country they call home.

Removal of this will impact the countries neutrality and will make us vulnerable to bad actor countries that want to establish a military presence in Western Europe.  Saying publicly that it won't does not hold credibility - unless full, concrete, and deployed legislation that is fully signed by all 193 UN member states acknowledging our full and total neutrality.

Why is this important? There is a multitude of reasons, pertaining to our education and well-being. 1. Generative AI is actively stripping communities of their creativity and passion. It removes the honest work of creating and replaces it with quick, brainless outputs. There is no thought put into this.  2. This discourages students from their artistic abilities. As a school, you have the responsibility to facilitate young adults with real advice and guidance for their future careers. If they see that their potential job can be done with the click of a button, it will be disheartening. 3. It is blatantly hypocritical. Students are constantly being told not to use AI, and yet teachers utilise it for the simplest tasks like designing a poster.  4. Generative AI is contributing to destroying the planet. It requires a staggering amount of electricity to maintain, increasing carbon emissions. A large sum of water is also needed to cool the hardware training these AI models, taking supplies away from people who need it.  5. There are better, easy alternatives. PicCollage is what students use to make posters, therefore teachers should have no problem using it either. If teachers do not have time to make posters, TYs have plenty of free time to design them.  Schools should be uplifting creatives, not replacing them. 

Ireland now hosts 107 operational data centres, nearly all of which take electricity from our national grid.  In 2025, Ireland’s data centres consumed 23% of the country’s metered electricity, surpassing the combined usage of all urban homes (18%) and doubling that of rural households. Just a decade ago, in 2015, they used only 5% (CSO, 2025). For context, the average data centres share of electricity across Europe is about 2.7%, meaning Ireland’s data centres use over eight times the EU average.  Between 2015 and 2023, Irish households paid an extra €715 million in electricity bills; money that could have been spent on essentials like food, housing, or retrofitting homes (Friends of The Earth, 2026).  This isn’t just an energy crisis, it’s a cost-of-living emergency, with ordinary people forced to subsidise the profits of Big Tech while our climate and wallets pay the price.  This past year, Europe has faced extreme weather (record heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and floods) highlighting the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   Research from University College Cork (UCC) highlights that the rapid expansion of data centres has outpaced the growth of renewable energy in Ireland, effectively cancelling out emissions reductions achieved through clean energy projects. Instead of using clean energy to power homes, hospitals, and schools, our resources are being diverted to fuel the corporate profits of data centres.  How can the Government claim to lead on climate action while expanding an industry that directly contradicts it? 

It’s important because we’re talking about our eco system, children’s health and the soul of a community 

Great addition for the community. Connect people. 

Dogs are running around playing with other dogs or with a ball and they need a drink and not everyone brings bottles around for them 

In September 2026, the Irish Government announced plans to overhaul Ireland's citizenship laws, proposing an increase in the general naturalisation requirement from 5 to 8 years. Moving the goalposts by 3 additional years harms hundreds of thousands of people who have lawfully built their lives, careers, and families in Ireland. ​Undermining Fair Integration: Citizenship is the foundation of full civic, political, and social participation. Forcing long-term legal residents—including healthcare workers, tech specialists, teachers, service staff, care workers, and their families—to wait 8 years on temporary permissions delays their ability to fully integrate and contribute to the democratic life of the State. ​Going Against International Best Practice: While the Department of Justice claims this aligns Ireland with European standards, major EU nations are moving in the opposite direction. In 2024, Germany reduced its naturalisation timeline from 8 years to 5 years specifically to attract and retain global talent. Furthermore, the EU Long-Term Residence Directive sets 5 years as the benchmark. Extending Ireland's timeline to 8 years makes the country less competitive and less welcoming. ​Damaging Economic and Community Stability: Migrants fill critical roles across public services, hospitals, technology hubs, and local businesses. Thousands made life-altering decisions—relocating families, buying homes, and turning down opportunities in other countries—relying directly on the 5-year statutory process published by the Irish State. Changing these rules harms Ireland’s reputation as a fair and stable place to live and work. ​Our Demands:  ​We respectfully call on the Minister for Justice and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice during the Pre-Legislative Scrunity (PLS) phase to: Withdraw the 8-Year extension and maintain the existing 5-year reckonable residence requirement for naturalisation under Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (as amended). ​Guarantee Transitional Protections: Ensure that any future legislative changes include an explicit grandfathering clause to protect all current legal residents holding valid immigration permissions (Stamp 1, Stamp 1G, Stamp 4, and dependent permissions). ​Keep Pathways Accessible: Ensure that proposed language and civics requirements do not create socio-economic barriers to citizenship for lower-income workers or vulnerable groups. ​Ireland thrives when everyone who contributes to society is given a clear, fair, and achievable path to full citizenship. We urge the Government to reconsider this proposal and protect the 5-year pathway.

We believe Parkleigh residents should have a voice in decisions that will have a direct and potentially significant impact on everyday life within our community. We are asking Cairn, the OMC Board and Cushman & Wakefield to listen to the residents of Parkleigh and say no to the introduction of APCOA clamping.

Who was Ratko Mladić? Ratko Mladić was the military commander of the Bosnian Serb forces during the war in Bosnia in the 1990s. He was convicted by an international court of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. His crimes included responsibility for the Srebrenica genocide in July 1995, when more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were systematically killed after the town fell to forces under his command. These are not disputed allegations. They are findings of an international criminal court. Why are we petitioning now? Following Mladić’s death, he has been publicly honoured and celebrated in Serbia. The concern is not simply that individual Serbian citizens admire him. The far more serious issue is the involvement of political figures, public institutions and nationalist movements in treating a man convicted of genocide as a national hero. For a country seeking membership of the European Union, this should be unacceptable. European integration after the Second World War was built on the principle that countries must confront the darkest parts of their history rather than celebrate those responsible for atrocities. A state cannot credibly ask to join that political community while glorifying a commander convicted of genocide. What does this have to do with Ireland? Serbia is currently negotiating to become a member of the European Union. EU membership is not automatic. Every candidate country must meet political and legal standards before it can join, and existing EU member states — including Ireland — have a say in whether accession negotiations move forward. Ireland therefore has both a voice and a responsibility. This petition asks Ireland to use that voice. We are asking the Irish Government to state clearly that Serbia’s accession process should not advance while its government and political institutions tolerate, endorse or participate in the glorification of Ratko Mladić. What we are asking for We call on the Irish Government, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Ireland’s representatives within the European Union to: 1. Oppose the opening of any further accession clusters or chapters with Serbia, including Cluster 3, until the Serbian Government clearly and publicly distances itself from the glorification of Ratko Mladić and other convicted war criminals. 2. Oppose the provisional closure of existing negotiating chapters while Serbian state institutions or senior government representatives participate in, endorse or facilitate the glorification of convicted war criminals. 3. Support the European Parliament’s position that Serbia’s accession process must remain genuinely merit-based and that negotiations may be frozen where there is backsliding on fundamental European values. 4. Call on the Serbian Government to recognise and respect the final judgments of international courts concerning Ratko Mladić, including his convictions for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. 5. Call on Serbian state institutions and senior public officials to publicly reject the portrayal of Ratko Mladić as a national hero and to refrain from providing state honours, state resources or official participation in events glorifying him. 6. Ask the European Commission to treat the glorification of convicted war criminals as a measurable issue when assessing Serbia’s progress towards EU membership. A European future for Serbia should remain possible. But progress towards EU membership should require Serbia’s political leadership to make a basic choice: whether it wishes to honour the victims of genocide and accept the judgments of international courts, or glorify the men convicted of committing those crimes. It should not be possible to do both. Ireland should take a stand Ireland has consistently presented itself internationally as a country committed to human rights, international law and peaceful resolution of conflict. Those principles mean little if they carry no consequences. When a state seeking EU membership glorifies a man convicted of genocide, the appropriate response cannot simply be expressions of concern followed by business as usual. Ireland should oppose further progress in Serbia’s EU accession negotiations until that glorification ends. A country seeking membership of the European Union should not celebrate a convicted genocidaire as a national hero. We ask the Irish Government to say so clearly — and to act accordingly.

• It directly affects residents people could be clamped and charged for parking in areas they may currently use without realising the rules are changing. • There hasn’t been wider resident consultation the decision appears to have been agreed between Cairn/OMC directors rather than discussed with the wider membership. • There may be better solutions clearer signage, designated parking, warnings and targeted enforcement could address genuinely dangerous parking without immediately introducing estate-wide clamping.