• Caoimhe Archibald: Scrap the Rates Exemption for Big Business
    £73 million. That’s how much Stormont exempted companies such as Coca-Cola, Moy Park and Kingspan from paying rates last year. While the rest of us fork out an average of £1,180 per year for our household rates bill, Stormont gives big businesses massive giveaways. This is incredibly unfair. Rates should be fully collected from multi-million pound companies and invested in shortening our waiting lists, cleaning up our polluted rivers and loughs, our struggling schools and many more. But it won’t happen if Stormont won't make them pay. Northern Ireland is the only place in the UK that gives away money like this. The policy was abolished in England in 1963 and Scotland in 1995. And in 2003, Stormont promised to phase out the derating policy following a public consultation. But over 20 years later, Stormont is still giving away millions through this outdated policy. We, the undersigned, call on Minister Caoimhe Archibald to scrap the rates exemption for big businesses.
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  • Attend Higher Education Debate
    The future of higher education in Ireland depends on the commitments made today. We call on all political leaders to act decisively and support these essential priorities. Each student matters each staff member counts, and each vote is crucial for the future of higher education in Ireland.
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  • Everyone Needs A Medical Card, Regardless of How Much They Earn
    So Ireland can have a better and yet more efficient healthcare system just like what Britain and Canada do. Because when patients get admitted to hospital for being sick or injured which is not their fault and they get billed, most of them usually hire a lawyer so they can get reimbursed which is a hassle, time wasting and can cost even more money. I strongly believe that the government is capable and has the money to cover the healthcare for all the residents in Ireland because the employees who work pay income taxes regularly but not only that, the items we buy in shops and the food and drinks we order from restaurants, cafés, pubs, etc all have taxes on them which go to the government upon purchase. In Ireland, public healthcare should be free and ONLY private healthcare should be paid for.
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  • Upgrade to a Murder Inquiry!
    We need to get justice for Imelda, the case was not properly investigated at the time of her disappearance, it’s 30 yrs later and we need your help and support, Please help us get justice ! 
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  • Fight for Fenfluramine
    Together, as one family, we can help stand with dravet children and their families' right to access Fenfluramine to help reduce their child's seizures by 75%. Each signatures means a great deal to this campaign, please sign and stand with us.
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  • Homes for Need Petition in Swords
    “You wouldn’t sell food to a speculator in a famine; You shouldn’t sell houses to Ryanair during a housing crisis” Earlier this year, MKN properties sold 25 family homes in Boroimhe in Swords to Ryanair. Eight months later the houses remain empty. Meanwhile there are 14, 486 people, including 4, 419 children, who are officially homeless. A scandal. Not a surprise: You wouldn’t sell food to a speculator in a famine; you shouldn’t sell houses to Ryanair in a housing crisis. Michael O’Leary loves flinging insults at Swords locals, calling them “loonies” for objecting to his and DAA’s profit-crazed plans to increase passenger numbers. We see him. Using vacant family homes as bargaining chips in his squabble with the Department of Transport shows how little he cares about the people of Swords. MKN properties are currently building another 85 apartments on the nearby Holytree House site. They must not repeat the grossly anti-social act of selling to a for-profit corporation like Ryanair.
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  • Save Us From Suicide
    My name is Jaime Noonan, I am 25 and suffer with my mental health.  I am still fighting to try and get the right support to allow me to function and live my life.  The current support available is not adequate and has not been for years. Under trained GPs, meeting a different junior doctor each time, medication not being monitored correctly and adjusted, year + long waiting lists for therapy and counselling. Being sent home the same day after suicide attempts with no support. It is not working or enough. We need GPs and health professionals to have a better understanding of mental health along with training, better medication monitoring, more frequent appointments and immediate access to quality supports and therapy. Specialised A&Es and better community supports also.  It is possible and it is needed.  No one should ever have to feel as though suicide is their only choice.  I hope you will join me in my fight to reform and revolutionise the current system.  Thank you. 
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  • John O'Dowd: Pedestrianise Hill Street Now!
    John O'Dowd blaming the British government and "competing work interests" for not being able to pedestrianise a popular street for night-life is as embarrassing as it is ridiculous. On the same day as he announced the decision to put the pedestrianisation of Hill Street on hold, his department started work on repaving the Sydenham by-pass at the cost of £3.8 million.  Why is Minister O'Dowd prioritising roads over people? It's time for him to pedestrianise Hill Street now!
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  • New building urgently required for Holy Family Primary School!
    Holy Family is a vital cornerstone of the community, playing a central role in the lives of local families.  The current conditions jeopardise both the children's health and ability to learn. Without urgent attention, these issues will only worsen, further compromising the wellbeing of the pupils and staff. 
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  • Don't reduces services on busy Cork city routes
    Bus Éireann should increase its bus service in Cork to accommodate the city’s population growth, urban expansion, and evolving transportation needs.  As Cork continues to grow, public transport must keep pace to prevent traffic congestion, reduce environmental impact, and improve accessibility for all.
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  • Extra capacity for the 190 Bus
    It is a unacommadating service. Nobody should be left standing in the rain for another hour, or another two hours depending on destination because of inadequate capacity. 
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    Created by Sarah Jones
  • Gen Free : Free to be Kids Campaign - It's Time to Protect Children Online.
    The evidence regarding the detrimental impact of unregulated access to the internet and social media on our children and young people is overwhelming. It is an evolving youth mental health crisis which is a societal challenge and requires leadership and political will to address. In the words of Prof. Matthew Sadlier (Chair of the Irish Medical Organisation Consultants Committee) at the Gen Free launch in Greystones on Sept 17th, “The radical changes in behaviour of children that we have seen since the introduction of immersive digital technology is having an overwhelming harmful effect”. Legislation is urgently needed and our campaign is now giving a clear call to action. Let’s make our voices heard and protect children online. The time is now With an election fast approaching, now is the time to get this on the agenda for every decision-maker and TD in the country.  #GenFree #FreetobeKids Campaign coverage: https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0918/1470524-online-safety-children-campaign/   People and Organisations supporting this campaign; • Irish Medical Organisation, (IMO) • Dr. Richard Hogan, Family Psychotherapist, • Dr. Catherine Conlon, Senior Medical Officer, HSE, • Prof. Mary Aiken, Professor of Cyberpsychology, • Dr. Brigid Teevan, Doctor in Childhood Studies, • Dr. Joanna Fortune, Psychotherapist & Clinical Author, • Dr. Colman Noctor, Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytical Psychotherapist • Dr. David Coleman, Clinical Psychologist & Author, • CyberSafeKids, • Temple Carrig Secondary School, • It Takes a Village, • Barnardos, Rahoo, • Noone Cyber Services, • Counselling Forward. • A Path Appears.
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