Animal cruelty is nothing new but the latest incidents are truly shocking and there seems to be no deterrent no punishment no help out there for out animal friends  You can starve and beat almost to death a dog then bury her alive and stamp on her head as she dies and you get a few months in jail what’s to stop him doing this again?  You can video yourself torturing a dog and then killing it and you get immediate bail  You can organise dog fights where dogs are torn apart sometimes cats and have dead and dying dogs littering your garden and where is the punishment  even when the evidence is all around you ?  Foxes badgers hares birds all manner of animals in our province are continually hunted and tortured for FUN And where is the response from the powers that be ?  If you report an incident you are lucky if a dog warden comes to investigate then nothing happens I’ve lost count of the number of animal cruelty incidents I’ve reported and nothing appears to happen  In the latest incident the warden came out took photos and left the dogs in the state they were in snd still are in weeks later  I demand that we stand up for animals that the authorities take a much more professional and accountable approach to the investigation of cruelty to animals animals   That the animal welfare legislation be made fit for purpose  That the dog wardens become accountable for their actions and take a more proactive approach to the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators  Finally where a person is found guilty of cruel acts toward animals they should get meaningful sentences not a few months here snd there and all of them should be banned from keeping animals for life 

As a new world war is breaking out, the Irish government is pushing through a bill to end Irish Neturality. All TDs must vote against the Defence Amendment Bill 2025 and stop Ireland from being dragged into Trump's war or an EU army.

We call for a moratorium on wind farm developments until the following conditions are met. 1. Revision of the 2030 Targets Roadmap:    The pathway to achieving 2030 energy targets should not be over reliant on wind energy and be reassessed to ensure a balanced and sustainable approach with real actions on progressing other renewable energies. 2. Reallocation of Subsidies:    Private sector interests developing  infrastructure such as wind farms  and BESS  should not be dependent on government interventions and subsidies to sustain their business models and enhance their profit margins. The public finances - which are increasingly under pressure - should  be targeted more directly at renewable solutions which would have more direct and identifiable benefits for citizens and local communities On our journey to a greener future , and to ensure the resilience of  local communities  and citizens to climate change and energy insecurity,  government subsidies and financial incentives should in the first instance be targetted at reducing the carbon footprint and energy consumption needs of the nation's  -  Housing stock -  Small to medium sized enterprise premises  -  Public sector, and government, charitable organisation  buildings -  Community hubs A move to financially support practical initiatives such as building energy audits, bespoke plans to reduce building  energy consumption, the installation of solution's such as solar panelling on roofs or heat pumps should have added immediate and very local benefits to citizens. These benefits would include a reduction  in household energy costs, efficiencies achieved in the operation of essential government services and  enhanced business profit margins. Such initiatives would also build a more universal  positive attitudinal  approach on the green transition journey. 3. Extensive Community Consultation:    Communities must be consulted extensively and in advance of wind farm contracts being signed with landowners. Wind farms should be considered only where communities welcome them and receive adequate compensation at both personal and community levels. 4. Protection of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty:    AONBs should be off-limits for wind farm and single wind turbine development, preserving these natural assets for future generations.  As Northern Ireland has no national parks unlike Republic of Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, AONBs should be given a higher degree of protection and AONB Management Plans should be made statutory. 5. Nature Positive Approach to Carbon Reductions:    Within Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty  (and other areas with special environmental designations  and protections )  clear emphasis should be placed on a Nature Positive approach to carbon reductions.  The restoration of our peatlands, for example, should represent a significant tool in our national efforts to reduce our carbon footprint. In stead our peatlands continue to be decimated by inappropriate  forestry, agriculture, and horticulture interests and most significantly in recent years by windfarm development.. Such developments don't just devalue an important national asset for the sequestration of carbon,  but they add directly  to our carbon footprint by disturbing and releasing carbon already stored in peatlands over the years. As part of a nature positive approach to carbon reductions our peatlands should: - be fully audited and mapped - be given full legislative protection   - be subject to a properly funded programme of restoration conservation and protection to include compensatory peatland management payments to landowners. 6. Updated Noise Standards and Monitoring:    Wind farm developments should adhere to modern noise threshold standards, including low-frequency noise. Ongoing monitoring systems must be in place to ensure compliance. 7. Environmental and Public Health Insurance:    Wind farm developers should be required to have insurance to mitigate potential negative environmental and public health impacts. 8.Decommissioning Retaining Fee:    Developers should pay a retaining fee to a central government agency to facilitate the decommissioning of future wind farm infrastructure. 9. Completion of Local Development Plans:    Wind farm developments should not proceed without the formal completion of Local Development Plans. Additionally, statutory agencies must be fully resourced to respond to wind farm development planning applications. 10. Equitable Geographic Approach:     Renewable energy development and carbon reduction efforts should be distributed equitably across geographic regions. By implementing these measures, we can ensure that the development of renewable energy is balanced, sustainable, and considerate of both environmental and community well-being.

The Cabinet must whip a definitive and unapologetic NO vote on Wednesday on The Sanctions Against the State of Israel Bill. We expect confirmation that the Government will not allow this reckless legislation to proceed.

Don't knock down the Shelter in the square in Castlerea

All Magdalene historic laundries sites named under the mcayleese report should ALL be protected although they are owned & being sold by the church! They all need to be protected! Their assets should have already be seized! Instead they selling off these laundries to development companies. The church still own mass grave sites and it’s making the processes difficult for the families who seek to exhume their loved one. They need to take ownership of all Magdalene related sites. This motion has four points for your consideration: • Historical • Collective memory • Heritage • Sociological Historical: From a historical aspect throughout Europe the atrocities of the past have been recognised, remembered and documented so that historians, academics and sociologists could study the how and the why, To move to the future and to learn from the past.   Collective memory: For those of you who do not know, our records pertaining to the abuse endured in the institutions, have been sealed for up to eighty years. By illustrating a collective memory through a museum that interacts with the public be it students, teacher’s, professors or general public. This part of Irish history and the relationship between church and state and the affects on survivors will not become hearsay or an urban legend .The survivors who will be long gone will be long remembered.   Heritage: This country and its people have inherited through church and state policy a legacy of institutional abuse, to those who had the misfortune of being incarcerated within the system. For the healing and closure to begin it has to be recognised through accessible archives and education and active recognition.   Sociological: The impact that the church and state policies had, has caused decades of social division. It has created a concept yet to be studied, addressed and, or recognised within sociology . The study of the family in sociological terms would be invariably enriched if accessible archives collective memory, ie; living testimony and all historical data were to be readily and easily available.   The reasoning for bringing this motion forward for your attention is as follows: For the betterment of social knowledge and acceptance of past atrocities committed by church and state. It would aid in the healing of survivors and shine a light on a history that should be told and never to be repeated. None of the institutions should be sold to private investors. Each place could become a source of revenue as they could not alone inform society by their existence, they could be brought back to their original state and have touch screens in each room with living testimonials from survivors on day to day life within the institutions. Example the woman’s jail here in Cork.   I call a question.   What is the legacy of this country with regards the institutional abuse? What will your legacy be concerning this issue? Will you stand with survivors by remembering them or will you enable the Catholic church all over again? Credit to Catherine Coffey for writing the call to question. The Magdalene laundries already brought by development companies, should be brought out by the state, so they can maintain the history, instead of cover it up further.

Please vote NO to the Part 8 proposal to build apartments within Sean Walsh Park, an Objective OS zoned area i.e.To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities.

Dublin City Council, don't bulldoze our valuable Community Garden & Family Allotments.

We, the parents of Samia Eman (12 years old) and Fatima Noreen (9 year old) implore the Minister of Justice, Charlie Flanagan to stop the deportation orders on both the girls and our family. Minister Charlie Flanagan has the power to grant "Leave to Remain" for both of the Girls, who are profoundly deaf and struggle with severe learning disabilities.

We are asking the Department of Education and skills to keep St Bricin's College, Belturbet open and properly funded. And to decline the proposal by Cavan Monaghan Education Training Board to close this school in 2023.