The people of Galway need Universal Public Housing! The Land Development Agency (LDA) have so far earmarked three significant public land banks in Galway City, which are to be used to deliver much-needed homes. These three sites are located on the Sandy Road, Dyke Road and the Docks. Together, they have potential to deliver around 1,200 new homes to the people of Galway. While this sound positive, unless these homes are genuinely and permanently affordable, it will not address the core cause of the housing crisis - which is the lack of public housing. We are calling on the LDA and Galway City Council to work together to deliver Universal Public Housing to the people of Galway. UP Housing (Universal Public Housing) is a proposed new system of public housing that would be open to everyone that is in need of a home, regardless of their income.  Everyone means everyone - nurses, teachers, pensioners, construction workers, carers, students, retail workers, the self-employed, the temporarily unemployed and everyone else that is need of a home would all live side by side in well-designed UP Housing developments. Each family would have total security of tenure, including inter-generational tenancies in a mature system. And each family would only pay an affordable rent linked to their income. UP Housing is fundamentally different to the current model of 'social housing' that is only open to those on low and very low incomes. 'Social housing' is structurally designed to create concentrations of poverty and concentrations of the problems associated with poverty.  UP Housing, on the other hand, is designed for people of all incomes, classes, ages and family types to live, work and play together in stable, balanced communities. UP Housing is not simply another version of 'social housing'. It's an entirely different approach to how we build not only physical housing, but also communities and our society.  Unlike 'social housing', a new system of UP Housing would be self-funding over time. The rent paid by tenants and the indirect benefits to the economy of a stable, affordable, housing sector would more than pay for the construction and maintenance costs of a new system of UP Housing. European cities like Vienna have had hugely successful universal public housing for many decades. If it works there, it can work in Ireland too.  The state has the land, finance, expertise and legal powers to make Universal Public Housing a successful reality. The only thing that's missing is the political will to make it happen. By signing this petition you are helping to build that political will. Together we can create a demand for UP Housing that the government and wider political establishment will not be able to ignore!

SAVE MOUNT LEINSTER FROM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 1st FEBRUARY 2024 AN BORD PLEANALA DECISION TO REFUSE PLANNING PERMISSION QUASHED! On 6th March 2023 An Bord Pleanála (ABP) made a decision to refuse an appeal by Coillte (now known as Future Energy Ireland) to grant planning permission for the windfarm. However, Coillte/ Future Energy challenged this refusal and we were informed on January 19th 2024 that this decision has now been quashed by order of the High Court. The case has been remitted by the Court to ABP for a new ruling, which means that the appeal has been reactivated. No rationale was given for this development - we’ve been told by ABP that they are not obliged to provide any reasons for their decision to concede. SO, UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIGHT TO SAVE MOUNT LEINSTER IS FAR FROM OVER….. A SAVE MOUNT LEINSTER TOWN HALL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN MYSHALL HALL ON TUESDAY 6th FEB 2024 @ 8.30pm - ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND For further information and advice re next steps please see our website savemountleinster.com If you want to support the campaign to 'Save Mount Leinster', please donate to our Go Fund Me Campaign @ https://gofund.me/85877bd0 Please share with your family and friends.

There are no “protective measures” in schools as per the governments road map. To ensure the safety of children & school staff we need: 1.COVID19 specialised ventilation with fans & filters; Dept of Education recommends rooms need to be kept above 16 degrees so fans & filters to remove aerosols hanging in the air are a necessity. 2. Funding for rain cover outdoors so time can be spent outdoors. 3. An online learning system for when children are out due to COVID19. 4. Smaller classrooms across the board achieved by having children in one day, out the next - this will half class numbers. 6. RAPID TEST & TRACE. CONTACT TRACING in line with ECDC & WHO guidelines. Close contacts of a positive case is every person in that same classroom over a period of TWO WEEKS not two days. Procedures & contact tracing must follow the same process as if the positive case were in The Dail. Currently the goal posts for close contacts has been moved countless times for schools. 7. Routine COVID19 testing for school staff. 8. Random mass testing of all kids in a classroom on a weekly basis with Positive figures published to the public.

Refuse planning permission for the "Charafenna wind farm" - and protect the land.

We are calling on our local authority, Roscommon County Council to prohibit the use of glyphosate based weedkillers and other toxic herbicides not to be used in all public places including public footpaths, road verges, council estates and amenity areas. We are also calling on the county council to use alternative organic based methods for all weed control. We are aware of the seriousness of this invasive species 'Japanese Knotweed', but studies have concluded that the longterm use of glyphosate weedkillers does not actually kill Japanese knotweed. By using organic means to kill this highly invasive species it is proven to be irradicated in the same exact time frame. With the projected construction of Irelands first Soil Recovery centre in the Midlands, it stipulates that it will not accept any plant or soil material that's contaminated with any chemicals. It makes no sense to use contractor's who have no regard for anything but chemical control this also includes chemicals such as Garlon Ultra and Speed lite Pro which do not have a base glyphosate ingredient. These weedkillers have two other active ingredients (1.) Amino Pyralide (2.) Triclopyr. These active ingredients are incredibly toxic and will leach into the soil and our water. They like RoundUp also do not ever break down and our filtration systems are unable to remove these deadly cocktails.

Please don't participate in the Eurovision in apartheid Israel, don't cross the Palestinian picket line.

As the largest shareholder in Bank of Ireland, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe must stand up for communities facing the closure of 103 local bank branches.

Young People on the Youth Advisory Panel for Jigsaw Roscommon want to ask Tony Bates, CEO at our National office in Headstrong to make a longer term commitment to doing everything possible to find our Clinical Coordinator and save Jigsaw Roscommon from potential closure. We want Tony Bates to meet with us to develop a longer term plan and bring as many Roscommon services as possible around the table to discuss how we can find our Clinical Coordinator for Jigsaw Roscommon and save our service.

We urge Louth County Council to prioritize the development and construction of more children’s playgrounds within walkable distances of residential areas in Dundalk. Please allocate resources and planning efforts to create safe and accessible recreational spaces for our children.

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