Dear Minister James Lawless TD, Students are studying on empty stomachs. Not because they’re lazy or careless but because they can’t afford to eat. The costs of groceries has tripled. Some students don’t need more motivation. They just need a meal. That’s why we have started Crave Christi Student Sponsorship Meals. We’ve been serving students free weekly meals.  Bringing back focus. Creativity. Restoring human needs.  But this can’t stay small. It’s time Ireland had a National Student Meal Support Programme, one that ensures no student has to choose between food and their education. Minister, we’re not asking for charity. We’re asking for partnership. Because when you feed a student, you’re not just helping them get through college. You’re helping them become everything this country needs next. God bless you, Christiana Igweze Founder, Crave Christi

Legislation to ban oil and gas drilling off the Irish coast now and ban all new fossil fuel exploration.

A WORLD WITHOUT WAR 82% of the Irish people support neutrality in all its aspects Article 29 of the Constitution states that: Ireland affirms its devotion to the ideal of peace and friendly co-operation amongst nations founded on international justice and morality. We are calling for: Non aligned neutrality to be enshrined in the Constitution

I would love to see every pre shcool have access to mental health therapist or counselling I think awareness should be brought to kids at a younger age it's the only way to save our children from suicide if we teach our kids self awareness and make them mentally stronger I believe its the biggest and most important part of any child like it should be first and most important your kids mental health is more important then any grade in shcools we should foucs more on that we focus way to much on the small stuff in the education system I believe self-awareness and self-esteem self-confidence and mental health is more important to any child.

Totally remove the Joe Biden mural currently displayed in Ballina.

We as independent farmers are asking our taoiseach Leo varadkar and our Irish government, to put forward a motion of no confidence and to issue our minister for agriculture Michael creed with his resignation (p45) with immediate effect, as our minister for agriculture simply isn't fulfilling his role,he was elected by our government to represent advocate and fight for farmers rights equality ,"something he has failed to do", , there are various different farming enterprises and farmers in Ireland ,they all hold the same view that our minister for agriculture Michael creed is unfit to be minister for agriculture ,he has no empathy for the people he is elected to represent, he is so un interested in farmers that he never wants to talk to them, to get to know the issues effecting them,its impossible for him to work effectively as minister to resolve farmers problems, when he won't meet with farmers to get to know what the problems are or how they can be resolved, we as a independent farmers wish take this opportunity to tell you ,we will be putting forward our own independent candidate who has been elected by us farmers at grassroots level to represent us as a farming community , kind regards Peter curran

Next week, on Wednesday, 9th November, Joan Collins TD will move a Bill to hold a referendum to insert into the Constitution an amendment which would rule out any future privatisation of water, or water services. Forty TDs have signed the Bill including Independents4Change, Sinn Fein, AAA/PBP and a number of independent TD’s. A number of others including the Green Party, the Labour Party and the Social Democrats have said publicly that they would support a referendum on public ownership of our water, so the Bill has a real chance of passing. Put simply, this Bill will only pass if supported by Fianna Fail. Therefore we are asking everybody concerned about the ownership of our water to use every means they can to contact their local TDs, especially Fianna Fail, by email, letter, phone call or direct lobbying and demand they support the Bill. We expect the Government (and possibly Fianna Fail) to argue that they are waiting for the Expert Commission on Domestic Water Charges to present their report to the Oireachtas – but public ownership of water is not in the Terms of Reference for the Commission, so this is a smokescreen. The government deliberately omitted public ownership from the terms of reference in full knowledge that the Commission might actually make a recommendation to enshrine ownership in the hands of the public. This is something they clearly don’t want. At this very moment in time, any government, including the current one, could legislate to sell off our public water system. Furthermore, even if a government did not want to sell off our water, the EU, IMF or ECB could force the sale in the future – like they did in Greece and Portugal – so we have to protect our vital public water system now! The devastating impacts of water privatization have been felt all around the world. In the UK, one in four people are now experiencing water poverty. In the US, Rome and parts of France, tens of thousands are having their water shut off. We can prevent much of this by putting ownership of our water in the Constitution. There are no TD’s in the Dail, even in Fine Gael, who will come out and argue openly for privatisation. But can you take their word on this? If they don’t want water privatisation, they can prove it by simply supporting this Bill next Wednesday. Here are the details of Fianna Fail TD’s (full list available here at http://www.right2water.ie/blog/we-only-have-one-week-protect-our-water) Carlow/Kilkenny Bobby Aylward 056 7764726 Carlow/Kilkenny John McGuinness 056 7770672 087 2855834 Cavan/Monaghan Brendan Smith 049 4362366 Cavan/Monaghan Niamh Smyth 042 9666666 087 9982222 Clare Timmy Dooley 065 6891115 Cork East Kevin O Keefe 022 25320 Cork North Central Billy Kelleher 021 4502289 Cork North West Aindrias Moynihan 026 45828 Cork North West Michael Moynihan 029 51299 Cork South Central Michael McGrath 021 4376699 Cork South Central Micheal Martin 021 4320088 Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony 086 8529275 Donegal Charlie McConalogue 074 9373131/074 9177282 Donegal Pat The Cope Gallagher 074 95 21364 087 2238925 Dublin Bay North Sean Haughey 01 6183695 087 3494888 Dublin Bay South Jim O Callaghan 01 4758943 Dublin Fingal Darragh O Brien 01 6183802 Dublin Midwest John Curran 01 6183792 Dublin South West John Lahart 01 4939608 Dublin West Jack Chambers 086 4177335 Galway East Anne Rabbitte 087 2424704 Galway West Eamon O Cuiv 091 562846 Kerry John Brassil 066 7133112 087 2362330 Kildare North Frank O Rourke 087 2555257 Kildare North James Lawless 086 8348869 Kildare South Fiona O Loughlin 045 436792 087 2345160 Laois Sean Fleming 057 8732692 Limerick City Willie O Dea 061 454488/ 061 454522 Limerick County Niall Collins 061 300149 087 2749659 Longford/Westmeath Robert Troy 044 9334857 Louth Declan Breathnach 087 2697638 Mayo Dara Calleary 096 77613 Mayo Lisa Chambers 094 9250577 Meath East Thomas Byrne 01 6183310 Meath West Shane Cassells 086 3399198 Offaly Barry Cowen 057 9321976 Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy 071 963 3000 Sligo/Leitrim Eamon Scanlon 071 9197903/ 071 9302537 Sligo/Leitrim Marc Mac Sharry 086 2674764 Tipperary Jackie Cahill 087 2820663 Waterford Mary Butler 087 7425020 Wexford James Browne 086 8575387 Wicklow Pat Casey 086 2649483

Reject Fracked Gas. Reject Fossil Colonialism. Reject Complicity in Genocide. To: [Insert TD's Name or Minister Darragh O'Brien] From: [Your Name] Constituency: [Insert Constituency] Date: [Insert Date] Dear [TD's Name or Minister O'Brien], I am writing to register my unequivocal opposition to the proposed Shannon LNG terminal at Ballylongford, County Kerry. This is not simply an energy infrastructure project - it is a moral, environmental, public health, and geopolitical crisis in the making. Its approval would undermine Ireland’s climate commitments, endanger communities at home and abroad, and tie our national infrastructure to systems of injustice, war, and extraction. 1. Fracked Gas Is a Climate Bomb - Not an "Energy Security" Solution The proposed LNG terminal, operated by New Fortress Energy, would import fracked gas from the U.S., with a minimum of six shipments per year, each carrying 170,000 cubic meters of LNG—equivalent to 5.69 TWh of energy annually or the demand of 1.35 million Irish homes, far exceeding any need for "emergency backup." Rather than serving households or small businesses, the project is driven by the growing demand of data centres, which currently consume 21% of Ireland’s electricity and are projected to reach 30% by 2030. This represents a significant expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, not a minor reserve. This is energy colonialism, disguised as national security. Ireland is already facing multibillion-euro fines under EU law for failing to meet emissions targets, with projected costs ranging between €8 and €26 billion by 2030. Approving a major new gas import terminal will only deepen this liability and burden Irish taxpayers, while multinational fossil fuel companies profit. 2. Fracked Gas Is a Public Health Emergency The gas imported through Shannon LNG would be fracked gas—obtained via hydraulic fracturing (ie. fracking) in the United States, primarily in areas such as Pennsylvania, Texas, and Ohio. These operations are associated with elevated rates of cancer (particularly childhood leukemia), neurological disorders, birth defects, air and groundwater contamination from methane, benzene, and toluene, as well as induced seismic activity (earthquakes). Ireland banned fracking in 2017 with the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Act, recognizing these dangers. The scientific consensus on fracking’s harms is overwhelming. To import fracked gas is to outsource these harms to working-class and rural, and often marginalised communities in the U.S. It is climate hypocrisy of the highest order. 3. LNG Infrastructure Locks Ireland Into Fossil Dependence LNG terminals are long-term investments, with infrastructure lifespans of 30–50 years. Once built, the Shannon terminal would entrench fossil fuel dependence for decades to come, regardless of future emissions targets or renewable alternatives. This directly contradicts Ireland’s legal obligations under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act (2021) and the EU’s Green Deal, and it violates the science-based requirement to phase out fossil gas by 2035 to remain within the 1.5°C global warming threshold. 4. New Fortress Energy Is Entangled With Israeli Military and Surveillance Tech New Fortress Energy, the U.S. company behind the Shannon LNG terminal, is not just a fossil fuel firm, it is a partner in global militarism. In 2021, New Fortress invested in H2Pro, an Israeli green hydrogen company spun out of Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, a university deeply embedded in the Israeli military-industrial complex. Technion’s labs and researchers are known for developing drone warfare systems, border surveillance technologies, as well as AI systems used in the occupation of Palestine. In March 2025, H2Pro signed a deal with the state owned Latvian firm 'Latvenergo' to expand into the EU’s green hydrogen market. Every euro earned through Shannon LNG may help fuel this expansion — linking Irish infrastructure to Israeli war technologies at a time when the International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel may be committing acts of genocide in Gaza. This is unacceptable. It violates the moral conscience of the Irish people and contradicts decades of support for Palestinian self-determination. 5. Communities Across Ireland Reject This Project The Shannon LNG terminal has faced strong, consistent opposition from grassroots groups, including Love Leitrim, Futureproof Clare, Safety Before LNG, Extinction Rebellion Ireland, Future Generations Kerry, Not Here Not Anywhere, Slí Eile, and Gluaiseacht. Our Demands I call on you, in your role as a public servant and legislator, to: 1. Publicly oppose the Shannon LNG terminal and call for its cancellation   2. Support legislation to ban the import of fracked gas into Ireland   3. Reject New Fortress Energy’s involvement in Irish infrastructure   4. Push for a moratorium on new data centre connections until a full climate impact assessment is complete   5. Support investment in renewable energy, public ownership, and community resilience With urgency and solidarity,   [Your Full Name]   [Your Constituency]   [Contact Email / Phone, if desired]