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]

As concerned parents and students of Tuam Educate Together National School, we are writing to bring attention to several road safety concerns that affect our daily commute to school and our children’s safety while at school.  We respectfully request that consideration be given to the following proposals to improve road safety for students in Tuam:  Grant access to the adjacent Sports Pitches and Sports Hall for students from Tuam Educate Together National School. Install speed bumps on Dublin Road, Athenry Road, and Frank Stockwell Road to reduce traffic speeds and promote a safer walking environment for students. This will ensure that students can walk safely to and from school, regardless of the road conditions. Install illuminated speed signs on these roads with clear signage indicating the recommended speed limit in the town (30 km/hr) to educate drivers about the need for reduced speeds and promote a culture of safety.  Employ a School Warden to provide support for students crossing Dublin Road near the Old Courthouse, ensuring their safe passage during morning, afternoon, and daytime hours.  Make provision for parking along these three routes to ensure safe drop off and collections for students and their families every morning and evening, in particular adequate spaces for people with disabilities to park. We appeal to the Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien, An Taisce, the RSA and the Department of Transport to prioritise Tuam Schools in their Safer Routes to School programme to ensure that students in Tuam can access their schools safely. We ask that Galway County Council expedite their Tuam Active Travel Scheme so that construction begins this year on the Dublin Road to ensure students will be able to travel safely to and from school. We believe that these measures will significantly improve road safety for students in Tuam and contribute to creating a more harmonious and pedestrian-friendly community and enable safe and convenient transportation of students before and after school. We would be grateful if you could consider our proposals and take steps to address these concerns.

As we speak 500 hares are being held captive awaiting their fate, forced to run for their lives. The coursing "festival" comes to Clonmel Co. Tipperary in February. These hares are taken from all over Ireland from their natural enviorment and terrorised. Is this modern Ireland? Does this represent your thinking because the taxpayer is propping up the greyhound industry every year..Sign the petition, let the TDs know you want to call for a ban on all bloodsports, where you go politicians will follow they want your vote

Stop Eirgrid from building an energy converter in Knockraha Area.

I want you to know that there is mass solidarity with the Debenhams workers and their fight for a decent redundancy package.

This campaign was launched for women and children to get a refuge and a means of emergency accommodation in Carlow for Women and Children. The Council have responded to our calls and given the green light to funding a 6 bedroom house. This is compared to the refuge in Kilkenny which has a capacity of 55 people. We are calling on the Council to provide a more suitable location to meet the needs and the size of the constituency.

There are minimal facilities indoors for babies and young children during wet weather periods. Currently there is only a cinema and the swimming pool. The closest soft play area is 40 minutes away in Nenagh.  It's our intention to get as many signatures as possible, and with the help of local government official's to convince the Tipperary Co Council to help provide this invaluable resource in Thurles. 

Get back into government to protect people from fuel poverty, and widespread cuts to public services. The pressures are too great and the risks are too high. Now is the time to end the boycott and get the institutions up and running again. We need political leaders in office so that important decisions can be taken to address the challenges facing our communities.

Stop using harmful plastic packaging in its 800 stores throughout Ireland and switch to compostable bioplastics and paper packaging, which is now easily available in Ireland.

All those standing in the General Election on February 8th 2020 are being asked to endorse the Charter by signing it and committing themselves to this urgent 19-point reform progamme. SWAN supporters are also asked to support the principles in the Charter. 1. All current social work vacancies will be filled and a two fold increase in the number of social workers across all sectors in the state will be invested in. 2. Quality public sector home-care services will be provided on a statuary basis. 3. Appropriate resourcing to be committed to implementing all aspects of the Assisted Decision-Making Act, once enacted. 4. The full implementation of ‘Vision for Change’. Publish legislation in 2020 to reform the Mental Health Act in full. Commit to fully funding mental health policy and increasing mental health to 10% of health budget. 5. All prisoners will be guaranteed timely access to a social worker. 6. The Habitual Resident Condition which is punitive and has prompted hardship and distress will be scrapped. 7. Immediate action will be taken to meaningfully address the global refugee crisis. 8. Immediate action on the global climate and ecological emergency by committing to net zero emissions by 2030 in recognition of Ireland's historic responsibility for climate change as a wealthy developed country and in recognition of Ireland's commitment to climate justice. 9. Uphold the obligations of the state under the Istanbul Convention to adequately resource domestic violence services across the state. 10. Uphold the rights of children with disabilities to receive proper and adequate education and in a manner that ensures their full and active participation in society. 11. In line with the state’s human rights obligations, emergency measures will be put in place to address the conditions, amounting to institutionalised abuse, encountered by children and their families within the ‘direct provision’ system. The systemic exclusion of asylum seekers from daily life and civil society will cease. 12. Children will be safeguarded and protected and their rights, identified in the UN Convention, will be respected. 13. The Family Court Bill (pre-legislative scrutiny stage) must be enacted. A specialised Regional Family Court service to be developed in tandem with this. 14. A national root and branch care review will be called.   15. Eliminating child poverty will be a top priority for the next Government.  16. Commit to beginning an immediate programme of building 80,000 fully public social houses over the next government lifetime, immediate rent controls and an end to mortgage-related evictions, as part of an overall strategy to deal with homelessness and the housing crisis. 17. Introduction of statutory standards in homeless services. 18. The immediate cessation of use of hotel accommodation for individuals and families who are homeless. 19. Reinstating adequate funding for community drug task forces.