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This really deserves *much* more media attention! Cannot remotely be squared with carbon budget commitments: it is *planning* to fail!
Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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TII says there's nothing it can do to fix the traffic on the M50.

They could try building Metro West.
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Four months after it was promised, we finally have the government's transport investment plan between now and 2030. It's bad. Roads are in, public transport is out. A lot of public transport projects being put on the long-finger to make funding available for new roads.
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🚨 IT’S TIME TO STOP CLIMATE CHAOS

📣Join Trócaire, Stop Climate Chaos and other organisations for the National Climate March in Dublin to demand a cleaner, safer, fairer future that breaks away from fossil fuels.

🕐Saturday November 15th, 1pm
📍Assemble at Garden of Remembrance
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Good to see launch of John Gibbons @sinkorswim.bsky.social book The Lie of the Land, including a section on aviation www.thejournal.ie/readme/john-...
John Gibbons: Ireland had a 'Goldilocks' climate - but we've been killing Goldilocks
Climate writer John Gibbons shares an extract from his new book about how Ireland risks ruining our ‘climatic sweet spot’.
www.thejournal.ie
September 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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A Dublin group forsakes food, in a small act of solidarity with people in Gaza. “It doesn't address the full scale of what's happened to the Palestinians,” says Phil Kearney. But “we're acting in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza who are starving”.
A Dublin group forsakes food, in a small act of solidarity with people in Gaza
“It doesn't address the full scale of what's happened to the Palestinians,” says Phil Kearney. But “we're acting in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza who are starving”.
www.dublininquirer.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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'We're going to end up with a toxic goo lagoon': Environmental crisis in Wexford

"All the various enforcement & accountability arms of the State –local authority, inspections, Teagasc– all the state mechanisms, have failed to protect Lady’s Island Lake"

jrnl.ie/6736308
'We're going to end up with a toxic goo lagoon': Environmental crisis in Wexford raised in Dáil
The issue has been reported on since the 1980s, but no adequate action has been taken to halt the pollution.
jrnl.ie
June 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We launched our first motion in this Dáil term today - calling for better public transport for all.

Here's what we are calling for:

💶 Extra 20% fare cut – and keep fares low
🚌 Passenger Experience Office
🌐 Local Link in every village, every hour
🏗️ €10bn more investment

Read more 👇

bit.ly/3HGmSTF
June 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Let’s Ride - on public transport together 😉

@feljin.ie
June 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Cohen’s ….. recalled seeing a recent photo of a young Palestinian boy whose arms had been blown off by Israeli missile strikes in Gaza. “The news story said that when he woke up from his operation, the first thing he did was turn to his mother, and he said: ‘how will I hug you now?’ …
June 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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More frightening recent footage from around our rapidly heating planet, via the folks at @weareyellowdot.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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bsky.app/profile/phil... Hungry for Peace in Gaza second five-day fast this week May 12th-16th, Monday -Friday, @ Dáil Éireann. Come by & support or just fast. See www.facebook.com/share/1XjVdK... & www.instagram.com/hungryforpea...
May 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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5-day fast @ Dáil Éireann, Monday, March 24 - Friday 28th,
10am-5pm. Come to show solidarity with the people of Gaza who have 5 days worth of flour left as the death toll passes 50,000.
daysofpalestine.ps?p=61551
March 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Ondanks het geweld tegen de Palestijnse burgerbevolking in Gaza staat Nederland op het punt een defensieverdrag met Israël te tekenen. Dat is onaanvaardbaar. Teken de petitie om dit te stoppen! campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/ge...
Géén defensieverdrag met Israël!
Ondanks het Israëlische geweld tegen de Palestijnse burgerbevolking in Gaza staat Nederland op het punt een verdrag over militaire samenwerking met Israël te tekenen. Dat is onaanvaardbaar. Doe mee en...
campagnes.degoedezaak.org
March 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM