In response to the latest IPCC Report, the Green Party issued a statement on 9th August 2021 saying that, “Time is running out, and we must take action now”. If it seems like the Green Party has been using consistent language about IPCC Reports for many years, that’s because the Green Party has been using consistent language about […]
What a spectacle.
Senator Michael McDowell has said complying with climate change must not “become an absolute religion” and that Ireland cannot become “some kind of green equivalent of an Islamic republic in pursuit of some purist idea.” Speaking on the Climate Bill, the former Justice Minister also said that the desire of the Green Party to ensure […]
The founding members of a new green socialist party has suggested taking ” Irish out of schools so people who come from foreign countries don’t feel excluded”. Ex-Green Party members Cork City Councillor Lorna Bogue and South Dublin County Councillor Liam Sinclair sit on the interim committee of the new party. The suggestion regarding the […]
The ESB has confirmed that it is working on plans to demolish its power plant sites at Shannonbridge in West Offaly and Lough Ree in Lanesborough in order to construct “renewable energy centres.” The semi-state company say the demolition works will assist the State in reaching its emission reduction goals by 2030. The move has […]
There were sharp exchanges in the Dáil last night in the debate on the Climate Bill, as rural TDs railed against the Minister for the Environment, Eamon Ryan, for what they described as a “complete attack on rural Ireland”. Kerry TD, Michael Healy-Rae, said that the Minister was “ecstatic with himself when he announced the shutting down of […]
“This is a common part of election practices,” Ó’Broin claimed.
In 2011 the Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan was hit by a 15-metre tsunami following a major earthquake. The resulting damage disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima reactors, causing a nuclear accident. Since then the Japanese government has worked intensively with a number of international bodies to reduce contamination, improve radiation […]
The Green Party has called for increasing Ireland’s social welfare rate to €250 a week in a bid to end poverty – even as the national debt is set to soar to close to €250bn in coming years. Green Party Minister of State and TD Joe O’Brien says that he would “challenge anyone” to try […]
The government’s cabinet has just approved Eamon Ryan’s climate bill, which means we can all say “slán anois” to the Irish economy and common sense. Ben Scallan comments. #gript
Irish badgers are being cruelly, and unnecessarily injured, traumatised, and killed by the use of snares by Irish Government employees, according to a wildlife rescuer based in the Midlands. Ruairi O’Leochain runs Athlone’s Wildlife Apiaries, and told Gript that the problem was widespread, and the cruelty involved is distressing and unnecessary, especially when cage traps […]
“Diversity is important”, the Lord Mayor said yesterday, as she launched her campaign for the Seanad, in contravention of the wishes of her own party. The Greens weren’t happy, and the parliamentary party met last night to consider a motion of no-confidence in the Mayor as it relates to her other job – Chairwoman of […]