“Palestine could literally disappear. The EU countries have to realise their responsibility. It’s on their watch.”
Returning from the Middle East, Mary Robinson, Hina Jilani and @HelenClarkNZ met with EU officials and diplomats in Brussels to call for an end to trade with illegal Israeli settlements.
Read their statement here: https://t.co/dlrLbj3lXa
President Catherine Connolly signed the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026 into law this afternoon
https://t.co/wmVMhjZDuc
My parents at 27: Making good progress on the mortgage. We are established lawyers and educators. Time to have children soon.
Me at 27: Ok…if I’m having Movie Theater Popcorn Dinner (salty) I should probably balance it with Ice Cream Lunch (sweet)
We need answers from Uisce Éireann (Irish Water) about water usage in data centres.
Nobody knows or even seems to want to know how much water is being used by these energy-guzzling data centres.
We need a ban on any more data centres.
#BanDataCentres#HosepipeBan
Meta’s Clonee data centre in County Meath recorded an annual consumption of 657 million litres.
There are 107 data centres in Ireland.
At the same time, the government is imposing a hose pipe ban.