Parliamentary question, from Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan, about the Central Bank’s shameful role in funding Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The Central Bank must stop facilitating the sale of apartheid Israel's war bonds which fund genocide of Palestinians #StopFundingGenocide
"We chose a model which made it inevitable that we would be, in a way, hostages," says @Mickbyrne101, explaining the pitfalls of Ireland’s reliance on foreign investment when it comes to housing development.
#TonightVMTV
There was a perfectly good patch of grass right there in the way of nobody by the canal, where it's actually legal to camp temporarily. Then a series of multi-agency operations fenced it off. Now there are tents on the pavement. If anyone's blockading anything...
A lot of people talking about the rights of small handful of sheep farmers in what is now a national park on the Dingle Peninsula, and they're not entirely wrong.
But what about everyone else's right to enjoy healthy ecosystems, or a habitable planet?
Where's the balance?
Seeing people tweet about people drinking or hanging out outside Gaelscoil Coláiste Mhuire and politicians pretending to give a shit all of a sudden about it. So here’s a story about how the state has failed one of the few working class gaeilscoils in Dublin for a years (1/?)
Another record shattered by this @FineGael Govt. 10,514 people now homeless including 3,826 kids. This cannot continue. @fiannafailparty would prioritise solving this housing crisis by building public homes on public land & delivering affordable housing for working people.
Killarney welcomes c1 million tourists a year, all of whom are 'unvetted'.
Where is Danny's concern for local women and children walking by the many hotels on the Muckross Road?
On Friday we accompanied our member, 83 year old Rosetta, to the Housing Executive and refused to leave until they conducted essential maintainance/repairs that Rosetta had been waiting over 5 months for. ⌛ 1/3