EU Breakdown over Gaza
MEP Grace O’Sullivan calls for a total shift in the EU’s approach to the violence in Gaza. Few conflicts beyond European shores have the...
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- Oct 8
- 1 min
Statement on Violence in Gaza and EU decision to suspend aid to Palestinians
I have been horrified by the unfolding violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. As a member of the European...
- Oct 5
- 3 min
Farming and the Environment
This blog was initially published in the October edition of the West Cork People. As the autumn weather sets in now it is a good time to...
- Jul 30
- 3 min
BLOG with MEP Ciarán Cuffe: Happy Pride!
Our small country has made transformative changes in its approach to LGBTIQ+ inclusion over the last number of years, both through...
- Jul 10
- 3 min
Nature Restoration in West Cork
This article was originally published in the West Cork People What better place to showcase the importance of protecting and restoring...
- Jun 16
- 2 min
Statement on Mass Deaths in the Mediterranean
Hundreds of women, men and children dead or missing in a disaster that was unfortunately, entirely predictable. The sinking of a ship off...
- May 12
- 2 min
Statement on Fast Fashion Giant Shein Expanding Presence in Ireland
Shein’s expansion in Ireland with the creation of 30 jobs at a new EMEA headquarters might be welcomed by some as a boost for the...
- May 10
- 3 min
BLOG: Biodiversity Key Focus this Spring
April has been a month focused on biodiversity, both with the launch of the Biodiversity Loss Report by the Citizens’ Assembly and with...
- Apr 22
- 1 min
A Note on this Earth Day
This year, the theme for Earth Day is to ‘Invest in Our Planet’. Investing in our planet means creating change on both an individual...
- Mar 10
- 3 min
BLOG: Opening a new ‘Green Hub’ in Cork
This article was originally published in the March edition of the West Cork People As an MEP, the work that takes place in the European...
- Feb 8
- 3 min
BLOG: Our Values on Trial
It’s a rare moment that the cities of New York, Cork, Brussels and Athens are linked by the same thread. But in the second week of...
- Dec 10, 2022
- 3 min
BLOG: Humanity goes back on trial in Greece in January. Ireland must stand on the right side of hist
Back in the 1980s I spent plenty of time in and out of police cars, military boats and detention centres as a result of various...
- Nov 7, 2022
- 3 min
BLOG: Water water everywhere, and none of it safe to drink.
It has been a busy few weeks for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and unfortunately, it hasn’t been good news for the state of...
- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
BLOG: Rural Ireland Takes the Lead on Climate Action
About 300,000 people made the annual pilgrimage this year to the Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois. Contrary to what the...
- Jun 24, 2022
- 4 min
We Cannot Forget the Sustainable Development Goals
This week in the European Parliament, we voted overwhelmingly to support a report on the implementation of the Sustainable Development...
- Jun 1, 2022
- 4 min
Why I Didn’t Travel to Palestine
In recent days, in the wake of the death of Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, I was due to travel to Palestine on a five-day...
- Feb 24, 2022
- 3 min
The Story of my Retrofit
When news of the new Retrofitting scheme was announced by the government recently, I was probably one of the few Greens in the country...
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
Done Deal: The 8th Environment Action Programme
I came into the political arena very reluctantly. It all started with a phone call from Eamon Ryan. It was a bit comical, looking back....
- Oct 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Right to a Healthy Environment
There will be no human rights on a dead planet. There will be no jobs, no equality, no democracy, education, culture or freedom. That’s...
- Sep 23, 2021
- 4 min
Autumn 2021 – Some Personal Thoughts
Over the course of the recent global week to ACT4SDGs, I addressed the European Assembly at the Global People’s Assembly. It was an event...
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