Conversations with Grace: Is Pride Political?
The essence of pride is both personal and political, attendees heard at this event during the week of Cork Pride. A packed room in MEP...
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- Jul 31, 2023
- 2 min
PRIDE IS POLITICAL: MEP Grace O’Sullivan
Grace O’SULLIVAN in the EP in Strasbourg After a difficult month for the LGBTIQ* community in Cork City, MEP O’Sullivan is keen to hold...
- Jul 31, 2023
- 2 min
Girls Can’t Surf? Lahinch Begs to Disagree as Screening of Docu-Film and Discussion Explore Gender E
A screening of the 2021 film “Girls Can’t Surf” took place in Lahinch Leisure Centre last week, organised by the Green Party’s MEP Grace...
- Jul 30, 2023
- 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 11, 2023
- 1 min
Greta Thunberg and MEPs unite in support of Nature Restoration Law
The Swedish climate activist said that anything other than a vote in favour of a strong Nature Restoration Law would be ‘a betrayal of...
- Jul 7, 2023
- 2 min
Anniversary of Rainbow Warrior bombing: MEP and former deckhand Grace O’Sullivan calls on Macron for
The Rainbow Warrior is in Marsden Wharf in Auckland Harbour after the bombing by French secret service agents. Ahead of the anniversary...
- Apr 14, 2023
- 2 min
The Shona Project: Waterford organisation for young women and girls nominated for top EU prize
Waterford-based organisation for young women and girls The Shona Project has been nominated for the European Citizens’ Prize, which is...
- Feb 8, 2023
- 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...
- Jan 9, 2023
- 2 min
MEP calls on Greek authorities to drop the charges against Irish humanitarian Seán Binder
Speaking from Greece today, Grace O’Sullivan says that over 80 MEPs have signed up in support of the search and rescue workers who face...
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
MEPs rally In support of Irish Search and Rescue Worker facing trial
Humanitarian worker Seán Binder and over 20 of his co-accused were the centre of a international press conference to MEPs and journalists...
- 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...
- Oct 1, 2022
- 1 min
MEP Grace O’Sullivan Welcomes Members of Clare Leader Forum to European Parliament in Brussels
Members Trish McNamara and Padraic Hayes were attending the European Network for Independent Living (ENIL)’s “Freedom Drive” Grace...
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