I actually cannot believe this decision was made The Government have decided to reintroduce Exam fees for State Exams during a cost of living crisis is completely out of touch with reality This cannot happen, we must support our students and their families and make education truly free

Sites like Bessborough must be protected and memorialised. What went on there is deeply shameful, but we cannot let that past be built over. We must acknowledge our history, no matter how inconvenient it is. Join survivors outside the Dáil next Wednesday to call for a halt to this development.

923 children died in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home. But burial records only exist for 64 of them. The Commission concluded it was, “highly likely” some of those children were buried on the grounds. Unbelievably, Cork City Council has granted planning permission for 140 apartments on the site.

Lands at the former Bessborough mother and baby home are the possible burial place of hundreds of unaccounted for children who died at this notorious institution. It is outrageous that Cork City Council has now granted planning permission for 140 apartments on this site. @hollycairns.bsky.social

Govt must act to ease the suffering of women forced to travel for terminations. We need a firm timeline from Govt on when it will act on its own expert’s report on Ireland's abortion laws – not a vague commitment from the Taoiseach about another review. @hollycairns.bsky.social

Two in five people with disabilities cannot afford heating or new clothes. Yet instead of easing that pressure, the govt's budget left disabled people €1,400 worse off. We know that one-off measures aren't sustainable – but pulling the rug out from under such a vulnerable group is indefensible.