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Clr. Glas i gContae Fhine Gall Green Cllr. on Fingal County Council www.davidhealy.com
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David Healy
Grantham Research Institute at LSE
6 days ago
We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
7 days ago
Much of Europe is sweating in an exceptional heat wave. Heat in Europe has increased 4 times more than in other mid-latitude areas, which has been linked to the Atlantic
#coldblob
in several studies.
#AMOC
Slide from a talk I'm about the present at London Climate Action Week
#LCAW2026
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Thanks to Isobel Ryan of Baldoyle Wild Towns for a wonderful guided tour of the wildflowers of the Baldoyle Portmarnock Greenway, including orchids and viperâs bugloss.
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Well done to Abbey Park and District for their work in having a planning decision taken by An Bord PleanĂĄla in breach of the Fingal Development Plan remitted to An CoimisiĂșn PleanĂĄla. Their legal challenge was successful in front of Holland J in the High Court.
davidhealy.com?p=1983
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Abbey Park and District Residents again stand up for proper planning in Baldoyle | David Healy
https://davidhealy.com/?p=1983
12 days ago
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Following the excellent training by Leave No Trace on North Bull Island last week, I'm continuing to try to get
@fingal.ie
to adjust our beach management on the beautiful Burrow Beach to protect and restore the sand dunes. Details and photos, good and bad:
davidhealy.com?p=1978
about 2 months ago
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Janet Horner
about 2 months ago
The Liffey is an icon of Dublin, but itâs also a dividing line. It divides the north from the south. Thereâs politicians in this election who want to further that division. But I donât think thatâs what we are about. When youâre on the Liffey you can see clearly that we are one city and one river.
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The Land Development Agency is consulting on their proposals for Stapolin Square on the Baldoyle side of Clongriffin Station.
davidhealy.com?p=1963
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Land Development Agency consultation on Stapolin Square | David Healy
https://davidhealy.com/?p=1963
2 months ago
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My response to
@fingal.ie
's consultation on car parking charges on Harbour Road, Howth: *integrate with the Harbour *cover the areas affected by parking issues *address safety issues and improve conditions for people walking in Howth. Details and a link to the consultation:
davidhealy.com?p=1959
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Proposal for car parking controls on Harbour Road, Howth | David Healy
https://davidhealy.com/?p=1959
2 months ago
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Caroline O'Doherty
2 months ago
Case taken by
@clientearth.bsky.social
@foeireland.bsky.social
& Friends of the Irish Environment against
@utilityregcru.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Environmental groups granted leave to challenge data centre policy
High Court told new rules allowing data centres to use fossil fuel power breach climate law
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/28/environmental-groups-granted-leave-to-challenge-data-centre-policy/
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Rezoning greenbelt land, rather than zoning a brownfield site and right beside a train station, is bad planning with negative consequences for all of us.
@fingal.ie
executive and a majority of councillors are getting it wrong. Thanks
@michaellanigan.bsky.social
for this detailed coverage.
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In response to proposals to rezone green belt land, I have proposed instead changing the zoning of brownfield and disused sites currently zoned for employment to mixed use or residential. The zoning proposals will be discussed by the Council on Monday.
davidhealy.com?p=1943
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Motions in relation to proposed Variation to County Development Plan | David Healy
https://davidhealy.com/?p=1943
3 months ago
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Frank McDonald
3 months ago
Congratulations to ace environmental lawyer Fred Logue on another great victory over the powers of darkness âŠ
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Dublin Commuters
4 months ago
Today is your last chance to respond to the College Green Consultation!! You have until midnight tonight to add your support for this vital public realm project
engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
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Thanks to Claire Byrne of Newstalk for our discussion of parking cash out law, where employers who offer car parking must offer a cash alternative. Giving people this option leads to a 30% shift away from driving to work. Podcast:
pca.st/episode/c5d0...
More info:
shoup.bol.ucla.edu/Parking%20Ca...
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Parking in Dublin City: should it be made more difficult?
Should employers offer cash alternatives instead of free parking to staff to get people out of their cars? Green Party Cllr David Healy, of Fingal County Council thinks so and he explained why toâŠ
https://pca.st/episode/c5d0676a-1204-457e-9cc7-88edee61ac57
4 months ago
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An appalling proposal is hidden at the end of the Governmentâs Bill on the airport cap; it would exclude decisions under the legislation from the current obligation on almost all public bodies to consider their climate impact and to be consistent with climate objectives.
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Thanks to my fellow councillors for agreeing unanimously that
@fingal.ie
should stop using X, especially mayor Tom OâLeary for taking the suspension of standing orders and John Smith for suggesting that approach.
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5 months ago
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Dublin Inquirer
5 months ago
As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, a councillor suggests another vision. âItâs not that the people who live there donât have cars,â he says. âItâs that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.â
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As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, councillor suggests another vision
âItâs not that the people who live there donât have cars,â he says. âItâs that the neighbourhood is not a car park, and the car parking is on the edge.â
https://www.dublininquirer.com/as-developer-plans-a-new-community-with-hundreds-of-drive-up-homes-councillor-suggests-another-vision/
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My submission on the application for 1350 housing units at Belcamp calls for design of a safe walkable neighbourhood, with shops and childcare, and good quality public transport including a reservation for light rail.
davidhealy.com?p=1926
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Submission on Large-scale Residential Development at Belcamp | David Healy
https://davidhealy.com/?p=1926
5 months ago
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John Gibbons, author of The Lie of the Land: A Game Plan for Ireland in the Climate Crisis, will speak at a public meeting in the Marine Hotel, Sutton at 7.30pm on Wednesday 4th February.
5 months ago
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Darren J. Prior
5 months ago
My article online this week quoting
@davidhealy.bsky.social
:
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
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Green Party not impressed with Fingal plans
Darren J. Prior A public consultation is running on the Fingal County Council Online Consultation Portal up until January 29 [âŠ]
https://dublinpeople.com/news/northsideeast/articles/2026/01/19/green-party-not-impressed-with-fingal-plans/
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New Scientist
5 months ago
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
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We must completely change the way we build homes to stay below 2°C
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511350-we-must-completely-change-the-way-we-build-homes-to-stay-below-2c/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768759263
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A strange car parking rule is in
@fingal.ie
bye-laws which discriminates against people living in apartments rather than houses, not in any way connected to whether they have access to off-street parking. We've agreed to start the process of changing it.
www.dublininquirer.com/apartment-dw...
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Apartment-dwellers in Fingal should be able to get resident parking permits for their area, councillor argues
During a debate Monday over new parking bye-laws, which raise the cost of parking in the county from 1 February.
https://www.dublininquirer.com/apartment-dwellers-in-fingal-should-be-able-to-get-resident-parking-permits-for-their-area-councillor-argues/
6 months ago
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Subsequent to this article, I have put my queries formally to the Council Executive.
davidhealy.com?p=1906
We seem to be failing to take account of some major residential planning permissions in exactly the right highly accessible locations.
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6 months ago
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Darren J. Prior
6 months ago
@nearfm.ie
@davidhealy.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXN...
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Fingal Management propose 11 fast-track green sites for housing â David Healy (GP) â Near FM (2026)
YouTube video by Darren J. Prior / Mac an PhrĂora â DJP đïžâïž
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXN1hIWt5I
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ClĂĄir raidiĂł Ar Mhuin na Muice - Near FM
6 months ago
@darrenjprior.bsky.social
@nearfm.ie
@davidhealy.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TiG...
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CĂșrsaĂ tithĂochta i gComhairle Contae Fhine Gall â Comh. David Healy (CG) â Near FM (2026)
YouTube video by RaidiĂł Gaeilge "Ar Mhuin na Muice" @ Near FM đïžâïž
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TiGnj8IF_4
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The Active Travel Unit of
@fingal.ie
runs âSecond Spinâ, in conjunction with
@rediscoveryctr.bsky.social
. The scheme provides free, upcycled bikes to teenagers who have had theirs stolen. To apply:
www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-...
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Fingal wants to help teenagers ride again with Second Spin Project
Fingal wants to help teenagers ride again with Second Spin Project
https://www.fingal.ie/news/fingal-wants-help-teenagers-ride-again-second-spin-project
6 months ago
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PĂĄdraic Fogarty
6 months ago
If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision
Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41760977.html
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Irelandâs new apartment guidelines to be referred to European court after challenge
Interpretation of EUâs Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive a key issue in case
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2025/12/17/irelands-new-apartment-guidelines-to-be-referred-to-european-court-after-challenge/
6 months ago
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Hannah Daly
7 months ago
Ireland's energy regulator finally published its data centre connection policy. It facilitates a new era of fossil growth to facilitate this enormous energy user.
hannahdaly.ie/2025-12-12-C...
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A new era of fossil fuels to facilitate data centres?
Reaction to the CRU policy in relation to data centre connections
https://hannahdaly.ie/2025-12-12-CRU-data-centre-policy/
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Join
#BirdWatchIreland
for an online webinar on the latest insights into the seabird population on Irelandâs Eye and the measures implemented to protect them. đ: Wed, 10th Dec, 8
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A Zoom link will be shared on the afternoon of the 10th.
7 months ago
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John Gibbons đ”đž đșđŠ đȘđș
7 months ago
An Amoc shutdown later this century could see millions of Irish people become
#climate
migrants; this is something our politicians talking tough on cracking down on migration to Ireland should keep in mind, as I discuss in today's
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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John Gibbons: A big freeze could turn the Irish into climate refugees
We should reflect on 'get-tough' proposals on immigration: If the Amoc currents that moderate Irelandâs climate fail, temperatures will plunge, making grass-based agriculture impossible
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41749716.html
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IrishCycle.com
7 months ago
Shovel-ready Luas and Dart projects delayed âto free up funding for more roadsâ The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, hasâŠ
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Shovel-ready Luas and Dart projects delayed âto free up funding for more roadsâ
The Government is delaying shovel-ready public transport projects such as Dart+ South West and Luas Finglas in order "to free up funding for more roads", the Green Party's transport spokesperson, Cllr Feljin Jose, has claimed. He said that this is a "disaster" that large new areas of housing in Dublin -- including a development of nearly 900 homes approved in Adamstown today and the major housing project at Poolbeg -- were being left without the promised transport links, forcing more people into cars on the capital's congested roads.
https://irishcycle.com/2025/11/27/shovel-ready-luas-and-dart-projects-delayed-to-free-up-funding-for-more-roads/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Essential reading on development, the environmental crisis and the rule of law in Ireland.
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7 months ago
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN)
7 months ago
A ânational embarrassmentâ: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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A ânational embarrassmentâ: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Governmentâs system of water charges
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/11/21/a-national-embarrassment-ireland-in-breach-of-multiple-water-quality-rules-court-finds/
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas
8 months ago
Tomorrow afternoon, as COP negotiations continue in Brazil, the Green Party will be one of over 60 groups and organisations coming together to march through the streets of Dublin calling for climate action, now! We hope to see you there!
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PĂĄdraig McEvoy
8 months ago
Some corrections to recent misinformation on judicial review and context around facts behind the application of EU law in Ireland, access to justice teased out on the Echo Chambers Podcast with Sabrina Kemper and Fred Logue
pca.st/episode/824e...
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The Collison Corrections and Access to Justice
https://pca.st/episode/824e90a6-2375-4886-93ad-6e18a932f99f
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PĂĄdraig McEvoy
8 months ago
One person, reacting to my take on a pattern of emerging opinions, described it as a media pile-on!
open.substack.com/pub/padraigm...
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How Irelandâs Elites are Coordinating Against Judicial Review
Irelandâs major opinion pages across The Business Post, The Sunday Independent and The Irish Times began singing in unison. The refrain: judicial review is strangling progress.
https://open.substack.com/pub/padraigmcevoy/p/how-irelands-elites-are-coordinating?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=qbh29
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PĂĄdraig McEvoy
8 months ago
Powerful letter asking if weâve been collectively gaslit by the construction industry â exposing how public input is blamed while elite networks quietly rewrite planning rules. It's time to defend transparency and democracy in development.
#PlanningJustice
#Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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Have we all been gaslit by the construction industry?
âAs a planning consultant, Iâve seen first-hand how public participation strengthens communitiesâ
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2025/11/05/have-we-all-been-gaslit-by-the-construction-industry/
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David Healy
8 months ago
The attack in Drogheda is shocking, but not surprising. This government ignoring right wing violence has led us here, and without meaningful response will only lead to deaths
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Paul Brannen
8 months ago
Now this absolutely what we should be doing - renovating existing buildings with nature based materials. Demolishing the old should be consigned to the dustbin of construction history. Take note M&S who now have changed their minds and advocate for a Plan B.
www.dezeen.com/2024/12/05/m...
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Ray Cunningham
8 months ago
It's consultation time again... Dublin City Council want to know what you would like to see in George's Dock. It's a short survey, take two minutes to have your say
engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...
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https://engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projects/reimagining-george-s-dock-together
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Under Fingal's draft Development Contributions Scheme developers will pay a levy on each m2 of housing people but they'll pay nothing for car parking. Including car parking spaces in the development contributions would bring down the rate per m2 for housing.
davidhealy.com?p=1886
#parking
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Questions about draft Development Contribution Scheme | David Healy
https://davidhealy.com/?p=1886
8 months ago
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Paul Price
9 months ago
đźđȘOut Now: Good new science-informed "Report on proposed Carbon Budgets" from (parliamentary) Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy'. Recommendations 1-10 echo scientific & eNGO concerns for CB transparency in meeting Paris Agreement goals.
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas
9 months ago
The Residential Zoned Land Tax
#RZLT
is essential to take land hoarders to task and ensure that our many empty sites lying idle in the country are put to use. Government loopholes are gutting the Land Hoarding Tax. Empty sites stay empty. Hoarders keep winning.
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Have your say on the identification of bathing waters by the deadline on Friday 26th
consult.fingal.ie/en/consultat...
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Public Consultation on Identification of Bathing Waters in Fingal for Bathing Season 2026 | Fingal County Council Online Consultation Portal
https://consult.fingal.ie/en/consultation/public-consultation-identification-bathing-waters-fingal-bathing-season-2026
9 months ago
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www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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Planning authority to review Howth hotel redevelopment plan
High Court overruled decision to grant permission following a judicial review
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/10/planning-authority-to-review-howth-hotel-redevelopment-plan/
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My planning observation covers *designing to prioritise walking and cycling, *active travel access to/from the new housing area *not materially contravening the Fingal Development Plan limit on car parking *providing for the childcare needs of the existing and future residents
davidhealy.com?p=1868
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Observation on South Portmarnock planning application LRD0058/S3E | David Healy
https://davidhealy.com/?p=1868
10 months ago
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An CoimisiĂșn PleanĂĄla has accepted it was wrong to give permission for demolition without getting my observations on the response to my appeal. I hope the planning system will give effect to the policy requiring that demolition proposals are assessed on a sustainability basis.
davidhealy.com?p=1869
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An CoimisiĂșn PleanĂĄla has conceded my judicial review challenge in relation to demolition | David Healy
https://davidhealy.com/?p=1869
10 months ago
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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas
11 months ago
The EU doesn't need unanimity to suspend trade agreement with
#Israel
: Ireland must push hard for action now. We have to act to stop this ongoing tragedy
#GazaStarving
greenparty.ie/news/time-eu...
@janetphorner.bsky.social
@rodericogorman.bsky.social
@europeangreens.eu
@ciarancuffe.bsky.social
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Time for EU governments to put their words on Gaza into action and suspend parts of the EU Israel Association Agreement | Green Party
Time for EU governments to put their words on Gaza into action and suspend parts of the EU Israel Association Agreement
https://greenparty.ie/news/time-eu-governments-put-their-words-gaza-action-and-suspend-parts-eu-israel-association
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Greenpeace International đ
11 months ago
In a landmark global victory, the International Court of Justice has ruled that governments must step up and protect our right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
act.gp/3IB7w3
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