"The lack of urgency shown by the gardaí, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority in bringing in camera enforcement of bus lanes and red lights is extremely disappointing" independent.ie/regionals/du...

Under the last Minister for Transport, public transport fares were cut. Hundreds of millions extra put into bus services in every corner of the country. What FF, FG & Inds are planning now, will mean fewer people on public transport, more cars on the road, more congestion, more air pollution.

My view on the "I'll learn Irish if I become president" line. Aside from how important Irish is to the role, the lack of effort to try learn it before becoming a candidate just shows a deep level of unseriousness about the role of president. 1/2

Barrack Obama can do the funniest thing here. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Gareth for President has faded away. RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really cant believe this. @

🧵This article published today about the perceived barriers to housing in Ireland opens with a well known Orwell quote. Opinions put forward in it, require that Orwellian concept of Doublethink - "the ability to hold two contradictory beliefs simultaneously and accept both as true". 1/11

Do we need to move responsibility to the Dept. of Transport? School buses give families more options in how they can organise their days, and they reduce traffic and our transport emissions too. But every year hundreds are left without a space. My Q to the Taoiseach today⬇️

At least 78 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza today, mainly in Gaza City. A UN inquiry says Israel is committing genocide, a claim Israel dismisses as “baseless, distorted and false”. More on #VMNews

I can't believe this needs to be said. A small survey of 175 estate agents should not be used as solid evidence to give hundreds of millions in tax breaks to private landlords. Rents in Ireland have risen by 115% since 2010. www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...

We are delighted to see RTÉ are finally listening to those who have been calling to #BoycottEurovision for many years. We believe this decision is long overdue but it is better late than never. You can read their full statement below.

Our Co-Chairs Adam & Deirdre, alongside our International Liaison Officer Ash, had the privilege of meeting with Mr. Baker M.B. Hijazi, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the State of Palestine.

"I'm running for president because the people have nobody representing them now" - all these strangers looking for nominations from councils. A brave pitch to try to win over councillors, who represent the people in our communities day in day out.

Almost 10 days into a strike and Fine Gael's Education Minister finally comes out with "we're ready to talk if the union are". What kind of way is this to run a country? No urgency to any of this. They simply don't care about our school secretaries and caretakers. www.thejournal.ie/education-mi...

A World Weather Attribution study says the extreme heat, dryness and winds that fuelled one of the Iberian Peninsula’s worst wildfire seasons were 40 times more likely due to climate change. Hundreds of fires spread as temps topped 40°C. More on #VMNews

Bike bunkers for Dublin! Progress: contracts are signed with Bleeper Bike to provide 300 of them across the city. It's been an inexcusably long wait, but glad that it *finally* moving forward.

I support fair pensions for all school staff. This Thursday, school secretaries across the country will be on strike following Ministers Helen McEntee and Jack Chambers' failure to give equal pension entitlements to all school staff. Petition to show your support: act.forsa.ie/pensionparit...

Should all development be exempt from planning? Most people would agree that this would not lead to good outcomes for society. The government are looking to expand what development is exempt from planning aka "Exempted Development". What do you think should be exempt from planning permission? 1/

Cleaner beaches. Fewer derelict and vacant buildings. Things we all support. It's great to see the effects of greener government policies starting to show through now. I just hope the new government don't take it for granted and assume that all the work is done now.

Another five journalists were killed following Israel's brutal bombing of a hospital in southern Gaza, taking the total to over 242 according to the UN. That makes this war the deadliest ever for journalists. And still our Government sides with Netanyahu's genocidal regime.

The headline is purely inaccurate and so so dangerous. Those without status don't and have never qualified for HAP. Being assessed as unable to meet habitual residency condition (seemingly the core issue here) is not the same as being undocumented, or as the Mirror calls it, "illegal"

this is not a by-product of israel's attacks on Palestine, it's a fundamental part of the plan, and has been since day one israel has engineered this famine on purpose, using starvation of civilians as a weapon. its government, military commanders and soldiers should be in the hague

Listen back as I spoke to Matt Cooper on Today FM about the Government's new Drone Policy Framework yesterday. The new drone policy leaves communities exposed. No rules on noise. No protection for homes. No say for residents. We need safeguards before rollouts – not years later.

(1/4) Darragh O’Brien has moved from a housing disaster to a climate disaster, and he’s only going to make it worse.

The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe

Thanks PJ Coogan and the Opinion Line on 96fm for having me on to talk about progress on derelict properties. The old Post Office at St Luke's is one, but many others have been identified across the city. More levies are being applied and grants for owners to return properties to housing.

It will be a source of great pride for many Greens that the CEO of an oil and gas lobby group is lashing out at the lasting impact of our policies. "The Greens may be gone from cabinet, but their roots are still woven through the ground". Beautiful words. Thank you, Mandy.

A fossil fuel lobbyist and former Fianna Fáil spin doctor, has claimed that the Green Party are to blame for anything this current government fails on. In June, it was fossil fuel investor, Sean O Driscoll with an almost identical piece in the Business Post.

I can understand why a company that gets commission from selling airport taxis, airport parking, airport coach tickets and car rentals may not want to compete with a metro. But MetroLink is about much more than Ryanair's business strategy or even the airport itself.

I delivered the 700 page business case and cost benefit analysis for MetroLink to Michael O'Leary's office yesterday. O'Leary said on RTÉ Radio that there’s been no cost-benefit analysis done on Metrolink which was then repeated on multiple news outlets.

The time to enact the Occupied Territories Bill came and went years ago, but it’s better late than never. We are seeing Slovenia lead in Europe and now Ireland and the rest of the EU need to follow. #enacttheoccupiedterritoriesbill #withservices

🧵 on racist attacks in 🇮🇪 The attacks on South Asian people in Ireland are not isolated incidents and this trend didn't start recently. This behaviour from an impressionable section of Irish society has been getting worse over the past few years and you or I might be partly to be blame. 1/

The appalling attacks on migrants happening across Ireland need to stop. These are just some of the recent attacks that the Indian and Pakistani communities in Ireland have faced. If you see racism, please call it out. They will only get more brazen if they continue to get away with it.

It's no exaggeration to say that this government decision means more families in our area will likely be made homeless. I don't remember our local Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael TDs knocking on doors promising to bring in policies that will make our neighbours homeless? www.thejournal.ie/tenant-in-si...

Netanyahu, his government & the Israeli military are starving the people of Gaza. They are responsible for some of the gravest & most blatant violations of international law & human rights in recent memory. They must be held accountable. The EU must act & must act #now.

If those 20 EU govts who joined Monday's strong statement by Western countries to immediately allow aid & supplies move unencumbered into Gaza are ready to put their words into action, there's already a qualified majority to act. QMV can immediately suspend the trade chapter 1/4

Well played. epicchq.com/dear-erin-th...

Well played. epicchq.com/dear-erin-th...

It’s staggering that this government would completely overlook the role of local authorities and commit no further investment to councils in the new National Development Plan. Thanks to the Dublin People for covering Ministers' total disregard of local councils. dublinpeople.com/news/southsi...

Why is the Govt.'s review of the National Development Plan so light on funding commitments to local authorities? 🤔 Local authorities need this funding certainty to adequately plan for long-term infrastructure delivery. Read more below 👇 @oisinoconnor.bsky.social @oliver.ie bit.ly/3GYfoLU

Today's opinion by the International Court of Justice on Climate is huge. It establishes for the first time an obligation in international law that states must meet the commitments they signed up to in climate treaties, and must work with each other to achieve this www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

People should not be fooled by the spin on the National Development Plan Review. Behind the noise about increased spending on transport, the Govt is abandoning the critical schemes that will help us reduce our emissions, like energy innovation, offshore wind and retrofit. @greenpartyie.bsky.social

🚨 The €3.15bn Climate & Nature Fund that the Green Party fought for in Govt. has been raided by FF/FG. This fund should be used as intended – to retrofit our buildings and to help farmers restore nature to meet our emissions targets. @rodericogorman.bsky.social on @drivetime.bsky.social

The new National Development Plan proposals released today represent yet another retreat from real #ClimateAction by the government greenparty.ie/news/governm... #NDP @hazelchu.bsky.social @rodericogorman.bsky.social @pidgeon.ie

If we want effective local government, we have to have the courage to fund it properly. If we cut every source of local funds while looking for supplemental funds from central government, we are giving them the power to decide what we do in the city.

I've been working to try to get the Leopardstown Racecourse M50 bridge opened as a safe walking & cycling bridge. Unfortunately none of the lands are council-owned but we're still trying to coordinate it opening up. More info at oisinoconnor.com/leopardstown #leopardstown #walking #cycling

The DLR Connector public consultation closes today. The proposal is 8km of a continuous active travel route to connect Dublin 16 to Dún Laoghaire. No surprise, I'm strongly in favour of the project and made my short submission in just a couple of minutes. dlrcoco.citizenspace.com/infrastructu...

Marlay Park concerts are over, the markets are back, the sun's out and exciting times ahead for our local park. What improvements would you like to see in Marlay Park? #MarlayPark #Ballinteer #Rathfarnham #dublin #parklife

Marching with Rathdown for Palestine and @oisinoconnor.bsky.social this afternoon. I stand with Gaza.

Joined Rathdown For Palestine this afternoon with cross-party colleagues from DLR. The group marched in Dundrum to join calls for the government to Enact the Occupied Territories Bill with services included. #freepalestine #occupiedterritories #stopthegenocide #palestine🇵🇸