At global unrest increases, our inability to stick to a plan is costing us Not one new offshore windfarm has been built since the 2030 target was unveiled by former environment minister Eamon Ryan in 2020. Photo: Getty For the second time in less than five years, Ireland’s Achilles’ heel has been starkly exposed. The … Read more
Green Party proposes doubling new hotel charges and using proceeds to lower homebuilding costs The Journal Source link
Childcare, traffic and fishing nets: Greens aim to hook voters in battle for Dublin Central The Journal Source link
In a telling scene from Neasa Ní Chianáin’s new fly-on-the-wall documentary, Forever is Now, which follows Eamon Ryan’s last 18 months as a politician, the former Green Party leader is seen losing his temper only once. The moment occurs during the National Economic Dialogue in the summer of 2024, just three weeks before Ryan stepped … Read more
Dozens of protesters gathered in the rain outside the Go petrol station on Dublin’s Old Cabra Road on Saturday to criticise a business they feel is standing in the way of important local infrastructure. The station is located on the proposed Blanchardstown-to-Dublin city centre BusConnects corridor and its operator has taken a challenge to the … Read more
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‘I’d prefer to get a bus but I’ll have to buy a car’: Transport struggles in Dublin’s suburbs The Journal NTA slammed as bus route leaves vulnerable people without access to O’Connell St dublinlive.ie Source link
Two Chrises, two rival coalitions, and lingering economic malaise will help define the political year ahead, writes 1News.co.nz’s political specialist Justin Hu. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will hold a state of the nation speech later today, where he’ll lay out his ambitions for the remainder of his first term. The political year then ramps up … Read more
Fionnán Sheahan: Generation Stuck, full-nest parents and the unintended effects of the housing crisis Irish Independent Source link
A former government minister has claimed a “myth is being peddled by the Government” that it has to “start from scratch” with the Occupied Territories Bill, because it wants to “avoid taking action”. Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman, a member of the previous coalition, said the Government had “done a U-turn” on what it told … Read more