Green Party / Comhaontas Glas

Drone technologies are moving fast - and legislation needs to keep pace 🚁

My bill to regulate commercial drone activity will this week advance to second stage in the Dáil. The Bill sets out clear rules on planning permission and noise complaints as drones become more common in our skies.

Statement on the killing of Alex Pretti

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It's not acceptable that the only way to get live updates on public transport is by having an account on X which is now under investigation for CSAM. TFI and Irish Rail need to start providing accessible and reliable updates on their own platforms instead of relying on X. #SpeirGorm

One year on from Storm Éowyn, the Government still hasn't done enough to protect communities from the impacts of extreme weather ⚡🌧️

@rodericogorman.bsky.social outlines some of the measures that can be taken ⬇️

This Saturday marks the anniversary of #StormEowyn, the worst storm ever to hit the country.

One year on and promised storm supports are still not in place

This government has to do better

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"If the legislation was sufficient, that image would be stopped".

@malcolmnoonan.bsky.social asks @grainneseoige.bsky.social about the legislation around the creation of non-consensual sexualised images following the publication of deepfake images of her

There is so much to gain from flexible & remote working

EU-Mercosur deal stalled after MEPs vote to refer it to European courts It means the deal may not be implemented for some time yet.

Good news on the Mercosur trade deal

The European Parliament has voted to refer it to the Court of Justice of the European Union

Read more 👇

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Proposed law would enable Minister to decide on process relating to State gas reserve Move to bypass normal procedures comes after all-party committee asked to waive right to scrutinise draft legislation

Why is the Environment Minister trying to dodge scrutiny and grab solo decision-making power over the Shannon LNG facility?

Fast-tracking the importing of fracked gas while seeking no proper democratic oversight of the planning process is a deeply worrying development from this Government.

Dublin City Council suspends use of X as State agencies leave amid Grok controversy Country’s largest local authority undertakes review of social media platform use as others sign out for good

Dublin City Council has suspended use of X following the Green Party emergency motion last week. It'll come to our Protocol Committee next week and myself and other Greens will be recommending leaving it completely.
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Ireland and the EU has stood by the sovereignty of Ukraine for the past 4 years, we must now stand by the sovereignty of Greenland.

Green Party Leader @rodericogorman.bsky.social spoke on the US's actions on The Week in Politics over the weekend.

Almost 50,000 Families received Newborn Baby Grants

In the lead-up to Budget 2025, myself and @greenpartyie.bsky.social proposed the Baby-Boost extra payment for new parents. It was a fight at the time to get it over the line, but it's fantastic to see that 49,000 families have benefited from it in the last year

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Grok’s nudify tool must be final wake-up call on risks of AI - action is needed EARLIER this week, TV star Grainne Seoige called for “urgent legislative reform” to protect others as she opened up about her AI deepfake porn hell. The news anchor-turned-politician believes an AI…

Yesterday @rodericogorman.bsky.social had a great opinion piece in The Sun about the Grok issue.

Read it here:

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O’Gorman calls on Taoiseach to urgently brief opposition leaders on potential use of EU Anti Coercion Instrument | Green Party O’Gorman calls on Taoiseach to urgently brief opposition leaders on potential use of EU Anti Coercion Instrument

Green Party leader @rodericogorman.bsky.social calls on the Taoiseach to urgently brief Opposition leaders on the possible use of the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument and the impact on Ireland of the new tariffs threat

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Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman will be on The Week in Politics @news.rte.ie at 12pm

The @greenpartyie.bsky.social in Ireland in the last government brought in much reduced fares up to 25 years old for buses and trains. It's been brilliant. The issue now is the new government with no Greens in it has stopped investing in public transport!! We lack capacity to keep pace with demand.

The Complex arts centre shuts down as crunch talks with council and Government fail Dublin arts venue The Complex will shut down following the failure of last-minute crunch talks between venue management, Government and Dublin City Council (DCC) to find an alternative venue or purcha...

Very 😔
@greenpartyie.bsky.social Cllr. Donna Cooney, herself an artist, previously told the Irish Independent that the news was “devastating”, and urged DCC to part-fund the building alongside the Department of Finance, securing The Complex’s future in the city
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🚨 Breaking

Gardaí say investigations are underway following Grok scandal.

"We have received reports and referrals of content on that platform that is under investigation... the process takes some time... it has to be assessed to make sure it's criminal... the people responsible have to be ID'd"

Greens slams Government’s record on climate change  | Green Party Greens slams Government’s record on climate change

The Copernicus report says the world is getting hotter, faster

This government can no longer sit on its hands on climate action

Read more 👇

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Green Party Senator @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social asks An Garda Síochána if using AI tools such as Grok to create a naked image of someone is a crime.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil can't get their story straight on Mercosur

Last December their MEPs voted to delay and weaken safeguards against deforestation in Mercosur countries

X's continued promotion of the Grok AI tool and complete lack of safeguards must now be investigated as a criminal matter.

In the meantime, Government must enable Coimisiún na Meán to step in and regulate this platform appropriately.

A huge turnout of farmers in Athlone today, opposing the #Mercosur trade deal.

It's time for a wider conversation in Ireland on regenerative farming, one that rewards farm families for producing good food, restoring nature, fixing our water and locking up carbon.

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EU-Mercosur On Friday 9 January, a majority of Member States* voted in favour of the EU-Mercosur agreement. A double penalty for European farmers, who are getting neither guarantees against unfair competition n...

Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa will fly to Paraguay for an official ceremony to celebrate the ratification of the Mercosur on January 12th...before the European Parliament have even voted on it!

The Greens& EFA in the European Parliament have issued the following statement on Mercosur 👇

Greens express dismay at Mercosur ratification by European Council of Ministers | Green Party Greens express dismay at Mercosur ratification by European Council of Ministers

The EU Council of Ministers has voted to ratify the Mercosur trade deal.

This is a disaster for the environment, consumers and trade

See our full response here 👇

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Tomorrow the European Council of Ministers will vote to ratify the Mercosur trade deal, which will be damaging for trade, the environment, and our health.

As concerns rise over Grok, only one political party has stopped using Elon Musk's X X has faced sustained criticism because some people are using Grok to remove clothing from real people with a new tool called 'edit image'

Last December, The Green Party agreed to stop posting on X this year.

Yesterday the @irishexaminer.bsky.social asked every political party in the Oireachtas if they planned to continue using the platform.

The Green Party are the only ones.

Read more here 👇

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Good to see the Government’s deprioritising investment in new bus and rail being called out.

The Irish Times view on public transport funding: a failure of political imagination Transformational projects like MetroLink cannot substitute for incremental annual improvements

Spend on Public Transport, or spend on EU climate fines?
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