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Garry Walsh

@garry-walsh.bsky.social

Campaigns & Digital Outreach Manager with Trócaire

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Minister McEntee, Pass the Occupied Territories Bill! - Trócaire

Do you have 2 mins for Palestine? We need to put huge pressure on new Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee to show that public support for the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill is huge, and that passing it in full needs to be her top priority as she takes office.

www.trocaire.org/petitions/mi...

26.11.2025 16:39 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

As Helen McEntee takes up her new role as Minister for Foreign Affairs, the most urgent item in her in-tray must be passing the Occupied Territories Bill. This must be passed as a priority, urgently & in full. Spain passed their legislation in four weeks. Why has it taken Ireland over 7 years?

20.11.2025 17:27 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: I'm marching for climate action today. It might seem futile, but here's why it matters Garry Walsh lets us in on why he’s taking part in the national climate march happening in Dublin this afternoon.

If you're unsure of whether to come join the climate march today in Dublin, and whether marching even makes any difference, please have a read of my article in the Journal today. (Oh and the rain is due to ease off by noon! 😎)

www.thejournal.ie/readme/clima...

15.11.2025 10:11 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We will be marching with all these great people today for climate justice for all of us. Palestine is a climate justice issue. Israel’s regime of occupation and apartheid displaces Palestinians, takes over their land and denies them the right to manage resources, suffocating the development of

15.11.2025 10:04 — 👍 22    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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Join the National Climate March It's time to put People before Big Polluters!

🔊One day to go until the National Climate March!

Will you join us tomorrow to march for climate justice?🌍✊

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/events/join-...

14.11.2025 10:55 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2
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Tomorrow is the day - the biggest National Climate Demo in years🌍Here's all the info you need, including the route and what organisations you'll be joining to stop climate chaos!

☀️Rain or shine, we'll be out demanding an end to the fossil fuel era and for the government to take climate action NOW!

14.11.2025 14:28 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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For our planet, for justice, for our future - see you there 💪

📍Saturday 15 November, 1pm, Garden of Remembrance

14.11.2025 12:01 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Tomorrow's the day! Hope to see you on the streets tomorrow for the Climate March in Dublin. This is shaping up to be the biggest climate demo in years, but we need everyone to come out, to spread the word, to bring a friend or two.

Where: Garden of Remembrance, Dublin 1
When: 1pm

14.11.2025 09:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📣This Saturday, come along at 1pm to the Garden of Remembrance and raise your voice for climate action!

Those who have done the least to cause the climate crisis are suffering its worst impacts.

Here's 5 ways you can make a real difference and stand up for a fairer, cleaner future for all of us ⬇️

13.11.2025 14:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The climate march in Dublin on Sat November 15th is shaping up to be the biggest climate march that we've seen in Ireland this decade. Will you be joining us?

05.11.2025 16:02 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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✊ THIS NOVEMEBER WE MOBILISE

📣Join Trócaire, Stop Climate Chaos and other civil society organisations for the National Climate March in Dublin where we will be marching towards Leinster House to demand fairer and faster climate action.

🕐Saturday Nov 15th, 1pm
📍Assemble at Garden of Remembrance

24.10.2025 11:29 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Join the National Climate March It's time to put People before Big Polluters!

Join us at the National Climate March!

We’ll be marching for climate justice, urging the Government to put people before big polluters ✊

Learn more ➡️https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/lets-march-to-put-people-before-polluters/

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30.10.2025 21:05 — 👍 20    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 2
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If anyone needs me for the next few weeks, I'll be out and about putting these posters and leaflets up around the city! Hope to see you all out on the streets on November 15th for the Climate March 🪧 📣 🌎

30.10.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Delighted to see the @irishtimes.com published a letter I wrote on the #OccupiedTerritoriesBill this morning. The Occupied Territories Bill must not fall victim to Trump-style transaction politics!

20.10.2025 11:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Act now for Palestine - rescue the Occupied Territories Bill - Trócaire

📣 Urgent Action - Occupied Territories Bill 📣

TDs return to the Dáil today - please take this online action to urge them to pass the Occupied Territories Bill in full, without delay.

What could be more urgent than genocide, famine & ethnic cleansing?

www.trocaire.org/petitions/ac...

17.09.2025 08:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today, Trócaire was proud to be among representatives of the 45 member organisations and groups of the Pass the Occupied Territories Bill Coalition outside Leinster House urging the Irish Government to fulfil their commitment and pass the bill in full, without further delay.

Pass the #OTB today!

15.09.2025 14:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

09.09.2025 06:15 — 👍 2432    🔁 989    💬 89    📌 80
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Coal exits and renewables are picking up momentum in Europe!

Following Ireland’s phaseout earlier this year, 15 countries are now coal free, with more exits expected later by the end of 2025.

Here are some of the lesson’s learned from Europe’s coal collapse 👇

beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/07/29/l...

22.08.2025 07:20 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

87% of Irish people consider climate change a serious problem - yet we're way off track still to meet our climate targets

29.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“We need to support the people of Palestine. Stand in solidarity with them, as Gaza is starving for justice.”

As the Foreign Affairs Committee concludes its pre-legislative scrutiny of the Occupied Territories Bill tomorrow, Trócaire’s Garry Walsh is urging the Gov to pass the OTB in full.

24.07.2025 14:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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📣Pass the Occupied Territories Bill in full!

Today we took to the streets as part of the National March For Palestine.

We urge the Irish Government to pass the OTB in full, including services, without delay.

Trócaire's Garry Walsh outlines what's at stake as Ireland stands at a crossroads.

19.07.2025 18:27 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

📢 NEW Global Campaign Launched: #FillTheFund!

Join Climate Action Network and allies as we demand wealthy nations and corporate polluters meet their historical responsibility to pay for addressing Loss and Damage.

The time for promises is over! The time to pay up is now! 💰✊

Join us! 🧵

10.07.2025 11:49 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Solar tops EU power mix for first time in June, Ember says Solar power was the European Union's largest source of electricity for the first time in June, overtaking nuclear and wind while coal's contribution fell to an all-time low, data from energy think tank Ember showed on Thursday.

Mark the date: an incredible landmark as #solar power becomes EU's number one source of electricity in June 2025. Everything is impossible – until it's done.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

10.07.2025 22:36 — 👍 108    🔁 42    💬 4    📌 0
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The Irish government is finally moving ahead with the #OTB which aims to end trade between Ireland and illegal Israeli settlements. This is huge- but the government intends to water down the bill.

Here's what you need to know and how to take action: www.trocaire.org/news/what-yo...

16.06.2025 14:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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This is what climate injustice looks like: those who do the least to cause climate change are paying the highest price. Children, women and the world's most vulnerable are losing everything.

But there is hope.

This World #Environment Day, let's stand together for climate justice and a just world.

05.06.2025 11:59 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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EPA emissions figures “alarming and shocking” as Ireland goes backwards on climate | Stop Climate Chaos What Government does now is acid test for Micheál Martin’s legacyCommenting on the EPA emissions projections figures published today, which indicate Ireland will only reduce its climate-changing &#823...

Stop Climate Chaos calls @epaireland.bsky.social's new emissions projections "alarming and shocking" and says what @micheal-martin.bsky.social does next is the acid test of his commitment to delivering the Programme for Government and upholding the climate law www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/05...

28.05.2025 05:45 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Cabinet approves drafting of bill on occupied territories The Cabinet has approved the drafting of legislation to prohibit the importation of goods from illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Yes, it took a genocide for our government to finally act & yes, it is disappointingly watered down. Yet this is still historic. Thanks to relentless campaign pressure, Ireland is now poised to be the first Western country to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements www.rte.ie/news/2025/05...

27.05.2025 13:43 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Mr Foley seems to be saying that a habitable planet for our children is unrealistic and that short term corporate profits and tax revenues are more important: "Climate chaos is a price worth paying for corporate profits".

27.05.2025 10:12 — 👍 22    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

Over 350 barristers, solicitors and legal academics say Ireland is falling short of its international law obligations in relation to the Palestine crisis.

23.05.2025 07:09 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

“Very close”?

International Criminal Court arrest warrants, International Court of Justice proceedings, UN findings and countless Palestinian, Israeli and international civil society reports all point to international crimes having been committed by Israel not only for months, but decades.

21.05.2025 07:19 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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