Like many, I’ve struggled to come to terms with the result of Thursday’s vote. So, here are some thoughts as I and many others try and make sense of the situation: 1. No one knows how to react, because almost no one saw this coming. Almost all the polls predicted a Remain win. All the…
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The Ecosprinter European Tour – Next stop : Ireland
From the 22 to the 25th of May, 27 countries and over 500 million inhabitants will be given the choice to elect their 751 representatives at the European Parliament. But ow is it happening all over Europe ? Are campaigning, political issues, and Euroscepticism the same in Spain and Belgium, Lithuania and Great Britain ?…
Ireland: A lesson to be learnt?
While the European Union elections hold a certain amount of importance in Ireland, on this occasion at least, the campaign degenerated into a so-called entertainment or beauty contest without actual entertainment nor beauty. Instead, stupidity and personality were present in droves. With the result that come election day, people were none the wiser on who…
Irish Young Greens First Campaign
Oige Ghlas (Irish Young Greens) ran our first ever national campaign this spring. We were campaigning for a complete ban on fur farming in Ireland. Fur farms have already been banned in the UK since 2002. On these fur farms the animals, mainly fox and mink, are kept in horrible conditions. They live in wire…
News from Ireland
On the first week of February our society is holding a Green week in conjunction with the students union. we are hoping to have a mini expo with stands giving out information on different aspects of “being green” (vegetarianism, fair trade, energy efficiency, etc). As this is going to be in a central part of…
News from Ireland
Since the return to school and college, the Irish Young Greens have been busy getting new members and making lots of plans for the coming year. The summe r saw everyone travel around Europe and further afield having a fantastic time (particularly on the Sumava trip by all accounts!) and now we are back with…
Meet the Irish Young Greens
Oige Ghlas / Irish Young Greens were officially set up in March 2002 from several young environmental groups all over Ireland. We are the youth branch of the national Green Party / Comhaontas Glas and have about 800 members so far this year. Our second National Convention was held at the end of November at…