€750 billion Recovery Plan Could Help to Avoid Austerity in Post-COVID-19 Ireland
Responding to today’s launch of the European Commission’s €750 billion COVID-19 Recovery Plan, Green Party MEPs Grace O’Sullivan and Ciarán Cuffe say they are broadly welcoming of the plan, which they describe as having the potential to play a part in creating a socially, economically and environmentally resilient Europe, and avoiding a descent into austerity […]
EU Biodiversity Strategy Must Herald Transformative Change: Green MEP Grace O’Sullivan
Welcoming today’s European Commission launch of the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, field ecologist and Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan said she was heartened to see the Commission moving forward to help tackle the loss of land and marine species.The Strategy has, she says, the potential to create transformative change. “With National Biodiversity Week underway […]
Grounded – An occasional column by Grace O’Sullivan – mother, environment & peace activist, ecologist, MEP
Grounded – An occasional column by Grace O’Sullivan – mother, environment & peace activist, ecologist, MEP Grace O’Sullivan, a mother of three from Tramore, Co.Waterford, has led a rich and varied life. From the age of 21, she spent 20 years working with Greenpeace and was a crew member of the Rainbow Warrior when it was […]
Climate Emergency Declared at European Level – Grace O’Sullivan MEP
Green Party MEP Grace O’Sullivan has today welcomed news that a resolution declaring a Europe-wide climate emergency has been passed in the European Parliament. “This sends an important message internationally. Declaring a climate emergency throughout Europe ahead of the UN Climate Conference COP25, signals that the ecological catastrophe we are in the midst of must […]
Greyhound Racing Bill 2018 Back In Seanad
Dogs Trust, Ireland’s largest dog welfare charity, was disappointed that their proposed amendment to protect the welfare of Irish Greyhounds, which was included in the Agriculture Committees Report on the Greyhound Racing Bill last July, was not included in the Greyhound Racing Bill. However four senators, Senators Lynn Ruane, Frances Black, Grace O’Sullivan and Alice-Mary […]
