6 November 2021 Over a hundred thousand protesters took to the streets of Glasgow as part of an international march for climate justice as COP26 continues to take place in the city. Reams of demonstrators gathered as the rain came down in Kelvingrove Park this morning and chants for climate Read more…
25 September 2020 Protesters around the country marked a global day of climate action today while adhering to public health guidelines. The Fridays for Future-led strike saw coordinated actions take place the worldover and online, falling almost a year to the day the largest global climate strike took place prior Read more…
February 7th, 2020 Hundreds of student climate strikers have gathered across Ireland today to call on the electorate to prioritize climate action when they head to the polls tomorrow. In the capital, students are now gathering before the William Conyngham Plunkett statue on Kildare Street, calling on the electorate to Read more…
December 6th, 2019 Today, I will pick up my tattered climate strike sign for the 52nd week running and take to the streets to call for climate action. It is hard to believe that it is a year since myself and a small group of concerned citizens pitched ourselves outside Read more…
November 29th, 2019 Teenage climate strikers in Cork brought the city’s traffic to a standstill today, demanding the end of support for proposed gas importation projects in Shannon and Cork. The rally was part of the global school strike in which hundreds of thousands of students around the world, anxious Read more…
September 20th, 2019 Teenage climate activists took to the streets of Cork today to urge the Taoiseach and the Minister for Climate Action to “listen” to their voices and take action to prevent climate catastrophe. The rally was part of the global school strike in which hundreds of thousands of Read more…
September 18th, 2019 When you were 15, what was your biggest worry? An upcoming test, a crush, your friendships? Today, 15 year old children and younger are kept awake at night because of thoughts of what this planet will be like when they grow up. Too many are facing the Read more…
September 18th, 2019 Dublin City University has joined University College Cork in urging its staff and students to join the global school strike against climate inaction this Friday. In an email sent to staff this afternoon seen by The Green News, the university’s chief operations officer Dr Declan Raftery invited Read more…
September 17th, 2019 University College Cork has urged its staff and students to join the global school strike against climate inaction this Friday. The college has encouraged strong support for young climate activists in an email sent to UCC members by Professor John O’Halloran, the college’s Deputy President and Registrar. Read more…
May 8th, 2019 Students across Ireland are planning to strike again later this month to demand stronger Government action to tackle climate change. The strike is set to take place on 24 May and will be a part of a Global Climate Strike For Future. Prominent Irish school striker Saoi Read more…
