12 November 2021 Protests continued outside the COP26 venue in Glasgow today as international climate negotiations are down to the wire just inside. Demonstrators from the COP26 coalition, Fridays for Future International and Extinction Rebellion gathered at the entrance to the Scottish Event Campus this morning and afternoon and urged Read more…
8 November 2021 As international climate negotiations enter their second week in Glasgow, demonstrators remain committed to continued protests across the city. Members of Extinction Rebellion gathered for a rally outside the event campus hosting the COP26 climate conference, which began last week with a leader’s summit and is set Read more…
1 November 2021 Protesters gathered today in Glasgow to highlight how the Global South is bearing the brunt of the climate crisis as international climate negotiations commenced nearby. Members of Friday for Future International held a rally at Festival Park, which is located right beside the venue hosting the international Read more…
19 March 2021 Climate strikers the world over demanded their governments take immediate and concrete action on the climate crisis today, taking to both the streets and online. Using a “No More Empty Promises” hashtag, Fridays for Future accused politicians of only delivering on vague and empty promises that sit 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…
3 July 2020 By early 2020, Saoi O’Connor was no stranger to weekday protests and grassroots climate action. For the past year and a half, they had been out on the streets, imploring the world to act on the climate crisis. They had appeared on the radio, on television, in Read more…
February 15th, 2019 Irish schoolkids came out in numbers today in their continued support of the growing school strikes for climate action movement taking hold across the world. The movement began almost six months ago when 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg staged a solo protest outside the Swedish parliament. Read more…
February 13th, 2019 Hundreds of school students from across the country rallied before the Dáil this morning demanding that the Government takes immediate and effective climate action. Over 350 students and their teachers led chants calling for substantive political change, with the crowd often breaking out into a looped chant Read more…
January 26th, 2019 A group of secondary school students from across Dublin gathered in front of the Dáil yesterday to call on the Government to up its game in tackling climate change. The lunchtime rally was one of many held around the world as part of Fridays for Future, an Read more…
