Greens publish Budget ideas to cut bills and invest the surplus in the future
"Data centres are consuming a quarter of our electricity, and it's time they paid their fair share. Irish households should not be subsidising the energy use of tech giants. Our levy would raise around €100m a year, ring-fenced for the grid upgrades data centres have made necessary. We cannot keep socialising the costs and privatising the profits."
SDLP Update: Moving forward together from events on Garvaghy Road
Wanting to walk through an area and living there are not the same thing. Residents of Garvaghy Road are entitled to live peacefully in their homes and community, free from intimidation and disruption.
Building a New Ireland for everyone
SDLP leader Claire Hanna writes for iIrish on Belfast's historic Fleadh, the Good Friday Agreement at 30, and building a New Ireland "big enough to belong to everyone."
Terry from Derry
A colleague of mine once said something that stayed with me since. When her parents died, and their siblings died, she said ‘we’re moving to the front line’.
The battle metaphor was not lost on me.
Blowin’ In:
As teachers and seekers, Nicole and I recognize Nature’s invitation to walk on her land, to draw meaning from her power. To create poetry from her spirit. With a knowing glint in her eye, Nicole explains that we don’t have to comprehend the mysteries of nature or the meaning of every word, we just need to read a poem to connect with our creative energy and find “understanding in the space between the words.”
