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Jennifer Whitmore
Offshore renewables and solar panels are climate ‘game-changer’, says Taoiseach
Micheál Martin rejects claims Government is in ‘climate denial’
Elderly man died after medical equipment failed during Storm Éowyn, Dáil told
Father had died in front of his family, says Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh, adding ‘That is the tragedy of it. That is how urgent this is’
Glen of the Downs protests: ‘Young people are too busy or too distracted to protest now’
The eco-protesters lost their final Supreme Court appeal 25 years ago at end of January 2000. Where are they now?
Wicklow: Jennifer Whitmore (SD)
Social Democrats founding member is party’s spokesperson on climate and biodiversity
Wicklow constituency candidates list: One of the bear pits of Election 2024 after loss of territory to neighbouring area
Election 2024: Taoiseach Simon Harris will be safe but bringing home a running mate is not assured
Glen o’ the Downs land at centre of campaign was previously sold by Coillte
NGOs and locals want Government to buy back land that State forestry company sold
Social Democrats promise to spend €250m on early years education and cap fees at €250 a month
‘Twin-track’ system would use budget surpluses to buy existing childcare businesses and build new facilities
National Parks and Wildlife Service ‘will consider’ buying land beside Glen of the Downs
Noonan warns purchase price would represent ‘some of the most expensive land in the country’
‘It’s an absolute nightmare’: Hundreds of schoolchildren with tickets told no buses available
Delays awarding contracts and driver shortages have delayed resumption of services in some areas, Bus Éireann says
‘This is horrendous - it’s no way to treat a child’: Parents’ anger over lack of school places in Taoiseach’s home town
All three secondary schools in Greystones, Co Wicklow are heavily oversubscribed
Stephen Donnelly’s nicotine buzz is wrecked by news of pouches
Social Democrats TD enlightens Minister for Health about nicotine pouches as Holly Cairns echoes Sinn Féin leader’s disgruntlement on housing
Mary Lou McDonald nonplussed as Taoiseach questions Sinn Féin’s porous stance on open borders
Taoiseach puzzled by Sinn Féin election literature that claims the party is opposed to open borders
More days of ‘extreme heat stress’ are wake-up call for climate targets - Soc Dems
Heat-related mortality has increased by around 30 per cent in past 20 years, EU report found
Government has not opposed motion that failure to provide proper facilities for international protection applicants is unlawful
Roderic O’Gorman acknowledges Crooksling site is ‘basic’ but says it is an improvement on the ‘unacceptable situation at Mount Street’
Use of ‘nasty’ language by some politicians when engaging with Roscrea protesters criticised
Labour TD says use of term ‘colonisation’ when talking about asylum seekers ‘appalling’
Eamon Ryan to stay on at Cop28 as vote pairing agreed for McEntee’s no-confidence motion
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore agrees to pair in Tuesday’s vote
Wicklow: Will constituency reform change the quirk that all five TDs are based in one pocket of the county?
It may be the garden of Ireland but recent population growth has made for a distinctly suburban garden
‘Our children start school tomorrow. It’s chaos’: Families told no buses available
Bus Éireann says it is working to source transport in localities where there are difficulties with a ‘small number’ of contracted services
Fourteen reports of suspected sexual exploitation of children in care this year
Recent research warned of ‘coordinated gangs’ targeting teenage girls in State care
Miriam Lord’s Week: Marty Morrissey’s godlike status in Clare provokes Senator into a dramatic U-turn
Oireachtas hearings over controversial payments at the public-service broadcaster provide spectacle set to run and run
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