Patrick Costello, Green Party TD for Dublin South, speaking today following the launch of the Citizen Assembly on Drugs final report. He began “I welcome the launch of this report, this was something that we pushed hard for in the Programme for Government so I am glad to see that it happened in the lifetime…
Month: January 2024
WATCH: Statements on Genocide in Gaza
Full transcript: “We have spoken a lot about genocide. It is important to underline that genocide turns on intention to kill or destroy. It is not about the numbers, the method used or the time it takes to happen. Before the current brutal phase of this long conflict, we saw the brutality of the occupation,…
WATCH: Oliver Bond Housing Conditions
Full transcript: I attended this morning’s launch in the Oliver Bond flats of the report into respiratory health. It is disgraceful that someone living in the Oliver Bond flats has double the likelihood of suffering a respiratory illness. Promises have been made about regeneration and there has been plan after plan, yet still nothing happens…