Statement by President Higgins on current situation in Gaza president.ie/en/media-libra…

Imagine as a parent having to fight to get food for your child who is dying of hunger: total collapse of civil order. That’s the situation that Israel has created in Gaza. Shame on all of us for allowing this betrayal of humanity.

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🚨 Ireland and Spain call for “urgent review of whether Israel is complying with its obligations, including under the EU/Israel Association Agreement. They express ‘deep concern’ at deteriorating situation in israel & Gaza. Calls on israel to abide by IHL

This is honestly not a common occurrence in ICJ cases. South Africa is really going all in

More than 800 civil servants in the US and Europe have signed a declaration warning that their own governments’ policies towards Gaza may contribute to “grave violations of international law” and calling for an immediate change of course.
This is the statement:

Here is a link to email TDs and Senators asking for immediate debate and support of South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice:

sites.google.com/view/actagains…

#ActAgainstGenocide
#CeasefireNOW
#GazaGenocide

I could do a top 100 reasons to despair in 2023 but here's my top 10 good news stories for nature this year:

1. Has to be the passing of the Nature Restoration Law. What a battle it was but we now have a basis to turn the tide for nature in the 🇪🇺 🙌
rte.ie/news/world/202…

Sound & Fury. #Gaza

I've just invoked Art.99 of the UN Charter - for the 1st time in my tenure as Secretary-General.

Facing a severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, I urge the Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe & appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.

Our latest publication examining work-related quality of life in occupational therapists. With Sinéad Hynes
Michael Hogan
Margaret Hodgins
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03…

This is bad news for the environment. Glyphosate ( Roundup) gets a 10 year extension and is banned-but-not-quite-yet. We should push for Irish legislation to restrict its use. Domestic users often have no idea of the impacts. Big business wins again.
rte.ie/news/world/202…

Just imagine & feel their pain
For God’s sake raise your voice for Palestine

Shaking; furious; terrified; terrorised; enraged; desperate, accurate speech | if the world won’t act, then it’s dead too — #ArmiesToAqsa

While UK universities obsess over very dodgy university league tables, look what's happening in Utrecht: uu.nl/en/news/why-uu…

We've all been there!!

Go EU 🇪🇺👍

The EU is ready to agree that immediate open access to papers reporting publicly funded research should become the norm, without authors having to pay fees, and that the bloc should support non-profit scholarly publishing models.

researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe…

'Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon'
theguardian.com/science/2023/m…

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Dr. Cara Augustenborg And here's a shortcut foe.ie/act/protect-ou…