President Michael D. Higgins has recently described the extent of our housing crisis as a “disaster”. It is the belief of the Just Transition Greens (JTG) that the policies of successive governments over the past two decades are responsible for this failure. …

The Just Transition Greens (JTG) support demands for a Just Transition in the agricultural sector. While the group welcome the establishment of sectoral targets for emission reductions, they acknowledge the gap between the recently agreed 25% limit and the planned 30% reduction target for agriculture. …

The Just Transition Greens have said the state must be the central decision-maker on matters for the new National Maternity Hospital. The group has said it will not support the development of the hospital until the safety, health and wellbeing of current and future generations of Irish women is guaranteed. …

The Just Transition Greens have expressed their support for the recommendations of Amnesty International’s report on the Nordic model of sex work in Ireland. Under the “Nordic model”, introduced in Northern Ireland in 2015 and Ireland in 2017, activities around sex work are criminalised, including the purchase of sex. The…

The Just Transition Greens have said there needs to be clarity on the strategic purpose of data centres, their locations and limits on their development as part of a policy approach to digital society. The group called for a moratorium on new large-scale data centres until a policy approach is…

The Just Transition Greens have said the stance taken on CETA by Green Party Oireachtas members like Deputy Patrick Costello and Senator Vincent P Martin should be “acknowledged and applauded”. On Thursday, the High Court decided against the court case brought by Deputy Costello but made a number of findings…

The Just Transition Greens have described the Government as “disregarding the voices of civil society” in the Climate Action Bill and called on them to accept Opposition amendments to “strengthen the commitment to a just transition” in the bill. Nearly 250 amendments were proposed to improve accountability and to define…

Just Transition Greens have described the arrangements for management of the new National Maternity Hospital as “an insult to all the women who marched and told their stories to repeal the eighth amendment three years ago”. The new National Maternity Hospital will be developed on land owned by the Religious…

The Just Transition Greens have offered their support and solidarity to members and staff of An Taisce. …