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SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS staged a protest near Leinster House this afternoon, asking voters to consider their futures tomorrow and choose parties that have solid climate change policies.
The ‘Climate Strike’ was organised by Fridays For Future Ireland, a movement inspired by Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg after she began protesting her government’s lack of action on the climate crisis.
Yesterday TheJournal.ie reported gardaí would not sanction the protest by the students because of concerns about health and safety.
However the demonstration went ahead on Kildare Street, with students handing out leaflets asking voters to make climate action a priority when they go to the polls tomorrow.
Students chanted ‘we are unstoppable, another world is possible’, and some of the young speakers read out poetry they had written.
One speaker described politics in Ireland as “broken”.
“The two party system of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil who have governed our nation since the inception of the state have failed us, time and time again,” he said.
Ella Jones and Alannah Walsh, both 16, from St Joseph Cluny school in Killiney, spoke to TheJournal.ie about why they left school today to attend the demonstration.
“I just think it’s such an important cause, it’s our future,” Jones said.
“We’re the ones who are going to have to suffer because of what’s done, I just think it’s important for us to stand up for what we believe is right,” Walsh said.
Both girls are the youngest in their families and they have been encouraging parents and their older siblings around the dinner table to vote for candidates that have strong climate change policies.
An anonymous researcher eh? We all know Batman has form for this type of thing.
I’m with you, definitely batman!
That’s my PC – the little red blob under the blue one!
The gif that keeps on giffing.
Is this where my download limit went ?
That’s cool, probably illegal but still cool
I guess canadians dont like the internet.
They have other things to worry aboot.
Yeah, those moose wont milk themselves.
Actually, Canadians have the world’s highest per capita Internet use.
Interpretation of the map needs to consider population density. Most Canadians. Live close to the US border. Population density in the North is very low.
That’s because 95% of Canada’s Population is right along the American Border so it blends in with the US
We don’t say that
‘Took control’ I assume there’s good reason he stayed anonymous! Still pretty cool though!
Nice gif but some people have way to much time on their hands….
Gif him a chance
Gif over Enda!
This is ridiculously illegal ( “control over some 420, 000 …” ), but results are pretty cool.
The differences in primetime usages depending on daylight between Ireland and the US is interesting. Ireland hits a peak near end of daylight whereas the US East and West peak midway through available daylight hours.
I wonder if that changes again significantly depending on Winter/Summer time daylight hours?
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