Grace O'Sullivan MEP @GraceOSllvn@respublicae.eu

@RorySheehy Ratification asap and then hopefully a significant contribution to the agreed fund for ecological restoration of marine biodiversity!

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Heading to Brussels today for a packed out week:

🎣 maybe the end of 2 years negotiating the Fisheries Control Regulation?
🚮 Plastic packaging reduction
♀️ International Women's Day

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A good news story this Sunday!

Historic deal to protect international waters finally reached at UN

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/05/high-seas-treaty-agreement-to-protect-international-waters-finally-reached-at-un?CMP=share_btn_tw

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RT @foxglovelane: At the launch of Réalta the new National body for #artsndhealth in Ireland. ⁦@GraceOSllvn⁩ Grace Rothwell ⁦@UHW_Waterford⁩ , Chris Bailey WHO, Claire Meaney Director, Dr. Abdul Bulbulia and yours truly in role as Chairperson of Réalta ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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The ocean produces half of our oxygen, absorbs a third of CO2 emissions and 90 % of our atmosphere’s excess heat.

She is our greatest climate ally.

As young people take to the streets today for our future, I hope we can get this right!

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0303/1359932-un-high-seas-treaty/

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@doflynn Some more info here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230227IPR76600/ozone-depleting-substances-higher-eu-ambition-to-reduce-emissions

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We set up this camp on Antarctica in 1987 as the first international agreement on protecting the Ozone Layer was signed 🐧

Funny that today in Parliament we voted to cut ozone-damaging emissions even further.

Amazing how every once in while politics can act with urgency...

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@ChrisWolny @CorkGreens @GreensEFA @UCCGreens @greenparty_ie Ah thanks Chris, lovely pic too!

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The Commission presented new proposals for fisheries policy and marine protection to the Fisheries Committee, but to me it's just more of the same.

We need an equity revolution in EU fisheries.

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An issue raised repeatedly with me has been the rise of trawling in bays and estuaries.

I have been raising it here 🇪🇺 We essentially have no information on sprat stocks or the potential damage to this cornerstone species🐟

We need to reintroduce the inshore trawl ban now 🚨

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This is the decade that Ireland turns its face to the Atlantic and we better protect our ocean heritage.

A new programme of measures comes into force this year to protect 30% of our ocean by 2030.

🗞️Read more in the IT here: http://bitly.ws/ARz3

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Horrendous violence in the West Bank last night.

Something that was made clear to me last week is that extremist settlers are feeling emboldened to carry out acts like this by the new far right government. They are often protected by Israeli soldiers too while doing so.
RT @IrePalestine: More than 70 houses and 45 cars were burned by the Israeli settlers supported by #IOF. One Palestinian was killed and tens of injured last night in #Nablus and #Huwwara

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The official European Parliament Mission to Palestine has come to an end. Now we look to action.

The EU has proven unable to act on Israel’s breaches of international law.

Time for Ireland to act, time for the Occupied Territories Bill @frances_black

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/voices-grace-osullivan-ireland-response-israel-palestine-6003696-Feb2023/

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Within sight, in the settlement village of Halamish, you can see a municipal swimming pool.

Meanwhile Nabi Saleh still does not have full water access at all times.

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Speaking with local villagers about water violations in the village of Nabi Saleh.

Access to a local spring has been cut off by a nearby Israeli settlement, now water is fully controlled and sold back at inflated prices to the villagers.

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Final meeting of the day - hearing about the health effects of the occupation in the local WHO Office @WHOoPt

By chance, the lovely Ben is someone I know for many years, having worked with his Dad on many Greenpeace ships!

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@CorkGreens A very busy room!! 😁

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Weekly protest here in #SheikhJarrah

Today I met with families who are facing eviction in East Jerusalem. They have been protesting every Friday for almost 14 years.

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@paul19white74 Hi Paul, I work on this every day in Brussels and in Ireland. Diplomatic pressure and democratic oversight is important to build international solidarity against the occupation. I will continue to work on this in the European Parliament as long as I am an MEP.

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