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Lynn Boylan MEP

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Sinn Féin Member of the European Parliament Chair of EU Delegation on Palestine Coordinator for The Left on Trade Committee Member of Environment Committee

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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
EU data protection chief has joined trade unions in their concerns over the bloc’s ‘Digital Omnibus’ — which includes amendments to EU privacy rules that may allow data harvesting from workers without their permission to feed AI models. euobserver.com/239590/eu-da...
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EU data chief adds voice to unions’ fears of ‘carte blanche’ use of workers’ data for AI
EU data protection chief Wojciech Wiewiórowski has joined trade unions and privacy activists in their concerns over the ‘digital omnibus’, which includes amendments to EU privacy rules that would allo...
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gardaí open €60,000 fraud investigation at greyhound racing tracks www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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Gardaí open €60,000 fraud investigation at greyhound racing tracks
Comptroller and Auditor General Séamus McCarthy says case involves cash handling in stadiums
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
UN mission says 'grounds to believe' US committed war crime in strike on Iran school jrnl.ie/7166223
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UN mission says 'grounds to believe' US committed war crime in strike on Iran school
Some 155 people were killed in the strike on the primary school in Minab, while 22 people were killed in the strike on a sports centre in Lamerd.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
RTE news: 'Westminster's time is coming to an end', say SF, SNP and Plaid Cymru leaders 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026...
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SF, SNP, Welsh leaders sign deal pushing for independence
The leaders of Sinn Féin, the SNP, and Plaid Cymru have declared that "Westminster's time is coming to an end" in a joint agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on i...
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Via Euronews: ‘Recovery becomes self-propelling’: Five positive tipping points that can save the world www.euronews.com/2026/09/12/r...
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The 5 positive tipping points that could ‘rapidly’ heal the world
“For too long a sense has prevailed that solutions to the climate and nature are out of reach. This new research explodes that myth once and for all.”
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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JOE.ie - Irish MEPs write to Health Minister as AI chatbots refer women in crisis to anti-abortion websites
Lynn Boylan and Kathleen Funchion have written to Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill following an AlgorithmWatch investigation.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers The company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians, fueling concerns among some workers that their jobs could be at risk. www.wired.com/story/inside...
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Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
The company is testing robots that can swap cables, reset servers, and take on other tasks performed by technicians, fueling concerns among some workers that their jobs could be at risk.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Ireland's policy on data centres was under the microscope today at the EU's climate committee jrnl.ie/7149112
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Ireland's policy on data centres was under the microscope today at the EU's climate committee
O’Brien defended Ireland’s approach, arguing that ICT is at the “forefront” of the Irish economy.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ireland can’t be a dumping ground for data centres other countries don’t want www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Fintan O'Toole: Ireland can’t be a dumping ground for data centres other countries don’t want
They have become a defining question everywhere – except Ireland. Why?
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
EU pension funds buying into US AI boom, as ECB warns credit ratings may be understating future risk euobserver.com/234424/eu-pe...
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EU pension funds buying into US AI boom, as ECB warns credit ratings may be understating future risk
Credit ratings of AI tech giants may be based on "assumptions on future revenue growth and leverage which may not stand the test of time", creating a risk of "mispricing of credit risk," the ECB's fin...
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2027, saying event is ‘no longer neutral’ jrnl.ie/7139814
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Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2027, saying event is ‘no longer neutral’
Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS said it will not participate in next year’s song contest as ‘one of the participating countries is still involved in a large-scale military conflict’.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Israel army admits firing on car in death of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab jrnl.ie/7135650 #SanctionIsrael #BDS
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Israel army admits firing on car in death of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab
Hind’s killing became a focal point for people around the world protesting Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It’s less interesting to look at what AI can do, than who it does it for, and who it does it to. Who AI works for, and who it works upon, are two questions that don’t feature all that prominently in the current direction of European AI policy euobserver.com/231973/rever...
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Reverse centaurs: EU approach to AI risks dystopia for human workers
The EU Commission is manifesting AI as a 'vulgar Thatcherism', while leaving the predictably negative side-effects to fall on citizens.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin Lynn Boylan criticised the figures as “utterly appalling. The latest figures are a new high since records began and show that the lack of government support is consistently making this situation worse,” www.independent.ie/business/mon...
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Number of households in electricity arrears hits highest level since records began
Average owed on electricity bills climbs to €512 as thousands struggle to pay up
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Climate change heatwaves puts €800bn hole in Europe’s economy — as Germany, France and Italy bear the brunt. Extreme heat is becoming a major threat to EU economy, disrupting industries that rely on outdoor work and exposing gaps in worker protection euobserver.com/228758/extre...
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Extreme heat puts €800bn hole in Europe’s economy — as Germany, France and Italy bear the brunt
Europe’s failure to shield workers from extreme heat is becoming an €800bn threat to jobs, wages, and national budgets, as farms and construction sites grind to a halt.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
RTE news: Number of households in arrears on electricity bills at highest ever level. 24000 more households in arrears since the government announced it's *taskforce*. Meanwhile, they got EU approval for €300m support package for large energy users. 😑 www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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Record number in arrears on electricity bills
The number of households in arrears on their electricity bills rose to the highest level on record in April, according to latest figures from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Go nuclear they say! Meanwhile... Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Yet another example of how bad ISDS is why we should not ratify deals like CETA. "Crucially, the lawsuits have had the effect of prolonging the deadly and growing global obesity crisis, costing countries billions of dollars in legal and healthcare costs" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO
Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
EU options paper on Israel settler imports is ‘misleading’ and designed to ‘justify inaction’, legal scholars say euobserver.com/230910/eu-op...
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EU options paper on Israel settler imports is ‘misleading’ and designed to ‘justify inaction’, legal scholars say
A group of leading scholars has questioned the legality of an EU Commission options paper on restricting imports from Israeli settlements, before EU foreign ministers revisit the issue in September.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Minister dined with Meta lobbyists at US ambassador’s residence amid US drive to soften Europe’s policing of big tech www.independent.ie/business/min...
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Minister dined with Meta lobbyists at US ambassador’s residence amid US drive to soften Europe’s policing of big tech
Peter Burke’s intimate dinner with the tech giant’s reps was aimed at discussing ‘the digital agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency’
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Opposition unite to oppose deeply flawed government legislation that risks even higher energy bills and locking Ireland into fossil fuel dependence sinnfein.ie/news/opposit...
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Opposition unite to oppose deeply flawed government legislation that risks even higher energy bills and locking Ireland into fossil fuel dependence - Sinn Féin
Opposition parties have today criticised the government for guillotining the Development (Strategic Gas Reserve Bill) 2026. In a joint statement, Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly, Labour TD Ciarán Ahern, People B...
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Meta Pauses an AI Training Program After Data Leak. A screenshot showed that the leak exposed employees' private conversations, performance data, and transcriptions. The incident was classified as a SEV 2 on a scale of 0 to 5, with 0 being the most severe. share.google/4gtxw6AMmktt...
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Meta pauses an AI training program that tracks employees' keystrokes after an internal leak
Meta pauses an AI training program after sensitive employee data leaks, sparking internal backlash and highlighting security concerns.
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Sinn Féin @sinn-fein.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Refusal to staff energy regulator a clear nod to big tech – @lnbdublin.bsky.social "We need a fully resourced energy regulator that has the teeth to do its job." sinnfein.ie/news/refusal...
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Refusal to staff energy regulator a clear nod to big tech - Lynn Boylan MEP - Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has slammed reports that the Department of Public Expenditure refused requests from the CRU to increase staff. Speaking from Brussels, Ms Boylan said: “At a time when it is e...
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
2017 Legal opinion by EU Commission’s then top lawyer, said the bloc was legally entitled to suspend cooperation with Israel, such as its Horizon Europe science grants and Erasmus student-exchange scheme due to Israel’s violations of international law in the West Bank euobserver.com/221434/stric...
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Leaked memo: EU has known since 2017 it had legal right to freeze Israel trade deal
A "strictly confidential", but leaked, EU legal memo from 2017 said Europe was entitled to freeze Israel science grants and free-trade perks over its West Bank aggression. "What was then a legitimate ...
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Almost one in five Israeli-labeled food shipments entering the European Union are actually from settlements in the occupied West Bank or from the Golan Heights, according to a new investigation published Wednesday. www.politico.eu/article/food...
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Food from occupied territories enters Europe disguised as Israeli, investigation finds
As the EU tries to crack down on settler violence, dates, tahini and oranges from the West Bank are entering the EU with a “Made in Israel” label.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“Warning lights flashing” over data centre power usage dublinpeople.com/news/dublin/...
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"Warning lights flashing" over data centre power usage
Members of the opposition have said that "warning lights are flashing" over the amount of power used by data centres, with a UN report showing that data centres use 21% of all electricity used in Irel...
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Nothing to see here, move along... 👀 The Department of Foreign Affairs refused to release briefing note for Harris’s meeting with US ambassador to Ireland Edward Walsh, in response to my FOI.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Our motion supports the Stop the Game campaign - the call is quite clear for the game not to proceed in Ireland or anywhere. "There is no support for our national team to play, under our tricolour, against Israel while there is a genocide ongoing." #StopTheGame
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The Trump administration is ditching a vital deep-sea monitoring system at a dangerous time of record-breaking sea temps, an imminent super El Niño & fears a critical system of ocean currents could collapse, ushering in global chaos. www.cnn.com/2026/06/03/c...
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The oceans are in deep trouble. The Trump administration just ditched a vital deep-sea monitoring system | CNN
The Trump administration will dismantle a $368 million monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans, sparking alarm among scientists
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Evolving landscapes for Judicial Review, Rule of Law, International Law and Human Rights. www.eventbrite.ie/e/environmen...
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Environmental Law Ireland's 2026 Annual Conference
The evolving landscapes for Judicial Review in Ireland, and for the rule of law, International Law & Human Rights at an International level
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 04/06/2026
More than 20,000 fish feared killed in pollution incident in Co Louth river
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More than 20,000 fish feared killed in pollution incident in Co Louth river
Inland Fisheries Ireland says source has been identified as agricultural discharge
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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
PM #Sanchez is absolutely right - the US sanctions on judges of the #ICC is an assault on OUR judiciary, and if there is no one to protect #InternationalLaw - there is no one to protect us..
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Ireland shouldn’t play Israel in the nations league - it’s as simple as that. Today I launched a scarf designed by artist Nimhur so that football fans from all clubs can send a clear message to the @FAIreland - the match must not go ahead. #BoycottIsrael #StopTheGame
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A controversial pro-Israel lobbying group made an “urgent suggestion” to Micheál Martin’s department about lines to include in a speech he gave – and the taoiseach complied. The Claims Conference said, “We realize that this is very short notice." www.ontheditch.com/micheal-mart...
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Martin complied with pro-Israel lobbyist's speech suggestion
“We realize that this is very short notice, but the concept is pretty simple.”
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
When you put no value on the lives of others then death becomes big business.
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Developing a defence sector would be good for Ireland politically and economically
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Ursula von der Leyen faces blowback over diplomatic ‘overreach’ As the Iran conflict enters its second week, national diplomats say the European Commission president is overstepping her role and wading onto their turf. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
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Ursula von der Leyen faces blowback over diplomatic ‘overreach’
As the Iran conflict enters its second week, national diplomats say the European Commission president is overstepping her role and wading onto their turf.
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A presentation at the European Commission described plans for the rapid movement of European and NATO soldiers across the EU including Ireland – raising questions about Irish neutrality The commission is arguing for the deregulation of EU transport rules www.ontheditch.com/eu-plans-for...
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Rapid movement of NATO and EU soldiers across member states
Micheál Martin insists Ireland’s neutrality is defined by not being part of any military alliance.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The EU’s climate retreat problem: punishing early movers. This puts European energy & climate leadership into doubt, while those very policies are precisely the ones that can attract new investment and create jobs, which is what everyone ultimately wants. share.google/p9I18rnQIqnJ...
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The EU’s climate retreat problem: punishing early movers
Green transition pioneers complain they are paying price for rewarding industry laggards
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🌎🐎John Hyphen🎮🤠 @johnhyphen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
ireland needs to grow up and take responsibility for its own defense, the time of nato freeloading is over we must scrap our entire education budget and instead buy 3 fighter planes to instantly get shot down in a friendly-fire incident there is no "magic wand" to wave to make this not necessary
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Cycling in Dublin for commuting rises 50% as most residents back more bike lanes The vast majority of residents across the State’s five main cities want increased investment in cycling infrastructure, even when that results in less road space for cars. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
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Cycling in Dublin for commuting rises 50% as most residents back more bike lanes
Residents of Ireland’s five main cities want more space for cyclists, even at the expense of cars
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The US has openly admitted that they are going to commit more war crimes in Iran. Yet Micheal Martin & the EU are too cowardly to condemn these actions. Ireland must have no part in the war crimes of America & Israel - Get the US military out of Shannon airport.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Strategic Gas Bill does not deliver the solution to Ireland’s energy security needs - Pa Daly TD - Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Climate, the Environment and Energy, Pa Daly TD, has said that the government’s Strategic Gas Bill is not the solution. He has warned that ordinary people should not have to ...
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Power grid faces the extra pressure of data centres and 300,000 new homes – until 2029 EirGrid, has also predicted that data centres will be using 32pc of all the electricity consumed in the country by 2030. www.independent.ie/business/iri...
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Power grid faces the extra pressure of data centres and 300,000 new homes – until 2029
Ireland’s power network will remain strained for nearly three more years – but, according to EirGrid, the construction of as many as 300,000 new homes by 2030 will not overwhelm the system.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
‘It’s a slap in the face’ – Irish households are paying twice as much for electricity as data centres www.independent.ie/business/per...
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‘It’s a slap in the face’ – Irish households are paying twice as much for electricity as data centres
Households in Ireland are paying almost twice as much for their electricity as data centres.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Patrick O Donovan threatens to suspend funding to football teams after flare incident but when he was Minister for OPW he took zero action against OPW for illegal disturbance of roost of rare species of bat. A NPWS report recommended prosecution.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Ireland should not play UEFA games against Israel. We should demand Israel are banned from the competition. Sign and share the petition if you agree my.uplift.ie/petitions/fa... @uplift.ie
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FAI Boycott Israel Games!
Ireland should not play UEFA games against Israel. We should demand Israel are banned from the competition. Sign and share the petition if you agree
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Good woman Joanna, the bullying and intimidation of anyone who speaks out against Israel is relentless and must be exposed. #BoycottIsrael jrnl.ie/6960999
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Sinn Féin TD won't resign as Drogheda United chairperson following Israel comments
Joanna Byrne, who is Sinn Féin TD for Louth, claims that the club’s board have said that her position is untenable.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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Jewish group calls on FAI to boycott Nations League games with Israel
Jews for Palestine Ireland has called on the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to boycott the upcoming match against Israel.
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Proposed ‘investor courts’ will put corporate interests ahead of public ones #StopCETA www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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Proposed ‘investor courts’ will put corporate interests ahead of public ones
Disputes between hugely powerful private companies and the Government ought to be decided in national courts
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Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Compensation scheme for Stardust fire survivors described as ‘absolutely horrendous’ An insult to the families. No lessons learned. No consultation. No exceptionality. Re-traumatising www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
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Compensation scheme for Stardust fire survivors described as ‘absolutely horrendous’
Survivors not consulted before finalisation of process, solicitor says, as some learn of Minister’s plans through media
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