Sign the Petition Stop redundancies at Ulster University

Please sign and share this petition to stop redundancies @ulsteruni.bsky.social

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Spring Birding Support poster - bit.ly/NI-spring-birding-26

Booking is now open for our Spring Birding Support sessions!

These are happening across NI between now and the end of June, giving you the chance to head out with a small group of people and develop your skills.

Check out bit.ly/NI-spring-birding-26 for more information and to book your place.

15% of fossil fuels extracted each year are used to make fertiliser, run farms, process foods and transport them. In a very real sense our food is made from oil and gas.

We are about to feel a very painful food shock.
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Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook.

Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking:

"Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"

Keep the ban on the Executive parties. Pride is our protest not their photo opportunity.

Last year we called for the Executive parties to be banned from Pride festivals and almost every pride festival agreed. In the year since, they have made no progress.

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Green Party Northern Ireland branded infographic on a green background with headshots of Northern Ireland political leaders shown in a green tint along the bottom. The graphic features an exclusive LucidTalk poll result from 9th–12th April 2026 (3,162 responses), showing first preference Assembly voting intentions. Results: Sinn Féin 24% (down 1), DUP 18% (down 1), UUP 13% (no change), TUV 11% (no change), Alliance 11% (no change), SDLP 11% (no change), Green Party 5% (up 1), Aontú 3% (up 1), People Before Profit 2% (up 1), Others and Independents 2% (down 1). A pink arrow points to a highlighted box showing the Green Party logo, 5%, and +1 with an upward arrow. Bold text reads “RECORD POLLING FOR GREENS.” Additional text states “The Green vote has increased by 163% since the 2022 Assembly Election.” Source credited to LucidTalk and Belfast Telegraph, April 2026.

People are done with the same old parties.
5% is our highest Lucid Talk polling ever.

And we’re only getting started. 💚

#GreenPartyNI #NIPolitics #HopeIsHere

Beautifully captured. I watch a pair myself this morning at the Floodgates in Newtownards. Lovely to have them back.

Slugger O’Toole sees it. 👀
The Greens are on the rise and every % point brings an Assembly seat closer.

💚 BUT EVERY MEMBER COUNTS
💚 EVERY DONOR COUNTS
💚 EVERY VOLUNTEER COUNTS
💚 AND EVERY VOTER COUNTS

#GreenPartyNI #NIPolitics #HopeIsHere

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BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over Palantir Peter Thiel's surveillance firm is embedded in the NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge.

BREAKING: We’re taking the government to court over Palantir.

The government is refusing to hand over important briefings given to Wes Streeting about the £330m NHS data contract with Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm

So we’re taking legal action.

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Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainably

Can't see the Wood because they're burning the trees....

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Join the Green Party Join the Green Party NI from just £2 a month - the only party that puts people & planet first, and fights for a fair future for everyone.

794 families lost someone while waiting for a home. That’s a housing crisis, not bad luck. Join the Greens and back rent freezes, more social homes and an end to no-fault evictions: greenpartyni.org/join.

As it stands, when a university makes people redundant, it's not as if the workload disappears with the worker. The workload falls on the shoulders of the already exhausted, demoralised staff that remain. Universities can't cut their way to excellence. Cuts are a deterioration.

A promotional graphic from Green Party Northern Ireland about Ulster University job losses, with a collage of news headlines across the top and a large green panel below reading: “POLITICAL CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES: 450 ULSTER UNI JOBS NOW AT RISK.” The Green Party logo appears near the bottom, along with small print saying it was published and promoted by Green Party NI.

1/2 Ulster University’s plan to cut up to 450 jobs is devastating for staff, students and the wider community. Our thoughts are with everyone affected. These are not just numbers - they are livelihoods, learning, and futures at risk.

Ulster University has announced plans for 450 redundancies. The university, that just a few weeks ago gave Arnold Schwarzenegger an honorary doctorate, apparently for his remarkable contributions to public service, is being gutted.

This is a huge missed opportunity, public transport is already too expensive in NI.

With rising fuel costs, public transport should be cheaper. Over 30% in Belfast don't have access to a car, it's also a class issue.

Reduce costs, get people moving, reduce emissions & improve air quality as well

Positive news, my amendment calling on Belfast City Council to enter negotiations with the Department of Health to deliver drug testing at festivals has been agreed at committee.

This is about saving lives,harm reduction, and giving people the information they need to make informed decisions.

Calls for Executive Office to publish clerical abuse report provided to FM and DFM nine months ago The research was first commissioned by the Executive a decade ago, while victims groups have repeatedly called for the report to be published in recent months

Why won’t they publish the report into clerical child abuse?

That’s a rhetorical question by the way.

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Great contribution as always John. Thanks for sharing power messages.

Great interview @mikebankole.bsky.social will make a great Councillor.

Do you know if the podcast is hosted outside LinkedIn for those not on there?

Green Peer Natalie Bennett hand delivered the first copy of her new book Green Thinking to us at Belfast City Hall today. The former GPEW leader is in Belfast strengthening ties between our movements. Green politics - growing stronger across Europe & these islands.

The DfI is consulting on bold plans to review speed limits to make our roads safer for cycling. It’s a crucial opportunity to save lives on our roads. If you use this link, it only takes a minute to respond and support safer streets.
action.cyclinguk.org/page/189629/...

Stormont’s blame game: loud on what it can’t fix, silent on what it can… Northern Ireland’s hospitality sector is in genuine difficulty. But between a political class performing concern over taxes it doesn’t control and an industry body lobbying against the very reforms th...

Good analysis from Patrick Murdock in Sluggerotoole.
The Stormont executive has failed to make any substantial change to the lives of the people of NI. It's time for a change. sluggerotoole.com/2026/04/08/s...

The US military has 22 sites in the UK.

Every day long range US bombers are taking off here to drop bombs on Iran.

This is a rogue state carrying out war crimes, and threatening more.

The UK Government must grow a spine - and stop our bases being used for this war.

It's now been 3 hours since our supposed "ally" Donald Trump threatened genocide on a country of 93 million people.

We've had absolutely nothing from the UK government.

This doesn't come in a vacuum either - every day the US & Israel have been murdering innocent people.

Hydrogen heating needs 2 units of electricity to make 1 unit of heat.

A heat pump makes 3 units of heat using 1 unit of electricity.

Trying to heat homes with hydrogen is just daft. Government needs to put the concept out of its misery.

Our 'Amazon Tax' would use the Non-Domestic Rates system to make large online-based retail businesses pay their fair share towards the communities and local economies that host them.

The tax system should work for all of Scotland’s communities, not just for the wealthy.

What does it actually mean to join the Green Party? 🌿

Ash from Young Greens breaks it down - what we stand for, what you’d be part of, and why it matters right now.

Watch. Share. Take the next step.
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Ed Miliband to give green light to first major North Sea gasfield project in decade | LBC The energy secretary is expected to approve Jackdaw drilling as the Iran war puts pressure on the government over energy security fears

New fossil fuel licences aren't going to cut your bills, or keep the country's energy system secure. They're just going to let big polluters extract more profit, while deepening the climate emergency. www.lbc.co.uk/article/ed-m...

1 in 5 MLAs are landlords. Many councillors & their family members also are.

Is there the political will to tackle the housing crisis? The housing crisis in NI has been created by the 5 parties who have been in power for 28 years.

Connect the dots. It’s not the fault of minority communities.