Press Releases

Hundreds of Uplift members have sent messages to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and other speakers attending the Fianna Fáil Women’s Health Conference. They outlined what the approval of the Sisters of Charity’s involvement in the new National Maternity Hospital will actually mean for the future of women’s healthcare. Today…

Today, campaigners dressed as Sr Michael from Derry Girls delivered a 10,000-strong petition to Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s constituency office in Cork City. Campaign group Uplift demanded that the new National Maternity Hospital be 100% public-owned, and guarantee reproductive healthcare free from religious influence. As the government is about to decide the fate…

At an in-person briefing in Leinster House, on Tuesday, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen reminded Irish politicians that their responsibility to regulate big tech corporations goes far beyond Ireland's borders. The briefing, chaired by Labour Party TD Ivana Bacik, and co-hosted by Labour Senator Marie Sherlock, heard about the complaint made…

Marking the World Day of Social Justice on February 20, a coalition of more than 100 civil society organisations, has launched a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) to stop trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories. Many groups in Ireland are supporting the call for a new EU law to address…

In a public opinion poll conducted by Ireland Thinks and paid for by Uplift members, 73% of people favour the state to purchase the land at the new National Maternity Hospital, if the Sisters of Charity refuse to sell it. Even a narrow majority of church-goers agree.   The Government…

Over 300 Uplift members took action to contact Minister Norma Foley, calling on her to prioritise the urgently-needed reform of the Relationship and Sex Education curriculum. In November 2021, Minister for Education Norma Foley claimed that for children and young people, sex education is an ‘essential right’ - following the…

People across the island of Ireland are calling for the removal of offensive Parachute Regiment flags flying across Derry, as the city marks the 50th anniversary Bloody Sunday today. 1,500 people signed a petition within hours, calling for action from the Department for Infrastructure and Police Service of Northern Ireland to remove the…

Over 3,300 Uplift members are calling on Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and HSE CEO Paul Reid to take action for disabled people who are left without Personal Assistance support. A growing Uplift petition of 3,363 signatures, calls on the HSE to provide the Personal Assistance hours that Daniel Airey…

Teenagers and supporters protested outside Facebook Headquarters in Dublin before marching to the Dáil to present an Open Letter calling on Ministers Catherine Martin and Robert Troy to lead on stronger rules to rein in Facebook and other social media corporations. The event was organised by Uplift following recent revelations that the tech giant deliberately hid…

After the Minister for Health spent months stalling on announcing measures to end period poverty, members of the campaigning community Uplift, who care deeply about the issue, sent him a reminder he can’t ignore. The billboard in Greystones illustrates the reality of period poverty for tens of thousands of menstruating…