Dublin City North Volunteering Center is organising a clean-up of the Royal Canal on Saturday, 18th of May, at 11am. Meet at Crossguns Bridge on Phibsboro Road. Gloves, bags and litter-pickers will be provided for everybody. They plan to work from 11am to 1pm to collect as much litter as we can from the canal way. So if you can spare some time to to help out please come along. Mary

Protection of Retail Workers Bill
In April 2025 Mary introduced the Protection of Retail Workers Act 2025, a Bill aimed at amending the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to create specific offences for assaulting, threatening, harassing, or abusing retail workers while they are carrying out their employment. Retail workers across Ireland are on the