Last year 5 million acres of the Amazon rainforest were deliberately burned. To put this into perspective this is an area roughly the size of Leinster or Wales. This shameful act of eco-vandalism is part of an ongoing strategy by the Bolsonaro regime in Brazil to destroy the rainforest.

Transformative new laws to combat domestic, sexual and gender-based violence pass all stages in the Oireachtas
• Jennie’s Law will allow those convicted of domestic violence against a partner or former partner to be included on a public register of judgments • Disclosure of counselling notes...
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