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Children's Rights Over Flights
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We want to see children’s rights prioritized above polluting flights. Every sector needs to play its part in tackling climate change, including aviation. Increasing flights is reckless in the face of the climate emergency.
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Proud to be part of Fite Fuaite, by Project Dandelion.

50 squares from climate and nature groups around Ireland, interwoven - fite fuaite, sending solidarity to #COP30.
Our square is top row, third from left - close up below. 🪡

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

#COP30 #EndFossilPower
Embroidered square with a child and a woman holding the earth, saying "Children's Rights Not More Flights" Irish Times article "Quilt woven by Irish groups sends message of solidarity to Cop30 climate summit, with image of people holding a quilt
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Letter in today's Irish Times highlighting the contradiction that travel is "responsible" if it is based on flying
Responsible travel? Sir, - Saturday’s article, “Lessons learned from visiting 59 countries”, is an echo-chamber of encouragement to those who continue to fly despite the climate crisis (Magazine, October 26th). Flying is a highly greenhouse gas-emitting activity. With so much disinformation and misinformation around climate change on social media, we badly need newspapers that are truly “in- formed and responsible”. - Yours, etc, CO’REILLY, Dublin 18.
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Come and stand up for kids with us! We'll be at the National Climate Demo, Sat 15th Nov 1pm. We'll be marching for the climate action kids need NOW. ALL sectors must act - INCLUDING aviation. Join us! #EndFossilPower #ForEveryChild
Come and stand up for kids with us! We'll be at the National Climate Demo, Sat 15th Nov 1pm. We'll be matching for the climate action kids need NOW. ALL sectors must act - INCLUDING aviation. Join us! #EndFossilPower #ForEveryChild
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Asked about the effects of ending the Dublin Airport Cap on the climate, Minister O'Brien says "SAFs will play the greatest role in decarbonising the aviation sector". www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/q... Background on so called "SAF" aka unsustainable biofuel: stay-grounded.org/wp-content/u...
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Funding deficits for essential rural public transport services and affordable public transport fares? There is a simple and just solution: impose taxes on polluting flights. Excellent letter from Friends of the Irish Environment in today's Irish Times.
Sir , – Minister Darragh O’Brien’s Department of Transport has identified a “funding gap” for Public Service Obligations (PSO) of €250 million. The PSO imposes an obligation on the Government to shore up routes that might not be commercially successful, but are nonetheless considered essential, especially in rural areas. These include BusConnects and the “connecting Ireland rural mobility plan,” the Young Adult Card and the 90-minute fare free child fares inclusion of those aged five to eight-years old. Acknowledging that it is not “fiscally responsible” to maintain such a deficit, the Department proposed a new “sustainable funding model” to “plug the gap”. The alternatives offered are an increase in public transport fares, cutting public transport services or taking €250 million a year away from National Development Plan infrastructure projects. An alternative would be for Mr O’Brien to reinstate the €10 tax on airline tickets imposed by minister for transport Noel Dempsey in 2009 but cancelled by his successor Leo Varadkar in 2014. Ireland is in a minority worldwide in not imposing any airline tax. Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands maintain airport taxes ranging from €29 to €42 per passenger, while even the United States imposes a passenger facility charge (PFC) which averages €37. All increase according to distance. The UK’s short-haul tax is a modest €15 air passenger duty (APD) for short-haul economy class fares, with an increase in taxes in April 2025 and again in April 2026 which will include a 50 per cent increase on private jets – from €673 to €1,141. A flight from Dublin to Rome attracts no tax. Returning you will contribute to another country’s climate efforts. Restoring the air travel tax could meet the funding gap required to maintain our Government’s commitment to public transport – and would also be a step towards climate justice. – Yours, etc, TONY LOWES, Friends of the Irish Environment, Co Cork.
October 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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👏Well said Jack. It's appalling that international aviation pollution is not being addressed in any meaningful way.
😮Imagine if all adults shrugged off their responsibilities to children in the same way? Aviation lobbyists: protecting kids from climate harms = ALL sectors driving down emissions.
= THE IRISH TIMES =» Airlines and emissions Sir, — I thoroughly enjoyed reading a letter today (September 17th) which laid out a history of Dublin Airports passenger numbers, and questioned how an expansion of the passenger cap on our nation’s largest airport is compatible with Ireland’s binding greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target of 51 per cent (based on 1990 levels) by 2030. Well, I have terrible news for everything on this planet (except perhaps the pockets of airlines and airport authority shareholders). An expansion of Dublin Airport's passenger numbers will have little effect on Ireland's GHG emissions because we, like most other countries in the world, do not count emissions generated by international flights towards our tally. This is because, as everyone knows, the emissions generated by a flight from say Dublin to Paris, cannot possibly be attributable to either Ireland or France while there is any opportunity for policymakers to shrug off responsibility. - Yours, etc, JACK WOGAN, Newcastle, Co Galway.
September 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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👩🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼 "A child could tell you that the maths doesn’t add up and that Dublin Airport’s emissions levels will spiral if the planned trajectory is 60 million passengers."
👏We agree with Mark's letter in the Irish Times.
📣 Don't scrap the cap
Sign our petition here: my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke...
A child could tell you that the maths doesn't add up and that Dublin Airport's emissions levels will spiral if the planned trajectory is 60 million passengers. We have just experienced the warmest spring and summer ever according to Met Eireann. Someone has to put the brakes on, because this Government is clearly not serious about achieving the 2030 legally binding climate goal set by the EU of 51 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels. We all need to try to be at least conscious of our damaging impact on the environment by taking a flight. For instance, a return flight from Dublin to Paris emits approximately 484 kg to 490 kg of CO2 per passenger. I propose that airlines are mandated to publish emissions information when passengers are booking a flight and on boarding passes. This will improve awareness about the damaging environmental impact of flying and some may take climate action and decide not to fly. - Yours, etc, MARK FOX, Dublin 18.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Minister for environment announcing he will scrap cap on Dublin Airport - Ireland's emissions from aviation are increasing - this action to increase them even more is irresponsible in the climate crisis
The Irish Times. Lifting the cap. Sir, How disappointing to hear of the Government's plan to scrap the cap at Dublin Airport. Given that Ireland's carbon emissions from aviation are already increasing at a time of climate crisis, our Government taking this action is irresponsible. Air and nose pollution are also increasing as a result of more flights into and out of Dublin Airport. We are putting our children, grandchildren and future generations at greater peril by increasing our carbon emissions and pollution levels. You're etc Miriam Mooney Rathgar Dublin 6
September 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Ban night flights, stop airport expansions.
We stand with communities in Ireland impacted by harmful night flights. Kids need adequate rest for their well-being.
They also need urgent climate action from aviation, to help protect their futures.🌎
#RedLinesForAirports
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International day to BAN NIGHT FLIGHTS at airports. Families no longer having a peaceful home... Communities not getting enough rest... Children not being able to get enought sleep... Even MORE harmful aviation pollution... should be #RedLinesForAirports
September 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Friends of the Earth call for international aviation emissions to be included in Ireland's carbon budgets, in line with Paris agreement. Ireland’s international aviation emissions are 11% of energy-related emissions. No to climate free passes for aviation! www.friendsoftheearth.ie/publications...
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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It truly is insanity. On our current trajectory, our children and future generations will no doubt question why their parents/ancestors failed to rein in such a polluting activity to help protect them from climate collapse. #Aviation #ActOnClimate
August 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Delighted to be at Mary Robinson Climate and Nature conference this week. Lots of chats about need for aviation to do its fair share for children's futures. Photo: with Anja Murray, @miseanja.bsky.social presenter of Eco Eye
Children's Rights Over Flights activists with Anja Murray, Eco Eye presenter
May 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Irish Doctors for the Environment letter to the editor says it all....
Dublin Airport passenger cap. Sir, - It is terrifying to read that the Dublin Airport passenger cap has been temporarily suspended pending further judicial review (Court suspends Dublin Airport passenger cap beyond summer" News April 2nd). Whatever the original reasoning for the cap, what we are seeing now is a perfect example of perceived short term profit being prrioritised over human and planetary health. We live on a finite planet, Eternal economic growth and ever-increasing emissions simply aren't compatible with human health and wellbeing. The climate and biodiversity crisis is the biggest health challenge of the 21st century. It's time we started acting like it. - Yours etc Dr Ola Lokken Nordrum Irish Doctors for the Environment Dublin 4
April 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Statement in support of protest 1 Dec 2024 calling for respect of the rights of children impacted by environmental harms from unprecedented passenger levels at Dublin Airport. bit.ly/crof20241201
December 2, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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This election let's vote for leaders who will protect our children's future by prioritising climate change. #VoteForEveryChild
November 29, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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March for Global Climate Justice 12pm Sat 16 November 2024 Garden of Remembrance Dublin
March for Global Climate Justice 12pm Sat 16 November 2024 Garden of Remembrance Dublin
November 14, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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Children art competition
November 2, 2024 at 10:03 AM
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Children have a right to grow and develop. Not fossil fuel-based businesses or industries.
October 21, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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Which is more important, children's future or the future of unfettered growth of the aviation industry? #KeepTheCap
October 20, 2024 at 9:47 AM
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Average world income to fall 19% in next 26 years due to climate change - report www.rte.ie/news/environ...
October 15, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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Responsible businesses don't lobby for more polluting flights
October 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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Irish Tourism Industry Confederation - prioritize children's future in the climate crisis over lobbying for more flights bit.ly/crof-itic
September 25, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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The ITIC conference theme this year is 'Responsible ambition'. Responsible action in 2024 means protecting children from climate harms, reducing emissions urgently across all sectors including aviation. We call on @failte ireland and ITIC to be responsible and speak out for children's futures.
September 24, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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Regardless of SAF, we have to reduce the volume of flights to avoid the worst of climate chaos. Full Stop. www.transportenvironment.org/state-of-tra...
September 18, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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Today is the International Day for Ban on Night Flights.
We support the SMTW-FORUM protest at 5pm at the North Runway junction. #BanNightFlights @wrongwaydaa @staygroundednet
September 13, 2024 at 8:53 AM