Senator Alice-Mary Higgins speaking at the opening of the 26th Seanad

29 June 2020

Senator Alice-Mary Higgins speaking at the opening of the 26th Seanad Éireann, about the global challenges the world is facing and the role of democratic institutions such as the Seanad in addressing those challenges.

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Launch of the new TASC and Carnegie UK Trust essay collection: "Ensuring Good Future Jobs"

28 November 2019

Speaking at the launch of the "Ensuring Good Future Jobs" essay collecting at the National University of Ireland office, Senator Alice-Mary Higgins said "The essays in this collection from TASC and the Carnegie UK Trust are the kind of joined up thinking we urgently need around the future of work. They offer a detailed examination of work and employment policy that recognises and considers the reality of people's lived experience while also looking at the wider context of society with huge care needs, a new digital landscape, a changing climate and important choices to make."

Senator Alice-Mary Higgins speaking on Order of Business about the rushing of legislation through the Seanad.

25 September 2020

Senator Alice-Mary Higgins speaking on Order of Business in the Seanad. Senator Higgins spoke out against the rushed conduction of the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 through the Oireachtas, particularly highlighting how the taking of Committee and Report Stage of the Bill together and having an amendment deadline for TD's before the Seanad has debated the Bill undermines due process and legislative scrutiny.

Climate change clock is ticking, so before it’s too late, have your say on our future

7 February 2022

Irish Independent Opinion Piece - Sat 5th Feb 2022

Ireland is starting late on climate action, and we need to start stronger. The public have until Tuesday to demand ambitious carbon budgets with no stalling and no spinning.

The latest international report on climate change was described by the UN as a “code red for humanity”. It warned that the crisis is “widespread, rapid and intensifying”.

Every week, in every part of the world, we see communities under water, homes lost to wildfire, families forced to flee, crops failing and habitats destroyed. If global temperatures rise by more than 1.5C, these events......