Senator Alice-Mary Higgins speaking on the Forestry (Miscellaneous) Provisions Bill 2020

23 September 2020

Senator Alice-Mary Higgins speaking on the Forestry (Miscellaneous) Provisions Bill 2020 Second Stage in the Seanad.

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Participation in new EU Security and Defence initiative undermines Irish Neutrality and Peacebuilding Role

21 November 2017

The cabinet’s decision today to apply for membership of the European Union’s Permanent Structured Cooperation on Security and Defence (PESCO) is a “sad day for Ireland’s neutrality and peacebuilding role” said Senator Alice-Mary Higgins who debated the issue with Minister for Defence Paul Kehoe in Seanad Éireann today.

Senator Alice-Mary Higgins discusses the Heritage Bill on Radio Kerry

21 April 2017

In April I discussed the Heritage Bill on Radio Kerry and explained the many reasons why I strongly oppose extending the months of gorse and upland burning into March and cutting into August - dangerous provisions which will have devastating consequences for our birds, wildlife and pollinators.

Pressure builds on CETA trade agreement - serious concerns expressed at Council of Europe, in German Constitutional Court and on floors of Dáil and Seanad.

14 October 2016

Following last weeks’ Seanad motion against ‘provisional application’ of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada, proposed by Senator Alice-Mary Higgins and passed in a rare Government defeat, pressure has continues to build on the Irish government and across Europe.