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Welcome to the Social Democrats page. Here you will find updates about events and issues that are important to our drive for progressive social change in Ireland. We very much encourage your comments, feedback and criticism on any issues. And of course we are always delighted to see people sharing and liking our posts. We appreciate that people join conversations on our page to share experiences and raise awareness about issues that they may feel passionately about. This often leads to lively conversations and a diverse range of opinions, including some that may be different to yours. While you may feel strongly about issues being discussed, we ask that you show courtesy for the views of others, even if you don’t necessarily agree with them. Our party is built on the values of respect, equality and diversity. We encourage open and constructive debate that reflects the diversity of views in our society – and in that spirit we ask you to try to stay on-topic and don’t be abusive. Our guidelines, set out below, aim to encourage open, respectful and constructive conversations and debates. If we consider that these guidelines are not being observed, we may remove sensitive or inappropriate content or limit the audience that sees it. We also reserve the right to block users who routinely flout our guidelines. We only moderate or remove posts or block users after thorough consideration. This page is managed by our communications team. If you’d like to contact us directly to raise an issue or seek further information, do please get in touch on [email protected]. Guidelines
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02/11/2026

The Mental Health Commission’s new standards for community residential mental health centres are welcome, but they must be backed by adequate staffing levels.

Importantly the standards emphasise dignity, independence and residents having a say in their care. The involvement of residents and people with lived experience in developing the standards is particularly positive.

The standards also recognise that residents need access to a range of professionals and that staffing must reflect their assessed needs. Without enough nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers and psychotherapists, people lose out on treatment and support that could help them recover and live more independently.

The Government must fund the posts needed across residential and community mental health services so that people can actually receive the care and rehabilitation these standards envisage.

02/11/2026

The Minister for Housing's comments about the number of immigrants in emergency accommodation are nothing but a shameless dog-whistle to the far right.

It shows, once again, that instead of taking any responsibility for ongoing crises, this Minister would rather distract you by generating outrage.

02/11/2026

The Social Democrats are a party that do what we say we’ll do. We get involved with campaigns on the ground and get behind a lot of groups that are marginalised.

Does this sound like something you would like to get involved in?

Head to socialdemocrats.ie/join

02/11/2026

Young people across Europe are rising up in protest because they see no future for their generation.

Political leaders have failed miserably to tackle the inequality and poverty that drives this despair.

The neoliberal status quo has driven wealth away from ordinary working families and communities and into the pockets of the richest in society.

Things must change if we want to deliver hope for the next generation.

01/11/2026

The Government continues to gaslight the Irish public over the EU mission in Lebanon.

They claim this is the same mission which Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has stated is ‘not a replacement for UNIFIL’.

Their spin is full of references to the need to ‘maintain our peacekeeping tradition’.

This is a blatant attempt to gain support for their Triple Lock plans through misdirection.

When it comes to this plan to send Irish soldiers overseas, there is a total absence of any peacekeeping function.

Public opinion is not shifting. The Irish people can see through this Government’s deception.

01/11/2026

The inquiry into Mother & Baby Homes should have been the start of the state investigation of all burial grounds on state-run institutions.

Instead, the govt have taken it on a site by site basis – and that approach has led to the fiasco we've seen in Bessborough.

It's not good enough.

31/10/2026

You may not know it, but you’re paying to subsidise the energy and infrastructure costs of data centres.

You deserve to know where they are located, how much energy they’re guzzling up, and their rate of growth in this country.

But right now, that information is shrouded in mystery.

That’s why our Data Centre Transparency Bill is so important and would reveal the true cost of the Government’s decision to hand over the keys to these big tech companies.

31/10/2026

Read on… if you dare 🧙‍♀️

This is the terrifying reality of Ireland in 2026.

Over 1 million on hospital waiting lists…
The most expensive GP care in Europe…
7 in 10 young adults considering emigration…

The list goes on.

But it doesn’t have to be like this. If you want a better Ireland, demand it.

Join the Social Democrats today 🎃

31/10/2026

Ireland should be standing up for international law and global order.

Instead, the Government is pursuing military missions aimed at championing European foreign policy interests.

They’re doing this all while our fellow EU member states continue to undermine international law through their continued support for Israel.

This is not what the Irish people want from their Government.

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