From a Dublin base, an anti-caste influencer grows a global audience
In less than two years, Amit Wasnik has attracted tens of thousands of online followers with his posts focused on the life and ideas of BR Ambedkar.
A delay in a railway project means Iarnród Éireann won’t need it for a couple more years. “That was the only stumbling block, that it would be required back very shortly.”
Civil society groups have called for a new post within the council to progress its policies around urban farming and growing.
Tony Lowth and others worked the garden for years. A spokesperson for the college said it has new plans for the site, which include student research and public events.
They’ve tended to the plot not far from Thomas Street for nearly four years, and don’t know why they’re not allowed in, they said.
Kaethe Burt-O’Dea wants Dublin City Council to stop using a weedkiller she believes is carcinogenic. She’d rather see us learn to love our weeds, or spend time outside, pulling up weeds the old-fashioned way, and meeting each other.