• Skerries Group for National Climate March: Sat 15 November Meet at Skerries Train Station, 11 am (Train departs 11.10 am) Let’s make this our biggest turnout yet!

THIS IS IMPORTANT. Warm days in November. No rain for weeks. Sudden downpours. Stronger winds than we used to get. News from across the world of hurricanes and droughts. The climate is already changing — and we’re worried about the future.

Our government needs to hear that loud and clear. To hear our demand: Stop fossil fuels now!

We’re inviting all groups and individuals in Skerries to join the Skerries group for the National Climate March in Dublin on Saturday 15 November 2025.

We’ll meet at Skerries Train Station at 11 am to catch the 11.10 am train, arriving in good time for the start of the march at the Garden of Remembrance.

Why?

Because politicians find it too easy to say there’s no real public interest in climate issues anymore.

Because COP 30 is too big an opportunity for the world to miss.

Because those politicians who do want to act on climate need to be able to point to us and say: Yes, the people care.

Who?

Everyone who feels it’s important to do something about climate change and who can make it on the day.

Wouldn’t it be great to see all sorts of Skerries people – individuals, families, groups of friends, sports teams, clubs, committees, and associations march together?

Bring your own or your group’s banners, flags, T-shirts, and energy! Instruments welcome, too…

Maybe you’d like to create new banners for the day… whatever you choose, let’s make sure Skerries is seen and heard!

Details for Sat 15 November 2025:

• Meet: Skerries Railway Station, 11 am (Train departs 11.10 am)
• In Dublin: Quick coffee from around 12 noon at Caffeine 19, Denmark Street (space and time allowing; bring keep cups!)
• The March: Join the main gathering at the Garden of Remembrance (1 pm).
  If possible, the Skerries group will assemble close to Findlater’s Church on the North-Eastern corner of the Garden so if you’re travelling in independently, come find us there!
• After the march, which we assume will end between 3 and 4 pm near Leinster House, there are trains back to Skerries from Pearse Station roughly every 30 minutes. We’ll all make our own ways back.
• Background: The march is organised by the Stop Climate Action alliance (Trócaire, Friends of the Earth Ireland, Oxfam Ireland and many others) and will take us to Leinster House. It is happening before the backdrop of COP 30.

Oxfam, part of the organising team, say:

On 15 November all around the world, people will flood the streets of capitals to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels. COP30 in Brazil must be a turning point – 10 years on since Paris, our leaders have to act. We will take to the streets of Dublin in our thousands to march in solidarity, and demand faster and fairer climate action from our government.

(Oxfam Ireland Blog)