Patricia Devlin: Grandmother goes on hunger strike over climate change

A 73-year-old grandmother has gone on hunger strike over Ireland's climate change policies, saying she fears for the kind of life her grandsons will have.

Patricia Devlin, a member of Extinction Rebellion, will give up food for four days in the hope of meeting Ireland's environment minister Richard Bruton to demand he does more to tackle the climate emergency. Ms Devlin, who is originally from Australia, but has lived in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, for 20 years, launched her campaign outside the gates of the Irish parliament on Wednesday, while holding pictures of her grandchildren.

Sky News spent two months embedded with Extinction Rebellion, finding out who they are and how they are organisedShe said the arrival of Ollie, four, and baby Liam had sparked her back into action after 40 years as an occasional environmental activist. "Since my grandchildren, they have just awakened in me a whole wonder at life. Being a parent is great but being a grandparent is just amazing," she said."You've got time to reflect on life in these little people and, knowing what's happening with climate change, I really fear for what kind of life will my grandsons have.

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