Dublin City Council is to pause posting on X pending the outcome of an internal review into its use of the controversial social media platform.
The move applies to the main council account and to subsidiary accounts such as Dublin Fire Brigade.
The local authority is now the latest of a number of organisations to reconsider their relationship with the platform.
A Green Party proposal last week asked the council’s protocol committee to consider no longer issue posts or advertising.
“In recent weeks we have seen X breach various laws and international regulators commencing investigations on the platform’s violations,” Cllr Feljin Jose, one of those behind the motion, said of the recent controversy around the X-hosted Grok app and its ability to undress people in images.
“Dublin City Council, as the State’s largest local authority, has an obligation and duty of care to its citizens. Continuing to publish on a platform that is actively causing harm to individuals, especially children, would be against the council’s core principles,” he said.
Party colleague, Cllr Hazel Chu, said: “We welcome the management’s decision to stop posting on X and to ultimately leave the platform.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) issued a notice stating it would “no longer be posting updates on this platform”.
The national agency in charge of green energy advice and retrofitting grants left behind almost 23,000 followers. It referred them to its website for news and information about its services and supports.
The agency was an infrequent user of the site in recent months. It posted just twice in December 2025, with both posts receiving only two likes.
An SEAI spokesperson said in response to queries: “We have no further comment on the decision on X. SEAI will continue to use LinkedIn, Meta, Bluesky and TikTok to support activities to relevant audiences.”
Solas, the training agency of the Department of Further and Higher Education which has 10,600 followers, and Apprenticeship Ireland, the national apprenticeship office, also announced on Tuesday morning that it was no longer posting on the site.
The move comes as growing numbers of individuals and organisations leave the Elon Musk-owned site amid outcry over its Grok AI feature which has been used to digitally undress images of women and children.
In the Dáil, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he would contact X to request its attendance before a forthcoming session of the Oireachtas Media Committee.
Committee chairman, Labour’s Alan Kelly, asked the Taoiseach to do so in the wake of the Grok controversy. Google, Meta and TikTok are all due to attend the February 4th meeting, but X declined.
Women’s Aid Ireland left at the start of the month, saying it had “watched the increased levels of unchecked hate, misogyny, racism and anti-LGBTI+ content on the platform with growing concern”.
Swim Ireland and Paralympics Ireland also left the platform in recent days. The National Women’s Council, too, stopped posting over the site’s “promotion of misogyny, hatred and abuse”. The Irish Refugee Council also posted on Tuesday that it was ceasing posting on the site.
Other organisations that stopped in the past 10 days include An Taisce, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Green Schools Ireland. Kilkenny County Council stopped posting last month.