Eoghan O Ceannabhain and Niamh Keady-Tabbal

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Detention, Deportation and Drowning: Ireland’s Embrace of Fortress Europe

A vote on the EU Migration Pact – delayed from last week – will take place in the Dáil today. Niamh Keady-Tabbal and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin argue that the Pact marks a significant escalation of the EU’s violent border policies and discuss the wider political context of increased hostility to

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Operation Irini: Another Watchtower for Fortress Europe

The Dáil has agreed to mobilise an Irish Navy vessel in the Mediterranean as part of Operation Irini, whose main stated purpose is to uphold an arms embargo on Libya. But as Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Niamh Keady-Tabbal explain, Operation Irini is also part of the EU’s Fortress