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As people around the world celebrate World Refugee Day, Memet Uludağ looks at the global picture for refugees around the world. A 2015 Guardian headline said, “Record number of migrants expected to drown in Mediterranean this year”. The article explained, “in the first quarter of 2015, nearly 500 migrants have
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A €1.2 billion fine against Meta has been upheld by the Court of Justice of the EU. Kieran Allen explains how the Irish Data Protection Commissioner fought tooth and nail to stop this happening. In recent months there have been a series of news reports indicating that the Irish
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As people across the North prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, Alexandra Day takes stock of a rotten Tory budget that has faced little or no resistance from the big parties, arguing that it’s time to strike back with People Before Profit. The Tory budget – cuts upon cuts
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The outbreak of conflict in Sudan has provoked little sympathy for the Sudanese people from the EU. Instead, efforts have focused simply on evacuating European citizens. But as Muiz Hajaz explains, imperialist powers have a significant hand in the misery being inflicted on the Sudanese people they care so little
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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
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Israeli protests against Netanyahu’s judicial reforms have been going on for weeks. Tom O’Connor looks at the nature of the protests and what they might mean for the Apartheid State of Israel. Should we support the anti-Government protests in Israel? The short answer is no. The protests
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As Irish war hawks seek to use the Sudanese crisis to argue for a bigger military force, Kieran Allen looks at how the EU funded the warlords who crushed the Sudanese revolution and are now facing off against one another. The mainstream media is running a story about how the
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In March, four major banks failed. Brian O’Boyle looks at why this happened and assesses the risk of further instability in the global banking system. Warren Buffet famously quipped that “it is only when the tide goes out that we find out who has been swimming naked”. Chair of
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Should any police force really be above reproach? Kieran Allen takes stock of Fionnán Sheahan’s impassioned defence of the Gardaí. Last week Fionnán Sheahan, the Irish Independent columnist, lost the rag in a television debate with Adam Doyle, the artist known as Spicebag, who created a parody of Garda
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Sinn Féin spokesperson for Housing Eoin Ó Broin was on the receiving end of an establishment backlash last weekend after he tweeted out an artist’s impression of Gardaí overseeing an eviction. Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin explains how this is part of a larger effort to discipline Sinn Féin and soften
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The Irish Government survived a vote of confidence today, two days ahead of the lifting of the eviction ban. Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin looks at the record of the Green Party and how they have kept this landlord Government going. When the Green Party were on the brink of entering coalition
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Minister Eamon Ryan recently said that the introduction of Fare Free Public Transport (FFPT) would result in an increase in unnecessary journeys. An Ernst & Young report was then wheeled out to give support to the claim that FFPT would not result in a major reduction in car usage. Bríd