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Aislinn Shanahan Daly looks at the limitations of Fine Gael’s Gender Pay Gap Bill, and the cynical way the party has sought to co-opt the struggle for gender equality. Fine Gael would have us believe that they are the new face of a changing and liberalising Ireland. After
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The urgent need to resist Boris Johnson does not mean we should be uncritical of elites in Brussels. As Kieran Allen explains, we can oppose both. In 2008, the Irish electorate voted by 53% to 47% to reject the Lisbon Treaty of the EU. The campaign against it was mainly
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What can we learn from Boris Johnson’s first week as Prime Minister? Fiona Ferguson takes a look. Boris Johnson never was one for modesty. As a boy, he declared his life ambition to become no less than world king. Time yet, of course, for the pampered Etonian to realise
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Workers have begun an occupation of the Harland & Wolff shipyard in East Belfast, taking control of the site until their jobs are safe. Cailín McCaffery reports from a gathering of hundreds who turned out to support the protest at short notice. Harland and Wolff lies on the edges of
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An “insanitary mob of vicious delinquents” run British society. Eamonn McCann doesn’t mince words in this assessment of Boris and the Old Etonians at Westminster. Old Etonian Boris Johnson defeated Old Etonian Jeremy Hunt to take over as British Prime Minister. This proves (a) that Tories have no taste,
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Cailín McCaffery reports on today’s strike action in the civil service, organised by NIPSA. NIPSA civil service workers took strike action today across the North, in a defiant message to public sector bosses. The strike came off the back of a measly pay offer from the Department for Finances
Ecosocialism
Are recent weather patterns a prescient warning that Climate Change is upon us? Yes, according to John Molyneux, and time is running out. It is clear that there is now quite widespread public awareness of the fact that climate change is a reality and a serious threat to the future
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Politics is supposed to be at an impasse in the North. But as Michael Collins shows, this has not stopped a number of environmentally destructive measures creeping into society here. Despite the growing consensus of the need to tackle global warming, a number of sinister proposals have surfaced in the
Ecosocialism
The Fine Gael Government is hell bent on blocking Brid Smith’s Climate Emergency Measures Bill which would ensure fossil fuels in Ireland are left in the ground. Writing for Rebel, Owen McCormack exposes the many dangerous mistruths spread in the hopes of blocking this bill, and protecting the oil
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NIPSA civil service workers have voted for strike action in response to an inadequate pay offer. PBP MLA Gerry Carroll offers his support to the strike and looks at why action is necessary to achieve decent pay during the Stormont impasse. NIPSA civil service workers are set to strike July
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Ireland’s Direct Provision system has been widely condemned by human rights organisations, but a network of private companies continue to make millions from the detention of asylum seekers. Gerard Stewart takes a look at the murky world of profiteering that lies behind Direct Provision. The recent revelation of the
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The removal of the 8th Amendment was a political and social landmark in Ireland’s history. One year on, however, and serious barriers to abortion services remain, particularly in rural areas. Steph Hanlon looks at how the system stacks up against the demands of the movement for Repeal. We’ve