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In a blistering report on the first 100 days of Micheál Martin’s government, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin details the incompetence, the scandal, the chaos, and the unforgivable role of the Greens. It seems like an age since the February election saw a resounding rejection of the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael
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As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, Maeve McGrath takes a look at how artists have depicted plagues and epidemics in times gone past. To contextualise the COVID-19 pandemic, many commentators turn to comparisons with the 1918 “Spanish” Flu or the Black Death (1347 – 1351). While much
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Between anti-vax myths and the profit-driven practices of Big Pharma, there is much to contend with in the vaccine debate. As Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin argues, we must fight on both fronts to put health before profit. US President Trump recently made the outlandish claim that a COVID-19
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Recent months have seen intense debate about the future of the Leaving Cert. Post-primary teacher Mark Walshe argues that while the process is seriously flawed, it is but one aspect of wider educational inequality in Irish society and of the deeper class inequality which causes it. The COVID-19
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Hospitality has long been a highly precarious sector. As part of our Power in a Union series, Unite Hospitality activist Jerry Maguire argues that the pandemic has only worsened the situation, making it more important than ever to unionise. The Hospitality and Tourism sector, employing 60,000 people in Northern
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In recent days, Sadhbh Mac Lochlainn spoke to four women workers at one of the many Debenhams pickets around the country. We mark 150 days of these pickets by publishing their inspiring voices here, followed with a shop stewards’ statement unequivocally rejecting as “pitiful” a deal made between their union
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As precarity for artists worsens during COVID-19, Maeve McGrath looks at who pays the artist, the impact on creativity, and the need for a society which cherishes the art that enriches all of our lives. As the 2020 European Capital of Culture, Galway was not blessed with the most
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Governments across the world are making decisions about to how to pay for the COVID-19 crisis. Economist Brian O’Boyle assesses the options open to the Irish state and argues that despite the spin, the money exists for a progessive alternative to the austerity our leaders favour. The Irish
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The current pandemic has thrown a long overdue spotlight on our health system, and how we care for people more generally. Physiotherapist Maeve O’Neill looks at the changes needed for a more healthy – and humane – society. Only a few months ago in the North, healthcare unions were on industrial
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As protests rage across America against police brutality and systemic racism, Akunna Eneh, an activist from Boston, argues that the movement sparked by the murder of George Floyd has exposed the true face of American society. Seven Days that Changed Everything By Memorial Day, May 25, many of us had
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The COVID-19 crisis presented a greater threat to Palestinians than most and, as Sara O’Rourke writes, that threat was worsened by the purposeful actions of an apartheid Israeli state. In Palestine, it is almost 3 months since places like the West Bank and others entered lock-down. A
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With many governments providing pandemic payments, some have argued that the time is now right to bring in a Universal Basic Income (UBI) for all society. Marxist economist, Michael Roberts, argues that while payments during the pandemic are necessary, UBI will not fix capitalist inequality. Many people are being laid