Features
Over the past year anti-immigration sentiment has been fanned by far right parties and the Government. Brian O’Boyle reviews the tactics used to scapegoat migrants for government failures and argues for principled anti-racist politics in the upcoming election. Simon Harris became the Irish Taoiseach in April 2024,
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Kieran Allen breaks down the latest gleeful condemnations of Sinn Féin from the Irish political establishment and points to a wider trend in Irish politics. The left must be prepared for all the mud-slinging of the establishment. The French sociologist, Piere Bourdieu, used to write about ‘habitus’. It referred
Ecosocialism
With a landmark surplus at their disposal the government have failed to make transformational change to fight the housing and healthcare crisis. Kieran Allen looks at what’s really in Budget 2025 and whether or not this will buy the election for the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. ‘Do you
Features
After this week’s ruling in the European Court of Justice that Apple must pay the Irish State €13 billion in taxes, Kieran Allen explains how the Irish Government assisted Apple in avoiding tax and outlines some of the ways in which the Irish tax haven operates. The judgement of
News
Below the surface of the Irish political establishment is a deep-seated anti-imperialism that is best represented at cultural events like Electric Picnic. The ruling class are terrified of it. If Electric Picnic is a barometer of the culture of Irish society, then the political establishment are in trouble.
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Marnie Holborow argues that the escalation of far right violence and racism requires the urgent building of a united anti-racist movement. The new British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has called for those who were responsible for the riots would face ‘the full force of the law’ and mass arrests
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Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin argues that racism of the far right is also picked up by the political mainstream, which makes a clear anti-racist opposition to it all the more urgent. A week ago, the Irish Times reported that “Former Ku Klux Klan ‘grand dragon’ is mentoring Irish far-right
68' Legacies
Jenny Maguire, SU President of Trinity College Dublin, argues that neither students’ nor workers’ unions can be apolitical. That in order to actually affect change, our unions need to be more bold and more radical not less. The student movement, as said by my predecessor Lászlo Molnarfi, ‘woke up’[1]
Features
The decision to erect chain link fences along our canals and chase our homeless around the city is a purposeful and cruel political choice that needs to be opposed. Nathan Ó Broin analyses enclosure and gentrification in Dublin making the case for local resistance and a People’s City. The
Features
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
News
The centre ground of Irish politics lurched towards the right in the recent elections, with anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric emanating from mainstream parties. Among other tactics, the government has sought to deflect attention away from their failed policies by raising the issue of deportations. In this article, Joe Moore
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With counting just finishing in the local elections, Kieran Allen analyses the results arguing that the establishment has used anti-immigrant rhetoric to shore up FF/FG votes. Meanwhile, Sinn Féin’s decline is a direct result of their long-march to the centre ground strategy and an inability to