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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
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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]
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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
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Dominic Carroll from The Irish Neutrality League explains why the purpose of jettisoning the Triple Lock would be to dismantle Irish neutrality. The government is preparing to scrap the Triple Lock. That’s the law that determines the circumstances in which the Irish Defence Forces can be sent abroad. The
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Aer Lingus pilots begin industrial action today in the face of management’s stubborn refusal to meet their demands for a pay rise that matches inflation. Stewart Smyth explains how the pilots have been mistreated by management and argues that a win for them is a win for us all.
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Eamon Ryan announced his retirement this week and a leadership context to replace him is under way. Owen McCormack assesses Ryan’s significant service to the neoliberal State and argues that the Green Party’s coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael has been a disaster for the climate movement.
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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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John Lannon of Shannonwatch makes the decisive case for evicting the US military from Ireland once and for all. The Irish government needs to go beyond symbolic gestures to help people of Gaza. As the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement points out, one of the main reasons Israel is able
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Housing is the number one issue in these elections. Stewart Smyth argues that the local elections represent an opportunity to put campaigners in council chambers and evict Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The housing crisis remains the central issue for most voters. Housing is consistently the number one issue for
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‘Bombs to settle arguments the order of the boot, from thegraves of Belsen to the ruins of Beirut’. Special Aka, War Crimes, (1984) Anti-militarist and peace educator, Eamon Rafter, explores the secret and hugely powerful global arms trade, including a visual arts exhibition currently running in Dublin. The biggest
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As new laws to regulate the gambling industry are imminent, Dave Murphy explains how the industry and its super-profits are built on ensuring addiction remains prevalent. “The casino is highly addictive — the online casino — like slots are the crack cocaine of gambling.” Stewart Kenny, Founder and Former CEO Paddy
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Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin assesses Leo’s legacy and where we go from here. A day after Leo Varadkar’s unexpected resignation, the hagiography around him is already being constructed. “Clear-eyed, decisive politician without the common touch”, reads Harry McGee’s headline in the Irish Times. His coalition partners have