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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
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In the wake of last Saturday’s enormous Palestine solidarity march, Conor Reddy assesses the growth of movement, the challenges it faces and the strategies we need to bring about full Palestinian liberation. Saturday’s march for Palestine in Dublin was enormous. Perhaps the biggest seen since the peak of
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A stacked, one-sided panel discussed the issue of Cyber Security at the Government’s Consultative Forum on Security Policy. As Ruairí Fahy outlines, the make-up of the panel meant that important viewpoints were not heard and the conclusions that can be drawn from it are highly limited. The
Ecosocialism
Who fears a Left Government? Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin explores the media meltdown that heralded the arrival of People Before Profit’s new pamphlet. In 1996 BBC journalist Andrew Marr interviewed Noam Chomsky about his theory of the media, Manufacturing Consent. Among other things, Chomsky spoke about the role of the
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Thousands of people recently attended the Ireland’s Future event in the 3 Arena to discuss how we might achieve a united Ireland. The speakers included Leo Varadkar, who suggested that today said a “new Ireland” could involve the continuation of a devolved Stormont parliament under the jurisdiction of the
News
The Irish establishment has been using Putin’s brutal war on Ukraine as an excuse to launch an assault on the idea of Irish neutrality. Richard Boyd Barrett takes on their arguments and makes the case for defending and strengthening Irish neutrality. The Irish political establishment, led by Leo Varadkar
Covid-19
As cases continue to rise, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin argues that the only way to avoid a winter crisis and future rolling lockdowns is an All-Ireland Zero Covid strategy which protects workers and puts public health first. As we approach the end of October, we are entering the kind of
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What were they thinking? Eighty-one figures from the political, banking and judicial establishment were present at an Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in Clifden in blatant breach of the public health rules. One man staying in the hotel who had spotted the dinner told RTÉ Radio that he remarked to
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John Molyneux examines how a corporate agenda is seeking to hijack equality, and how real equality can actually be won. ‘I believe in equality’ said Leo Varadkar when he was supporting Josepha Madigan in her spat with the Archbishop over the right of women to be priests. Obviously we can