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In March, four major banks failed. Brian O’Boyle looks at why this happened and assesses the risk of further instability in the global banking system. Warren Buffet famously quipped that “it is only when the tide goes out that we find out who has been swimming naked”. Chair of
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Should any police force really be above reproach? Kieran Allen takes stock of Fionnán Sheahan’s impassioned defence of the Gardaí. Last week Fionnán Sheahan, the Irish Independent columnist, lost the rag in a television debate with Adam Doyle, the artist known as Spicebag, who created a parody of Garda
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Sinn Féin spokesperson for Housing Eoin Ó Broin was on the receiving end of an establishment backlash last weekend after he tweeted out an artist’s impression of Gardaí overseeing an eviction. Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin explains how this is part of a larger effort to discipline Sinn Féin and soften
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The Irish Government survived a vote of confidence today, two days ahead of the lifting of the eviction ban. Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin looks at the record of the Green Party and how they have kept this landlord Government going. When the Green Party were on the brink of entering coalition
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Minister Eamon Ryan recently said that the introduction of Fare Free Public Transport (FFPT) would result in an increase in unnecessary journeys. An Ernst & Young report was then wheeled out to give support to the claim that FFPT would not result in a major reduction in car usage. Bríd
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News broke this week that the International Criminal Court has rightly issued a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin due to war crimes committed in Ukraine. Yet 20 years on from the invasion of Iraq, no such warrant has been issued for war crimes committed there. Dominic
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In the first of a series of articles on the rise of various online grifters that profit from the spread of misogyny and reaction, Adrienne Wallace takes a look at The Joe Rogan Experience. Misogyny and sexism have taken many forms over time. In recent years, an increasingly worrying online
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Despite an overwhelming vote by workers in favour of strike action, NIPSA’s Civil Service Executive Committee has stopped short of following through on their wishes. We publish this piece by a NIPSA activist based in Belfast, urging them to respect the democratic expression of the members, and in turn
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French workers will take to the streets for another general strike tomorrow in protest of President Macron’s proposal to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. Catherine Curran Vigier writes about the strength of the movement and the challenges the workers are facing. The demonstrations against Macron’s
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The Government’s refusal to extend the eviction ban beyond the end of March means thousands of people could face eviction in the coming months. Stewart Smyth argues that they are fighting for their class – so we need to fight for ours. This government is incompetent. I know this is
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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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The British Government and the European Union have agreed a deal on the Protocol. Somhairle Mag Uidhir analyses what The Windsor Framework might mean for the DUP, and for politics in the North more generally. Rishi Sunak’s Windsor Framework may have a grander title than its predecessor, The Protocol,