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– Robert Nielsen gives an outline of the key moments in Ireland’s troubled history with abortion. Ireland has the most peculiar relationship with abortion in the world. You see, in Ireland we pretend it doesn’t exist. Abortion is something to be ignored at all costs and unlike in most
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By James Falconer, originally posted here – http://jimmyfalc.wordpress.com/ What’s going on with Ireland’s natural resources? Many people believe that our government have given our oil away, and that ownership and control of the oil belongs completely to the various oil companies. Have our government really given
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– Dan O’Neill writes about the youth response to austerity in Ireland and the role of trade unions in this movement. This piece was originally posted on the Young Workers Network here. There’s Never Been So Many Young People Since the economic crisis began there have been strong youth
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Richard Manton is a PhD student at NUI Galway and blogs at Public Engineering. AT THE HUNGER, Nutrition and Climate Justice conference the extent of hunger and malnutrition across the globe was highlighted. The statistics, which unfortunately many people have become conditioned to, were given by Michael D. Higgins: “more
For further information on the schedule or to volunteer to take part visit www.occupygalway.org or contact info@occupygalway.org On the 16th of May last year Gardaí and workers from Galway city council launched an early morning raid on the Occupy Galway camp in Eyre Square. As dawn
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Breandán O Conchúir explains why the Irish Left need to organise in rural Ireland… While the growth of the left in Ireland is a welcome development it is worth looking at how socialism relates to life in rural Ireland. I think it is fair to say that the left in
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Eoin Griffin writes about the history of May Day and how we can use this focal point to reassess our own goals. The blog would like to draw attention to two very important events happening next week. On Monday the 29th of April our friends over at 1913 Unfinished Business
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Kate O’Sullivan is a Communications Intern with Nasc Irish Immigrant Support Centre, Cork. Nasc is an NGO working for an integrated society based on the principles of human rights, social justice and equality. This originally appeared in the Cork Independent, here – http://corkindependent.com/20130417/news/the-campaigner-end-institutional-living-campaign-S63453.html on
(This entry was originally posted on Irish Left Review – a blog all of you should be following!(twt – fb) It is reposted here with the permission of the author because we think it’s really, really good. There is already a discussion going on in the comments section on ILR,
This Saturday(tomorrow!) at lunchtime, the #Apr13 ‘Stop the Robbery’ protest takes place. Called by the Campaign Against Home & Water Taxes and organized in conjunction with some of the anti-CrokePark2 trade unions and various other campaign groups, it begins at 12.30pm on Parnell Square in Dublin. The plan
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Richard Manton is a journalist with Youth Media and the Irish Presidency, a Youth in Action initiative run by European Movement Ireland, and blogs at Public Engineering. The Irish government is halfway through its Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Presidency Programme targets “stability, jobs and growth”
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James Falconer, has done a lot of travelling this year. Here’s what he experiences on a recent trip to Stockholm… When we think of Sweden we are likely to think of a country which is affluent, democratic and liberal. On a recent visit to Stockholm I noticed that police