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Within this febrile atmosphere, two distinct documents emerged that, despite their radically different political trajectories, shared a profound and forward-thinking ambition: the democratisation of the economy in favour of those who created its wealth.
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In the tourist towns that sit near the border of West Cork and South Kerry the housing crisis isn’t an abstract national problem that appears in the broadsheets.
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International law has repeatedly affirmed the rights of the Palestinian people and the abuses of core features of the Israeli occupation. Yet the gap between judicial pronouncements and conditions on the ground remains stark.
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In 1974, Official Sinn Féin published a slim, yellow-covered pamphlet with a title that was less a slogan than a verdict: ‘Ground Rent is Robbery.’ Reading it now, half a century later, it's striking how much of it still lands.
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A new policy paper from Trinity College Dublin is bringing the housing crisis in Gaeltacht regions to the fore, where Gaeilgeoirí continue to be priced out.
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Irish dairy and beef farmers have expanded production, yet continue to suffer from unreliable incomes as processors prioritise profits.
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For today, the pamphlet’s central claim remains indispensable: there can be no sustainable republican politics without a working-class politics, and no serious working-class politics in Ireland without a break from imperialism.
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Strikes in themselves won’t automatically overturn the post-crisis settlement. They do, however, force a public confrontation with the unfinished business of the austerity years.
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Across County Kerry, the official figures from the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) show a clear and accelerating pattern over the past several years: notices of termination have risen sharply, with the majority now driven by landlords’ decisions.
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Though a great deal is often placed in economic analysis on the influence that US FDI exerts over the economy, the continued exertion of British financial control is often overlooked.
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Over a hundred years later, large estates and the remaining landlord interests of families of British aristocratic origin still figure prominently in the Irish landscape and, in some cases, the rental economy.
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The City of Cork remains scarred by vacant and derelict properties that sit idle, while thousands struggle to find housing. Notably, anti-dereliction campaigners documented approximately 450 derelict units within two kilometres of the city centre.