Critical Analysis
“I collect bottles and cans to save up enough money to postpone being homeless into next spring instead of in the winter”: Damhnaic, a man in his 30s, is one of many people pushed into waste-picking by a Government that pretends struggle behind closed doors is no struggle at all.
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Palestinian journalist, filmmaker and MA student Abdulruhman Ismail is seeking accommodation in Galway, with his current lease expiring on Monday 24 August. He is one of many survivors of the Gaza genocide that have been abandoned by the State.
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Disability Power Ireland (DPI) and the Muslim Sisters of Éire (MSOÉ) are both civic organisations without regular State funding. DPI is seeking public support through a partnership with Lush Cosmetics, while MSOÉ is asking for donations directly from the public.
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CATU South Wicklow-Wexford has launched a phone and email picket against the corporate landlord Patchflow Ltd (formerly Lava Capital) due to the abysmal living conditions in Hazelwood estate and the uncertain housing future of at least 37 of the 125 households in the community.
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Since 2025, the Government has cut funding for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) by 86%, delayed warning labels on alcohol until 2028, and left up to 400k people without adequate support, with thousands more to be born with it in the coming years.
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With a population comparable to Tallaght but spread over nine times the land, Greater Drogheda’s parishes, civic groups, and leftists have launched a three-pronged attack against the bureaucratic red tape delaying the regeneration and reorganisation of the Boyneside.
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Sallins Man Osgur Breatnach, a survivor of the Irish State's most authoritarian era yet, will head to the Criminal Courts of Justice on Tuesday 21 July to have his wrongful prosecution formally certified a miscarriage of justice.
Critical Analysis
Defendants with additional challenges – including mental health issues, addiction, and homelessness – require the most time and effort, and will be the most affected by Jim O'Callaghan's austerity reforms.
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"We don’t want a handout, we don’t want to be made redundant, we want to work": 244-year-old Carlow College's staff, students, and supporters rail against the Government’s last-minute decision to shut college, cut jobs, and deprive local communities.
Critical Analysis
As Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael leave working class migrants for dead, Ireland's elite migrants face no backlash as they cling onto the coattails of Martin and Harris.
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A pro-Palestine coalition shut down an event hosted by an Evangelical Zionist group at Ireland’s oldest Protestant church.
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The HSE, stuck price haggling with a multinational pharmaceutical lobby consuming taxpayer money, declines to reimburse the only medication for a rare chronic disease.