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-
(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
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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
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– Aisling Gallagher writes about her recent experience of having her delegate status revoked at USI Congress because she voted for two pro-choice motions. Aisling is Women’s Officer for NUS-USI and a student at Queen’s University Belfast. This post originally appeared on Aisling’s personal blog here.
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In a new departure here’s a round up of the week with added hyperlinks. Hopefully you’ve had a productive morning, well found an Easter egg at least. We’ve had our busiest week so far at the Irish Student Left Online. While we’d love to claim all
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Sarah McCarthy writes about the scandal that has raged this week about banks possibly forcing parents to give up their jobs. There has been a good deal of uproar this week about the soon to be published Personal Insolvency Service guidelines. The controversy has centred around the possibility that parents
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Can a video by itself justify a post? Well we think it can. Champion of getting questions answered Vincent Browne is interviewed by Niall Dunne of Campus Television Network of UCD about the state of student politics. Enjoy!