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HSE and Pharma Lobby Delay Another Lifesaving Drug
The HSE, stuck price haggling with a multinational pharmaceutical lobby consuming taxpayer money, declines to reimburse the only medication for a rare chronic disease.
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Matt Carthy should learn from Starmer’s mistakes
When it comes to trusting people with our votes, at least, anti-immigration sentiment remains a minority camp in Ireland.
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“It’s Hard To See How She Survives This”: Shinners Turn on Mary Lou
Sinn Féin members are expressing increasing discontent with the leadership of Mary Lou McDonald after poor results in the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections.
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Gardaí and Private Security’s Bogland Eviction Attempt Met With Resistance
A tense standoff looks to be continuing over the weekend between locals and the forces of the State at the Garrymore Bog in County Laois.
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Covalen Workers On Strike Against Job Cuts
At a protest outside the Dáil today, campaigners called on Enterprise Minister Peter Burke to intervene over hundreds of planned redundancies at Covalent.
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EU Bureaucrats Force Closure Of Popular Dublin Café
The Silk Road Café is being forced to close by state and EU bureaucrats as part of the draconian security measures being erected around Dublin Castle.
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Video Captures Gardaí Harassing Inner City Youth, Sparking Outrage
A video circulating online has reignited debate over Garda stop-and-search tactics after footage appeared to show two Gardaí physically confronting and threatening a young Irish teenager during an incident in Dublin.
Critical Analysis
Our Anti-Racist Movement Needs To Fight The Disease Of Neoliberalism
Today I attended the unity protest following the murder of Yves Sakila by the Arnotts security staff. Death at the hands of private security staff is not unprecedented here, in the past few years at least two other men have been killed by overly-aggressive night club bouncers.
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Brown Envelopes, Bags of Brown, Brownshirts, and Bertie: A Unified Timeline of How Dublin Became Patient Zero for Reaction
Bertie swapped brown envelopes while in power for political capital on hate against brown and black people. Irony: he and FF built the crises they blame on immigrants. The Irish right blaze a path for FF rule at the expense of everyone darker than milky tea.
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"Cynical" Pamphlet By Lord Mayor Sparks Backlash
“It is cynical because he is not advocating for himself or his party, he is threatening neglect. That he is the feckin mayor as well makes it hilariously cynical, ” wrote one person.
Critical Analysis
Media's Culture War Only Lets The State Off The Hook
The state and mainstream media are comfortable for the public response of this tragedy to be trapped between a dishonest strain of anti-racism politics by the NGO ecosystem and liberal left, and fear-politics.
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Aontacht Editorial: Race, Class and Responding To The Death of Yves Sakila
Big business and shady politicians want to divide us. If they can split us into tiny groups based on our race, where we come from, the languages we speak, and who we love, it becomes easier for them to distract us from the big questions.