Critical Analysis
Our third-level institutions profess to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in their words. Yet, in their actions, they increase fees and rents, put our teachers on insecure contracts and foster unethical connections with greedy politicians, big business and unsavoury industries.
Fine Gael
On Sunday, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence, Fine Gael’s Simon Coveney, remarked on the recent election of Liz Truss as Leader of the Conservative Party and British Prime Minister as “an opportunity to try and reset relationships” between Britain, Ireland and the European Union.
The alienation of our union’s main decision-making body from the grassroots is by design, not by accident.
bill
The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is putting forward a bill repealing and replacing the Higher Education Authority Act (1971).
activism
In the midst of the pandemic, and the ensuing global economic crisis in its aftermath, the latent social and economic inequalities that have plagued Ireland, and indeed the wider world, have been heavily accentuated by the onset of a grave cost of living crisis
careerism
Our union’s political strategy is ridiculous, and one that I will never manage to understand. It is painfully obvious which way our union is facing. Instead of relying on students for its power, it turns towards College.
community
Residents in Moyross have called for the removal of the wall which they say has for years confined and stigmatised their community.
1968
A bit of a cheeky post from us, but we wanted to re-print this 1968 manifesto, as we believe the points are pertinent to this day. Via Alan Kinsella on Twitter.
Alessandro Correia