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By James Falconer, originally posted here – http://jimmyfalc.wordpress.com/ What’s going on with Ireland’s natural resources? Many people believe that our government have given our oil away, and that ownership and control of the oil belongs completely to the various oil companies. Have our government really given
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– Dan O’Neill writes about the youth response to austerity in Ireland and the role of trade unions in this movement. This piece was originally posted on the Young Workers Network here. There’s Never Been So Many Young People Since the economic crisis began there have been strong youth
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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-institutional-living-campaign-S63453.html on
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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. Last week
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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!
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Disillusioned with the results in the Meath East by-election? Well Shane Fitzgerald is here to give you the break down on the the crisis in Irish politics. You know the small matter of people not voting. The Meath East by-election (#mhe13) is over. Helen McEntee just about wins the seat
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How’s your congress going? Or did you ever wonder what goes on at USI congress? Well you probably didn’t but ISLO gives you a quick run down of some things to look out for. Words by Eoin Griffin, inspiration drawn from years of observation. Many thanks to everyone