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19 Dec 2019 7 minute read

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Ireland’s invisible frontier

The threat of Brexit has caused great anxiety about the return of a ‘hard border’ in Ireland. Yet it’s minority communities...

Pope visits Ireland: A woman attends a vigil at the site of the Tuam babies graveyard where the bodies of 796 babies where uncovered at a site of a former Catholic home for unmarried mothers and their children.

27 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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A farewell to the Pope

From Catholocism to consumer capitalism, Ireland needs something new. Éilis Ryan.

21 May 2018 6 minute read

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Can a new generation topple Ireland’s 8th amendment?

This Friday’s vote demonstrates a vibrant and long overdue campaign for a secular republic, Éilis Ryan...

‘Repeal the eighth!’: Will Ireland liberalize abortion laws in May?

31 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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‘Repeal the eighth!’: Will Ireland liberalize abortion laws in May?

A long-awaited referendum on abortion is due this May, which will offer citizens the chance to repeal the constitution’s...

19 Oct 2017 4 minute read

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We need to talk more about Storm Ophelia

The West is not learning its lessons fast enough, says Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik.

21 Mar 2017 4 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Martin McGuinness: the day he set sail for peace

Chris Brazier recalls an encounter with the Sinn Fein leader in the days when his voice was still banned...

12 May 2015 7 minute read

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21st-century coffin ships

As we consider the plight of today’s asylum-seekers, the fate of Irish refugees two centuries ago is instructive, writes...

7 Apr 2015 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

The perpetrator, the victim, and a play of reconciliation

Dave Wybrow explains the lessons to be learnt from a long-ago terrorist act.

PODCAST: Never mind social welfare, what's corporate welfare costing us?

23 Oct 2014 2 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

PODCAST: Never mind social welfare, what's corporate welfare costing us?

The latest from the Tax Justice Network, including: replacing the Double Irish tax dodge.

9 Sep 2013 3 minute read

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War-mongering Obama gets closer to winning hypocrite of the year award

Irish MP lambasts politicians ‘prostituting’ themselves for a pat on the head from the US president. Mari Marcel ...

24 Jun 2013 3 minute read

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Fracked-off farmers unite with activists

The endorsement of the agricultural lobby could provoke a mass movement against fracking in Ireland and Northern Ireland,...

Dark days for the right to protest on campus

27 Mar 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Dark days for the right to protest on campus

Freedom for dissent is threatened in the few public spaces where free thought is encouraged. Adam McGibbon is...

Meet Irish environmental activist Tara Clarke

24 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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Meet Irish environmental activist Tara Clarke

The 24-year-old believes that her generation can break dependence on fossil fuels and stop a fracking future.

2 Nov 2011 6 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Greek debt: drastic haircuts and uncertain regrowth

As the European economic rollercoaster has the markets holding their breath, Michael Burke considers the...

19 Oct 2011 3 minute read

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Northern Ireland: proceed with caution

The Troubles may be over, but social tensions remain. Stacey Gregg believes the rest of the world can learn...

7 Oct 2011 5 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

We are all Greeks

Divide-and-rule doesn’t wash as popular resistance to austerity grows, writes Vanessa Baird.

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