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240 jobs on the chopping block- Fight the closure of Cork Mail Centre
By Mick Barry TD An Post announced plans in late June to shut the Cork Mail Centre (CMC)…
A generation faced with stress & anxiety
By Heather O’Callaghan At the end of May, The Irish Times released a survey of young people between…
No Contact Order Bill: Taking a stand against gender-based violence
By Harper Cleaves A new report put out by the United Nations on homicide reveals that 87,000 women…
New assault on abortion rights in the US
By Lucy Marron In May, the Alabama legislature passed a near total ban on abortion, the most restrictive…
Free public transport – not BusConnects
By Kieran Mahon With the overdue second round of proposed Bus Connects route changes due out in September…
#TeachDontPreach: Protests demand proper sex education
By Andrea Murray On May 28, parents of children who attend Castleknock Educate Together National School staged a…
The Ballymurphy Massacre: Families deserve truth & justice
By Kevin Henry Six months before Bloody Sunday – when the infamous Parachute Regiment (Paras) killed 14 unarmed…
Tackling the mental health crisis
by Ryan McNally Mental health services continue to be so overwhelmed by demand that people seeking help routinely…
Local & Euro Elections 2019: Green Surge & Lacklustre Performance for Political Establishment
A very significant surge for the Greens, huge loss of seats for Sinn Fein, and losses for the Left were the headline stories of Local and European Elections May 2019. While the elections absolutely did not represent any ringing endorsement for the Government or political establishment, the combination of the impact of a late Greens surge, and a low turnout amongst the harder pressed sections of the working class, impinged significantly on the Left’s vote.
Local elections: Class politics the only answer to sectarian division
The media coverage of Northern Ireland’s local election results has focused on the growth of the vote of…