Irish, EU & international politics & economics
By Clare Daly TD. Writing in his 1941 autobiography, novelist and journalist Stefan Zweig, who had fled his native Austria in 1934 when the fascists grabbed power there, noted that one of the crucial techniques that Hitler and his ministers had used during their rule was to have introduced their most […]
By Mícheál Mac Donncha. “It shall be the first duty of the Government of the Republic to make provision for the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of the children, to secure that no child shall suffer hunger or cold from lack of food, clothing or shelter, but that all shall […]
By Conor McCabe. Money exists in an opaque space, with its own language and gatekeepers to knowledge. As citizens, we are required to support the profit-seeking strategies of financial institutions, but we are not supposed to question those strategies, the logic that underpins them, nor the power relations that envelop […]
By Andrée Murphy. As the debate on a united Ireland gains pace, while simultaneously the debate on Brexit grows ever more toxic, there are lessons for us all. With Brexit we see the results of holding a referendum where there is no clear plan for what happens afterwards. In Scotland […]
By Pádraig Ó Meiscill. “(1) Allocation of Houses.The Government undertook to ensure that all housing authorities placed need in the forefront in the allocation of houses, and that future housing allocations would be carried out on the basis of a readily-understood and published scheme.” Not a fortnight ago, on the […]
By Sarah Holland. On December 21 last year, this writer shared an article on social media from AP News about a migrant shipwreck in 2015. It was Europe’s deadliest, with nearly 1,100 people drowned. Italian authorities had spent years trying to identify the dead, to give their families some peace. […]
By Tom Healy. The Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) is an all-island trade union funded think-tank. The Institute will be publishing a book in mid-April entitled ‘An Ireland Worth Working For – towards a new democratic programme’. The book, which I have authored, is about a vision for Ireland – […]
By Seán MacBrádaigh. As we approach the centenary of Britain’s partition of Ireland it is important to reflect on how the events of that period continue to influence the reality of Ireland today; how the legacy of political conservatism can be overcome; and why socialists should lead the building of […]
By Vicky Cann. We pay our taxes. So why don’t corporations? Billions of euros are lost each year due to corporate tax avoidance, depriving public budgets of much-needed resources to fund education, health care, social services, and much more. A study for the European Parliament has estimated that corporate tax […]
By Aodh Ó Corcráin. I supposed I could write a letter – a letter from the Basque Country – when a friend wrote to ask me to contribute to this new project. I used to write home in Irish, sending recipes and ideas, but that sweet poetic language has begun to […]