By Niamh Ni Bhriain. Covid-19 is causing thousands of deaths every day, but the pandemic is killing in other ways too. Governments around the world responded to the pandemic by shutting their borders to international arrivals and severely restricting people’s freedom of movement. While for some this was unprecedented, for […]
Why is the EU so interested in the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa?
Protests across Ireland in solidarity with asylum seekers in Direct Provision
Thousands plan to protest Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland
Emma DeSouza’s open letter to Sajid Javid: British Home Office is breaching Good Friday Agreement
Emma De Souza: British government refuses to recognise Irish citizenship
By Emma de Souza. The Good Friday Agreement was overwhelming supported in referenda both North and South – yet a core principle and the very integrity of the treaty itself is currently being questioned and undermined. I am an Irish citizen born in Northern Ireland, whose Good Friday Agreement right to identify as such has been persistently denied […]
Fortress Europe’s brutality goes mainstream
Guest post by Jon S. Rodríguez Forrest. Last year more than 2,200 people died at sea while they were trying to reach the European Union. These deaths are not an unfortunate accident. These are murders, the direct consequence of political decisions taken by the coalition of Conservatives, Social Democrats, and […]