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As the government continues to mishandle the pandemic conspiracy theorists and extremists exploit people’s fears
Opinion

As the government continues to mishandle the pandemic conspiracy theorists and extremists exploit people’s fears

11/12/202110/12/20215 min read

It’s been nearly two years since the pandemic hit Ireland. Since March of 2020 we’ve seen a government fail again and again to get things

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Fianna Fáil senator to introduce bill banning protests outside private homes
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Fianna Fáil senator to introduce bill banning protests outside private homes

28/10/202128/10/20214 min read

Next month a senator will introduce a bill in the Seanad that, if passed, will ban protests outside peoples’ homes. Senator Malcolm Byrne of Fianna

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Election Special – Labour won Dublin Bay South but winning the country is a different matter
Analysis

Election Special – Labour won Dublin Bay South but winning the country is a different matter

11/07/202111/07/20215 min read

Friday’s election results in the Dublin Bay South (DBS) by-election threw up few surprises. It was always going to be a two-horse race between Fine

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Election special – Dangers of more of the same shown in by-election debates
Analysis

Election special – Dangers of more of the same shown in by-election debates

06/07/202107/07/20218 min read

It won’t be long now before we know the outcome of the Dublin Bay South (DBS) by-election. Mere days are left until voters make their

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Dublin Bay South by-election has become a testing ground for far-right rhetoric
Analysis

Dublin Bay South by-election has become a testing ground for far-right rhetoric

19/06/202119/06/20219 min read

A cliché we’re all familiar with is that a week is a long time in politics. Considering the events of the last 15 months in

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School criticised for mural featuring Blueshirt leader Eoin O’Duffy
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School criticised for mural featuring Blueshirt leader Eoin O’Duffy

28/04/202128/04/20213 min read

A secondary school has caused controversy by unveiling a mural which includes fascist Blueshirt leader and Fine Gael founder Eoin O’Duffy. Coláiste Oiriall in Co.

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Allyship with marginalised groups means examining your own privilege
Opinion

Allyship with marginalised groups means examining your own privilege

06/02/202107/02/202110 min read

The definition of allyship is when a person who is in a position of privilege and power seeks to operate in solidarity with a marginalised

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ICCL voices ‘concern’ at apparent garda profiling in ‘Smoothie Girl’ investigation
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ICCL voices ‘concern’ at apparent garda profiling in ‘Smoothie Girl’ investigation

17/11/202016/11/20203 min read

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has voiced its “concern” that gardaí are engaging in profiling by attempting to identify a woman who threw

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Treating asylum seekers as less than human for 20 years has caused this hunger strike
Opinion

Treating asylum seekers as less than human for 20 years has caused this hunger strike

30/07/202020/09/20205 min read

What does it say about us as a country that asylum seekers have to go on hunger strike to draw attention to the government’s treatment

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Asylum seekers say ‘social distancing is impossible to observe’ in direct provision
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Asylum seekers say ‘social distancing is impossible to observe’ in direct provision

28/03/202028/03/20203 min read

A group representing asylum seekers in Ireland has attacked the government for its “discriminatory response” towards them in dealing with COVID-19. The Movement of Asylum

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Editorial – There’s nothing grand about a coalition that won’t challenge the status quo
Opinion

Editorial – There’s nothing grand about a coalition that won’t challenge the status quo

17/02/202016/02/20204 min read

With the election results in and a left-wing coalition seemingly further away than ever, it appears that we’re in for more of the same. A

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National Party, its leader, and other far-right parties blasted for their election failures
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National Party, its leader, and other far-right parties blasted for their election failures

15/02/202015/02/20204 min read

A former member of the National Party has blasted the party and its leader, Justin Barrett. In a podcast uploaded on 10 February, the former

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