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The RHA’s 185th annual Exhibition. Review by Kevin Kiely The current Royal Hibernian Academy president, Mick O’Dea, highlights the Academy as “exhibiting work that is innovative and representative of the broad spectrum of best practice from here and abroad”. The aspiration is admirable but should you bother to inspect the present show you will reveal […]
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By Gerard Cunningham Trade unions within RTÉ are planning to challenge the broadcaster’s practice of using unpaid labour to keep its digital audio broadcasting (DAB) digital channels in operation, it has emerged. Radio communications manager Maureen Catterson has confirmed that 44 volunteers are currently rostered to produce content at a variety of locations for the […]
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“We’re being evicted”. By Roger Yates This was the text message that I had been dreading – and yet, one I expected sooner or later. It came from a ‘squat’ in north Dublin and the “we” was a female squatter and her rescued greyhound. I grabbed my keys and headed for the place… Rewind to […]
By Eoin O’ Malley The extraordinary decision of Irish media not to publish brings the concept of parliamentary privilege to the fore again. It has been invoked on a number of occasions in the last few years, sometimes in ridiculous circumstances, sometimes for political grandstanding, but also to allow the Oireachtas to do its job […]
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By Ronan Burtenshaw The ongoing Dunnes Stores dispute is a potentially critical battle against low-wage, insecure employment in Ireland. June 6th’s march to the company headquarters was a continuation of a battle begun on April 2nd, when 5,000 workers in the retailer went on strike, led by their union Mandate. That strike itself came after […]
By Mannix Flynn Despite all the negativity that can whirl around any local authority, much of the remit of Dublin City Council (DCC) is exciting. But it is not popularly associated with the arts of which – if you include Temple Bar – it is the biggest curator in the country. Most of the accolades […]
By Rachel Mullen Living with a disability costs more than you’d think. There are the human costs of living in a society that disables at every turn. There are significant financial costs. They have been estimated at €207 a week for the average disabled household by Dr John Cullinan of NUI Galway. This is equivalent […]
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By Mary Murphy We need a new politics in Ireland but do we have the motivation for and capacity to mobilise? Professor Eduardo Silva from Tulane University has analysed the left politics that emerged in responses to crisis in some Latin American states in his study ‘Challenging Neoliberalism in Latin America’. With some caveats, there […]