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By Frank Connolly. The megaphone diplomacy involving prominent voices on the Left has brought some clarity to the task of preparing a common platform around which progressive parties, independent TDs, trade unions and other organisations and groups could unite in the months before a general election. At the Labour conference in Killarney there was a […]
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By Alicia Garrigan. In a recent article in the Derry Journal the writer, Tiarnan McCarthy, describes coming across a tweet coming from an account titled ‘Worthless’. “If I ever ran away from home, I’m sure my family wouldn’t even notice”, it lamented. He notes that similar despair is “not in short supply”. He goes on: […]
Denis gets agitated about Siteserv cynics
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‘Values’ clash with a ‘prosperity’ imperative in Ireland’s new foreign-policy framework. By Lorna Gold
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Labour/SNP/Lib Dems, maybe. By Michael Smith
The French Revolution sought national independence and democracy not the Russian Revolution’s socialism. So should Greece By Anthony Coughlan
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International-development NGOs discriminate against women even though their remit is to promote women. By Deirdre Murray
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Did first lady Hillary Clinton deliver on Ireland or just pour tea? By Michael Smith