Environment
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Fifty years of Irish planning
The 1963 Planning Act left a legacy of sprawl and dross – Ian Lumley
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Talking food, culture and politics with Seamus Sheridan by Ronan Lynch Seamus Sheridan doesn’t want to talk about cheese. “I love what I do and I know the jobs it supports but this isn’t really about me or Sheridan’s Cheesemongers”, he says. As an advocate for Irish food producers and the slow food movement, […]
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The nuclear family
The history of family life has been wildly misrepresented by conservatives – George Monbiot
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Never free of controversy, the Minister for the Environment’s descent has accelerated from the beginning of 2012 – Michael Smith
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Emotion takes a while to follow intellect – John Gibbons
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Feminism and farming
Going back to the land promotes sustainability and is living feminism Article by Ailbhe Gerrard What do you think of when you consider farmers? Is it a macho guy smelling of pig shit and covered in engine oil? Our in-built expectations about gender keep women relatively under-paid and disempowered in Ireland. If you Google “woman […]
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The recent ratification by Ireland of the UN’s Aarhus Convention still has a year’s probationary period before citizens can lodge complaints against our authorities. The NGO inspired Convention requires access to justice and information. Ireland has, however, already found itself at the receiving end of a preliminary ruling that threatens the country’s vast subsidies for […]