The media must challenge power and the state, and resist their interference and regulation
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Scrub 1983 hypocrisy
The fundamental problem is the 1983 amendment has not stopped over 150,000 women travelling to England for abortions
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Programme-renegotiation not enough as even finger-wagging becomes parody
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UniCredit breached liquidity requirements in 2007. Matthew Elderfield nods. The interconnectedness of banking dysfunctionality. Michael Smith There is a general official view that Ireland’s ethical delinquencies are in the past. Corrupt planning stopped when the tribunals started; and bad bank-regulation stopped with the demise of Pat Neary and the production of two limited and innocuous […]
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Since the last edition of Village, in August, the global economy has teetered. From its foundation in 2004, Village has been one of the few local publications that systematically criticised the thrust of the direction of the economy and society. If it did not necessarily predict the at least temporary rout of capitalism then surely it would not have been surprised by it. The new Village takes up where the previous one was suspended.
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Hogan’s magic touch So water charges will not become fully operational until 2016, at the earliest. Coincidentally, a general election will be held before that date. Big Phil Hogan who has gone politically AWOL after presiding over the household charge and septic-tank fiascos, is now applying his monkey-repairing-a-television-set nous to domestic water metering. Bord Gáis […]
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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 […]
