International
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Enda Kenny
Taoiseach 2011-2016
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Band Aid
Ireland’s aid provision is 0.38% of GNI, the same as in the early 2000s
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Fragile Ukraine
Beleaguered and polarised, the future is a tolerant and civic nationalism
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1916 values diverted
The EU and the defeasible control of Irish destinies
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Hundreds of people line up in a queue as soon as the doors of the van open, each hoping to get a pair of warm trousers. It is a cold November day in Calais, but some of them are wearing just shorts and slippers. In the queue I recognise a Syrian man that I met in […]
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UNrealistic
At the end of last September, under the shadow of the glimmering New York skyline overhead, the world celebrated the dawn of a new era. The UN Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concluded with a massive party in Central Park, graced by the presence of superstars such as Ed Sheerin and Beyonce. The […]
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Crossing from Slovakia into Trans-Carpathian Ukraine at the Çop junction, trains from the West halt in deference to the different rail gauges used on the other side. Stalin contrived this to prevent easy entry for invading armies; or escape. Crossing the frontier into the former Soviet Union might instil a little trepidation even into a […]