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Resigned Lord Laird’s symbiotic relationsip with the Sindo over the years promoted some regressive causes THE political demise of Ulster Unionist, Lord Laird, who has lost the party whip after being stung by the Daily Telegraph/ BBC Panorama in the latest ‘cash foraccess’ scandal, may not be as shocking to those who have observed, and […]
35THe crisis in Ireland is just the latest, though the worst, of a series of boom and bust cycles since independence that have marked the history of the frst Irish republic, such as it is. The crisis is an outcome of global neoliberalism, but also of the dysfunctional nature of our jaded political system. economic […]
28 — villageJune – July 2013THe Iona Institute has recently been accused of deliberately misrepre-senting research, conducted by Child Trends, in its submission to the Constitutional Convention. senator david Norris raised the issue in the seanad and has requested an inquiry. In response david Quinn authored a blog post on Iona’s website defending the use […]
20 — villageJune – July 2013THe North’s High Court has quashed an order by regional development Minister, danny Kennedy, to proceed with construction of two parts of the a5 dual-carriageway. This is the largest planning-re-lated decision ever overturned by a court in the North. The grounds were that the department of regional development had failed […]
21THe journey from “Croke Park” to “Haddington road” has been bumpy for public-sector management or public-sec-tor unions. Pay and working hours have been the main focus. Issues of gender equality have not received much attention.This is shameful given that the public sector is a major employer of women. In 2010 the edu-cation and health sectors […]
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22 — villageJune – July 2013newsTemple Bar – Dublin’s crony quarter 23so what’s happening in Cultureland that nobody in the arts wants to talk about? what of Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT), dublin Contemporary, the City arts Centre, the Hugh lane, and IMMa? and more. why, oh why, are our poets so silent? our artistic […]
25oNe in fve women in Ireland is abused by a current or former husband, partner or boyfriend, at some stage in their lifetime. since 1996 there have been 190 women murdered in the republic of Ireland, of whom 74 were murdered by a partner or ex-partner. In all of the resolved cases, 99% of perpetrators […]