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Imprison fewer women.
By Ivana Bacik. Women are a tiny minority in prisons and a particularly marginalised and vulnerable group. On average, only about 3-4% of those in prison are women. While prison numbers in Ireland generally have stabilised and even reduced in recent years, there have been increasing numbers of women committed to prison. There was an […]
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By Padraic Kenna. Housing in Ireland raises ethical issues, though for historical reasons we tend to see them almost exclusively as practical (or ‘economic’) ones. There is no other broad area of Irish society where public trust in institutions has been more corroded. Housing has been central to the collapse in Ireland’s State and personal […]
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Self-awareness and analysis of problems and best international solutions needed, at secondary level.
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Little change on abortion
Government guidelines for doctors restate a “general prohibition on abortion”. By Cathie Doherty
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Fight for a New Republic – by campaigning, studying better models and not being afraid of radical change. By Rory Hearne
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Time to address inequality and inadequacy, in wages. By Dr Micheál Collins
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From tribal peoples via Dr King to Alaska, but not Switzerland. By Caroline Hurley