Politics
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Cann-do Pessimist – by Anton McCabe
Thankfully, Éamonn McCann is one of the few significant political figures from the late 1960s still active. He fought his first election in February 1969, as Northern Ireland Labour Party candidate for the Stormont Parliament, and his most recent two years ago as the People Before Profit Alliance’s candidate in Foyle (Derry City) for the […]
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By Ronan Lynch Follow Ronan Lynch on Twitter In an online profile, Colum McCaffery describes himself as “Lecturer, researcher, contrarian”, but his contrarian side is professional and in person he’s witty and agreeable. “Contrarian is something that other people call me”, he says. Born and reared in Inchicore in Dublin, McCaffery trained as a technician […]
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GSOC should be involved The Government response to the removal of the two Roma children from their families this week can only be described as short-sighted, defensive and, sadly, entirely predictable in view of the State’s long-held policy of ethnicity denial and cultural assimilation towards Traveller and Roma peoples. The Minister for Justice’s initial […]
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Northern Ireland, nobeacon
On the necessity of a critical perspective for conflict resolution
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Suppress the demand
The reality behind the need for criminalisation of demand for prostitution
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Human Rights and Equality Commission needs to examine the model of development we are currently pursuing through the prism of human rights and equality
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If the age of the youngest child for eligibility is to be reduced further we must get improvements in childcare and training, and abolition of the cohabitation prohibition for one-parent workers