Politics
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In the US, UK and Ireland Trump, Johnson – and throttled SMEs – threaten a revolution
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Margaret Urwin is known for her work with Justice for the Forgotten/the Pat Finucane Centre. Her published works include the pamphlet Counter-gangs (2012) which describes the activities of undercover British special force units in Ireland in the 1970s. In 2016 she published the highly- regarded ‘A State in Denial: British Collaboration with Loyalist Paramilitaries‘. She […]
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These four questions need now to be asked in the Dáil, as Leo Varadkar has not replied to Village‘s attempt to get answers. By Michael Smith. Since we live in a democracy lying to the Dáil is a resigning offence. Village has made the case that the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has run to cover over his leak […]
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On Thursday Village‘s editor, Michael Smith, wrote to Leo Varadkar: “Dear Tánaiste, You referred in the Dáil on 10 November to the impossibility of yourhaving had ten encounters in 2019 with Dr Matt Ó Tuathail. You saidmany of the encounters referred to athttps://villagemagazine.ie/at-least-10-times-not-2-or-3/ wereimpossible. Can you please say how many, and which of them, youconsider […]
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We live in a democracy and a free press is supposed to be important. So why have the mainstream media been silent when Village, a small, serious, independent magazine and its whistleblower, Chay Bowes, have been threatened and bullied by perhaps the most powerful political party in the State, Fine Gael, and perhaps the most powerful […]
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Leo Varadkar Must Go
Cheating politicians cheat us all. By Paul Murphy TD. Leo Varadkar is either a liar or a very unlucky man. According to what he told the Dáil on Tuesday, the only time he ever leaked a confidential document was the time it ended up in Village magazine. After throwing Maitiú Ó’Tuathail under the metaphorical bus and repeatedly […]
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On Tuesday, Village magazine shared communications with RTÉ, The Irish Times and the TDs who were leading Dáil questions of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar yesterday. We here link to a PDF of what we shared. Beneath are the most important of these. Readers will make their minds up as to whether the material was effectively deployed […]