Politics
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This March marked the 40th anniversary of Mary Boyle’s disappearance. Ever since she vanished on St. Patrick’s weekend in 1977, a veil of secrecy has shrouded the case of the Donegal schoolgirl who is Ireland’s longest and youngest missing person. There are few scandals that embarrass the establishment more, not least because of the sinister […]
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The stolen life of Richard Kerr, including his account of how Ian Paisley strove to cover up child abuse
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We are disciplined and motivated, with a new ambition to become a mainstream political choice for people right across this island, and deliver a just transition, protecting our natural world and bringing a fairer economic model.
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Is the Irish Labour party finished, is a question that’s been asked for nearly as long as the party has existed. In the last year or so however, or more accurately since a couple of years into the Fine Gael-led coalition, the party’s tail-spinning poll numbers have started to feel symptomatic of a terminal decline. The […]
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Labour looks to rebuild
The party seeks some momentum with the selection of candidates for key Leinster seats; but a swing back to the party remains elusive
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The PD Justice minister was a reforming minister who reacted positively to each new Morris report. His successors have dropped the ball
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Rent caps are causing homelessness
Welfare renters are prevented from paying market rents, on the ridiculous pretext that below-market rates can be maintained. This breaches their human rights.