Politics
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Transformative
Trans legislation is progressive but needs to include children too. By Vanessa Lacey
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People with disabilities in institutions need choices By Niall Crowley
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Through a global lens
Ireland’s abortion laws in perspective. By Cathie Doherty
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Tax the lucky. By Mark Lonergan.
By Mark Lonergan Mirroring the recent abolition of inheritance tax on estates below £1m from Britain’s governing Tory party, the latest offering from Fianna Fáil in tax policy appears to be an all-out assault on what it perceives to be an injustice in the form of inheritance tax. It is particularly troubled by the current […]
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By Gavin Daly and Michael Smith In 2012 Village ranked Colm McCarthy the 22nd most influential person in Ireland. A gruff UCD economist and professional Dub, with the ear of governments and a market-orientation that would pass for Thatcherite were it not for his persona, McCarthy had early stints in the University of Essex, the […]
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By Anthony Coughlan George Gilmore (1898-1985), whom I knew during the last 20 years of his life, was one of the most remarkable people I ever met. The Gilmore brothers, George, Charlie and Harry, fought in the War of Independence and the Civil War. They were unusual in being Protestant Republicans. They grew up in […]