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Locating Ireland in South America
he left should draw lessons about motivating people and cultivating protest capacity. By Mary Murphy
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Parliamentary democracy should deliver the small steps that reflect the incremental moves of society. By Eoin O’Malley
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By Ann Irwin. Development and change at local authority level continue apace. We have had the formation of the Local Community Development Committees (LCDC), as part of the largely unpopular process of alignment of community development and local development with local authorities, which many believe undermines local participatory structures. We have had the very unpopular […]
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Ansbacher – cover-up upon cover-up.
By Frank Connolly. The controversy over the naming in the Dáil by Mary Lou McDonald of several former politicians in connection with offshore accounts continues to rumble on. The Sinn Féin deputy leader has rejected a finding by the Oireachtas Committee of Procedure and Privileges (CPP) that she abused her parliamentary privilege when she named […]
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JobBridge to nowhere obvious.
By Kevin Callinan. The JobBridge internship scheme in the education sector is disguising the impact of the recruitment embargo, at times displacing jobs, and providing some interns with a low-quality experience, according to recent research sponsored by the IMPACT Education Division. It confirms trade union members’ sense of the improper use of the scheme within […]
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By Rachel Mullen Public-sector services are different: they are supposed to serve the public good and its values. The citizen should have a sense of ownership of, and entitlement to, them. Cutbacks and public-sector reform have, however, crowded out any sense of difference. The clamour for aggressive reorientation, led by certain quarters of the press […]
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By Shane Darcy There is an important sub-plot to Minister James Reilly’s efforts to enact legislation for the plain packaging of tobacco products. It concerns the incongruent relationship that the Irish State has with the tobacco industry, and with legal firms that advocate on its behalf. Recent reports have shown that the Ireland Strategic Investment […]