Today marks the dawning of not only a new year, but also a new decade. The last ten years have been largely defined by the response of the Irish and British political establishments to the collapse of the
It may only be Stephen’s Day, but the dread of the holidays end is already rising in the hearts of tens of thousands of people across Ireland. The dread of the car being loaded for the airport run. The dread of
As speculation mounts about the upcoming general election in the Twenty-Six Counties, Éirígí For a New Republic has called for the rapid holding of a constitutional referendum to enshrine the public ownership
On Wednesday (December 17th) the patronage for six new secondary schools in Dublin, Meath and Wicklow was announced. All six schools were awarded to the English-medium patron bodies Educate
Up to two dozen people attended a hastily arranged protest outside of the Herbert Hill apartment complex in Dundrum on Saturday (Dec 7th). The protest was organised by the local Éirígí ciorcal (branch) in response to
Liam Mellows was executed along with Joe McKelvey, Robert Barrett and Rory O’Connor on 8 December 1922. Their executions were justified as a reprisal for the killing of Pro-Treaty Cork TD, Seán Hales, the
The news that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council and the Department Of Housing have agreed to lease an entire apartment block from a vulture fund for the first time represents a dramatic and worrying
In the last twenty-four hours it has been reported that Glenveagh Properties has sold all 90 apartments in the Herbert Hill development in Dundrum to the German investment fund, Real IS. The purchase price
Rest easy fellow citizens, the horror of the housing crisis will soon be over! You million people who have been denied your right to affordable, secure homes can sleep easy tonight. Salvation is at hand!
An Gorta Mór, otherwise known as The Great Hunger, was the single most devastating and important event in Irish history. Over one million, predominantly Irish-language speaking men, women and children died of
