Up To 80,000 Protest Imposition Of Water Charges
In light of recent improved polling members and supporters of the governing Fine Gael and Labour Party coalition were predicting aContinue Reading
Tag: Fine Oibre – Fine Gael and Labour Coalition
Coalition Loyalists Are Rewarded While Protesters Are Imprisoned
In the first half of 2011 Enda Kenny’s self-proclaimed “democratic revolution” brought his centre-right Fine Gael party to power inContinue Reading
Unleash The Dogs Of Policing
Is it safe to comment on political matters in contemporary Ireland if one lacks the fig-leaf protection that comes withContinue Reading
Putting The Irish Language Down
For the last three years I have argued that when it comes to the linguistic and cultural rights of theContinue Reading
The Jacobin View On Ireland
The US-based Jacobin magazine has a lengthy and well-informed article on the current situation here in Ireland, particularlyContinue Reading
The Irish Struggle
Twenty-eight years ago officials from the government of Ireland tasked with managing Dublin’s interests in the north-east of the country asked their BritishContinue Reading
Ireland Third Most Deprived Nation On EU 15 List
The Irish news media has spent much of the last week focusing on the issue of homelessness following the dreadfully sad passing ofContinue Reading
Fine Gael And Labour Versus Fascists And The Irish ISIS
In most normal Western-style democracies men and women associated with environmental movements tend to be on the broad Left orContinue Reading
The Return Of The Sinister State
So an unpopular minster in an unpopular government implementing unpopular policies is given her marching orders by a communityContinue Reading
Joan Burton Burns Rubber
Talking of unfinished revolutions we learn this evening that Joan Burton, Tánaiste, minster for social protection and Labour Party leader, was delayed inContinue Reading
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
I’m not quite sure if the political establishment in Ireland is embarrassed, ashamed or terrified by the 2016 centenary of theContinue Reading
Defenders And Defilers Of The Irish State
Apparently Gerry Adams TD, leader of the political party the polls declare the most popular in the country, has issuedContinue Reading
Same As It Ever Was
The thousands protesting against the imposition of unwarranted taxes and iniquitous government policies are crypto-terrorists. The Gardaí are being unfairly vilifiedContinue Reading
Princes And Princesses Of The Continuity State
100,000 marchers on the streets of our capital city, gangs of Gardaí shuttling contractors for Uisce Éireann around suburban housingContinue Reading
The Acceptable Form Of Racism In Ireland
Do Irish-speaking communities and citizens in Ireland enjoy full equality with their English-speaking peers when it comes to the institutionsContinue Reading
Ireland Of The Apes
Are we really so enslaved to our post-colonial neuroses, so malformed by centuries of external domination, that even after ninety years ofContinue Reading
Over 50,000 Protest Water Taxes
Last Wednesday I suggested that the imposition of water charges at the behest of the IMF-EU-ECB could do for theContinue Reading
Water Charges, The Irish Poll Tax
In 1989 the Conservative Party government in Britain, under the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, introduced the officially regarded “community charge”Continue Reading
Right2Water Demonstration, Saturday 11th October 2014
Last week I touched upon the new Troika-imposed water-tax that it is being rolled out across the country by the FineContinue Reading
The Imposition Of Water Taxes Goes International
The imposition of the new Troika-dictated water tax on Irish households by the Fine Oibre coalition government has started toContinue Reading
The Irish Neo-Ascendancy: You Pay So We Don’t Have To
Just when you believe that resigned familiarity has made one desensitized to the arrogance of Ireland’s Neo-Ascendancy class along comesContinue Reading
Irish Politics Or Looking After Your Own
When the coalition government of Fine Gael and Labour took power in 2011 they did so on a waveContinue Reading
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