A member of UB1913 reports on the series finale of their podcast series as aired on NEARfm. This past Monday (26 August) marked 100 years to the day of the commencement of the great Lockout of 1913. While official commemoration events are planned for this weekend. for the day that was in it, RTE that evening screened a…
– Derek McKenna breaks down some of the Government’s myths about ‘Jobsbridge’ and explains how it serves only to provide exploitative employers with free labour. As a recent university graduate and new member of Ireland’s massive 14% + unemployed club, I have been eagerly scouring the internet looking for work. Of course this task was never…
Sarah McCarthy writes about the scandal that has raged this week about banks possibly forcing parents to give up their jobs. There has been a good deal of uproar this week about the soon to be published Personal Insolvency Service guidelines. The controversy has centred around the possibility that parents whose incomes is less than…
Is our world doomed to inevitable failure, regression and disorder? In the following piece, Adam Loughnane discusses… Our World is one of rampant corruption and of unmitigated greed, of bankrupt morality and of thriving injustice. Our World is one of disinformation and misinformation, of conflicts of interest and of boundless deceit. Our World is one of celebrated…
– Sarah McCarthy writes about that momentous moment in Ireland’s abortion history. Twenty-one years ago, this cartoon appeared on the front page of the Irish Times. It encapsulated perfectly the grotesque actions of the State at that time, and the striking image haunted a divided nation. It’s hard not to know the story of X…