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Women, the Church & the Irish State: A history of misogyny & repression
The power of the Catholic Church in Ireland was cemented even before the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922
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LOS IRLANDESES DECIDEN EN REFERENDUM SOBRE EL DERECHO AL ABORTO
Este viernes, 25 de Mayo, Irlanda celebra un referendum histórico relativo al derecho al aborto
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How Irish anti-abortion activists are drawing on Brexit and Trump campaigns to influence referendum
Backlash against Irish abortion rights enlists some of the same technologies, companies, and individuals involved in controversial Trump and Brexit campaigns
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Protests across Ireland against Israeli massacre
Post Views: 51 Thousands protested in cities across the country this evening following a horrific mass murder by Israel of some 60 unarmed Palestinians in Gaza on Monday. It was the single deadliest day for Palestinians in several years.
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Ireland: Is Property Theft? Irish Landlords in Power
Ireland, with its punishing history of colonisation, has a no less traumatic ‘memory’ of property, its possession and, more importantly, its dispossession or lack
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Women of faith and the Northern Ireland peace process: breaking the silence
Mairead Maguire, Betty Williams and other members of the “Peace People’ are well-known, but the actions of other groups of Catholic and Protestant women are not
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DUBLIN – DAY OF PROTEST FOR AFRIN
Following the many worldwide protests against the Turkish invasion of the independent Kurdish region of Afrin in northern Syria, Ireland’s Kurdish community staged their protest in the heart of Dublin’s centre, O’Connell Street (Sráid Uí Chonaill), on Wednesday 28th March
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Gerry Adams: A Fair Weather Friend?
Post Views: 30 A friend of mine was in prison in France one time. It was admittedly a rather long time. Years later when I bumped into him I asked what it was like. To be in prison? In France?
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NORTHERN IRELAND: Conservatives Vote to protect Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)’s “dirty little (Brexit) secret”
Efforts to backdate the new transparency rules on political party donations in Northern Ireland failed on Thursday 7th March
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IRELAND: Why is Theresa May protecting the DUP’s dirty little (Brexit) secret?
Theresa May’s Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire is going to try to sneak a big favour to the DUP, the small party now propping up May’s government in parliament
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