TROUBLESOME TEACHERS, militant strikers, demanding workers – any of this sound familiar? It’s the standard fare for what’s considered reporting on industrial relations disputes in the Irish economy. Free article

TÁ’S AGAINN gur bíogóideacht atá taobh thiar de chur i gcoinne na Gaeilge ag páirtithe Aontacha; agus nach bhfuil sa gcaint faoi chostas mór a bheith ag baint le hAcht Teangan ach cur i gcéill ag iarraidh leithscéal don bhíogóideacht sin. Free article

SENATOR FINTAN WARFIELD is using Sinn Féin Private Member’s Time to bring forward legislation to reduce the voting age in local government and European Parliament elections to 16. Free article

JUST HOURS after taking his place in the White House, US President Donald J Trump followed through on his promise to “get tough” on immigrants (particularly those from Muslim majority states) and announced his travel ban targeting seven states. Free article

WHILE commentators and politicians alike agree that the British withdrawal from the European Union (“Brexit”) poses major threats to Ireland, in terms both of trade and in respect of the Border, the Fine Gael/Independent Government in Dublin stands frozen like a rabbit caught in the headlights. Free article

AS THE THREAT of “Brexit” rightfully preoccupies the minds of most Irish people, there are equally significant machinations taking place in Brussels and throughout the European Union’s 27 member states. Free article