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28 May 2020 Edition

There is a better Ireland for us all

28 May 2020

The Coronavirus pandemic created a vocabulary of its own. Terms like ‘flattening the curve’, ‘social distancing’, ‘lock down’, ‘face masks’ and ‘the new normal’ filled our conversations. One term stood out. It was the fact that when it comes to tackling Covid-19, Ireland is one ‘epidemiological unit’. Partition is meaningless when confronting the Coronavirus, as it is for creating an environmental strategy, as it should be when it comes to planning for health, education, agriculture, housing and infrastructural development. Free article

Let us keep believing in a new Ireland

28 May 2020

Mary Lou McDonald writes exclusively on post Covid Ireland and how Sinn Féin will keep working to deliver change. Free article

Republican political ideas vital in this age of change

28 May 2020

Ruairí Creaney discusses the key components of Irish republicanism today. - "A conversation about what it means to be an Irish republican in the 21st Century is essential" Free article

Press freedom predators must be challenged

28 May 2020

Roy Greenslade catalogues the growing challenges to press freedom around the world. Free article

The challenge of EU reform

28 May 2020

New Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus takes on the EU. - "The definition of a ‘small farmer’ in Sligo is quite a different concept to the one considered in Bavaria or the Po Valley in Italy" Free article

Referendum on Irish Unity is achievable and winnable

28 May 2020

Gerry Adams outlines the road to the referendum for a United Ireland. Free article

An economic vision for post Covid Ireland

28 May 2020

A new business model involving workplace democracy, green programmes, public housing initiatives, increased supports for families and workers and a climate friendly agriculture initiative are just some of the possibilities outlined by SIPTU researcher Michael Taft, as he considers the post-Covid ‘new normal’. Free article

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We must have a recovery that builds a fairer society

28 May 2020

Caoimhe Archibald plans a post-Covid recovery that builds a fairer economy and society. Free article

From Spanish Flu to Covid-19 – lessons from history

28 May 2020

Caoimhe Archibald plans a post-Covid recovery that builds a fairer economy and society. Free article

Ní amháin Gaelach ach saor - Ní amháin saor ach Gaelach

28 May 2020

Scríobhann Erin Ní Bhroin faoi an-chuid staire a bhfuil bainteach le Shleacht Néill, agus ról an baile ó thaobh gníomhaíochas sa phobail agus i stair na hÉireann. Free article

A new wave of protest music is here

28 May 2020

Musician Andy McGibbon spells out the potential of protest music in these changing times. Free article

Compassion connects us to our people

28 May 2020

From the doorstep canvas to the council chamber, Councillor Grace McManus makes the case for compassion. Free article

Brazilian democracy under attack

28 May 2020

Human Rights activist and academic Conor Foley explains the crisis in Brazilian democracy. Free article


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