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2 May 2017 Edition

Tá ceart agat í a labhairt; ach níl ceart agat go dtuigfí thú!

2 May 2017

GO TEOIRICIÚIL tá ceart ag saoránaigh gnó leis an stát ó dheas a dhéanamh tré Ghaeilge, ach mura bhfuil Gaeilge ag stáitsheirbhísigh i rannóga faoi leith cén chaoi féidhm a bhaint as an “gceart”? Free article

Another Europe is possible – Treo eile don Eoraip

2 May 2017

Majority of MEPs acknowledge ‘special circumstances’ of Ireland in Brexit Euro Parliament debate, Fisheries conference hosted by Liadh Ní Riada, Left should lead visible campaign for rejection of Fiscal Compact and Young people ‘marginalised by punitive policies’ Free article

EU must change direction or risk disintegration

2 May 2017

IT TOOK a shipping clerk on the quays of Antwerp to expose the reality that King Leopold’s ‘Belgian’ Congo, a supposedly benevolent empire built by a man lauded by anti-slavery groups, was actually a brutal colony built on slavery. Free article

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‘Opening the Debate on Irish Unity’ in England and Scotland

2 May 2017

IN THE WEEKS before British Prime Minister Theresa May surprised everyone by calling a Westminster general election, Sinn Féin MPs were engaged in an extensive series of public meetings across England and Scotland under the banner of “Opening the Debate on Irish Unity”. Free article

Sugarman and bankers’ sweet deals

2 May 2017

THE recent appearance of whistleblower Jonathan Sugarman in front of the Oireachtas Finance Committee raises once again the role of Ireland’s ‘light-touch’ regulatory system in the 2008 bank crisis. Free article

SFRY speak at Young European Left summit in Athens

2 May 2017

THE Young European Left (YEL) network met in Athens in April, with delegations from Sinn Féin Republican Youth, SYRIZA (Greece), Labour Youth (Ireland), HDP (Turkey), JERC (Catalonia), Bloco de Esquerda (Portugal), Junge Linka (Germany), Podemos (Spain) and Vasemmistonuoret (Finland). Free article


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