On Tuesday 12 November 2019, Jeanine Anez, a fierce, right-wing opponent of socialist Evo Morales, took power in Bolivia with the backing of the police and the military. This represents a setback for the working class and indigenous people of Bolivia (and beyond). It was a setback that could have been avoided and the main […]
Amy Dunne: her bravery helped change Ireland’s abortion law
By Niamh McDonald, Chairperson, Dublin Bay North ‘Together For Yes’ ‘Repeal Changed My Life’ It is not easy to talk in public about personal experiences of abortion and enormous credit has to be given to those like Amy Dunne, who told their stories and helped change abortion law in Ireland. Ireland’s long journey from being […]
New Playground For Kilbarrack
After a long struggle, Kilbarrack finally has a new area for children to play in After a protracted effort that began more than twenty years ago, there is finally a new children’s playground in Kilbarrack in front of the Kilbarrack All Weather pitch facing on to Greendale Road at the top of Thornville Road. A […]
New Stardust Fire Inquest for Victims of 1981
It is three years since the Attorney General of the day decided that a new Stardust Fire inquest into the deaths of the 48 young people who perished in the 1981 nightclub fire should be held and yet the families still wait. For more than forty-one years the families and friends of the victims and […]
Ireland’s Climate Strike 20 September 2019
Young people in Ireland played their part in the massive world-wide strike against Climate Change on 20 September 2019. The energy and determination as well as the frustration of the participants was evident in the chants and slogans on the placards. Fair play to the anonymous students who posted on Reddit that they had to […]