Education National Planning Framework – A Fantasy Charter for the Private Sector The government’s latest planning framework – Ireland 2040 – has been met with great fanfare. Since Friday the government spin machine has been in overdrive ably supported by the mainstream press. 20 Feb 2018
News Gerry Carroll: Arlene Foster as First Minister would be a “betrayal” With reports that a deal at Stormont could be imminent, Gerry Carroll has warned that any return of Arlene Foster as First Minister would be a ‘betrayal’: “It was the 20 Feb 2018
News Fantasy Planning There will be three new hospitals, 500,000 new homes, new transport links to Bray, Lucan, Finglas, Poolbeg, €1 billion for flood defences, new ambulance bases and goods for everyone. 19 Feb 2018
Reproductive Rights Mary Lou Mcdonald’S Leadership Of Sinn Fein Mary Lou McDonald is to be congratulated for assuming the leadership of Sinn Fein. She has been an articulate voice against austerity and has been able to convey an anti- 19 Feb 2018
News DUP Is The Problem Contrary to all conventional expectations, the DUP has walked away from an agreement to set up a new Northern Executive. But these were based on a misunderstanding of what the 19 Feb 2018
News Gerry Carroll Calls on Sinn Féin to release details of deal Responding to reports that a possible ‘compromise’ deal was on the table between SF and the DUP, Gerry Carroll MLA has called on the details of this deal to be 15 Feb 2018
News Gerry Carroll: “We need a new civil rights movement” Responding to news of a collapse in the talks at Stormont, Gerry Carroll MLA had this to say: “Arlene Foster and the DUP have made plain their unwillingness to enact 14 Feb 2018
Climate People Before Profit Wins Vote On Fossil Fuels Despite huge opposition from Fine Gael, a People Before Profit Bill on fossil fuels has won majority support in Dail Eireann. It would make Ireland only the fourth country worldwide 9 Feb 2018
Cost Of Living Global Stock Markets Tumble: Trouble On Way Fear gripped the corporate elite as US stock markets haemorrhaged £1 trillion overnight on Monday. The slump quickly spread to Asian and European markets as soon as trading opened. Politicians 9 Feb 2018
