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Eoin OFaogain is a freelance writer, community activist, musician and proud resident of Dublins north-inner city. His musings appear regularly on alternative arts/culture site The Bogmans Cannon. You can follow him on Twitter (@Eoin_OF) and read through some of his previous work at eoinofaogain.contently.com

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Their Status & Social Capital. My Years of Silence.

Eoin O Faogain Nov 16, 2017 0

In 2002, I was eleven. As is fairly customary for eleven year olds, I went to a lot of birthday parties. Some of them were sleepovers. They tended to revolve around impersonating wrestlers, drinking gallons of coke, sharing a Silk Cut…

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Let’s Be Unambiguous, There’s No Middle Ground To Sexual Violence

Eoin O Faogain Sep 9, 2017 0

I started watching a Netflix Original series called Easy last week. It’s self-described as an “anthology that follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture” - each of the 8 stories in the…

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For Dara

Eoin O Faogain May 12, 2017 0

An Garda Síochána’s most recently available ‘Strategy Statement’ for 2016-2018, readily available online, begins with a summary of its apparent values as an organisation. It outlines service, honesty, accountability, respect,…

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Dublin’s Educational Inequalities Are Not Exactly an Astounding New Discovery

Eoin O Faogain Feb 13, 2017 0

“School-leavers from more affluent backgrounds are much more likely to have places in universities offering high-points,” concluded the most recent Irish Times study on educational inequality. It’s a conclusion that, from anyone I’ve talked…

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Strike 4 Repeal, March 8th 2017 | No More Delays, No More Cowardice

Eoin O Faogain Jan 23, 2017 1

At what point does playing the waiting game become a futile exercise? Six months? A year? How about 34 years? To add context to the question – at what point does waiting patiently for a grotesque constitutional amendment to be repealed…

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Repeal | 2016 and the Fight for Reproductive Rights in Ireland

Eoin O Faogain Dec 13, 2016 1

In a tumultuous year internationally, where peoples’ legitimate fears have been manipulated by right-wing populists on either side of us, there has been one enduring positive here in Ireland, at least. 2016 has been a breakthrough year in…

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Has Trump’s Election Win Exposed Ireland’s Apathy and Hypocrisy?

Eoin O Faogain Nov 29, 2016 0

Three weeks have passed since Donald Trump’s shock election as US President. In that time, he has flirted with neo-Nazis (literally) and sought to appoint some of them to positions of power within his Administration. He has renewed a…