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Topical news and current affairs about what’s happening in Ireland and around the world with a keen interest in Equality, Women’s Rights, Society, Mental Health, Sexuality and Politics.
Referenda and Marriage Equality are Rarely Good Bedfellows
When Ireland voted for gay marriage last year, it became the first country to do so via public ballot. It was an important moment in Irish history and in LGBTQI+ history.
But referenda and marriage equality are rarely good bedfellows.…
Say it Loud, Say it Clear: We Need Mental Health Reform
We need mental health reform. I’m not the first one to say it, and I won’t be the last.
In recent years, headlines have been filled with reports on the hospital crisis, depicting seriously ill ninety-three year old women left on hospital…
Abortion in Ireland: A Red Line Issue for the General Election
The Dáil is set to dissolve next week ahead of this years' general election. While we don't know for sure exactly when #GE16 will take place, right now it's looking pretty likely to be February 26th. But what we do know for sure are some of…
Shannon Airport, Online Radicalisation and Why ISIS place Ireland in the Coalition of Devils
In November, the Irish State ordered for the deportation of a man in his fifties, born in a Middle Eastern country, who has resided in Ireland for fifteen years. Described by the Irish Times as “the foremost member of the Islamic State in…
Ireland’s Sugar Addiction is Causing More Problems than Rotten Teeth
It’s almost the middle of January – that annual, crucial stage in the year when just about everybody is struggling to carry on with their New Year’s resolutions. When the gym membership usage spike begins its slow, steady decline. When that…
Foregoing the Right to Offend
Approaching the consideration of offensive utterances as a matter of rights leaves us with major problems. An editorial in Saturday's edition of The Irish Times exposes them.
In the week Paris marked the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo…
Even if Labour’s Election Poster isn’tHomophobic, it’s Still Insulting –…
Over the weekend, a draft of Labour’s new election campaign poster was leaked to the public. We’ve all seen the poster. It’s everywhere. It depicts Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin and Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams as a newly married gay…
Dating app for the morning after the night before
You wake up, woefully hungover, and remember the hot guy or girl you chatted up in the queue for the bar but couldn’t find the rest of the night. Or maybe your eyes met in the middle of the best gig of your life but you never found out who…
Minimum Alcohol Pricing: National Necessity or Just Plain Annoying?
Minimum alcohol pricing.
The three words on everybody’s lips this winter. Most notably Health Minister Leo Varadkar’s, as he continued to push plans for a new bill that would restrict off-licences, supermarkets, and shops in Ireland…
The Ever Rising Cost of Higher Education
Earlier this month, a confidential government commissioned report concerning university tuition fees was released. Entitled ‘Funding Irish Higher Education: A Virtuous Circle of Investment, Quality and Verification,’ the report suggested…