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"Jobstown Not Guilty Protest" Photo Credit - Rockface- Flickr

Going back in time – Right to social protest takes a cheap shot

October 27, 2016

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A boy (17) brought to court for attending a peaceful protest at age 15 and charged with "false imprisonment" for obstructing a politician's car. The country which this boy resides in holds a maximum sentence...

Constituency boarder changes – A constitutional requirement leaves Irish people feeling alienated

Katie Drea

April 14, 2016

Politics, Slider

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HQ by Kieran Lyman (flickr) Every twelve years or so, the boundary commissions are constitutionally mandated to ensure that constituencies reflect shifting populations. This means that a board called the bo...

Open the Debate: Abortion

Julie Edwards

March 9, 2016

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Abortion, the word that everyone seems to be fearful of. Why? It happens. Have we forgotten the case of Savita Halappanavar in 2012, where we saw a young woman lose her life due to the complications surroundin...

What to expect when working as a runner at an election count centre

Rachel Carey

March 2, 2016

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If it’s excitement-by-the-second you’re after, then a count centre isn’t for you. The count centre is more an excitement-every-few-hours kind of place. Newstalk Team: L-R Vincent Wall; Newstalk Reporter, Ra...

Diary of Count Centre Election Reporter at #ge16

Peter Kearney

March 1, 2016

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Saturday 27 February 2016 I arrive in the media room at 8 am to meet the rest of the media team. Already small groups have begun to gather in the Ramada Resort Hotel, Dundalk. Everybody is anxious about the da...

JobBridge is a noose around the neck of our mature students

Michael Mackey

March 3, 2015

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Huge numbers of our young graduates have had to leave Ireland in recent years due to lack of employment opportunities. The government has only compounded the problem by bringing in measures that make it harder ...

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Going back in time – Right to social protest takes a cheap shot

Constituency boarder changes – A constitutional requirement leaves Irish people feeling alienated

Open the Debate: Abortion

What to expect when working as a runner at an election count centre

Diary of Count Centre Election Reporter at #ge16

JobBridge is a noose around the neck of our mature students