Why shouldn’t a modern politician, representing his constituency, seek information on an act that still scars the collective memory of that period in the local area?
Entries Tagged as ‘National Politics’
May 5, 2009
Gay Marriage Rights
The upcoming civil partnership bill is welcome – it will grant gay and lesbian couples legal recognition in many key areas. But why stop there? Last month hundreds of activists protested in Dublin to call for marriage rights.
The government claims that gay marriage is unconstitutional, but let’s not forget that our founding document of independence – the Declaration of [...]
May 5, 2009
Allotments Campaign
In Ireland we are completely over-reliant on food imported from abroad. Around 90-95% of the fruit we eat is imported. As an historian of the Emergency period (1939-45) I am familiar with the perilous situation that such over-reliance on outside trade can cause, particularly during periods of crisis. Back then, Dubliners had many more plots available to [...]
April 18, 2009
People’s lives
From talking to local people in the Rathmines-Pembroke ward, one gets the overriding impression that what matters to them most is their quality of life. In the developmentalist discourse surrounding the future of Dublin as a city people’s lives are often overlooked. Economic growth and affluence is nothing without its meaning for the lives of [...]
April 10, 2009
Oppose Budget Measures and FF Cuts
Show local Fianna Fáil TD Chris Andrews what you think of the budget cuts on Friday 17 April at 5.30 pm by joining the People Before Profit stall OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUENCY OFFICE OF CHRIS ANDREWS TD (FF)
Where? 80 Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. Heading out of town, Ranelagh Road becomes Sandford Road. Andrews’s Office is [...]
April 10, 2009
Brian’s Brittle Budget
The pillars of the Celtic Tiger economy have turned to sand. The political and economic orthodoxies of the last two decades are being challenged as the greed of bankers and politicians has been exposed.Yet, unsurprisingly, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have responded by attacking PAYE workers, those on social welfare and low and middle-income [...]
February 25, 2009
WORKSHOP – SATURDAY 28th
The People Before Profit Alliance is gravely concerned by the manner in which the debate on the collapse of the Celtic Tiger has been hijacked by right wing economists and media commentators. We believe that the Left has to counter this consensus with strong, practical solutions based on an economic programme, that can be popularised [...]
December 13, 2008
P…P…P…Privatisation
P…P…P…Privatisation*
Despite the attempts of some to paint the years of the Celtic Tiger as a belle epoch in which we were all ‘blinging’, many will remember Ireland’s boom years as signalling a frontal assault on our public services. Despite the efforts of Ireland’s politicians to establish the idea that privatisation is a good thing, it remains a dirty word for many. This is because [...]
