Category: Current Affairs
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Fionn MacArthur – How do you go from living in a houseboat in Sligo to being in an Israeli detention centre?
You’re awoken in the middle of the night to the deafening sound of an emergency siren. You scramble off the floor you’ve been sleeping on for the past 9 days; in the haze of panicked chaos, you manage to get on a life vest and make your way to the upper deck of the boat you’re travelling…
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Freedom Flotilla activist feels “utterly abandoned” by Irish Government
Freedom Flotilla activist Dr Veronica O’Keane told The City she felt “utterly abandoned” by the Irish Government in their response to their capture in international waters. The group experienced “absolute brutality,” while in custody, according to Keane, “No opportunity was too small to be used as a weapon of humiliation,” she said. …
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“I think it’s historic that there are four women here, two interviewers and two female candidates and that should be recognised” – Humphreys and Connolly go head-to-head for one final Presidential Debate
On Tuesday 21 October, the final presidential debate took place on RTE’s Prime Time. Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys and Independent Catherine Connolly’s final showdown came after what feels like a very long few months of campaigning, scandal, social media posts and debating. A breath of relief was let out across the country, as…
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What is the Spoil Your Vote Campaign?
by Luke Flanagan With the presidential election taking place this Friday, Irish people will be taking to polling stations to vote for Heather Humphreys or Catherine Connolly. There is a significant portion of the electorate that feels disillusioned and disenfranchised with the two…
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Young voices, big vote: Are young people voting?
This podcast was recorded before the recent news of Jim Gavin leaving the presidential election. With the upcoming presidential election drawing near, the political engagement of young people is once again in the spotlight. Do they turn out to vote? If so,…
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Podcast: China sentences former agricultural minister to death
We are in the 21st century, there are many international NGOs dedicated to human rights, and yet the death penalty still exists in some countries. One of them being China, and it is exactly there were the latest death sentence was decreed. On…
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Winter Price Freezes- The People React
Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash By Kelsey Doogan Over the last couple of weeks both Electric Ireland and PrePay Power, two major energy and gas suppliers in Ireland, announced they would freeze their gas and electricity prices as we head…
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From Pill to shot: Game-changing HIV medication available in the EU
A new HIV drug that can prevent HIV has been rolled out in Ireland. The newly-approved HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) medication, called Yeytuo, is now available across the EU and will soon be available worldwide. Lenacapavir was developed by GILEAD sciences back…
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TU Dublin race equity group responds to Eoin Hayes blackface scandal
Anna-Maria Mullaly, a member of TU Dublin’s race equity group, responds to the recent Eoin Hayes blackface scandal
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Phase three of royal canal greenway opens, expanding Ireland’s longest greenway
Phase three of the Royal Canal Greenway reached its long-awaited completion earlier this month, opening the picturesque 800m stretch between Binns Bridge and the Bloody Sunday bridge. This allows for segregated walking and cycling facilities along a 2.1km route from North Strand Road…
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