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Category: Current Events

Posted onJune 10, 2018July 29, 2020Current Events

You are Not An Impostor

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Women of Ireland – well done. We did it. We got out there, got engaged, had conversations, and we (with the help of our male…

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Posted onApril 18, 2017July 29, 2020Current Events

National Maternity Hospital: sold to the lowest bidder.

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Today it was announced that the €300m National Maternity Hospital in Dublin will be handed to St Vincent’s Healthcare group. SVHG is owned by the Sisters…

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Posted onMarch 24, 2016July 29, 2020Current Events

GE16 – The bigger picture.

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The votes are counted, the seats are filled. We still don’t have a government of course, thanks to the ongoing punch and judy show of…

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Posted onDecember 12, 2015July 29, 2020Current Events

Fine Gael – Front runners, but for how long?

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Fine Gael, currently the largest party in the Irish Dail, swept into power in the 2011 election on an unprecedented scale of popular mandate. With…

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Posted onSeptember 13, 2015July 29, 2020Arts

Javi Buron , Creatives in Limerick

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Last week saw the launch of Creatives in Limerick, a web app aiming to harness the immense potential of Limerick’s blossoming artistic and cultural movement. Javier…

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Posted onAugust 8, 2015July 29, 2020Current Events

Interview- Cian Prendiville (AAA)

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    Cian Prendiville, Anti-Austerity Alliance councillor for Limerick City, will be contesting the upcoming election as the AAAs sole candidate. He took some time…

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Posted onJuly 25, 2015July 29, 2020Current Events

Interview – Sarah Jane Hennelly (part 2)

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In part two of our interview with Independent Limerick City candidate Sarah Jane Hennelly, we talk about the political status quo in Limerick, economic policies,…

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Posted onJuly 22, 2015July 29, 2020Current Events

Interview – Sarah Jane Hennelly (part 1)

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Sarah Jane Hennelly , independent candidate for Limerick City, is one of the newcomers to national-level politics in the city in the eve of the upcoming…

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Posted onJuly 14, 2015July 29, 2020Current Events

Media coverage of suicide in Ireland.

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  It should come as no surprise that many in Limerick feel their city’s shortcomings have been unfairly highlighted in the media over the past…

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Posted onJune 25, 2015July 29, 2020Current Events

Fear and loathing on the left wing

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From opposite corners of Europe, this week has already seen a spate of disasters, drama and infighting among various left-wing political groups. Conservatives and centrists…

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