Ireland
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Ireland election: its economic model under threat?
The Repubic of Ireland (this excludes the northern Ireland enclave which is still part of Britain) holds a general election today. Ireland has just 5m people and is part of the European Union and the Eurozone, contributing just 1% of EU27 and 3% of EU GDP. Continue reading
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The Puppet Masters: How MI6 regularly mastermind state crises
David Burke’s book is relevant to all those interested in how MI6 have instigated terrorism in arenas as diverse as Russia, Armenia, Iraq and Syria. Continue reading
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Ireland’s senate votes unanimously to impose sanctions on Israel
The motion sought to actively ensure that no US weapons are being sent to Israel through Irish airspace, to enact the Occupied Territories Bill and the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill, to impose sanctions on Israel, and to advocate for an international arms embargo on Israel. Continue reading
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Ireland’s Faustian pact with U.S. capital
The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald’s cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies to flourish is called the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. —Thomas Friedman, New York Times,… Continue reading
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Workshop on Northern Ireland: The legacy of collusion
THE LEGACY OF COLLUSION On 20 November 2019 the Presiding Coroner for Northern Ireland, the Honourable Mrs Justice Keegan, set a timetable to hear the 71 outstanding Legacy Inquests into killings that date back as far as the 1970s over the next five years. At the same time, there are a number of related on-going… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 