Reflections on Violence against Women and Mainstream Media in Ireland
We Rise, We Chant and We March, and still We are not Heard
Ana Kriegel, Jastine Valdez, Joanne Ball, Natalia Karaczyn. These are the names...
Is Irish Unity possible? My journey to Belfast
This winter, I voyaged to Belfast for the first time. As an outlander, this trip profoundly changed my views on the Northern Irish conflict...
Ireland: ‘We have people without homes and homes without people. Mission...
In this short piece Liam Farrell argues that recent acts of naming the Irish Republic, either as a 'Vulture Republic', or as a 'Republic...
The Republican Future for the Irish Left? Socialist Strategy and the...
The developments of the Irish General Election (2020) represents an historic juncture for the left in Ireland. The question of left-strategy seems more urgent...
“The Centre Cannot Hold”: Reflections on the Irish Presidential Election |...
In this article Gary Hussey turns his eye to the recent Irish Presidential Elections which not only saw the return to the Aras the...
The Magnifying Effect of the Coronavirus: Domestic Violence, Inequality and the...
The Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has had an enormous impact on the way we live our lives. In battling the virus, global restrictions such as...
Refugees and the Housing Crisis: When Sanctuary Ceases to be a...
In this article Caroline Forde reports on the housing crisis and its effects on vulnerable communities in contemporary Ireland. Interviewing Hani, a young Syrian refugee...
[Ireland] Savita’s Law: The Racial Politics of Repeal
In this article, The New Pretender interrogates the racial dynamics of the Repeal the 8th campaign in Ireland through an analysis of the centrality of...