Unemployment emigration and casualisation of labour
Far from the rosy picture painted by Enda Kenny and other ministers last week, employment has not stabilised and young people see no future for themselves in Ireland. Sky-high youth unemployment and...
View ArticlePresiding over poverty: Ireland and the EU Presidency
The Irish government is halfway through its Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Presidency Programme targets “stability, jobs and growth” and picks a round of “fights”, namely: the...
View ArticleHunger and the horsemeat scandal: consequences of inequality
We produce enough food for 10 times our population, but the horsemeat scandal shows just how inequality has forced people to low-price, low-quality food. At the Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice...
View ArticleEurope Day, VE Day and Michael-D Day
“Today, citizens in Europe are threatened with an unconscious drift to disharmony, a loss of social cohesion, a recurrence of racism and an increasing deficit of democratic accountability in some...
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