After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
The government lacks the self-awareness to realise that Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton should be turning up at the closings of food banks, not the openings.
Despite Transparency International’s latest report, it is no time to be congratulating ourselves on how little corruption apparently takes place in Ireland.
Roe responds to one reader who was assaulted by her manager and asks why she feels guilty and ashamed, and another who is trying to navigate an open relationship in a small town.
That Ireland is an increasingly unequal society is probably not news to most people. What may be less well known is the role Ireland plays in facilitating the rise of global inequality, says political economist Andy Storey.
The newspaper published a story headlined “Poll: Terrorists Hide Among Our Refugees”. The headline was absolute garbage, and the article wasn’t much better. Here’s why.
These days – the poor, the working poor, the working class, the middle-class – almost all of us are screwed. The wealth is trickling upwards to a very few.
Roe advises a woman on whether she can leave her kids’ sex education up to the internet, and a man on what to do about his crush on someone who’s not his “lawfully wedded ride”.
Far from being a triumph, the coming on stream of Corrib gas represents the culmination of a long process of what can only be described as economic treason, writes UCD political economy lecturer Andy Storey.
Under the guise of helping the “squeezed middle”, the government is funneling money upwards to the elite while deepening deprivation for those on the bottom rungs of Irish society.
How should you handle that talk with a partner about STI testing? How can you navigate a healthy, fun, no-strings-attached sexual relationship? Our advice columnist Roe McDermott has the answers.
