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WorldbyStorm - 12:52 Fri Dec 06, 2013 Just this week I was talking to someone who suggested that we might hear some unusually sympathetic noises to the the Labour Party from various quarters over the next while, in part because there’s a sense that their weakness is SF’s opportunity. And what?s this in the SBP, but Backroom arguing that: Fine Gael’s new […]  A
irishelectionliterature - 04:24 Fri Dec 06, 2013 Given the passing of Nelson Mandela some Irish Anti Apartheid Movement Posters And Flyers ?Campaigning For A Women?s Right To Choose Since 1971? And Other Postcards From Labour Women On then to next years Local Elections… A leaflet introducing James Coughlan of The Workers? Party to voters of the Cork North West Ward A leaflet […]  A
doctorfive - 22:16 Thu Dec 05, 2013 A remarkable legacy. Will be interesting to see what shape it takes over the next few days. Ireland has a part in that story, not least in a week when people are talking about banning strikes. The ANC currently not covering themselves in glory on that issue, but much to discuss.  A
irishelectionliterature - 21:28 Thu Dec 05, 2013 The description is as follows… RTÉ’s 1976 documentary on Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War (Spanish Anti-Fascist War, 1936-1939). Presented and produced by Cathal O’Shannon. Features contributions from Irishmen who fought for the International Brigades on the Republican side and those who travelled with Blueshirt Eoin O’Duffy’s Irish Brigade to support Franco and fascism. […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 18:41 Thu Dec 05, 2013 Reading EC’s comment here about the Forbes piece on Ireland which argues that Ireland is a great place to do business because of falling wages and high unemployment – or as EC quotes them ‘Nominal wages fell 17% which helps keeps labour costs in check. Unemployment remains stubbornly high giving employers a large labour pool […]  A
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WorldbyStorm - 12:41 Thu Dec 05, 2013 Great line in the current edition of the Phoenix (and by the by the Phoenix Annual is out and as always well worth purchasing) where they write under the heading ?who will lead the Reform Alliance?? …what a lot of nonsense media pundits are coming out with about the embryonic new party involving Michael McDowell, […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 10:15 Thu Dec 05, 2013 This Saturday, 7th December, the Sean Heuston Society are hosting a lecture on the formation and activities of the Irish Citizen Army. This will take place at 1pm in the National History Museum, Collins Barracks. This event is free of charge and non party political. Kevin Morley, author of ‘A Descriptive History of the Irish […]  A
guestposter - 03:46 Thu Dec 05, 2013 Many thanks to ivorthorne for writing this in response to the post here on the most recent report on brainscans and supposed “hard-wiring” of distinctiveness between women and men. I?d second the recommendation on the thread above to read the Satel and Lilienfeld book. Neuroscience can be useful. It typically offers a descriptive analysis. The […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 13:44 Wed Dec 04, 2013 Some more choice quotes from Lucinda Creighton?s thoughts this weekend on why collective bargaining is a bad idea, a piece which rapidly – too rapidly, broadens out into a critique of unions as a whole. By the way this is taken from the Sunday Business Post but she has been writing far and wide (well, […]  A |
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