In a new monthly slot, Chief Executive of Amnesty International Ireland, Colm O’Gorman, writes for the Cork Independent blog about human rights issues Nabeel Rajab was sent to prison for a tweet. He was arrested because a tweet he sent … Continue reading
When I was a boy I dreamed of becoming an explorer. Like Shackleton and Hillary I wanted to seek out the dark and remote outposts of the world, places where you also travelled deep into the recesses of the mind, … Continue reading
On October 1st a €1bn unsecured unguaranteed AIB bond will be paid, that’s almost a third of all the combined extra taxes/cuts proposed for Budget 2013, yet not a word about it in our media, the people abandoned to the … Continue reading
A big weekend coming up for us in the Ballyhea/Charleville bondholder bailout protest, our 75th week of protest. We’d like to make it a bit of an event so if anyone out there feels like joining us, this is the … Continue reading
According to the Namawinelake blog, with the injection last week of a €1.3bn payment to Irish Life and Permanent the gross cost so far to the Irish exchequer for bailing out our banks and their bondholders is €69.7bn, made up as follows: AIB/EBS: €20.7bn Bank of … Continue reading
Many times over the last 70 weeks of the Ballyhea bank bondholder bailout protest I’ve been asked why it is that there isn’t mass protest all over Ireland at what’s being done to us, the imposition of an additional debt … Continue reading
Patrick O’Brien, son of John and Clara O’Brien, grandson of Pat and Frances O’Brien, is the youngest participant (if a child can be said to be a participant in anything!) on Sunday last in the weekly Ballyhea/Charleville march in protest … Continue reading
Get it right: The difference between Britain and Ireland It does exactly what it says on the tin – you can’t fault the man – if you want to know the ‘real’ difference between the two countries – watch this! … Continue reading
If our column this week piqued your interest in the idea of a woman as Taoiseach or the wider issue of women in politics, you might be interested in the following resources. 5050 by 2020 The 50-50 Group is a … Continue reading
On a side note before I begin I’m constantly coming up with ideas for blog posts and then life takes over and before I know it the topic is no longer ‘hot’ news and I feel my moment has passed. … Continue reading