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Reports : Israel “interntionally kills” United Nations employees : Polish, Australian, Irish, and British
Reports state that Israeli military forces have “intentionally killed” United Nations employees : Polish, Australian, Irish, and British.
Labour Party TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North) states :
Israel have just killed an Irish citizen working for the UN. 30,000 murdered Palestinians should have been reason enough. But immediate sanctions including expulsion of ambassador must be the reaction of govt. And if Dáil needs to be recalled to sanction it then so be it.
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD
For sure, many other TD’s will make the same call.
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Apr 2, 2024 at 1:05 am
Posted in Dublin Governments, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Genocide, International Political Analysis, Israel, Israel Assault on Gaza, October 2023, Micheál Martin TD, Simon Harris TD, USA, War
Tagged with Gaza, Israel, Middle East, news, Palestine
Reflecting on the Rejected Referendums in Ireland – Diana O’Dwyer
Diana O’Dwyer asks interesting questions :
Sources :
Reflecting on the Rejected referendums in Ireland – IV
Reflecting on the Rejected Referendums in Ireland – ESSF
On International Women’s Day, Friday 8th of March, voters in the Republic of Ireland delivered two of the largest defeats in history for referendums put forward by the government. The Family referendum, which proposed extending the constitutional definition of the family to include families based on other “durable relationships” as well as marriage, was rejected by a margin of 68% to 32%. The Care referendum, which proposed replacing a sexist clause in the Constitution about women’s “duties in the home” with a gender-neutral clause pledging the state to “strive” to support family care, was defeated by a record 74% to 26%. Both referendums had been backed by the ruling Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil- Green Party coalition and supported, to varying degrees, by all the major opposition parties. The far right and conservative Catholics claimed credit for the outcome but so have progressive disability rights and carers’ activists. So who is right? Was this a victory for reactionary or progressive ideas, or is the truth more complicated?
Polling data shows that the Family Referendum was rejected by a significantly higher margin in rural areas, ranging from 80% in Donegal to 61% across Dublin. There was less of a clear urban-rural pattern with the Care Referendum but in Dublin, No votes were higher in working class than middle class constituencies for both referendums. An exit poll found that the majority of Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and (mostly right wing) Independent voters voted no to both referendums; Fine Gael, Green Party and Labour voters voted Yes-Yes and most People Before Profit and Social Democrat voters voted Yes to the Family referendum but No to the Care referendum. The 6% difference between the No votes in the two referendums suggests that around 6% of voters voted Yes to the Family Referendum and No to the Care Referendum. This compares to 68% of voters who voted No-No and 26% who voted Yes-Yes.
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Mar 24, 2024 at 9:19 pm
Posted in 2018 Referendum to Repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution, 26 County State (Ireland), Abortion, Archbishop Éamon Martin, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, “A Carnival of Reaction” - James Connolly’s Warning About the Partition of Ireland, Catholic Church, Diana O'Dwyer, Dublin Governments, Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (ESSF), European Union, Feminism, FFFGGG Coalition, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Fourth International, Green Party, History of Ireland, International Political Analysis, International Viewpoint, Ireland, Irish General Election February 8 2020, Irish Referendum March 8 2024 - Women in the home, Legislation in Ireland to Legalise Abortion, March 8 International Women's Day, Micheál Martin TD, Paul Murphy TD, People Before Profit, Referendums, RISE, Simon Harris TD, Sinn Féin, Socialist Workers’ Network (Ireland), The Road to Repeal, Vatican, Women
Tagged with Australia, Ireland, news, politics, referendum
“Will Sinn Féin in 2024 still just be the “attack dog” of opposition, or will a vision of what it will look like in government be clearly articulated?” Una Mullally, Irish Times, asks a very relevant question
In the early days of 2024 thoughts turn to the next general election in Ireland which will create the 34th Dáil Éireann no later than February 2025.
Before that, in May 2024, voters in the 26 county bit of Ireland elect local authority councillors and members of the European Parliament.
All reliable opinion surveys suggest Sinn Féin will be the biggest party after the next Dáil general election, and that the current FFFGGG (Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Greens, Gombeens) coalition may stay in office.
The post here looks at relevant statistics :
Sinn Féin does not rule out coalition with the right-wing parties, and – once we ignore silly point-scoring – we can see that Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens do not rule out coalition with Sinn Féin. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is explicit on this point :
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin opens the door to coalition with Sinn Féin
The prospect of such a government should send shivers down the spine of any self-respecting supporter of the radical left in Ireland.
Fianna Fáil (FF) and Fine Gael (FG), two tweedledum and tweedledee capitalist parties, have controlled every government running the southern 26 county bit of partitioned Ireland since a 1921 Treaty was signed with the former occupying power, Britain. A carnival of reaction followed on both sides of the Irish border.
Faced with a false choice between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, the only rational policy for the left was and is: no coalition, on principle, with any right-wing party.
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Jan 4, 2024 at 5:48 pm
Posted in Anti War Movements, “A Carnival of Reaction” - James Connolly’s Warning About the Partition of Ireland, British Empire, British State (aka UK), Colm Breathnach, Direct Provision - Irish Gombeen State Racism, Drew Harris, Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, Roya; Ulster Constabulary and An Gárda Síochána, Dublin Governments, Dublin’s racist mobs hit the city centre, 23.11.23, FFFGGG Coalition, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Garda Síochána, Green Party, History of Ireland, Independent Left (Ireland), Ireland - Emigration and Immigration, Irish General Election February 8 2020, Leo Varadkar TD, Mary Lou McDonald TD, Media and State Misbehaviour, Micheál Martin TD, People Before Profit, Police Forces in Ireland, Police Misbehaviour, Racism, Racism, Raise The Roof, RISE, RUC/PSNI, Simon Harris TD, Sinn Féin, Social Democrats (Ireland), The Irish Times, Ukraine
Tagged with Ireland, irish-politics, news, politics, Sinn Féin
Covid-19 restrictions Necessary – Irish Government’s Hesitation Showed Priority it Places in Profits over Lives
No Border News (NBN) No Borders News is publishing a series of interviews about Covid 19 in many different parts of the world.
Jessy Ní Cheallaigh answers NBN’s questions about the Coronavirus Epidemic in Ireland.
Please provide a brief biography for yourself and any links to resources or websites you would like included in your interview.
My name is Jessy Ní Cheallaigh. I’m a 22 year old woman living in Ireland. I’m a socialist activist and a final year student studying Communications through the language of Irish in NUIG, Galway City. I’m a member of RISE (Radical, Internationalist, Socialist, Environmentalist) a democratic socialist political group. https://www.letusrise.ie/
1. Briefly describe the state of the pandemic in your country or city. How many people are infected? How many have died? What do experts expect in the coming weeks in terms of how fast the contagion will spread.
At the current date (14/04/2020) the total number of confirmed cases in the Republic of Ireland is 10,647. Death toll has reached 365 as 31 more deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours. In Northern Ireland, 76 new cases have been registered and 6 more people have died from the coronavirus. The tally in the North now stands at 118 deaths and 1,882 confirmed cases. 12,529 confirmed cases on the island with a death toll of 483. Overall Ireland has made a decent effort to flatten the curve as the spread is not as rapid as it is in other countries. The government announced that there has been a “very high level of compliance” with restrictions on non-essential travel over the bank holiday weekend. However there is still concern amongst experts over the “clusters” of the virus present in nursing homes around the country with very little healthy/qualified staff to help prevent spread. As of Saturday 11 April, there have been 6.5 deaths per 100,000 people in Ireland. These figures however are definitely not 100% accurate as there have been problems with testing in the lack of testing kits available/bought as well as the huge backlog in test results that have yet to be processed. When testing was first opened up it was under the understanding that anyone who suspected they had the virus could be tested, when large numbers of test were coming back negative they changed it so that the only people who were referred for testing were those who had two or more of the most common symptoms of the virus or those who were high at risk (immuno-compromised/underlying conditions etc.) This resulted in over 40,000 people being taken off the waiting list who then had to reapply. Lots of reports state that some of these people still haven’t received results and that was just under a month ago.
2. What practical measures has your national government taken to respond to the crisis? Have they acted responsibly or were they unprepared? Briefly describe measures your government is taking now to contain the virus and treat people infected with Covid-19. Is there a state of emergency, are schools closed, etc.?
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Apr 20, 2020 at 2:34 pm
Posted in 2018 Referendum to Repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution, Abortion, CoronaVirus, Direct Provision - Irish Gombeen State Racism, Dublin Governments, Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières (ESSF), European Union, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Fourth International, Health Issues, Health Service Executive (HSE) Ireland, Intensive Care Units in Ireland, International Political Analysis, International Viewpoint, Ireland, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish General Election February 8 2020, Irish Nursing Homes CoronaVirus Clusters, Joan Collins TD, Kidney Failure, Dialysis - By-Product of CoronaVirus, Left Wing Opponents of Neoliberalism, Legislation in Ireland to Legalise Abortion, Leo Varadkar TD, Mass Action, Paul Murphy TD Dublin South-West, Richard Boyd-Barrett TD, RISE, Robin Swann, Stormont Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, Sinn Féin, Six County State, World Health Organisation (WHO)