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Can anything make farmers turn away from President Donald Trump? How right-wing populism has gripped rural areas, especially among farmers, is evidenced…
As of April 16, the International Energy Agency reportedĀ that Europe has around six weeks left of jet fuel amid the ongoing war…
The protest taunt āCops and Klan, hand in handā emerged from an observable phenomenon: far-right vigilantes have long been either disproportionately represented…
Since the start of Israelās genocide in Gaza, the Irish people have been pounding the streets week after week in solidarity with…
Irelandās presidential election was a resounding victory for the Left. Catherine Connolly, a left-wing independent backed by parties representing every shade of…
The combined forces of the political and media establishment threw everything they could at Connolly to try to stop the momentum behind…
On the morning of Wednesday the 16th of April, 2025, from 11:00 to 13:00, a group of protestersāprimarily made up of Irish…
āMothers against genocideā groupās protest āforcibly broken upā by Gardai as state continues its Jekyll and Hyde stance on Israel. At least…
The Irish Northern Aid Committee ā Noraid, as it was generally known ā was accused of involvement in various activities to support…
A senior US diplomat warned tĆ”naiste MicheĆ”l Martin’s office and the taoiseach of “consequences” if government enacted the Occupied Territories Bill ā…
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