By Aine Pennello
On Tuesday 19 October, three hundred French students barricaded the road at the Place de la République in Paris, chanting and throwing bottles at police. Objecting to the government’s proposal to raise the retirement age from 60 …
Recession continues to put children onto the streets
By Virginia Furness
Youth homelessness soars as new figures report that nearly 800 children were in need of emergency accommodation last year. Up to a quarter of these children were under 12.
Figures compiled by the Health Service Executive recorded …
Is it time for a change of prescription?
By Rachael McKeown
Emergency contraception is called emergency contraception for a reason. Women who want to obtain the morning after pill but fail to do so may end up with an unwanted, unplanned pregnancy.
And while family planning, contraception and …
Animal cruelty exposed by bizarre wallaby abuse
By Manus Lenihan
Mystery surrounds a bizarre incident of animal cruelty that occurred at a thirtieth birthday party in the Clarion Hotel in West Dublin in mid-October. A video, circulated on Facebook and played on RTÉ news on Tuesday 19, …
No end in sight for Rwanda or the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Lauren Shaw
Last week an attack by armed rebels on a peacekeeping mission was condemned by the United Nations Special Representative to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Roger Meece. Peacekeeping operations have been in full force since this …
Equality or discrimination?
By Lauren Shaw
The Global Gender Gap Report, published by the World Economic Forum has shown “a strong correlation between gender equality and a country’s prosperity and economic competitiveness.” The report, which combines five years of data examines the gap …
Violence in Istanbul: a culture clash?
By Jean-baptiste Carrere
It doesn’t look very good for the 2010 European Capital of Culture when artists get beaten up with clubs on an exhibition night, but this is what happened in Istanbul last month. Gangs trashed three art galleries …
A dark blue dawn for Sweden
By Siri Bjorntvedt
Sweden has long been considered to be among the most open and liberal social democracies in the world, and in 2005 the Guardian deemed Sweden the most successful society the world has ever known. Now five years …
Climb me to the moon
By Christine Shields
Over the bank holiday weekend, the DU Climbing Club brought around 40 eager members off to the Burren in County Clare for a spot of climbing.
We were all lumped on a coach at 6:00 pm, and …
This Charmless Man
By Mark Walsh
I had the best intentions for this issue. I said I’d be a good little social diarist, and that I’d go to loads of things. The problem with going to things is that most things are shit. …