At a time of multiple and intensifying social and ecological crises, which unaddressed also provide conditions for the growth of the far-right, the EU is investing in arms and defence-tech.
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'Ireland's triple lock policy ensures that our defence forces only deploy on UN mandated peacekeeping missions in line with international law. At a time of growing geopolitical instability and conflict, should Ireland change its triple lock policy?'
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Data centres have become a key *material* focal point in the struggle over AI, monopoly tech, economic justice, work and the environment.
Describing this as a 'culture war' is lazy journalism.
'KPMG is a serious consultancy but these are not serious figures. You simply cannot attribute that many Irish jobs to data centres, no more than you can attribute every job in Ireland people travel to by car to the existence of traffic lights.'
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119 Palestinians killed across the Gaza Strip during May alone by Israeli bombing. 19 of those were children.
Hard to believe there is even a debate over whether Ireland should play a football match against this genocidal state.
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'The council had learned that to make the “overall project viable”, the developer needed to put 22 of the 48 homes on the private market.'
This is why we cannot rely on the private sector to build homes for people.
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The problem with so much of this analysis is the premise that the US-EU relationship is ending.
Beneath the rhetoric, there is very little evidence of this. From AI to NATO to LNG, Europe is set to remain a subordinate partner within the transatlantic alliance.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Ireland's FDI-dependent development model comes under fire, with focus this week on data centres (the UN describing the unsustainable scale of DC growth as a 'cautionary tale').
And like clockwork, the reliable pundits take up their pens.
www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
@colinivan.bsky.social cutting through a lot of the noise.
'In an age defined by geopolitical uncertainty and strategic anxiety, retaining the triple lock is not an act of nostalgia. It is an act of caution. And caution, at times like these, remains a virtue.'
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You simply cannot attribute that many jobs to data centres, no more than you can attribute every job in Ireland people commute to by car to the existence of traffic lights
The Gaza Health Ministry said May recorded the highest death toll since the start of the year, amid continued attacks on civilians and residential areas across the enclave. According to the ministr…
Carlow County Council’s chief executive Cóilín O’Reilly has apologised after families on the housing waiting list found out by seeing the homes listed for sale online.
