Is Ireland really on the verge of losing its true identity? James Connolly was born in Scotland to Irish immigrants, going on to help lead Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising. Understanding such national heroes and history is more important than ever in saving Ireland’s tradition of sharing a warm hearth with newcomers.
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Gaza: The Jewish prohibition of the slaughter of innocents
Israel’s war on Gaza has abandoned all the moral standards of Judaism. Its illegal blockade has made the evacuation of children impossible, and the traumas of those who survive will be felt in Israel and the West for decades to come. The moral degradation of Israel cannot be separated from […]
Deported immigrants: confused and stuck in limbo
Under a framework that made Panama a ‘bridge’ country for repatriation, last February it received 299 undocumented migrants from various continents, extradited from the United States. Now they face the dilemma of returning to their countries, where they could lose their lives, or travelling to another country that is willing […]
The return home of the Syrian diaspora
At least one million displaced Syrian interns have already returned to their places of origin and, at the same time, more than half a million refugees returned from neighbouring countries. It was revealed by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs when referring to the forced […]
Imperial matters
The first insurrection against the British Empire in the twentieth century, the Easter Rising, took place in Ireland in 1916 – when the Empire controlled nearly a quarter of the world’s population. Sean Sheehan Nationalist and anticolonial resistance spread widely in the aftermath of World War I, especially […]
















