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A way back home

Hundreds of thousands of Rohinguya Muslims are to return home. Today, a deal between Bangladesh and Myanmar was signed, allowing the Rohingya refugees to return to their home country. No timeline or any other details of the agreement have yet…

Too Cool for School

Ireland and the UK are slacking off in the education sector.   Bertelsmann Stiftung, a private operating foundation that promotes reform processes to build a future-oriented society, published an Index Report 2017, the Social Justice in the EU. According to…

The morning news

Major events this Tuesday:   Today, the Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Syrian crisis on the phone with Donald Trump, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and Middle Eastern leaders. This Monday, the Syrian President…

You will have to drive over us!

The December European Council meeting is rapidly approaching. The British government, however, still hasn’t come up with a Brexit plan that would satisfy Northern Ireland and the Republic. The question of “hard” or “soft” border remains unresolved. Last week, during…

Russia and the US: a zero-sum game

Russia and the US K.O.ed each other during the UN Security Council meeting. This Thursday, Russia and the US ambassadors exchanged blows during the United Nations Security Council session this Thursday. The rematch is planned for today. In a span…

Can’t buy me… house?

The recently published Daft.ie and the Economic and Social Research Institute reports have no good news for the housing situation in Ireland. According to research by the ESRI, house prices could rise by 20 per cent over the next three…

Aung San Suu Kyi to lose Freedom again?

Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays… Today, Irish musician and anti-poverty activist Bob Geldof returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin award. This is his way of protesting against Aung San Suu Kyi’s actions, or, to…

Yemen: From Bad to Worse

The humanitarian situation in Yemen worsens with every passing day.   “Everywhere I went, I saw roads, bridges, factories, hotels, and houses that had been destroyed by bombing or shelling. In Hudaydah, I met seven-year-old Nora. She weighs 11 kg…

Home sweet home?

The housing crisis in Ireland is in bloom, and the “anything goes” attitude of landlords is really not helping the situation. According to Threshold National Housing Charity, an Irish agency that advises people on their housing rights, each year more…

A cry for help

Today, Nazarin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has put a formal request to meet Boris Johnson, after the foreign secretary made some contradictory remarks about the purpose of her visit to Iran in 2016. Last April, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was charged with espionage and attempts…