Rob DW·Mar 8, 2019We cannot let Fine Gael co-opt the climate strike movementIreland will see school students taking part in an important global climate strike on 15 March 2019. Demonstrators will put pressure on…
Rob DW·Sep 4, 2018Why we can’t afford to stay silent during Trump’s visit to IrelandIn the last few days there has been widespread suggestion that we should ignore Trump and not organise or attend protests against him…
Rob DW·Jul 8, 2018Racism is being normalised in European politics. We need to fight it.The rise of the far-right is huge cause for concern for communities around Europe. As inequality intensifies and social provisions…
Rob DW·Dec 22, 2017Trial by media of Romanians in Cork and the ‘look after our own’ politicsAs the homelessness crisis in Ireland deepens and Christmas approaches, we hear increasingly divisive language about the worthiness of…
Rob DW·Nov 23, 2017‘Organised Begging’ in Cork — the media’s attack on society’s most vulnerableEvery year around Christmas in Cork the same theories begin about people begging in the street. These all follow the same skewed logic…
Rob DW·Nov 18, 2017Instead of addressing the housing crisis, Fine Gael just want to shift the terms of debateThe last two weeks have seen Ireland’s government shift strategy when it comes to how they are responding to the county’s ever-worsening…
Rob DW·Sep 3, 2017Political ideology is preventing Ireland’s housing crisis from being solvedThis last week has seen the stark reality of the homelessness crisis hit home in Ireland. Three homeless people were found dead in the…
Rob DW·Jul 2, 2017The media’s response to the Jobstown verdict, and their obsession with attacking the Irish leftIn the wake of the Jobstown verdict, in which six defendants were found not guilty of falsely imprisoning Joan Burton in her car in 2014…
Rob DW·May 3, 2017A one-year review of the Irish governmentHaving now held their cabinet positions for one year, it seems appropriate to subject the shaky Irish governing coalition to some sort of…
Rob DW·Feb 17, 2017Ireland’s Transport Minister must stop attacking vital public transportIt has been clear for some time that the Independent TDs propping up Fine Gael in The Dáil are independent in name only. Ideologically…
