European Union

Behind the curtain

By John Molloy THE economic consequences of Donald Trump’s language on tariffs is being considered by all the countries who trade with the US and the implications for the world economy obsessively debated in the media. While of course, if fulfilled, the effects of these White House announcements are huge, the modern need to fill …

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NEC STATEMENT ON NORTHERN PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT 23.03.2025

THE Irish Communist Party/Páirtí Cumannach Eireann welcomes the publication of the Northern Executive’s Programme for government earlier this month – the first such programme in ten years. But while the publication of the Programme is to be welcomed, it has fundamental weaknesses. It is strong on aspiration but weak on the details of how the …

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Statement on #ge2024

THIS week a general election will take place in the South, and the electorate have the chance to pass their verdict on the outgoing government – a government that has failed completely to tackle the crises in housing, health, rural development; or to even contemplate tackling the inequalities in Irish society. This failure is not …

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Shifting the Burden

Frank Keoghan shines a light on the significant loss of Irish fishing quotas as a result of Brexit. The EU’s cynical sacrifice of Ireland’s fishing sector as a bargaining chip could have serious consequences for biodiversity, livelihoods and the diversity of domestic production in Ireland, as the resulting losses are made up at the expense of underdeveloped nations.