More trouble

More trouble

Rising tensions and controversial legislation test the limits of peace in Belfast, writes Zoe Holman.

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NI 549 - Debt: which way out? - May, 2024
Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... Michelle O’Neill

Richard Swift reports on the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

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NI 538 - Rivers of life - July, 2022
Women dance at a solidarity street party for undocumented migrants in Dublin, Ireland, where the government has just announced a sweeping amnesty.Photo: Brian Lawless/Alamy

Out of the shadows

Luke Butterly reports on a ‘potentially life-changing scheme’ from Ireland.

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NI 534 - The future of work - November, 2021
Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... Mary Lou McDonald

Richard Swift introduces Mary Lou McDonald, who led her party to an astounding result in the Irish Republic’s general election.

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NI 525 - The fight for clean air - May, 2020
Previous page:  Students perform Irish dancing at the Queens Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, New York. For people from ethnic minority backgrounds living in Ireland, the friendly image of the ‘invisible border’ does not apply – racial profiling by police and immigration officials takes place at crossing points and in-country.Photo: Richard Levine/Alamy

Ireland’s invisible frontier

The threat of Brexit has caused great anxiety about the return of a ‘hard border’ in Ireland. Yet it’s minority communities who have the most to fear, writes Luke Butterly.

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NI 523 - Borders - Freedom to move, for everyone - January, 2020
Dubliners resist

Dubliners resist

Report from Ireland by Megan Nolan.

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NI 516 - The dirt on waste - November, 2018
Dressed as characters from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, members of Rosa (Reproductive rights against oppression, sexism and austerity) protest outside the Irish Parliament. Photo: Laura Hutton/Alamy Live News

‘Repeal the eighth!’

Update from Ireland by Megan Nolan.

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NI 511 - Humanitarianism under attack - April, 2018
Photo: World Travel & Tourism Council

Introducing... Leo Varadkar

Will Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s new, gay Taoiseach, live up to high expectations? Richard Swift reports.

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NI 507 - Humans vs robots - November, 2017

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Debt: which way out? May, 2024
Rivers of life July, 2022
The future of work November, 2021
The fight for clean air May, 2020
Borders - Freedom to move, for everyone January, 2020
The dirt on waste November, 2018
Humanitarianism under attack April, 2018
Humans vs robots November, 2017
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