One man who’s been involved has been trying to organise a social event on a nearby council football pitch, something the council says it’s “monitoring”.
“The documentary series took on a tough issue, and did a lot of things right – but it appears in places to have gone against guidelines for reporting on suicide.”
“Support Irish musicians in whatever way you can, whether it’s buying their vinyl online, paying for their digital downloads via Bandcamp, or taking part in whatever ventures they’re working on at home to help us get through the crisis.”
Debt relief in the current crisis has to go beyond mortgages, to those struggling to cover the basics, writes the author of a recent report on household debt in Ireland.
Covid-19 has exposed the deficits in our income-support system, writes Michael Taft. “We don’t have to wait for the emergency to end to start discussing a new dispensation.”
The Irish state was built around a monocultural idea of “true Irishness” – an idea etched into laws that ignore and inflict violence upon those who do not match this imaginary vision of a nation.
The Noteworthy experiment has seen achievements, but also difficulties. It’s still too early to declare it a success or a failure, says Journal Media Managing Editor Susan Daly.
Reform of the Garda-oversight bodies is coming – if the election doesn’t derail it, writes a senior research and policy officer with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.
There needs to be a Victims’ Rights Ombudsman, who can oversee complaints by victims where their rights are not upheld, writes a senior policy officer with ICCL.
Here are the changes needed to ensure it doesn’t, writes an Irish Council for Civil Liberties representative due to speak about Dara’s case at the Oireachtas Justice Committee today.
