By Barry Finnegan* (Griffith College) Barry Finnegan is a programme director and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism & Media Communications, Griffith College. He is also a researcher with the Irish branch of the international civil … [Read more...]
Letter to Chancellor Kern from European Civil Society Organisations
H.E. Christian Kern Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria October 6, 2016 Federal Chancellery Ballhausplatz 2 1010 Vienna Austria Your Excellency, Chancellor Kern We, the undersigned, wish to commend you on the concern you have … [Read more...]
Thirteen Billion, Lucky for Some?
By Tony Phillips, Attac. (First published in the Irish Left Review). Cork is a pretty city on the river Lee in the south of Ireland where I lived for part of my childhood. Cupertino in the Silicon Valley is the HQ of Apple Inc. As an Irishman and … [Read more...]
Ministerial non-answer on the provisional application of CETA.
Here is the Minister's "answer" to our latest letter. In fact, she does not answer it at all. She writes: It will be a matter for the Council to decide on the signature and provisional application of CETA. We knew that. What we asked her to tell us, … [Read more...]
Attac letter to Minister Mitchell O’Connor on CETA
Dear Mrs. Mitchell O’Connor, We thank you for the answer to our letter of 9 May 2016, which we received from your secretary Mrs. Thérèse Walsh. Our letter explained some of our reservations about CETA and, as a result, asked you to please ask for … [Read more...]