FOR many years, people complained that Ireland’s politics was dominated by the Civil War and that the Right v Left divide had no place in Ireland. This past weekend, in Cork, we got evidence that the battlefield between the opposing wings of the political spectrum has moved to Ireland, to Cork in fact.
FOR many years, people complained that Ireland’s politics was dominated by the Civil War and that the Right v Left divide had no place in Ireland. This past weekend, in Cork, we got evidence that the battlefield between the opposing wings of the political spectrum has moved to Ireland, to Cork in fact.
It was the only flashpoint on the street during an afternoon which saw about 100 people attend the nationalist Cork Says No rally near the national monument
Harsh reactions to asylum seekers are amplified by social media but have been there since Ireland first took refugees in the 1950s, writes Imasha Costa