Reasons to be cheerful: 6 Green highlights from 2016
As we eke out of our sherry dens and back into non-festive life, the image of 2016 as a terrible year is setting itself in stone. But as fashionable…
2017 must be a year of social movements in Northern Ireland
Rally for Choice in central Belfast. Credit: Ashley Jones In many ways, 2016's tumultuous global politics felt like an extension of Northern Ireland's status quo; in a region where…
10,000 March for Free Education in Dublin
Photo: Union of Students in Ireland This week, between eight and twelve thousand students, teachers and union members marched through Dublin in opposition to proposed plans to raise university tuition…
Post-Brexit, Northern Ireland is being hung out to dry over the border
Stormont- the seat of Northern Irish government The Westminster inquiry into the future of the Irish border announced last week is useless if we still don’t know what kind…
Winds of change in Northern Ireland as Greens and People Before Profit win seats
Clare Bailey, Green Party in Northern Ireland deputy leader, upon winning her seat in South Belfast. Photo: Green Party in Northern Ireland It’s a good day to be a leftie…
Outdated, absurd and degrading: time to change Northern Ireland’s abortion laws
By Ardfern (Own work) , via Wikimedia is taken for granted that we all can control what happens to our body. Women in Northern Ireland however do not have control…
Seven Green policies to vote for in Northern Ireland on Thursday 5th May
Photo: The Green Party in Northern Ireland This Thursday, people in Northern Ireland will go to the polls to elect a new Assembly. They will have the chance to vote…
Learning apart: Northern Ireland’s divisions begin in the classroom
Green Party NI leader Steven Agnew and the present author, Georgia Grainger. The Greens have been very involved in the launch of the report. Photo credit: Sarah McCracken Approximately 90%…
Majority of Stormont votes for same-sex marriage, but will not pass into law
Belfast Pride Parade, July 2013. Photo: Wikimedia For the first time ever a majority of MLAs at Stormont voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage yesterday. No change in the…
Reproductive Rights in Irish Law: A Beginner’s Guide
A protest vigil in memory of Savita Halappanavar When the tragic news of Savita Halappanavar's death was circulated around the world on Wednesday, it brought Ireland's strict anti-abortion laws to…