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A shipping clerk on the quays of Antwerp exposed the reality that King Leopold’s ‘Belgian’ Congo – a supposedly benevolent empire built by a man lauded by anti-slavery groups – was actually a brutal colony built on slavery.There are figures

Sinn Féin held the first in a series of United Ireland conferences in Dublin’s Mansion House in January. Among the excellent presentations was a thought-provoking contribution from Belfast political commentator Alex Kane. A former Director of Communications for the Ulster

The issue of tax justice and the systematic abuse of tax law by the wealthiest individuals and corporations in the world has been a point of debate in Ireland since the European Commission’s ruling on Apple. But corporate corruption and

TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) is a trade deal currently being negotiated between the United States Government and the European Commission. Most readers will already know that, and this is in itself is the biggest change I’ve seen since

Firstly I want to thank the Irish Association and the Corrymeela Community for inviting me to participate in this panel, and to congratulate the Corrymeela Community on your 50th anniversary. I wish also to commend the decision to mark the

For a treaty that could have drastic and far-reaching consequences for this country, most Irish citizens have been kept entirely in the dark about what is at stake. The Fine Gael-led Government is full square behind TTIP regardless of the