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Sunday 20 September 2020
Trump’s speech came as he sought to move on from a bruising week in domestic and international politics.
Far removed from the romantic vision of the Easter Proclamation, the programme outlined the material reality of what a new Ireland should stand for, writes Donal Fallon.
10 people were killed in violent protests against Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly elections.
After Corbyn’s success, Marxist policies are now mainstream, writes Gavin Mendel-Gleason.
The revolutionary leader shaped Cuba for more than 50 years.
The conservative minority government was the shortest-lived administration in the country’s history.
The retail giant is involved in an ongoing dispute with some unionised workers.
The Socialist TD was elected to represent Dublin West last month.
Paul Murphy said Irish politicians are ‘obsessed’ with being the poster child for austerity in Europe.
There is a significant and growing political vacuum, and it’s into this vacuum that the Anti-Austerity Alliance has taken its first steps, writes Matt Waine.
At its core, the newly-registered AAA is asking people to vote for members of our already-established Socialist Party, says Aaron McKenna.
Saturday will mark the 100th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, one of the key events of the Lockout.
Nicolas Maduro, who had been acting president since the death of Hugo Chavez, won 50.66 per cent of the vote last night.
Venezuelan’s went to the polls today to vote in a successor to Hugo Chavez.
We’ve lost a colourful world leader who genuinely seemed to have the best interests of his people at heart. But the facts don’t lie – Chávez’s economic legacy is a warning against statist socialism, writes Aaron McKenna.
“They get one hour for breaks and lunch, talk for three and work for three,” the head of a US company wrote in a letter.
The party of Joe Higgins has pulled out of the ULA, meaning the group now only has three members in the Dáil.
The Venezuelan president has developed new complications from an infection after undergoing his latest round of cancer-related surgery.
The move is a blow for French president Francois Hollande who had made the planned 75 per cent tax rate his centrepiece tax measure.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro left a gift for then-Taoiseach Charles Haughey during his brief stopover in Shannon in late 1982.
The leader of Venezuela underwent treatment for cancer in Cuba earlier this week.
The Venezuelan president said he was very happy to be back but did not elaborate on his health.
Hugo Chavez has been in power for almost 14 years – but his opponent in the presidential election is in a statistical dead heat with the president in opinion polls.
France unveiled the toughest package of tax rises and spending cuts ever seen in the country during an economic downturn.
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Paul Murphy MEP picks a speech by socialist Karl Liebknecht.
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Fergus Finlay picks a speech by one of Ireland’s most famous trade union leaders.
The Pope gave an unusually political speech before hundreds of thousands of people in Cuba today.
A US politician has written to the Taoiseach urging him to stop the statue being built – but supporters of the project say the statue will commemorate Che’s Irish heritage. What do you think?
The Venezuelan president rallied thousands of supporters who welcomed him home after receiving cancer treatment in Cuba.
The Venezuelan leader says he will still run in October’s presidential election despite the recurrence of his illness.
The move is part of a series of free-market changes introduced by Raul Castro since he took over from Fidel.
Nine things you should know this morning…
Venezuela’s socialist president also warned that the West was trying to plunder Libya’s natural resources.
OKAY, IT’S SUNDAY morning, and we need to talk about eggs…again.
We’re sorry, but amid a global pandemic let’s not forget our horror earlier this week when a photo of sacks upon sacks of discounted wet eggs in a British supermarket was shared on Twitter.
It not only prompted my colleague Nicky Ryan to write a quiz about them, but we now want to know what your favourite type of egg is.
Tell us: What’s the best way to serve eggs?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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