COMMENT/ANALYSIS - IRISH EXAMINER

Dublin community with the power to take on an international drug cartel

People in North inner city Dublin are afraid and but work against the odds to tackle issues, writes Joyce Fegan

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From Hiroshima, America built a self-serving myth

Peter Van Buren, who worked for the US state department in Iraq, says America’s justification for destructive attacks abroad literally began with its dropping of the first atomic bomb

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Using nature to combat climate-change risk saves money

The construction of mangrove barriers and other preventative measures can save vast amounts of money in rebuilding costs, writes Maria Damanaki

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Cartel bosses on the southside of the city and abroad are ‘pulling the strings'

Cormac O’Keeffe delves into the bloodbath raging on the streets of Dublin, a war where cartel bosses on the southside of the city and abroad, are ‘pulling the strings'.

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Water charges debate a cynical old TD trick

On the surface, the water charges motion dominating the Dáil last night and this evening is focused on whether the fees should be abolished immediately.

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British in Ireland and Irish in Britain must all have their say on Brexit

No one who has a voice in the UK referendum should miss out on the opportunity to vote on the issues, say Noelle O’Connell and Dominick Chilcott

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Glorious future of unified Europe seems to have evaporated

Xenophobia and the resurgence of hard-line nationalists reflect disappointment with the unification project, and much of the blame lies with an economically imperialist and arrogant Germany and with the unwillingness of other member states to take the lead, says Lucian Kim

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Europe could learn a lot from poor nations welcoming refugees

As the World Humanitarian Summit is held in Istanbul, Oxfam Ireland CEO Jim Clarken says Europe could learn a lot from Tanzania’s solidarity with and generosity towards refugees

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Defeats could send Islamic State down terrifying new path

The terror group grew out of an al Qaeda offshoot, and could mutate further in response to material victories by the US-led coalition, warn Colin P Clarke and Chad C Serena

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Spike Island's secret: Unearthing graves of prisoners who died in deliberately forgotten public-health catastrophe

Archaeologists will attempt to locate the unmarked graves of up to 1,000 prisoners who died in a deliberately forgotten public-health catastrophe on Spike Island in Cork Harbour during the early 1850s.

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