by Brendan Ogle | Dec 12, 2019 | Jeremy Corbyn
Brendan Ogle’s latest blog on the UK General Election “in an era of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Donald Trump, in a world which has swung inexorably to the right and where greed is now considered not only good but great, finding a person...
by Brendan Ogle | Dec 6, 2019 | Peter McVerry Trust
New Blog by Brendan Ogle. This week we had an emergency debate on a vote of no confidence in the Minister responsible for that emergency, Eoghan Murphy. Just days before we had four by-elections where barely one quarter of the electorate bothered...
by Brendan Ogle | Nov 4, 2019 | Direct Provision
Brendan Ogle: On Saturday, I was to speak at the 35th Anniversary of a stellar event when we Irish stood up against racism. It was when eleven young Dunnes Stores workers in Dublin refused to handle South African goods to highlight the then system...
by Brendan Ogle | Sep 10, 2019 | Harland & Wolff Shipyard
Striking workers at Harland & Wolff Shipyard 2019 Harland and Wolff shipyard in East Belfast may not seem to be the most obvious example of ‘left unity’ you can think of. Yet, currently, the workers in that famous yard have taken a stand in...
by Brendan Ogle | Jun 6, 2019 | Election 2019
The recent local and European elections need to be reflected upon, in terms of where we are at in the hoped for delivery of Ireland’s first progressive Government. To save time, we need not fall into the trap of overly complicating what such a Government...
