The Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, issued a ruling that overturned decades of constitutional abortion rights for women in the US. Scholars explain the significance of the decision.
A 19th century image of Parihaka, New Zealand, with Mount Taranaki in the background.
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While tracing his own family’s journey from Ireland to Aotearoa New Zealand, Richard Shaw encountered how much ‘selective amnesia’ about the colonial past still shapes our lives today.
A scene from Translations showing Hugh, the Irish language hedge-school teacher, played by Brian Doherty.
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Translations by Brian Friel is an eternally relevant examination of the significance of the Irish language, the power of storytelling and the importance of history.
Among the children living in Syrian refugee camps are 28,000 born to foreign Islamic State fighters.
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Western European states are ignoring the international legal rights of children and using national security arguments to avoid responsibility for them.
1922 and all that: Ireland had a reality check after gaining independence.
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After 1922, the people that had supported independence often weren’t the ones who benefited from it.
The death of Savita Halappanavar in an Irish hospital in 2012 after she was denied an abortion during a miscarriage caused outrage across Ireland.
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In 1983, a constitutional referendum outlawed abortion in Ireland. In 2018, another referendum repealed the ban and legalized abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. What happened?
A new scheme in the Republic of Ireland provides a compelling model for supporting Australian artists.
The critical reappraisal of Irish and Canadian cultural relations and influences, as well as Irish encounters with Indigenous Peoples, is of current and urgent interest to both Irish and Canadian scholars.
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Irish-born writers from the late 1700s to 1900 who spent time in present-day Canada influenced colonial narratives about Canadian identity or defended Irish linguistic and political autonomy.
St. Brigid of Kildare’s shrine in Faughart, County Louth, Ireland.
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The coming year will reveal if the country is serious about developing its wind energy.
The leaders of Ireland’s major churches have been cooperating more closely amid challenges like Brexit and the pandemic.
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A church service marking Northern Ireland’s centenary has stirred up debate. But amid the past few years’ tensions, the island’s Christian leaders have coordinated closely.
Canadian Minister of Health Patty Hajdu speaks during a press conference in Ottawa.
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When it came to managing the spread of COVID-19, Canada fared better than the United States and the United Kingdom, but worse than other welfare states like New Zealand and Japan.
Singapore looks like one of the big winners from Brexit.
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Northern Ireland’s Orange Order will take to the streets on July 12 to commemorate a Protestant military victory. A scholar explains why this year the risk of unrest is heightened.
Not all tax havens come with fancy resorts and sun-drenched beaches.
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James Bell, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Rob McAllen, University College Cork, and Valerio Micaroni, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
In Lough Hyne’s shallows, animals and plants thrive that would otherwise be found in the ocean’s depths.
Protesters took to the streets in Poland to protest the country’s crackdown on abortion access.
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