
Further Education and Training- What’s happening?
Further Education and Training is often overlooked in conversations around education in Ireland, both in and out of the pandemic. Ruby Cooney explores.
Covid in schools: Daily data on cases in schools badly needed
Aibreán Ó Connalláin investigates the lack of available data on the number of daily cases of Covid in schools.
The imprisonment of Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny. A lawyer, politician, leader, and most importantly – a human being. On 17 January 2021, the 44-year-old Russian was sentenced to three and a half years in prison due to violating his parole which occurred back in 2014.
Air pollution- a threat to human rights
Air pollution is a pervasive problem which affects the world’s population at an alarming rate. 90% of persons live in places where air quality fails to meet established guidelines by the WHO. It is responsible for 7 million premature deaths annually, including approximately 600,000 children.
Book review- A Wiser Girl
Parisa Zangeneh reviews A Wiser Girl by Moya Roddy
Is the kidnapping crisis in Nigeria exposing performative activism?
The hashtag #bringbackourgirls was shared all across the world, being used over one million times within the three weeks following the kidnapping by Book Haram. In the 7 years since the abduction, some of the girls have escaped or been freed, however, many are still missing.
The first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian-American economist and international development expert, made history on the 1st March when she was appointed as not only the first woman, but also the first person of African ethnicity to be the Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

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