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Mick Clifford: Trump’s war on free speech is now targeting Ireland and its media regulators
Mick Clifford: Trump’s war on free speech is now targeting Ireland and its media regulators
Trump's grip on speech and surveillance is now crossing the Atlantic, with real consequences for Ireland’s media and students

Sat, 21 Jun, 2025

The events leading to Evan Fitzgerald's death deserve proper scrutiny
The events leading to Evan Fitzgerald's death deserve proper scrutiny
Evan Fitzgerald's entrapment and prosecution for firearms offences is considered a major factor in his suicide. How this is handled by the gardaĂ­ and the Department of Justice in its aftermath matters, writes Mick Clifford 

Fri, 20 Jun, 2025

Mick Clifford: Carlow’s shooting tragedy forces a reckoning with how justice is administered
S Mick Clifford: Carlow’s shooting tragedy forces a reckoning with how justice is administered
The Evan Fitzgerald case highlights serious questions about garda operations, judicial transparency, and how vulnerable individuals are treated

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Mick Clifford: The performance of innocence — what Sunny Jacobs’ story left out
Mick Clifford: The performance of innocence — what Sunny Jacobs’ story left out
Sunny Jacobs’ tragic death prompts reflection on how truth and myth blurred in one of Ireland’s most complex justice sagas

Sun, 08 Jun, 2025

 Mick Clifford: Shane O’Farrell case shows the State still protects itself, not its people
S Mick Clifford: Shane O’Farrell case shows the State still protects itself, not its people
Ireland’s justice failures are not isolated — they reflect a deeper State culture of denial, deflection, and self-protection

Sun, 01 Jun, 2025

Mick Clifford: No genocide in South Africa — but Gaza tells a different story
S Mick Clifford: No genocide in South Africa — but Gaza tells a different story
As Trump peddles racial myths in the Oval Office, a real genocide unfolds — in Gaza, before the world’s eyes

Sat, 24 May, 2025

FILE PHOTO Bauer Media Audio has agreed to buy Denis O'Brien's Communicorp Group for over €100m. Communicorp includes radio stat
Mick Clifford: The price of peace and pyjamas — is remote work a cultural ticking time bomb?
Remote work has transformed lives, but the loss of in-person interaction may carry unseen long-term costs, especially for Gen Z

Sun, 18 May, 2025

Mick Clifford: Coppinger’s Gript snub should concern anyone who values media freedom
S Mick Clifford: Coppinger’s Gript snub should concern anyone who values media freedom
Selective engagement with the press may feel righteous, but it risks damaging the democratic ideals politicians claim to defend

Sun, 11 May, 2025

Mick Clifford: Housing tsar fiasco shows Government lacks urgency to tackle housing crisis
Mick Clifford: Housing tsar fiasco shows Government lacks urgency to tackle housing crisis
The Brendan McDonagh debacle proves what many suspected: the Government talks crisis, but governs as if there’s none

Sun, 04 May, 2025

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Mick Clifford: The ambulance massacre Israel tried — and failed — to hide
The killing of Gaza’s paramedics exposes a chilling pattern of dehumanisation and echoes of past atrocities

Sun, 27 Apr, 2025

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