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by Marie-Chantal Hamrock Saturday 8 March is International Women’s Day. We will be marching to support a woman’s right to choose, end violence against women and to stop austerity. As a student myself, I feel it is very important for adolescents to be aware of these problems. Therefore it would be extremely beneficial for them to come to the protest. It can be hard for young people to feel that they can relate to such problems as they are most likely not exposed to them in the same way. However, I think it is very …

By Olivia O’Neill On December 13th 2013, singer Beyonce  Knowles  released  a  surprise  self-titled ‘visual’ album.  The promotional lead of the album was a song and video entitled ‘Drunk in love’  which  depicts Beyonce  on the beach singing about her sex-life with husband Jay-Z.  At first the video seems nothing  out – of -the  ordinary  for  Beyonce/ Jay Z or any mainstream pop/hip-hop/ r’n’b artist, however, towards the end of the song  Jay Z adds a cameo  verse  that contains the astonishing lines; “I am Ike Turner, Turn up Baby know I don’t play. Now …

No to austerity & wealth inequality International Women’s Day was established by women in the labour and socialist movement over 100 years ago as a day of protest by girls and women workers, whose battle cry was for ‘Bread and Roses’; for better pay and conditions, against war, and for a ‘sharing of life’s glories’. In 2014, the Oxfam Global wealth report has just illustrated that the richest 85 individuals in the world own as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion. In Ireland, over 10% of the country’s wealth is owned by the richest …

The photos in this album were taken by Kevin Carroll