Martina Devlin
Columnist at Irish Independent
Dr Martina Devlin. Writer @lilliputpress latest novel Charlotte about Charlotte Brontë in Ireland. Weekly columnist @independent_ie. Omagh born Dublin based
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Martina Devlin
Minister James Browne needs to push through some hard-hitting decisionsAn over-abundance of what the Italians call “aria fritta” – exaggerated talk (literally, fried air) – about solving the housing crisis has been circulated by senior politicians. Their reliance on hot air went into overdrive during Darragh O’Brien’s tenure as housing minister, and his successor James Browne is still wading through its foggy aftermath. Today, he admitted the Coalition will miss its own housing targets.
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2 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Martina Devlin
‘When they bomb the tent, will we burn?’ No child should have to ask that, but it’s the reality for Palestinians‘When a missile hits us, do we feel the pain or die immediately? When I die, will they put me in a grave with my mum and dad? Do the children who have their legs amputated grow new legs?” Gaza children are the most traumatised group in the world, and proof can be found in their questions to aid workers there. The children who asked them are now dead or dying from starvation.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Martina Devlin
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition acts as an invitation: look at us, see why we’re doing this, don’t turn awayFear of failure can stop us from doing things we believe to be right, but there are times when action is essential – even when we know it won’t achieve its goal. And so to the Madleen, a ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza – along with Greta Thunberg and other activists.
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4 weeks ago |
independent.ie | Martina Devlin
Foxes are our last remaining wild dogs – the streets would be jammed with protesters if it was legal to hunt any other member of that speciesThe other night, a dreadful caterwauling from our cat woke us up, and we stumbled out of bed to find our 10-year-old tabby squaring up to a young fox on the bicycle shed roof. As soon as we switched on the light, the fox fled. Our tomcat, Chekhov, scrambled down, looked to us for praise and began patrolling his territory with a definite strut.
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1 month ago |
independent.ie | Martina Devlin
There is no guarantee they will rent or sell, but frictions are certain to be stirred up by a Mayo County Council official’s suggestionHistorical echoes are ringing at the proposal to boycott holiday-home owners who leave their properties idle for much of the year. Naturally enough, those empty buildings are a focus for resentment and division during a housing crisis. But such a tactic scapegoats individuals, and collateral damage and unintended consequences are inevitable.
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