November 1969 - Poverty in Ireland
As the devastating social implications of imprudent policy over the last decade hit more and more people, and Ireland's massive inequality becomes more apparant, it is fitting to look back on the poverty that existed in Ireland 40 years ago. Absolute wealth has increased, but how much has inequality changed, in terms of relative wealth and general well-being?
Nusight, the leading current affairs magazine of the time then said, "in terms of its wealth, Ireland cares less for the weaker and poorer sections of its community than any other country in Europe with the exception of Portugal. Yet the popular myth is that there is no poverty in Ireland". Nusight outlined in broad terms the nature and extent of poverty in the Republic and what little there is being done about it.
November 1979 - Jack Lynch's Life and Times, in his own words
An Taoiseach, Jack Lynch writes about his background and upbringing in Shandon in Cork, his sporting career, his entry into politics, his ministerial career,ahd his period in office as Taoiseach.
And an analysis of the record of Pope John Paul II a year into the papacy, by Hans Kung, the Catholic theologian known for his challenge to traditional Catholic stances on birth control, mixed marriages, papal infallibility and clerical celibacy.
October 1969 - The Rise of Paisleyism
In October 1969, following the August pogroms that year in Belfast, and at the onset of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Nusight undertook a report into the nature of Paisleyism, its social and economic roots and its religious en-tanglements. It sketched a profile of the Rev. Ian Paisley and enquired into the violence two months earlier. Also, the political battle which shook Fianna Fail to its foundations following the crisis in Northern Ireland.
This edition also traces the history and significance of Ho Chi Minh, who in the 1960s became the symbol of the struggle against all forms of oppression throughout the world.
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