Henry McDonald
Henry McDonald is the Observer's Belfast correspondent. He has written a number of books about the Northern Irish Troubles.
Updated: 23 June 2011
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By Henry McDonald
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Ireland: Squatters filling the ghost estates
12 January 20124381 The Guardian London -
Ireland: Turf cutters against the EU
23 June 201172 The Guardian London
A new movement is occupying some of the hundreds of properties abandoned since the crash of 2008, a protest not just against homelessness, but also against the speculation that led to Ireland’s spectacular economic collapse. 
An EU environmental directive intended to protect boglands has pitched Irish farmers, protecting their traditional rights to cut turf, against environmentalists and the government.