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Ireland-North

Reflecting on NI Assembly Vote to Ban Conversion Therapy

In April we saw a step in the right direction when the Northern Irish Assembly voted to ban conversion therapy; though the vote was not without controversy – reflecting the completely outdated politics many hold [...]
Ireland-North

Socialist struggle for full LGBTQ+ equality

The month of June is known as Pride Month. As Pride month draws to a close, we look at the struggle that the LGBTQ+ community continue to face today. The first pride was a riot. [...]
Ireland-North

Socialist candidate wins NIPSA General Secretary election

Left candidate, Carmel Gates, has won the election for the General Secretary position in Northern Ireland’s largest union NIPSA (Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance) gaining 44% of the vote. Her nearest contender won 34%, and [...]
Ireland-North

NIPSA union general secretary election – socialist challenger fights strong campaign

by Ciaran Mulholland, Belfast The result of the election for the General Secretary position, in Northern Ireland Public Services Alliance (NIPSA), Northern Ireland’s largest union, will become known on June 25th. The left candidate, Carmel [...]
International

Eurostat figures expose EU capitalism

The European Union’s statistics agency – Eurostat – released figures this week which demonstrate, in stark terms, how workers in the South of Ireland have been locked out of the massive wealth created here. Eurostat [...]
Mental Health

Eating disorders scandal grows

Every fifty-two minutes somebody dies of an eating disorder, proving eating disorders to have the highest mortality rate of any other recognised psychiatric illness. In the last decade we have seen people within lower and [...]
Ireland-North

On the political crisis in the DUP

The removal of Edwin Poots as DUP leader has plunged politics into a crisis. We do not yet know how deep this is. The crisis, though, reflects the extreme limitations of Northern Ireland’s vaunted ‘peace [...]