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Ireland-North

20 years since the murder of Martin O’Hagan

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) held vigils in Belfast and Derry on Tuesday September 28th to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan. The vigils also demanded justice for Martin. Twenty years [...]
Ireland-South

Kick out the vultures- build public housing now

A report in the ‘Sunday Business Post’ on Sunday 30 August offers the latest absolutely damning indictment of the Southern political establishment’s handling of the housing crisis. The Business Post reports that local authorities are [...]
International

Unite General Secretary Election: Sharon Graham’s stunning victory

The election of Sharon Graham as new Unite General Secretary has given the best activists in the union a huge boost in our campaign to build Unite as the fighting union it needs to be [...]
International

Nigeria: Comrade Omomeewa, student leader and socialist campaigner, killed by armed assailants

Militant Left (the CWI in Ireland) extends our condolences and sorrow to the wife and four month old baby on the loss of Comrade Omomeewa. We also would like to commiserate with our comrades in [...]
Covid Pandemic

No moving on from ‘Merriongate’

At the end of July the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney, announced to Cabinet that he was appointing former Independent TD and Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone as ‘Special [...]
Ireland-North

Mockery of democracy

Mining company Flintridge Resources will be allowed to drill boreholes as ‘permitted development’. They will be round a controversial goldmine at Cavanacaw, four miles upwind of Omagh town centre. The five establishment parties allowed this [...]
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Irish Assembly voted to ban conversion therapy; though the vote was not without controversy – reflecting the completely outdated politics many hold [...]