Ireland-North
Journalists’ strike solid
A 24 hour strike by BBC journalists in Northern Ireland has been 100% solid on May 19th. Journalists in the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) walked out on one of the busiest news days of […]
Year: 2023
Ireland-North
NI Local Elections
Sinn Féin, the Democratic Unionist Party and the Alliance Party emerged as the main winners from last week’s local government elections in Northern Ireland. This shows a greater political polarisation taking place amongst nationalists and unionists […]
Ireland-South
Garda escort for far right protesters- defend LGBTQ rights
Thursday afternoon saw a demonstration of anti LGBTQ and far right protesters descending on Swords. The issue of the day is the existence of LGBTQ books that are available in the Swords library in the […]
Ireland-South
Eviction Ban Ends: Government Turns the Screw on Renters
Once again, the Irish government uses its power to protect the economic interests of an influential section of the capitalist class. By ending the ban on evictions, while the housing crisis lurches towards a social […]
Ireland-South
Capitalism Does Not Care about the Elderly: Nursing Home Scandal
Revelations earlier this year about a cover up by the state in the nursing home sector shocked many and exposed yet again the callousness of the Irish capitalist state. Thousands of elderly or vulnerable residents […]