Ireland-North
BBC Butchers News
BBC has announced proposals that mean the butchering of the news service on BBC Radio Foyle. Foyle serves Derry and the surrounding area. Without a news service it is hard to see the station surviving […]
Ireland-North
Ireland-North
“The Biscuit of Socialism”: The NHS comes to Northern Ireland
“Once they start nibbling the biscuit of socialism, before they knew where they were their children would be tied hand and foot”. Northern Ireland Prime Minister Basil Brooke on voters during 1945 election campaign The […]
Ireland-North
Health Service in Crisis: Campaigners Need a Political Voice
Our health service is in a state of crisis. One after another emergency departments have had to close their doors to patients in recent weeks and months. Northern Ireland has the longest waiting lists in […]
Ireland-North
NIC-ICTU Vote to Condemn Online Abuse and Hate Speech
At its Biennial Delegate Conference in Enniskillen, the Northern Ireland Conference of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions unanimously passed a resolution from the National Union of Journalists condemning online hate speech and abuse. Moving […]
Ireland-North
Corporate Extractivism on the Rise in Border Areas
Originally published in ‘Militant Left’ Edition 5, Summer 2022 Over recent years, communities in Fermanagh, Leitrim and Tyrone have faced a series of threats from highly-polluting industries seeking to exploit underground mineral resources for private […]