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The experience of one NHS social worker

July 22, 2024 Joanne Elder NHS social worker. Personal capacity.

As an NHS social worker of 12 years, and voluntary sector before that, and latterly an active trade unionist, the altruistic nature of a national health service free at the point of use is something I will […]

Ireland-North

Stormont budget spells trouble for Executive parties

May 1, 2024 Donal O'Cofaigh

Last week, Sinn Féin’s Stormont Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald published the Executive’s draft budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025. It may have been late in coming but it was every bit as bad as has […]

Ireland-North

Union victory

November 23, 2023 Anton McCabe (National Executive Council, National Union of Journalists – Personal Capacity)

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has won a significant victory at BBC Radio Foyle in Derry. BBC management have announced that North West Today will be broadcast from 8am to 9am every weekday. A […]

Health

Capitalism Does Not Care about the Elderly: Nursing Home Scandal

March 13, 2023 First published in the Spring 2023 edition of ‘Militant Left’ Fiona O'Loughlin

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 […]

Ireland-South

Go Ahead Takeover: a Boost for Investors but a Challenge for Workers

July 14, 2022 Billy Flynn

The recent news that the parent company of Go Ahead Ireland has been bought for €753m by Bidco, a consortium consisting of Australian company Kinetic and Spanish company Globalvia, has seen its share price jump […]

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