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 […]
News
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-South
Apprentices need a pay rise
Originally published in ‘Militant Left’ Edition 6, Autumn 2022. The worsening cost of living crisis is having a detrimental effect on the working class, especially young people. While the prices of essentials continue to increase, […]