Education Welfare Officers (EWOs) work to make sure children from disadvantaged households or vulnerable backgrounds don’t lose out on getting an education through absenteeism. They also have a particular role in supporting young people coming […]
Independent Workers’ Union members of the ESB took part in the second of a 24-hour strike on Thursday as part of their battle against outsourcing which the workers see is ‘privatisation by the back door’. […]
Unfortunately the approach to the second anniversay of the killing of journalist Lyra McKee was marked by a potentially deadly attack on another journalist. Two masked men jumped photographer Kevin Scott from behind when he […]
In the early hours of this morning, Gardaí at the behest of big business KPMG/Debenhams forcibly removed Ex Debenhams workers and their supporters from the loading bay in Parnell Street. These workers have spent the […]
Images of young people rioting in Belfast and elsewhere, countered by police using water cannon, conjured up scenes from the period of the ‘Troubles’. From the point of view of international audiences, Northern Ireland appears […]
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