Southern Irish economy – analysis & perspectives
Caution is necessary when investigating figures for the economic situation in Ireland. There are economic vested interests at work that benefit from spinning every
Property & water taxes – What’s needed now to fight austerity?
As the property tax is set to double and water charges are being prepared, Cllr Ruth Coppinger looks back over the campaign against the
After Nelson Mandela – continue the struggle for freedom & equality
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is rightly revered worldwide as a statesman ranking along great figures of history like Martin Luther King. He is recognised for
Review: The Risen People by James Plunkett
The Risen People, playing at the Abbey Theatre until February, follows the lives of a group of working-class Dubliners through the heroism and suffering
Extreme-right parties in Europe form alliance
The EU’s crisis and extreme austerity measures has opened up the potential for right-wing extremist and racist parties to become the largest polling parties
Review: It’s time to take over the banks
Dave Murray, Socialist Party England and Wales, reviews the new "It's time to take over the banks" FBU pamphlet by Michael Roberts and Mick
Still no “bailout” for bubble mortgages
In the midst of talk about Ireland’s exit from the Troika programme and recovery supposedly in sight, the mortgage crisis affecting hundreds of thousands
Free the Arctic 30
During a protest against the drilling for oil in the Arctic by the Russian company, Gazprom, 30 Greenpeace activists and journalists were arrested after