New Croke Park deal has nothing positive to offer
On the surface it looks like the talks for an extension of the Croke Park deal are in troubled waters. With the walk out
World economy: Optimism at Davos based on reality?
After this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, with 2,500 politicians and capitalists from around the world, the media reported an, "increasing optimism about
CF drug welcome – profiteering pharmaceutical industry repugnant
A new drug, Kalydeco, will be made available to Cystic Fibrosis sufferers in Ireland. The drug, which treats a mutation specific to 10% of
Debunking Fianna Fail’s so-called ‘recovery’
The latest Irish Times (IPSOS/MRBI) opinion poll has been widely discussed in the media in recent days, with claims being made that it heralds
Past and present crimes
A strange paradox emerges in the posture struck by the political and media establishment in response to two major issues dominating the news over
Counter-Summits: Forums for resistance & alternatives
Since the anti-globalisation movement of the late '90s and early 2000s, wherever the political representatives and economic thinkers of capital met, they encountered protest
Build a mass struggle against the Property Tax
There is no question but that the Property Tax is the anti-austerity issue this year, writes Cllr Matthew Waine. The planned robbery of peoples’
Brutal force used on peaceful anti-Property Tax protesters
Eyewitness reports of Garda violence at South Dublin County Council, on 11 February. Photo: Paul Murphy MEP being arrested by plain clothes Gardaí.