80th anniversary of the Wall Street Crash
Scant attention has been paid to the 80th anniversary of the October 1929 Wall Street Crash. Preoccupied with their own present devastating global crisis,
Abbey sacks set builders in outsourcing move
The Socialist Party spoke to a member of the Building and Allied Trade Union who works at The Abbey Theatre where there is a
Tommy Sheridan – a socialist fighter on a worker’s wage
Tommy Sheridan is standing in the Glasgow North East by-election on 12 November. Standing as a "Workers' MP on a Worker's Wage" for Solidarity
FIFA Shifts the goalposts
The Republic of Ireland face an uphill struggle to qualify for the 2010 World Cup following a controversial ruling by football’s governing body. FIFA
Green Isle – “Goodfellas” sack workers to break union
Nearly 35 engineers at Green Isle Foods in Naas have been on strike since 31 August to defend three of their colleagues from being
Daily Mail – homophobic attack on Boyzone singer
Daily Mail journalist, Jan Moir, has provoked outrage with a blatantly homophobic column attacking the recently deceased Boyzone singer, Stephen Gately.
One billion cuts plan for health service
"HEALTH CUTS hurt the old, the sick and the handicapped" was the cynical slogan used by Fianna Fáil in the 1980s to get re-elected.
Defend public sector jobs, pay, pensions and services
According to Brian Cowen, Enda Kenny, Michael O’Leary and the ESRI, the public sector is overpaid, overstaffed and inefficient and the best way to