Minimum wage cut?
By Laura Fitzgerald EVERYONE KNOWS the minimum wage is paltry and it’s not enough to live on. Many young people up to the age of 20 have an even lower minimum wage, as miserable as €6.06 per hour for some. Yet each
New mass party for working class needed
By Paul Murphy “IRELAND NEEDS a new political party; one that reflects the sweeping reassessments that have taken place in the past six months, ever since the old order started to disintegrate…. One popular, coherent movement is what is required.” Justine McCarthy,
Warning – Water charges coming back!
By Councillor Mick Barry GREEN PARTY Minister for the Environment John Gormley spoke in April of the inevitability of the return of domestic water charges. With the Commission on Taxation due to report to the government in July on methods of increasing tax
Tesco – every billion helps!
By Councillor Mick Murphy EMPLOYERS AND the government are using the economic crisis to push through cuts in workers wages and working conditions. Senior managers in modern industry, many of whom have MBAs, are well versed in managing during a crisis and
Housing crisis
By Councillor Clare Daly TWO YEARS ago, Anne her partner and her two children owned their own house and ran a small business. As the loan for the business was tied in with their house, when the business ran into trouble they
FF & Greens – Destroying our health service
By Michael Murphy THE DESTRUCTION of our health service by the government continues apace. Having completely failed to establish a proper functioning and accessible health service during the boom years the government are pursuing their agenda of cut backs and service closures
Post election: They’re bringing in fees!
By Conor Payne, UL Socialist Youth AFTER INITIALLY saying it would announce its plans in relation to college fees in April, the government has delayed the decision. The hated Fianna Fail and Green government want to minimise the amount of “bad news”
Interview with Student Teacher
SY – What are your job prospects like? Maria - I am not at all confident about getting a job in the current climate. Having spent three years studying it looks as if it is for nothing. I have applied for advertised
Education cuts: Damaging our children’s future
By Councillor Ruth Coppinger PARENTS VOTING on 5 June need to factor in a huge issue that will impact their children’s future but is being largely ignored in the media. When their kids return to school in September, two to three teachers will
Interview on Budget cuts
Fiona O’Loughlin spoke to Tracey who lives in Clondalkin with her 18 month old son. Fiona: How have the cutbacks in recent budgets affected you and your family? Tracey: “I am single parent and I work part-time two days a week. My
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
