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Britain–Johnson hangs onto power: Organise to finish him off!

By Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland It has been a tumultuous 24 hours for Boris Johnson. After the news broke on Monday morning that the required 54 letters had been sent in to the Conservative Party’s 1922

Jun 8, 2022

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Depp / Heard verdict a travesty – socialist feminist movement against gender violence urgently needed

By Steph Lacey & Laura Fitzgerald On 1 June 2022 a jury of five men and two women took away Amber Heard’s right to call herself a victim. Being found guilty of defamation is not the same as lying about domestic violence,

Jun 6, 2022

World News

Colombia- Polarization hammers ‘Uribismo’ in first round of elections

By ISA Colombia (ISA–International Socialist Alternative, the international revolutionary socialist movement that the Socialist Party in Ireland is part of) The results of the first round of the Colombian presidential elections reflect deep political polarization, a rejection of the political establishment and

Jun 6, 2022

News & Analysis

CAMHS beds closures: youth mental health services are on their knees

By Catherine Finnegan Almost half of all beds in the Linn Dara, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit in Cherry Orchard are closed due to staff shortages. The HSE has confirmed that 11 of the meagre 23 beds will be closed until

Jun 5, 2022

News & Analysis

Sharpening mental health crisis results in record dropout from third level

By Finn McKenna Human beings are social creatures. The meaning that we derive from life and the world is rooted in our interaction with our friends, our family, our peers, and society generally. As much as a truism and a cliché it

Jun 4, 2022

As Gaeilge

Tuarascáil Oxfam: Na Boicht ag Saothrú an Bháis agus na Billiúnaithe ag Saothrú agus ag Dúshaothrú

Le James Fleming Tá paindéim an chórínvíris ar cheann “de hamanna is fear d’aicme na mbilliúnaithe a riamh,” dar le hOxfam ina dtuarascáil Profiting from Pain, ar fáil anseo. Le níos mó is níos mó den lucht oibre is de na boicht ar an ghannchuid,

Jun 3, 2022

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·What is Socialism?

It’s time to get rid of capitalism – time for socialism

By Manus Lenihan With climate change, war and disease, it’s easy to grow numb to all the bad news stories. But just when you think nothing can shock you, the world finds a way to twist the knife, for example with the

Jun 2, 2022

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Inhuman working hours: Junior doctors ballot for industrial action

By Mick Barry, Socialist Party TD HSE junior doctors are expected to vote by a decisive majority to take industrial action. The inhuman and unrealistic hours they are demanded to work lie at the root of it. According to the Non-Consultant Hospital

Jun 1, 2022

Oxfam’s ‘Profiting From Pain’ report: The best times” for billionaires

By James Fleming The coronavirus pandemic has been among “the best times in recorded history for the billionaire class”, according to Oxfam in their Profiting From Pain report. While increasing numbers of working class and poor people have been sacrificing meals, warmth,

May 31, 2022

Featured Articles·Uncategorized·World News

United States: Deadly mass shootings expose broken system

By Grace Fors, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) In ten days, two high-profile acts of mass slaughter have stunned millions and created unimaginable grief and fear. On May 14, an 18 year-old armed white supremacist targeted a grocery

May 30, 2022

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