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Covid 19-Government lifts restrictions but global pandemic continues

By Conor Payne On Friday, 21 January, Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced the sudden abandonment of most Covid restrictions. Limits on capacity and opening times in hospitality and other venues were lifted, as were the restrictions on numbers at sports events, concerts etc.

Jan 28, 2022

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COVID-19: Workers’ Rights, Safety and Pay must be protected

By Michael O’Brien Like with governments the world over there has been a reluctant and tardy response in Ireland by the authorities to the Coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of workers, especially in the private sector, are being effectively told to pay the price

Mar 15, 2020

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COVID-19: Waive rent and mortgage payments now

The banks have been bailed out to the tune of billions in the last decade. This has been paid for by workers through vicious austerity. The banks have also been gifted generous tax breaks serving to boost their profits by billions. There

Mar 15, 2020

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Stop profiteering from COVID-19 – Demand price caps now!

Here in Ireland and globally, each day brings news of the rising number of confirmed cases and tragic fatalities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Understandably this has brought about a huge sense of distress, worry and uncertainty amongst workers and young people

Mar 14, 2020

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Stock Market Freefall as Fears of Recession Mount

By Daniel Waldron The collapse on the world’s stock exchanges on 9 March was the largest since the beginning of the global capitalist crisis in 2008. The fall on the US stock market at opening time was so severe that it led

Mar 10, 2020

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Coronavirus and the system

By Michael O’Brien We are at a point now where official estimates in Ireland predict that there will be hundreds of cases of Coronovirus detected within weeks. This is an issue with implications for public health, workers rights, but also one with

Mar 6, 2020

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Coronavirus and Capitalism — a Lethal Mix

The novel coronavirus which causes the disease covid-19 is still spreading rapidly, with 90,000 confirmed cases and over 3,000 deaths. The epidemic is now advancing more quickly outside China than inside the country, if the Chinese regime’s official announcements are to be

Mar 2, 2020

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