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Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

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

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

The Covid vaccine & the failure of capitalist competition

By Gary McDonald The total failure of the capitalist system to deliver for the needs and aspirations of ordinary, working-class people is once again on full display for the whole world to see. The complete inability of capitalism to protect people from

Oct 19, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

Covid crisis: Why is wealth inequality soaring?

By Robert Cosgrave The crisis provoked by the global outbreak of Covid-19 is perhaps most associated with the tragic figures of lives ended directly by the virus. At the time of writing, this figure stands at over a million deaths, with no

Oct 17, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Economy·News & Analysis

Budget 2021: Corporate welfare over public need

By Finghin Kelly Budget 2021 has been heralded as the biggest in the state’s history. After a decade of austerity and balanced budgets, this does represent a certain turn away from those policies. This is in line with capitalist governments around the

Oct 15, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

Greece: Students occupy hundreds of schools in protest over Covid-19 inaction

By Ciara Gannon Over the last few weeks, students in Greece have been staging a large number of sit-ins in their schools to protest against the inadequate Covid-19 safety measures that have been implemented in their classrooms. It is estimated that students

Oct 15, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Housing crisis continues in time of pandemic

By Emily Belton Due to government’s criminal mismanagement we are now on the brink of a second wave of Covid-19. Another lockdown before December is becoming increasingly likely in order to stop the spread of the virus. With homelessness on the rise

Oct 14, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Government indifference in face of growing mental health crisis

By Mike Murphy The pandemic continues and dominates news cycles daily. At the time of writing, the WHO reports almost 35 million confirmed cases, and over two million reported deaths. Of course, these figures understate the rates, as many asymptomatic cases will

Oct 13, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Government & bosses to blame for Covid surge

By Conor Payne The last days saw the development of an open split between the Fianna Fáil / Fine Gael / Green Party coalition government and the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) which has offered public health advice on the response

Oct 7, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

It’s not a conspiracy, it’s capitalism!

By Dave Vallely It’s not new that people feel that society is being run in interests other than their own. Historically, recognition of this fact – that bosses and the rich dictate what happens in our lives, even in supposedly democratic societies

Sep 23, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Economy·News & Analysis

Capitalism & Covid-19: A socialist response to the economic crisis

By Katia Hancke The scale of the disaster working-class people on this island face is becoming clearer by the day. While the problems are mounting, the political establishment seems rudderless in coming up with a consistent response. An unprecedented economic recession means

Sep 21, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

While billions suffer, billionaires benefit from economic crash

By Brandon Byrne Since the beginning of the current global pandemic the world has seen the profits and wealth of corporations and billionaires increase staggeringly despite the economic crash. Between the months of March to the end of August, the S&P Index

Sep 14, 2020

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