Public sector strike – a premature suspension, but the fight isn’t over
Solidarity TD, Ruth Coppinger and Solidarity Councillor, Kate Relihan on the picket lines in Dublin 15.
Low Pay Commission – A bad start and likely to get worse
· Taoiseach on €3,500 a week preaching to the working poor · A Living Wage of €11.45 should be the minimum wage
JobBridge Beyond Reform
Government’s whole ‘labour activation’ policy now seriously undermined · 100% dissatisfaction from those forced onto scheme yet government continue ‘mandatory’ approach · 44% said that the scheme was being used by employers ‘solely for
Jailings of anti-water charges protesters: A disgrace!
The Anti-Austerity Alliance has today condemned the jailing of anti-water meter protestors at the behest of Denis O’Brien’s company GMC Sierra. Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy said “The jailing of these protestors and the arrests in Tallaght is an attack on the
Review: Fifty Shades of drivel
The following article was written is a review of the book Fifty Shades of Grey written upon its release in September 2012. A film adaptation of the book was released last Friday. The article is written by a member of the Socialist Party in Australia. Fifty Shades
“Dogs of war” unleashed in Jobstown
By Mick Barry The arrest of 21 anti water charges campaigners in Dublin, the threat to arrest a further 17-21, the threat to send a file to the DPP and the possibility of court action on serious charges – all are sure
Monaghan school students plan walkout against Taoiseach visit
ast Friday, 6 February, a number of senior students from the Irish-medium secondary school, Colaiste Oiriall, in Co. Monaghan were denied the right to peacefully protest.
‘Gardaí score another own goal’ with 4 more Jobstown arrests
Four more people have been arrested in relation to the Jobstown protest which saw Paul Murphy TD arrested yesterday.
Free the Jobstown 4!
Blatant political policing will fail to stem the impending mass boycott of bills
End state racism against asylum seekers
By James Hallinan After being forced to flee their country, asylum seekers end up being marginalized here and become one of the most vulnerable sections of society. They end up being stripped of some of their rights. They can’t work or get
Hooded men: State brutality under the spotlight
By Daniel Waldron On the basis of new evidence having come to light, the Irish government has agreed to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to reopen the case of the ‘Hooded Men’. These fourteen men were interned without trial