News & Analysis- Page 141

Trump’s visit to Ireland – protest the fascistic, rapist, warmonger

By Eoin Madigan The warmongering, corrupt and fascistic US President Donald Trump will visit Ireland in September to attend the Irish Open golf tournament at his property in Doonbeg, Co. Clare, where he’ll likely meet with Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Despite this not

Aug 10, 2026

Economy

Taoiseach’s misplaced celebration as interest rate cut announced

Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy has dismissed Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s statement that the last minute deal struck in Berlin was “a good day for Ireland.” Instead, Mr Murphy said if the Taoiseach truly believed that, he had been taken for a ride.

Jul 22, 2011

Environment

What the frack?

Hydraulic Fracturing or “fracking” is a technique for extracting gas from deep within shale rock and coal beds. It looks set to become big oil’s newest gold rush and, as usual, their desperation for profit makes them blind to the environmental costs

Jul 19, 2011

Economy

Corporation tax: The myths dispelled!

Ireland's corporation tax rate of 12.5% is a subsidy worth billions enjoyed by multinationals and Irish big business. Time again, the capitalist media and political establishment tell us that this is a sacred cow for the Irish economy and must be preserved

Jul 18, 2011

Economy

Ireland’s economic crisis: EU will bleed us dry!

According to the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan the IMF and the EU are set to make €9 billion profit from Ireland’s bailout. Not content with heaping misery upon millions of working class people, the European Union mandarins want to make money

Jul 14, 2011

Workplace News

JLCs: Bosses demand 20 – 30% wage cuts – Unions must take action

A High Court decision on 7 July has upheld fast food employers’ claim that legislation relating to the catering Joint Labour Committee is unconstitutional and breaches employers’ property rights. This is a very serious development not only for hundreds of thousands of

Jul 12, 2011

The North

East Belfast riots: Stop ALL Sectarian attacks

Two weeks ago, rioting took place around the Catholic Short Strand enclave in predominantly Protestant east Belfast, in Northern Ireland. Petrol bombs and other missiles were thrown and shots were fired in some of the worst rioting in the area for a

Jul 5, 2011

Workplace News

Striking Reasons: The demands of the 750,000 workers on strike in Britain

Around 750,000 public sector workers are on strike in Britain today, protesting against attacks on their pension rights. Whilst the Irish media seems intent on demoting the issue, and most definitely will refuse to provide any real insight into why the workers are going on

Jun 30, 2011

Workplace News

September conference to set up trade union activist network

An open forum called under the title “Reclaim the unions” attracted seventy activists from a wide variety of unions. This gathering discussed two key issues facing the trade union movement, the continual sell out by the right wing leaders and the onslaught

Jun 15, 2011

Workplace News

REAs & JLCs: Employers’ claims are a myth

Wages and conditions for up to 200,000 of the lowest paid and most vulnerable workers in the country are under serious threat.

Jun 13, 2011

Workplace News

ASTI activists establish Fightback

The ASTI Fightback activist group has been established amidst a backdrop of growing frustration amongst teachers faced with growing attacks from the government. The ASTI has done nothing to stop the education cuts or the attacks on teaching jobs, wages and conditions.

Jun 13, 2011

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