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River Shannon Pipeline: a looming ecological disaster

By Conor Keary Ruthless extraction of raw materials is one of the defining features of capitalist accumulation. As industry grows, so too must exploitation of the Earth’s natural resources, often with little regard for the consequences. As the great socialist Rosa Luxemburg
Sep 1, 2026

NI: Unions must fight every job loss & wage cut

By Gary Mulcahy THE JOBS massacre spreading across Northern Ireland and Britain is devastating entire towns and communities. Unemployment in the North has surged by 62% in the past year. At least 1,000 jobs are expected to be lost every month this
Apr 1, 2009

Workers unite to defend jobs and wages

No to social partnershipFor democratic fighting unions ONE HUNDRED and twenty thousand marched through Dublin in the biggest workers demonstration in 30 years. Following on from the success of the 21 February demonstration the ICTUs’ executive committee called for all of its
Apr 1, 2009

Taxi Drivers: No to slave hours -For a living wage

By Peter Kinsella BY DE-REGULATING the taxi industry in 2000, the Fianna Fail/PD government sentenced thousands of taxi drivers and their families to years of unnecessary economic hardship and strain. Taxi drivers today are working 16 hour days and are still unable
Mar 31, 2009

NI Learning from the history of the Troubles

By Ciaran Mulholland THE CONSULTATIVE Group on the Past, or Eames-Bradley group, has published its report on the Troubles. Lord Eames, one of the report’s authors, says it is time for a “final step out of the conflict by dealing with the
Mar 8, 2009

NI: Workers unity needed to defend jobs

By Kevin Henry THE RECENT comments by the Northern Ireland Minister for the Environment Sammy Wilson, “that preference should be given to people from Northern Ireland” when employers are advertising jobs shows the complete inability of local politicians to deal with current
Mar 8, 2009

NI: Fight the health cuts

Hands off our health service By Pat Lawlor, health worker RVH Belfast IN 2007, the Northern Ireland Executive introduced its Programme for Government for health. It was heralded as a means to enhance the health and well-being of the people of Northern
Mar 8, 2009

NI: Unison expel Pat Lawlor

By Peter Hadden An attack on all Unison members THE RIGHT wing leadership of Unison has gone ahead with the expulsion of RVH nursing convenor, Pat Lawlor (right), from the union. The grounds given to justify this expulsion were that Pat, who
Mar 8, 2009

NI: Defend Public Transport

By Owen McCracken MANY TRANSLINK workers face an uncertain future after bosses refused to rule out job losses as part of a £11.5 million package of cuts to bus services in Northern Ireland.
Mar 8, 2009
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