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.
Recognise and affirm intersex lives
By Enda Kelly We are witnessing a major increase in a queerphobic backlash against the LGBTQ community, and in particular towards those people who go against the binary and fit into the rigid gender norms of the system. One in 10 LGBT
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
Burnham on border poll: British Ruling Class’ contempt & arrogance for national rights on display again
During his first visit to the North on Thursday (27/8/26), Burnham said a border poll was “off the table”. The dismissal by Andy Burnham of the national aspirations for a United Ireland is unbelievably, but unsurprisingly, crass and arrogant. It shows that no
Solidarity summer camp 2026 report
Solidarity – the socialist alternative members gathered in Glendalough, Co. Wicklow between 13 – 16 August for our annual summer camp. The camp is multipurposeful – it allowed for over 120 of our members and supporters to gather on an island-wide basis,
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
Is economic growth ecologically sustainable?
By Conor Payne The climate and ecological crisis is an existential threat that’s only becoming more severe – it will increasingly intrude into all areas of life, shaping the economy, geopolitics, and the struggles of the working class and oppressed. In the
Ruth Coppinger report from visit to Ulm 5 trial in Germany
The trial of the Ulm 5 in Stannheim, Germany, wasn’t like anything I’ve seen before. In Ireland I would’ve attended the Jobstown trial – for anything near comparable in terms of when a state tries to punish protesters – but this was
Cost of living worsens – public sector industrial action needed
By Finn McKenna It’s very clear that the tension is rising in our society. Increasing cost-of-living and spiralling inflation have been the root of much of the alienation, angst and suffering that is increasingly generalised for most working-class people. Unprecedented developments have
Data Centres: Why Ireland is being sold to Big Tech
By Aaron Ó Sceacháin The 130 data centres currently operating in Ireland guzzle obscene amounts of electricity. In the same week that Uisce Éireann instigated a hosepipe ban across large swaths of the country, data centres used millions of litres of water,
Solidarity with the Ulm 5 – Palestine solidarity activists on trial in Germany
By Matthew Delany In Germany, five Palestine solidarity activists known as the Ulm 5 are in a worrying ongoing trial about an alleged break-in and civil disobedience at Elbit Systems. This trial is correctly seen by the families and supporters of the