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Pilgrim strike: Support the strike and change the food industry

By Paddy Meehan Food workers at the Enniskillen-based Pilgrim Foods took all-out industrial action on 2 September 2026 to fight for a decent pay rise from a deeply profitable company. Workers took action after weeks of negotiating, and previous industrial action had

Sep 13, 2026

Another warning: Far-right arson attack on Sandwith Street refugee camp

By Donal Devlin The arson attack on refugee camp on Sandwith Street in Dublin City on Friday, 12 May was a disgusting new low in the far-right’s anti-refugee activity in Ireland. Until last weekend the camp had been home to asylum seekers

May 17, 2023

News & Analysis·The North

North: Unite Hospitality and Rosa call for an end to harassment in hospitality

By Saana Taussi, Hospitality worker A recent survey by Unite showed that 90% of hospitality workers experience sexual harassment during work. To workers in hospitality, this hardly comes as a surprise, as the industry is notorious for poor working conditions. The prevalence

May 14, 2023

News & Analysis

Make International Nurses Day a day of struggle

By Roise McCann The 12 May is International Nurses Day. It is taking place in the same year that health workers across the UK were at the fore of a wave of industrial action taken to demand inflation-busting pay rises, safe staffing,

May 11, 2023

News & Analysis

Firefighters in Cork take industrial action for proper and safe staffing levels

By Mikey Rose For over two weeks Cork City’s firefighters have taken limited industrial action and protested outside the city’s fire brigade headquarters for half an hour each day. This action is being taken to demand the recruitment of additional personnel to

May 10, 2023

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

The Women of Honour – #MilitaryMeToo

By Martina Stafford …promotions unfairly denied, careers interrupted by discrimination, unfair treatment after maternity leave.. bullying, sexual harassment, sexual assault and the depression, bulimia, self-harm and suicide attempts that followed (RTE Radio Documentary, 2021) ‘Women of Honour’ (WoH) is a group of

May 4, 2023

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Mask mandate lifting in hospitals will put our collective health at risk

By Miranda Stewart On 19 April, the universal mask mandate in healthcare facilities in Ireland was brought to an end. It is now only mandatory in cases of known respiratory transmissible illness, specifically for that patient and those working with them. That

May 2, 2023

Featured Articles·Socialist Feminism·Theory & History

Glitz, Glam & Violent Misogyny: The toxic ideology of the Manosphere

The toxic ideas of Andrew Tate have gained enormous traction via various social media and online platforms – collectively known as the ‘manosphere’ – in the last year. In this article, Harper Cleves analyses Tate’s ideas and why they are intimately linked

Apr 29, 2023

Irish economy: Corporate tax windfalls and chronic inequality

By Donal Devlin This week, two stories emerged about the Irish economy, or more accurately, about who is making a killing and who is struggling to make ends meet. A report carried out by the ESRI found that real wages for workers

Apr 26, 2023

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Why we shouldn’t feel sorry for the small landlord

By Robert Cosgrave Nearly a decade on the housing crisis continues with no end in sight under the policies of successive Fine Gael / Fianna Fáil governments. In fact the government is intent on creating an even worse crisis with its lifting

Apr 23, 2023

News & Analysis·The North

“Give the goss on your boss” – Hospitality workers get organised in Belfast

By Laurence Plunkett On Monday the 17th of April, Unite Hospitality NI held an open meeting in the Sunflower bar titled “Give the goss on your boss”. A packed room of waiters, bartenders, baristas and fast-food workers shared their war stories of

Apr 21, 2023

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