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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

News & Analysis

Unite’s Murphy 4 fight union busting

By David Vallely Four Unite members working for Murphy engineering and construction contractors in the Aughinish Aluminium plant in Limerick have been singled out for dismissal in an action their union described as “tantamount to union busting”. One of the targeted workers,

Mar 6, 2023

News & Analysis

Fighting cost of living crisis: Mechanical workers vote for strike action

By Matt Waine Mechanical workers in the construction sector have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in search of a cost-of-living wage increase amounting to 12.8%. Members of Unite, employed by two of the largest mechanical contractors in the country, will

Mar 4, 2023

Anti-racism·Featured Articles·Socialist Feminism·World News

The same struggle – unite against gender violence, racism and the far-right

By Laura Fitzgerald The femicide of 23 year-old teacher Ashling Murphy on 12 January 2022, cutting a young life callously and brutally short, provoked a mass response. In a moment replete with profound sadness, anger and solidarity: anger at the social ill

Mar 2, 2023

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·The North

North: No going back! Working-class & young people can unite to defeat paramilitary violence & sectarianism

Statement by the Socialist Party News broke on Wednesday night of the attempted killing of a police officer in Omagh. He was shot multiple times by masked gunmen after a youth football coaching session. Early reports suggest this was likely an attack

Feb 25, 2023

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DJ Carey €9.5 million write-down – a rigged system exposed

The revelation that AIB wrote down 80% of a €9.5 million debt owed by former Kilkenny hurling star DJ Carey in 2017 caused great controversy last week. Many ordinary working people who the banks hounded for debts that they could not repay

Feb 24, 2023

News & Analysis·The North

North: Water charges – we won’t pay!

By Daniel Waldron The threat of water charges is back on the agenda. In a statement regarding the next Northern Ireland budget, Tory Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris said that “difficult choices cannot be deferred any longer” and that water charges are one of the

Feb 22, 2023

Anti-racism·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Mick Barry TD’s speech at #IrelandForAll demonstration

“Solidarity with all minorities facing harassment or attack because of the far right — people of colour, migrant workers and the LGBT community. Refugees and migrants are not to blame for the housing crisis — that’s landlords and vulture funds. Don’t blame

Feb 18, 2023

Anti-racism·News & Analysis

We won’t be divided: No to the racist poison of the far-right – homes & service for all

Text of the Socialist Party leaflet for today’s #IrelandForAll Protest The emergence of far-right protests and the spreading of racist lies about vulnerable refugees is a dangerous threat to our society – that we must mobilise against. The horrific attack by racist

Feb 18, 2023

LGBTQ·News & Analysis

Thousands cry ‘never again’ on vigils for murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey

By Morgan Shanless On Saturday, 12 February, Brianna Ghey, a 16 year-old transgender girl, was brutally murdered by two 15 year-olds in a park in Warrington, England. In the weeks and months leading up to her death, Brianna was cruelly bullied over

Feb 17, 2023

Nurses homes fees scandal: Case study in how the Irish state treats the most vulnerable

By Finghín Kelly This week has seen the revelations that successive governments since at least 2009 have prepared aggressive legal strategies to deny some of the most vulnerable people in society their legal entitlements to nursing home care. Documents reveal that successive

Feb 6, 2023

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