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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ireland’s for-profit forestry is a scandal
By Ben Samson Using two satellites named Tom and Jerry to measure the mass of Europe’s shrinking groundwater reserves, researchers from Austria’s Graz University of Technology have reported that the continent is on the verge of a catastrophic drought. This is in
Protest against racist attack on homeless camp – standout against racism
Press statement from Ruth Coppinger Tomorrow Monday 30 January 6 pm at Ashtown station The attack on a group of homeless men in Ashtown, Dublin 15, is a sickening low in the spiral of recent racist acts that far right agitators have