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North: End the racist pogroms! Solidarity with all those attacked by far-right mobs last night

Solidarity Statement in response to racist violence on 9 June The scenes we saw last night were utterly horrific. We send our utmost solidarity to all those harmed and left afraid by last night’s violence. This was a racist pogrom of collective

Jun 10, 2026

News & Analysis

Extreme weather disruptions: Workers lives and safety must not be sacrificed

By Michael O’Brien The ever-increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, especially storms and floods, and the implications for workers has put the questions about who pays during enforced shutdowns of workplaces or workers opting for health and safety reasons not

Feb 12, 2026

Environment·Latest·News & Analysis

Fourth flood warning in 10 days as flood defence schemes flounder

By Jonathan Diebold The disaster movie 2012 shows a world ravaged by extreme weather events, apparently predicted hundreds of years prior by the Mayan civilisation. But it doesn’t take an ancient Mesoamerican prophecy to predict the floods which have afflicted Ireland recently,

Feb 6, 2026

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·World News

Epstein horror story: truth far stranger than fiction

By James McCabe “I don’t understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of any interest to anybody. It’s pretty boring stuff. It’s sordid, but it’s boring. I think only really-bad people, including fake news, want to keep something like that going.”

Feb 6, 2026

News & Analysis

Government leaning into the far-right playbook on immigration

By Robert Cosgrave Describing the racist political climate of 1970s Britain, the Sri Lankan Tamil socialist A. Sivanandan commented that “what Enoch Powell [a Farage-type figure in Britain at the time] says today, the Tories say tomorrow and Labour legislates on the

Jan 30, 2026

On ‘left alliances’ – the opposition, cooperation, and the next government

By Eddie McCabe In a world of demagogic “strongman” leaders like Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, and spineless ones like Keir Starmer or Micháel Martin, having a left-wing President like Catherine Connolly is something to be thankful for. Indeed, many people around the

Jan 23, 2026

News & Analysis·Ruth Coppinger

Rural and Urban Ireland united in the desire to ban fox hunting

By Enda Kelly A poll released in the run-up to Ruth Coppinger TD’s bill to ban the cruel practice of fox hunting found that 72% were in favour of a ban. This result breaks down as 76% in Dublin, 71% in Leinster,

Jan 22, 2026

News & Analysis

Obituary: Ted Gannon (1955-2025)

By Emmett Farrell Fifty years after the Marxists organised around the Militant socialist paper began to develop a serious base in the labour and trade union movement, in Derry, Belfast, Dublin, Galway and Cork, that generation who looked to revolutionary socialism to

Jan 19, 2026

News & Analysis·Palestine solidarity·World News

Courageous Palestine Action activists end hunger strike –free the Filton 24 now!

By Eva Martin We joined many others in breathing a massive sigh of relief and rejoicing at the news that Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed and Lewie Chiaramello decided to end their hunger strike in light of the decision by the government to

Jan 16, 2026

Campaigns & Issues·News & Analysis

Abortion rights – time to abolish the three-day wait

By Laura Fitzgerald Call to action: Ruth Coppinger’s bill to abolish the three-day wait for abortion access, will be introduced at the first stage on Tuesday 20 January. This needs your action. Please contact TDs from all the parties that supported a

Jan 14, 2026

Shut down Grok – Elon Musk’s depraved AI tool

By Ollie Bell So-called ‘Generative Artificial Intelligence’ is the latest tech nightmare to be forced onto us by morally bankrupt tech billionaires. What AI ‘innovators’ promised was the elimination of repetitive tasks and enhancing productivity; what we got was a water-guzzling, art-stealing,

Jan 12, 2026

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