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.
Gender-based violence & language provision
A new multilingual service for victims of domestic abuse has been launched in Galway. Domestic Violence Response Galway offers services through English, French, Polish and Irish and this is certainly a welcome development. The needs of someone to be heard and to
Student accommodation: Another year, another dire crisis
By Brandon Byrne The housing crisis has reached depressing new lows with the Department of Housing reporting at the end of August there was a record number 10,568 people living in emergency accommodation. This figure however does not account for the many
Budget 2023: Government token measures are an insult
By Mick Barry TD Tuesday, 27 September is Budget Day and hard pressed working-class people will be demanding action from the Government on the cost of living crisis.No sooner had people struggled to pay all the back to school costs than news
Reject the public sector pay (cutting) deal-Organise & mobilise to win a real pay rise
By Mark Johnson At the time of writing the government has negotiated a pay agreement with the ICTU (Irish Congress of Trade Unions) public services committee. The deal is currently with the executives of the respective unions who will recommend their members
Bankrupt Pakistan faces the worst floods in its history
By Geert Cool, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) Pakistan’s poverty-stricken masses face many problems. There are persistent shortages and price rises while incomes do not keep up. At the end of August, inflation stood at 45%. Public infrastructure and
Two-tier pay & insecure conditions fuel teacher retention crisis
By Ruth Coppinger, ASTI member and former Socialist Party TD As schools reopened, a teacher spoke on RTE radio of being unable to find accommodation in Dublin to get to her job. She initially drove each day from Limerick, where she is
Socialist Party Summer School 2022 – ‘hugely enjoyable & educational event’
By Finn McKenna From 18 to 21 August, Socialist Party members North and South and visitors from International Socialist Alternative (ISA) joined together in Glendalough to participate in the Party’s annual Summer School, the first since the pandemic. The weekend was a
Fianna Fáil’s Robert Troy – a minister profiteering from the housing crisis
By Dan O’Rourke Fianna Fail junior minister Robert Troy, in the best tradition of his party, is beset by multiple property profiteering scandals and allegations of corruption. Through a string of articles released by investigative media outlet ‘The Ditch’ it has been
Lessons from the Lucas Plan: How workers can fight against climate crisis
By Martina Gergits & Paul Gerrard We live in times of crises. The effects of the climate crisis are being felt more and more. As extreme weather events including forest fires, floods and heat waves occur with increasing regularity, showing glimpses of
US: Climate bill, cowritten by coal baron, makes history
By Meaghan Murray, Socialist Alternative US The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is being touted as the largest climate bill in U.S. history – but what does that actually mean, when the bar was so low to begin with? President Biden’s original climate legislation