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.
Roe overturned! Take the streets! Build a mass movement against the right!
By Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) Roe v Wade has been overturned. This is a historic defeat for the women’s movement and represents a victory in the right-wing campaign to undermine the bodily autonomy of women and queer people across
Suicides show the depth of mental health crisis in the Traveller community
By Seamus O’Reilly The Traveller community has been rocked in the past weeks by the deaths of children by suicide, including children reported to be as young as nine and 11 years of age. These events are not only heartbreakingly tragic but
Mica crisis continues: Demand 100% redress now!
By Jonathan Diebold It has been several years now since the Mica scandal first broke, and while there seems to finally be a glimmer of progress, campaigners suspect this may be a false hope. It is important that pressure is kept up
Solidarity against transphobia, violence & capitalism: Build a movement for LGBTQ+ liberation.
In April 2022, two gay men, Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee were murdered within 24 hours of each other in Sligo; murders motivated by homophobic hatred. These brutal killings brought home a reality – that just being LGBTQ+ can still put you
Cúram Sláinte do Dhaoine Trasinscneacha in Éirinn – Tubaiste Náireach
Le hOllie Bell In ainneoin an dul chun cinn ar fad atá bainte amach ag an phobal LADTA+, Comhionnanas Pósta agus an tAcht um Inscne a Aithint i 2015 ina measc, níl an cath ar son chearta LADTA+ thart. Faoi láthair, tá an
Government housing policy: Homelessness for some, poverty for others
By Martina Stafford The profoundly detrimental impact the housing crisis is having on working-class families, young people, lone parents, migrants and Travellers is impossible to convey. It is clear that there is untold stress and hardship caused by the inadequate and insecure
Savita’s 10th anniversary – why we must march
By Ruth Coppinger 2022 will mark the decade anniversary of the tragic, untimely death of Savita Halappanavar. In October 2012 Savita died from sepsis in a Galway hospital after being refused an abortion. It was a personal catastrophe for her family and
Oppose Tories’ legacy bill #billofshame
The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is a historic act of cowardice from the Tories and a slap in the face to anyone who has lost a loved one to the unspeakable violence of the Troubles. The Bill, introduced by
The dire state of trans healthcare in Ireland
By Ollie Bell Despite Ireland winning many gains for the LGBTQ+ community such as Marriage Equality and the Gender Recognition Act in 2015, the fight for LGBTQ+ rights isn’t over. Currently the trans community is facing the ever-growing crisis of the trans
End the model of state-subsidised, private profit childcare
By Caitríona Ní Chatháin Disgracefully, the Irish State currently spends a pitiful 0.1% of its GDP on childcare. Ireland is also an outlier among wealthier countries because childcare is exclusively private and largely for-profit with state subsidies. In spite of these subsidies