News & Analysis- Page 57

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

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United States: Why is everyone quitting their job?

By Keely Mullen, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) Are you thinking about quitting your job? You can’t stand one more day working under the thumb of your manager, you’re not paid nearly enough to deal with the demands

Oct 22, 2021

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Regime of super-exploitation on Irish flagged fishing vessels

By Michael O’Brien The official publication today of The Treatment of Non-EEA Workers in the Irish Fishing Industry by Maynooth University Department of Law has gained widespread coverage in the national media in recent days. The research, funded by the International Transport

Oct 21, 2021

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Agnes Tirop’s murder and the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence

By Harper Cleves On Wednesday, 13 October 25-year-old Kenyan long-distance runner Agnes Tirop was found tragically murdered in her home in Iten, Kenya. Her husband has been arrested as the prime suspect in this horrifically brutal crime. Tirop’s family have reported that

Oct 20, 2021

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A neo-liberal technocrat: Owen Keegan must go!

By Michael O’Brien, former Dublin City Councillor A snide email response by Owen Keegan to UCD Students Union has rightly drawn condemnation. The latter were rightly pointing out to Keegan the accommodation crisis for students in the city that is in no

Oct 15, 2021

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review of RTÉ’s “Sold: The Eircom Shares Saga” – the fraud of “popular capitalism”

By Robert Cosgrave The RTÉ documentary, Sold: The Eircom Shares Saga, is not without its limitations, but it’s a more interesting fare than most of what you’d get from the “national broadcaster”. The documentary charts the story of the privatisation of the

Oct 14, 2021

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Irish capitalism at the heart of Pandora Papers scandal

By Ben Samson For decades, the economic strategy of the Irish capitalist class and their political representatives has been built on turning Ireland into a tax haven for multinationals and the world’s super-rich. It is no surprise, then, that Ireland is so

Oct 12, 2021

100% redress now: Thousands protest against mica scandal

By Jonathan Diebold On Friday, 8 October, thousands took to the streets of Dublin once again to protest against the scandal surrounding mica. Ordinary working people from Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, and other counties impacted by the issue, made the trip in what

Oct 10, 2021

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Cobblestone and Merchant’s Arch—Profiteers continue their vandalism of cultural and historic sites

By Councillor Leah Whelan Dublin City Centre has been heading down a path of corporate take over for some years now. Historic, cultural, and creative spaces are continuously demolished and destroyed at the behest of landlords and private business. These decisions are

Oct 8, 2021

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Whistleblower reveals the murky world of Facebook

By Amy Ferguson The news that a mega-corporation like Facebook (which runs Instagram and Whatsapp also) prioritises its profit margins at the expense of the safety and wellbeing of ordinary people may not come as a surprise to many. However, a whistleblower’s

Oct 7, 2021

Socialist Feminism·World News

Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard: Both victims of a sick, sexist system– Stop victim-blaming

By Becci Heagney, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) Sabina Nessa, 28, was tragically murdered on 18 September. Upset and anger has once again enraged the nation. How could this have happened again? How many more women will be

Oct 7, 2021

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