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.
Imperialist war on Iran fuels a new cost-of-living crisis
By Finghín Kelly The US and Israel’s war on Iran is unleashing bloodshed, suffering, and chaos all over West Asia. Hundreds of thousands are being displaced, thousands of ordinary people in Iran have been killed, and millions of lives are being put
Looksmaxxing, Mogging & the Sexual Market Place: the latest far-right manosphere subculture
By Harper Cleves CW: misogyny, racism, self-harm, body dysmorphiaThe year 2026 has been ‘epic’ in the most disastrous and devastating of ways: ongoing genocide in Palestine; the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro; a release of millions of pages of the Epstein
IWD 2026: Build a socialist feminist fightback
Text of the Solidarity leaflet for International Women’s Day “Women get sent to the gulags first, obviously…The number one political enemy in America is women…They’re the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people… Women are making us
Residential Tenancies Bill: A landlord’s bill to supercharge profits
By Councillor Brian McCarthy The Government’s Residential Tenancies Bill has passed the final stage in the Seanad, meaning that the new measures will come into force on 1 March. The key changes being introduced are the extension of RPZs (Rental Property Zones)
Can the Soc Dems deliver real change?
By Robert Cosgrave The Social Democrats met in Cork for their conference at the beginning of February. Much was made of building from the “Connolly coalition” of last year’s presidential election, with attention given to upcoming by-elections in Dublin Central and Galway
Stop the war on Iran – oppose US and Israeli naked imperialist aggression
Socialist Party statement On Saturday, 28 February 2026, the war criminals Trump and Netanyahu led an unprovoked, murderous attack on Iran, killing its head of state, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other top officials. These ‘Board of Peace’ leaders also bombed two
FAI confirms Ireland-Israel match to go ahead – but fans demand a boycott!
By Matt Waine The FAI confirmed today that the Ireland-Israel match will go ahead in the Aviva stadium, in a complete insult to the Palestinian people and amid correct, widespread opposition and calls for a boycott. According to media sources, this move
Hands off SNAs – for an appropriate school place & support for every child
Text of Socialist Party leaflet Over 200 schools across the country received notice that they faced reductions in their Special Needs Assistants (SNA) staff. Some were to lose half their SNAs! Euphemisms abounded as the government tried to justify this very unpopular
Mandelson Scandal exposes the rot at the core of the British Establishment
By Niall Dooris The fallout from the latest release of “Epstein Files” has rocked many global elites with close connections to the world’s most notorious sex trafficker and child abuser (for more detail on the scale of this, see our recent article
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