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.
The legacy of the Debenhams workers’ struggle
By Michael O’Brien It can take the passage of time, years in fact, to have a sense of a particular strike’s place in history. Among trade unionists, socialists, activists, and sometimes the wider working class, disputes such as the six-month-long strike of
North: Poots victory ushers in a new period of instability
By Kevin Henry In the wake of Arlene Foster’s seemingly sudden resignation as DUP leader, Edwin Poots has narrowly defeated Jeffrey Donaldson in a leadership election, something unprecedented in the party’s history. Poots has indicated he intends to nominate Paul Givan as
Review: Superstore created by Justin Spitzer
By Sarah Killeen *Spoiler alerts* If you haven’t yet watched everything on Netflix and need a recommendation for something funny and light-hearted, then look no further than Superstore, the six-season comedy about the employees of the fictional Cloud Nine ‘big box store’.
Cynical government defers Debenhams Bill
By Finghin Kelly Six years ago saw Clery’s department store in Dublin go into a tactical liquidation, leaving workers high and dry while shareholders kept hold of the bulk of the company’s assets. At the time the government were forced into saying
No Church control of National Maternity Hospital
By Catherine Finnegan Despite government assurances, the question of Catholic influence on the new National Maternity Hospital remains a valid concern. Recent events have revealed that the government are still engaging in talks with a private religious charity to run the hospital.
Debenhams strike day 412: Workers’ action defies Gardaí & removal trucks
A massive Garda operation in Limerick on Monday night to remove stock from the Debenhams store in Limerick failed when one hundred ex-Debenhams workers and supporters staged a sit down protest. At around midnight Gardaí started to block off the roads approaching
End the misogynistic taboos – recognise and treat menopause
By Ruth Coppinger The outpouring from women about the menopause on RTE’s ‘Liveline’ was real insight into the misogyny, ageism and sheer backwardness in this society. The fact that menopause — a natural physical bodily transition that happens to more than half
No more government timewasting! – Debenhams workers demand their rights now!
Text of Socialist Party leaflet for protest in support of #PassDebenhamsBill, outside the Dáil today. The announcement yesterday by the government that they would effectively put the Debenhams Bill on ice for a year tells us two things. One is that this
Prices & profits shoot up: Housing remains out of our reach
By Councillor Leah Whelan With low wages, precarity and the economic threat of Covid still looming, it is easy to see why there was public backlash to the new out-of-touch “affordable” housing scheme put forward by the government. Proposals under the government’s
Government takes aim at students on PUP
By Michael Shiel Over a year into the Covid crisis, the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) has been an essential lifeline for hundreds of thousands of people across the state. Workplaces have closed and thrust many into unemployment, from jobs they’d spent months,