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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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Ban on evictions & rent increases lifted as the housing crisis continues

By Councillor Fiona Ryan The government has recently ended its blanket ban on evictions, opening the way for predatory landlords to evict and increase rents. This is at a time when unemployment remains at 25% and youth unemployment at 59%. With young

Apr 28, 2021

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

From harassment to femicide: How capitalism breeds gender violence

By Harper Cleves On 3 March 2021, 33 year-old Sarah Everard went missing. It was soon thereafter discovered that she had been kidnapped and murdered, most likely by a member of the Metropolitan police, while walking home at 9pm at night. This

Apr 26, 2021

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Eyewitness report: Gardaí do KPMG’s dirty work at Debenhams

By Dan O’Rourke Gardaí acting on behalf of KPMG used massive force to break the picket line of the former Debenhams workers at Henry Street in Dublin last Thursday night. Up to that point the workers had been blockading the shop’s loading

Apr 25, 2021

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KBC creates job massacre and mortgage crisis

By Leonard McArthur KBC Bank has chosen to withdraw from the Irish market after 40 plus years of operations with the loss of 1,400 jobs at a time of massive unemployment. This sudden evacuation is likely fueled by the profound uncertainty that

Apr 23, 2021

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“European Super League” — Stop the People’s Game becoming the Princes’ Game

By Matt Waine The news that 12 top European football clubs are on course to establish a new ‘European Super League’ has been met with rage by football fans across Europe. The so-called “Big Six” in the English Premier League (Liverpool, Manchester

Apr 19, 2021

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Big pharma’s patents: Profiting from the pandemic

By Jonathan Diebold The rapid development of the Covid-19 vaccine has given us a glimpse of what humanity can achieve given enough drive and resources. However, it has also demonstrated the shortcomings of capitalism, and of patent laws and the reliance of

Apr 19, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Johnson praises the role of “capitalism and greed” in Covid response

By Daniel Waldron On the anniversary of the first lockdown in the UK, Boris Johnson proclaimed to Tory backbenchers, “The reason we have the vaccine success is because of capitalism, because of greed, my friends.” The real result of the Tories’ callous,

Apr 16, 2021

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: Reeling in the Years (2010)

Reviewed by Manus Lenihan Just gonna stand there and watch me burn […] Just gonna stand there and hear me cry […] – Eminem with Rihanna, ‘Love the way you lie,’ 2010 RTÉ’s Reeling in the Years has aired an episode covering

Apr 15, 2021

Environment·News & Analysis

New Climate Action Bill: Still a weak response to urgent crisis

By Padraig O’Flynn To muted fanfare and coverage the government recently published its Climate Action Bill. The document might appear ambitious on the surface, but, on closer inspection, specific measures for achieving these targets are largely absent. Weak proposals Indeed, the most

Apr 14, 2021

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One year of the English Language Student Union

It’s been a year now since the establishment of the English Language Students’ Union (ELSU Ireland). The Covid-19 pandemic triggered a major crisis in the English Language Education (ELE) school sector. Identifying the vulnerable situations many international English-language students found themselves in,

Apr 12, 2021

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