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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

News & Analysis

Teachers action can win pay equality, safeguard health & safety

By Diarmuid Naessans At the end of October, members of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) voted to take industrial action up to and including strike action on several key issues. The long-standing equal pay for equal work ballot was

Nov 15, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Covid threat from mink farming: barbaric industry must go!

By Oisin Kelly The outbreak of a new strain of the corona virus among mink farmed in Denmark is a new alarming development in the covid-19 crisis. It not only opens up the fears many have of a wave of a new

Nov 11, 2020

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Workplace News

We need fighting trade unionism – lessons & legacy of the Debenhams struggle

By Michael O’Brien As we go to press the struggle by the Debenhams workers for the honouring of the redundancy agreement their union Mandate reached with the employer in 2016 has passed its seventh month, and has long since earned its place

Nov 11, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Covid crisis exposes a rotten system that must be challenged

Fifty million people have been infected with Covid-19 globally, with over one and a quarter million tragically losing their lives. In Ireland, we’ve had 65,000 cases with over 1,900 deaths in the South and 42,000 cases with over 750 deaths in the

Nov 9, 2020

News & Analysis

What’s behind the #LeoTheLeak scandal?

In the last number of days the government has been hit by another scandal, this time relating to the actions of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar. Last Saturday an article in The Village magazine exposed how in April 2019, then serving as Taoiseach, Varadkar

Nov 1, 2020

#RepealTheSeal: The Mother & Baby Homes archive scandal

By Leah Whelan The government decision to seal the Mother and Baby Homes archives for 30 years has been met with huge backlash from working-class communities. The move to seal the documents for three decades, despite survivors concerns, can be regarded as

Oct 27, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Covid-19 and education: Working & studying in safe environment is a right

By Kate Relihan “Our schools are overcrowded, underfunded and dealing with a global pandemic on a wing and a prayer” — principal Tiernan Ó’Neill of Corpus Christi DEIS primary school in Moyross, Limerick, synopsised brilliantly the reality for school staff on Newstalk

Oct 26, 2020

News & Analysis

Reclaiming the ‘season of the witch’

By Aislinn O’Keeffe Halloween is the time of witches and ghouls. The time, according to the original pagan beliefs that signalled when the veil between our world and the Otherworld was at its thinnest. At this time, you might encounter the spirits

Oct 22, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Economy·News & Analysis

Budget 2021: Corporate welfare over public need

By Finghin Kelly Budget 2021 has been heralded as the biggest in the state’s history. After a decade of austerity and balanced budgets, this does represent a certain turn away from those policies. This is in line with capitalist governments around the

Oct 15, 2020

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: The Social Dilemma directed by Jeff Orlowski

By Brandon Byrne The Social Dilemma provides an insightful new look at the impact major social media platforms have had on society and how by design they foster addiction. Director Jeff Orlowski presents these insights through a series of talking head interviews

Oct 14, 2020

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