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Ruth Coppinger leaflet: The fight for Disability Justice & the Care Crisis

Public Zoom meeting hosted by Ruth Coppinger: 7.30pm Tuesday 9th April Speakers: Ruth Coppinger, secondary teacher & campaigner; Mick Barry, Socialist Party TD;Speaker from Neuro Pride Ireland;Stephen Morrison, carer & member Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group;& more. Ireland – the worst country in

Apr 5, 2024

Economy·Paul Murphy Column

Bailout ‘exit’: a return to sovereignty or Troika rule by another name?

With the government preparing to milk the 15 December 'exit' from the bailout, hyperbole is being heaped upon hyperbole to welcome the 'return of sovereignty' to Ireland. The government, and in particular the Labour Party, want to use this supposed success story

Dec 13, 2013

Joe Higgins column

The 1793 Dingle riots

Since the centenary of the Great Dublin Lockout has been preoccupying us in 2013, it would be remiss not to mark also the 220th anniversary of a dramatic movement of resistance to tyranny that took place in West Kerry.

Nov 23, 2013

Joe Higgins column

Need for alternative policies to austerity is glaringly obvious

The Red C Opinion Poll published yesterday showing 76% of the people supporting same sex marriage is a stunning indication of how attitudes to sensitive social issues continue to be transformed in this country.

Nov 11, 2013

Latest·News & Analysis·Paul Murphy Column

Budget 2014

The war on the elderly, sick, bereaved, disabled, young unemployed people & women goes on. Profits, wealth and high earnings left untouched again.

Oct 15, 2013

Joe Higgins column

Socialist vision sustained of the men & women of 1913 Lockout

On this day one hundred years ago, 31 August, 1913 it is five days on from the audacious action of tram drivers and conductors with the Dublin United Tramways Company who simultaneously stopped and abandoned their vehicles mid morning on the streets

Aug 31, 2013

Joe Higgins column

The lead up to the budget blame-game and the coalition government

A full two and a half months before the Budget is announced on 15 October and the cynical pre-Budget posturing by government ministers is already in full swing.

Aug 6, 2013

Paul Murphy Column·World News

Paul Murphy MEP defends call for intifada

Below is a press statement issued today by Paul Murphy MEP. It is in response to an article in the Jerusalem Post which contained condemnation from a number of MEPs on the call for a mass movement, similar to the first intifada

Jul 27, 2013

Paul Murphy Column·World News

Observations from a city in uprising – where next?

Taksim Square has become a household name since the mighty uprising against the Erdogan government erupted on 31 May. We visited the protests in Istanbul at the start of June to extend solidarity and to learn about the situation on the ground.

Jun 17, 2013

Joe Higgins column

The most open challenge yet to this government’s policies

The rejection by public sector workers of the proposals in the Croke Park 2 agreement that would further savage their incomes and conditions is hugely significant in that it demonstrates that people’s tolerance to austerity is running out fast and that has

Apr 22, 2013

Joe Higgins column

A plague on all their houses & a tax on ours

"In sooth I know not why I am so sad./ It wearies me, you say it wearies you;/ but how I caught it, found it or came by it / What stuff tis made of whereof it is born,/ I am to

Mar 4, 2013

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