Mick Barry TD Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Privatisation leads to dirty, discoloured water in Cork

By Mick Barry TD Reviewing the Cork City North West local election contest on 31 May the Irish Examiner wrote: “Big issues also include housing and rents and – surprisingly in a modern city – delivery of clean tap water.” This analysis

Jul 2, 2024

News & Analysis

Adding insult to injury- Ex-Debenhams workers denied access to training fund

By Mick Barry TD It has been three months since the former Debenhams workers voted to end their dispute, and yet they have still not received a single cent from the €3 million training fund that they were promised. With the registration

Aug 24, 2021

News & Analysis

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

May 12, 2021

Workplace News

Stand with Debenhams workers in fight against multinational fraudsters!

By Michael O’Brien On the same day as the result of the Apple Tax case is to be announced Debenhams workers will descend again on the Dáil as Socialist Party member and Solidarity TD Mick Barry will challenge the Taoiseach again about

Jul 14, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Workplace News

Workers cannot wait to safeguard their health – unions must act

By Mick Barry TD On Weds 25 March 1,000 workers at Moy Park Portadown walked off the job demanding proper health and safety protections for the workforce. The same day nearly 100 workers at a Larry Goodman meat plant – ABP in

Mar 30, 2020

Leeside Residents: Inspiring victory against vulture funds

By Councillor Fiona Ryan The year and a half long struggle of the residents of the Leeside Apartments in Cork City, against the vulture fund which purchased the distressed property in 2017, culminated in a victory this month. The large apartment block

Apr 4, 2019

Jobstown is innocent: A rotten stitch up exposed

By Cillian Gillespie “The news has just come through from the Central Criminal Court and I am the first to report it to the House. Deputy Paul Murphy, not guilty; Councillor Michael Murphy, not guilty; Councillor Kieran Mahon, not guilty; Frank Donaghy,

Jul 1, 2017

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Brexit vote is their crisis – workers’ rights must not be sacrificed

Never ones to waste a good crisis IBEC were quickly out of the traps after the Brexit vote claiming that the ensuing political and economic turmoil meant that bosses in Ireland needed support and in turn workers’ rights must come under the

Jul 15, 2016

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Water charges battle

Water charges suspended: Protest movement & boycott force climb down

By Katia Hancke “What parliament does, the people on the streets can undo”. Mick Barry TD accurately described the key reason for the embarrassing climb down forced on the establishment parties – the massive movement that developed in towns and cities across

May 2, 2016

News & Analysis

Replace Labour with a real Left

By Cllr. Cian Prendiville The Labour Party was founded by socialists such as Connolly and Larkin to give an independent political voice for workers, women and young people in the fight against the super-rich and their political puppets. It has not only

Mar 30, 2016

Mick Barry TD

Privatisation leads to dirty, discoloured water in Cork

Adding insult to injury- Ex-Debenhams workers denied access to training fund

No more government timewasting! – Debenhams workers demand their rights now!

Stand with Debenhams workers in fight against multinational fraudsters!

Workers cannot wait to safeguard their health – unions must act

Leeside Residents: Inspiring victory against vulture funds

Jobstown is innocent: A rotten stitch up exposed

Brexit vote is their crisis – workers’ rights must not be sacrificed

Water charges suspended: Protest movement & boycott force climb down

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