privatisation Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Full public ownership of water — Name a date for a referendum

By Mick Barry TD A campaign to “Keep Water Public” was launched by the four trade unions with local authority water worker members (SIPTU, Unite, Connect and Forsa) at the end of October. The campaign is calling on the Government to name

Oct 31, 2022

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review of RTÉ’s “Sold: The Eircom Shares Saga” – the fraud of “popular capitalism”

By Robert Cosgrave The RTÉ documentary, Sold: The Eircom Shares Saga, is not without its limitations, but it’s a more interesting fare than most of what you’d get from the “national broadcaster”. The documentary charts the story of the privatisation of the

Oct 14, 2021

News & Analysis

Oppose outsourcing and attacks on union rights: Solidarity with ESB technicians

Text of the Socialist Party leaflet in support of striking ESB network technicians. ESB network technicians and members of the Independent Workers Union (IWU) are to be applauded for the industrial action they are taking against the creeping privatisation of the company,

Apr 29, 2021

News & Analysis

Corruption, rural broadband & the disaster of privatisation

By Dave Murphy A minister should know that having dinner with a businessman involved in bidding for a state-contract can seriously shorten their ministerial careers. Denis Naughten, on the other hand, apparently didn’t see the harm in having numerous meetings and dinners

Oct 23, 2018

News & Analysis

Dublin Bus on the chopping block

By Councillor Matt Waine The National Transport Authority (NTA) has now published a report by US transport consultancy firm, Jarret Walker, that drastically overhauls Dublin Bus. The claim is that this will significantly improve connectivity and frequency. However, reading the small print

Sep 20, 2018

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Dublin Bus routes privatisation – a rotten deal

The National Transport Authority are privatising one-tenth of Dublin Bus. From November 2018 they will outsource the routes to UK company Go-Ahead. The NTA says they are “confident that passengers will benefit from this decision,” but socialists and trade unionists are absolutely

Aug 11, 2017

News & Analysis

30% pay cut: Bus Éireann declares war on workers

By Mick Barry TD Bus Éireann’s proposals for a 30% cut in take-home pay for their drivers, possible compulsory redundancies and casualisation of work represent a declaration of war. Owing to the precedent that it would set, it represents a declaration of war

Jan 21, 2017

News & Analysis

Public transport: Oppose privatisation & race to the bottom

By Councillor Michael O’Brien Dublin Bus workers in SIPTU and the NBRU have accepted the pay offer of 11.25% over three years that emanated from the talks at the WRC. There is no doubt this higher offer has been won through the

Oct 15, 2016

News & Analysis·Workplace News

AAA support bus workers strike against privatisation

Labour Party support for NTA stance ‘a disgrace’ Anti Austerity Alliance TDs Joe Higgins, Ruth Coppinger and Paul Murphy have issued the following statement on the bus strikes: “The NTA’s decision to franchise out 10% of Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus routes

May 1, 2015

News & Analysis

The assault on public services continues

By Diana O’Dwyer After almost seven years of austerity, public services are at breaking point. Cuts in capital expenditure on housing of 84% have left 100,000 households on the housing list and spending per college student has been slashed 41%. These are

Apr 27, 2015

privatisation

Full public ownership of water — Name a date for a referendum

Review of RTÉ’s “Sold: The Eircom Shares Saga” – the fraud of “popular capitalism”

Oppose outsourcing and attacks on union rights: Solidarity with ESB technicians

Corruption, rural broadband & the disaster of privatisation

Dublin Bus on the chopping block

Dublin Bus routes privatisation – a rotten deal

30% pay cut: Bus Éireann declares war on workers

Public transport: Oppose privatisation & race to the bottom

AAA support bus workers strike against privatisation

The assault on public services continues

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden