Month: February 2015
23 posts
Low Pay Commission – A bad start and likely to get worse
· Taoiseach on €3,500 a week preaching to the working poor
· A Living Wage of €11.45 should be the minimum wage
Eurozone time-bomb
By Lynn Walsh, article from Socialism Today Mired in recession, the eurozone is haunted by the spectre of…
JobBridge Beyond Reform
Government’s whole ‘labour activation’ policy now seriously undermined · 100% dissatisfaction from those forced…
Greece: Syriza retreats under Troika threats
By Nicos Anastasiades, Xekinima (CWI Greece), Thessaloniki On 20 February, Greek negotiators agreed a four month extension of…
Jailings of anti-water charges protesters: A disgrace!
The Anti-Austerity Alliance has today condemned the jailing of anti-water meter protestors at the behest of Denis O’Brien’s…
Review: Fifty Shades of drivel
The following article was written is a review of the book Fifty Shades of Grey written upon its release…
Greece: If the Troika does not back down?
Let the Greek people decide! By Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (The Sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Greece)…
“Dogs of war” unleashed in Jobstown
By Mick Barry The arrest of 21 anti water charges campaigners in Dublin, the threat to arrest a…
Monaghan school students plan walkout against Taoiseach visit
ast Friday, 6 February, a number of senior students from the Irish-medium secondary school, Colaiste Oiriall, in Co. Monaghan were denied the right to peacefully protest.
‘Gardaí score another own goal’ with 4 more Jobstown arrests
Four more people have been arrested in relation to the Jobstown protest which saw Paul Murphy TD arrested yesterday.