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Are Sinn Fein a genuine left alternative?
The Local and European Elections last May revealed a massive rejection of austerity by working class people and…
Abortion ban must go
[highlight]Statement from ROSA to Coalition to Repeal the 8th Conference. ROSA is an anti-capitalist, pro-choice women’s rights group,…
Paisley’s legacy: peace or bloody division?
How will Ian Paisley, who has died at the age of 88, be remembered? As the firebrand preacher…
Scotland: 1.6 million vote Yes in a working class revolt against austerity
In the teeth of a ferocious campaign from the British capitalist establishment, the independence campaign in Scotland won…
Greyhound lockout – a fight for all workers
It is now nine weeks since Greyhound workers were treated in the style of William Martin Murphy by their employer, Michael Buckley. They arrived to work – were presented with new contracts, including pay cut of up to 35% and a change to a whole series of other working conditions and were instructed to sign or they were not working. After refusing to sign, they were escorted off the premises by security. Agency workers immediately began doing their jobs. This is 1913 in 2014.
Suicidal rape victim denied abortion; 8th amendment must go
Under new act women are being treated as vessels without basic human rights While protecting the identity of…
Site recovering from an attack
Our website is currently experiencing some difficulties, as we are recovering from a recent cyber attack. In particular,…
Support the Greyhound workers – oppose strike breaking
Return the service to the council, guaranteeing jobs and conditions and a superior public service.
Abortion guidelines confirm criticisms of legislation’s narrowness
Legislation will force women to continue to travel to Britain.
Irish capitalist state responsible for church terror
From the 1943 Cavan Fire in which 35 children and one adult perished after nuns refused to let girls escape to avoid them being seen in their night-gowns; to the enslavement of poor women in Magdalene Laundries, the last of which closed only in 1996; to the systemic cover-up of child sexual abuse; to the deplorable and sinister infant and child mortality rates in Mother & Baby Homes - the litany of abuse, degradation and oppression presided over by Church and State in Ireland, is simply confounding.
