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Housing
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Housing crisis in a pandemic
By Andrea Murray Covid-19 has plunged the world into a situation of unparalleled uncertainty and anxiety, for none…
Rising number of young people join the “Locked Out Generation”
By Ollie Bell The number of young Irish people in their 20s living at home has risen to…
A burning question: Housing crisis & the rule of profit
By Darragh O’Dwyer The results of the recent general election reflected the deep and widespread desire for real…
5 reasons to march on 5 December
By Manus Lenihan 60,000 people have joined the Facebook group “Protest Against Homelessness in Ireland,” pledging to march…
From bad to worse: The student accommodation crisis
By Aindriú de Buitléir Every September students throw themselves back into another year of study and stress, particularly…
Local & Euro Elections 2019: Green Surge & Lacklustre Performance for Political Establishment
A very significant surge for the Greens, huge loss of seats for Sinn Fein, and losses for the Left were the headline stories of Local and European Elections May 2019. While the elections absolutely did not represent any ringing endorsement for the Government or political establishment, the combination of the impact of a late Greens surge, and a low turnout amongst the harder pressed sections of the working class, impinged significantly on the Left’s vote.
Shining a light on the rigged capitalist economy
By Megan Brady The State We Are In: Inequality in Ireland Today, a report recently published by TASC,…
Enough is enough: Mass movement needed to win housing for all
By Matthew Waine “The Land Development Agency is a Government intervention that is 50 years overdue and which,…
Take back the city: Build a mass movement for housing
The following article is from the latest issue of The Socialist about how we can build a mass movement…
Homelessness, profiteering & the private market
By Colm McCarthy THE DEATH of three homeless people in Dublin, Kildare and Cork in less than a…
