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Joan Burton
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Another attack on the unemployed: Abolish JobPath now!
By Kieran Mahon The collapse into administration of Working Links, one of the companies involved in the provision…
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…
As Jobstown stands tall- Labour is in the gutter
Immediately after the protest in Jobstown in 2014, Joan Burton went to Garda Headquarters in the Phoenix Park,…
Jobstown trial: The establishment’s contempt for the working class
By Solidarity Councillor and Socialist Party member Michael O’Brien If a “not guilty” verdict is returned at the…
Jobstown trial: Burton shamefully claims Connolly’s mantle
By Solidarity Councillor and Socialist Party member Michael O’Brien The claim by Joan Burton today in the witness…
Protesting is not a crime: #JobstownNotGuilty
The heinous targeting of Maurice McCabe and other Garda whistle blowers and the targeting of the Jobstown protestors…
#JobstownNotGuilty trials begin… State criminalises right to protest
First JobstownNotGuilty trial begins. Defend the right to protest!
#JobstownNotGuilty trial: Criminalising protest must be resisted
The clock continues to tick down towards the biggest political trial in decades. In April 2017, the first trial of adults for the false imprisonment of Joan Burton and her assistant will commence in the Criminal Courts of Justice. In advance of that, on 19 September, a 17 year old will go on trial in the Children's Court for the same offences.
Feminising the elite will not bring equality
The idea of Hilary Clinton becoming the first woman President of the US has been hailed by some…
Keep up the pressure to… Repeal the 8th amendment
By Katia Hancke At the end of September over 10,000 people – young, vibrant, passionate and confident about…
