Health Government Must Make School Reopening Safe The issue of reopening schools in Ireland has been pushed front and center over the past week, with establishment mouthpieces all over the media demanding the full reopening of the 5 Jul 2020
Workers Rights PFG: A Cynical Power Grab By The Right The programme for government (PfG) is a cynical attempt to steal the result of the last election from voters demanding progressive change. The backdrop to the document is a historic 25 Jun 2020
Health Calls For Government To Freeze Proposed Teacher Reductions In Primary Schools TD says staff reductions are crazy in light of Covid crisis and possible restrictions on school opening Gino Kenny TD pleads for Scoil Ida’s teacher ratio to stay the 10 Jun 2020
Workers Rights Government Must Do More To Protect Vulnerable Workers People Before Profit say government must do more to protect vulnerable workers during and following Covid-19 crisis People Before Profit TDs, speaking at a media conference before the Dáil session 21 May 2020
Education Medical School Welcome But Nowhere Near Enough Derry & Strabane People Before Profit Cllrs Eamonn McCann and Shaun Harkin said, “People Before Profit joins other parties in welcoming the announcement that the Stormont Executive has approved a 19 May 2020
Education Bam Cuts Workers Wages – But Enjoys Huge Payment From National Children Hospital Remember the €2 billion the National Children’s Hospital is due to cost? The builder involved is BAM, one of the biggest construction and facilities management companies in the country. 19 May 2020
Health UCD Imposing Rent On Trapped Students: Why We’re Not Surprised Throughout this academic year, UCD have rightly faced much criticism about the cost of renting on-campus accommodation. The cost of the rooms on offer, which is already the highest in 19 May 2020
Education Class Bias In Alternative Leaving Cert After making a mess of it for weeks, the Minister for Education, Joe McHugh, finally agreed that the Leaving Certificate examination will not go ahead. Solidarity People Before Profit called 11 May 2020
Workers Rights The Snobs & The Crooks: Together At Last After two months of theatrics, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are finally forging ahead to form a government based on a “joint framework”. They have spent the guts of 100 16 Apr 2020