Education Plainclothes Gardaí Attack UCD Student President On Monday the 22nd of April, Nancy Pelosi was invited to University College Dublin (UCD) to receive an honorary doctorate of law. The ceremony was small, invitation-only, and heavily policed 24 Apr 2024
Workers Rights People Before Profit Welcomes Passing Of Its Disability Justice Motion In The Dáil People Before Profit Calls On The Government To Act Speedily To Implement Its Motion To End Poverty For People With Disabilities And Their Carers This morning in the Dáil, People 17 Apr 2024
Education Referendum Result – Now Let’s Get Rid Of FF And FG – Fight For Real Rights For Carers And People With Disabilities The landslide defeat of the government’s referendum is a massive blow to their prestige and legitimacy. They ignored the citizens’ assembly, refused to take the opposition’s (including People 11 Mar 2024
Education Whatever The Outcome, Fight For Carer And Disability Rights The government has made a mess of the referendum. They want to look ‘progressive’ but keep the neoliberal ethos that is at the heart of the Irish state. This is 6 Mar 2024
Workers Rights Rents Are Rising Much Faster Than Wages New figures from Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) show that national average rents for new tenancies were €1,598 per month last September, up 11% on the previous year. Existing tenancies 9 Feb 2024
Health Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight The Public Sector Strike on Thursday was massive and well executed. It was the largest best-coordinated strike since at least 2015. Trade unionists should be congratulated for their clarity, commitment, 24 Jan 2024
Education Palestine Liberation Day School: Sunday 21St January, 12-4Pm, New Theatre, Connolly Books Israel is engaged in a brutal genocide in Palestine, with tens of thousands of Palestinians killed in the latest round of violence and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis is unfolding in 16 Jan 2024
Housing The RCN Strike Royal College of Nursing is the union for most nurses in the North’s National Health Service. We visited pickets across region on their first of two planned days of 20 Dec 2022
Health Support People Before Profit’s Motion Of No Confidence In Housing Minister Next week, during Private Members Time, People Before Profit will bring a motion of no confidence in the Minister for Housing to the Dáil (see below). The motion notes the 9 Dec 2022