For the past three nights, violent riots have erupted in Ballymena, Co. Antrim which has seen hundreds of youths and other elements engaged in violent protest. The riots came after the reporting of an instance of sexual assault of a teenage girl by two individuals of Romanian nationality. The days since have seen protesters burning […]
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FG/FF take the knife to sick pay
FG/FF cabinet slashes paid sick leave entitlements Read More »
Described by Golda Meir as “a great colonizing agency”, Histadrut has served as one of the foremost weapons of Zionism. As the national trade union centre of the Zionist occupation formed in 1920, Histadrut was crucial in the formation of the Zionist state, being one of the most powerful forces in the Zionist settlements. Led
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The Connolly Youth movement expresses its full solidarity with the working youth and people of Turkey, who are currently facing increased anti-democratic measures from the Erdoğan regime, which have been followed by brutal assaults and repression against demonstrators, journalists and members of the Turkish Communist Party and Youth. We concern the attempts made by the
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In the first publicly known implementation of Trump’s policy to deport Palestine solidarity activists, Mahmoud Khalil has been threatened with the revoking of his green card. Khalil, a permanent resident of the US, has not been charged with or convicted of any criminal offences. He has been targeted due to his participation in protest at
Palestinian-American facing deportation for engaging in protest Read More »
Dorcha Lee’s recent article in the Irish Examiner, advocating for increased Irish military expenditure and closer alignment with EU militarisation and NATO, fundamentally misrepresents both the nature of Ireland’s geopolitical situation as well as the broader context of global conflict in 2025. This argument is presented as a pragmatic and experienced analysis – from a
The imperialist push for militarisation and the myth of a defenceless Ireland Read More »
Almost 8 years ago, on 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the Grenfell Tower apartment block. This tragedy took the lives of 72 men, women and children, the youngest of whom was the 6 month old Leena Belkadi who died in her mother’s arms while she was attempting to escape the inferno that
British capitalism attempts to wipe Grenfell from memory Read More »
Call centre company Abtran has illegally fired a worker in Cork who was a vocal supporter of the ongoing unionisation effort. This comes after months of campaigning by members of the Independent Workers’ Union to obtain better pay and conditions in Abtran. In May workers delivered a pay claim to the company demanding, among other
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The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria is a major victory for the Euro-Atlantic alliance. Western governments have welcomed the new regime, made up of members of the jihadist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and led by formed Al-Qaeda member Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa. Already the US and EU have eased sanctions on Syria and have
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The newly re-elected Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition, backed up by several independents, has already commenced its victory lap, reaffirming its support for Israel and Western imperialism. While the Irish government have tended to portray themselves as defenders of Palestine on the international stage, they have refused to stop US war planes using Shannon airport to
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