Browsing Category
South
121 posts
SOUTH: We want to live, not just exist–Solidarity with striking public sector workers
By Finn McKenna Irish society is facing one of the largest public sector strikes in the history of…
Trump’s visit to Ireland – protest the fascistic, rapist, warmonger
By Eoin Madigan The warmongering, corrupt and fascistic US President Donald Trump will visit Ireland in September to…
Ruth Coppinger report from visit to Ulm 5 trial in Germany
The trial of the Ulm 5 in Stannheim, Germany, wasn’t like anything I’ve seen before. In Ireland I…
Data Centres: Why Ireland is being sold to Big Tech
By Aaron Ó Sceacháin The 130 data centres currently operating in Ireland guzzle obscene amounts of electricity. In…
SOUTH: Sinn Féin’s anti-migrant shift – how the left must respond
By Eddie McCabe There is no migration crisis in Ireland. None whatsoever. That is to say there is…
Extreme weather disruptions: Workers lives and safety must not be sacrificed
By Michael O’Brien The ever-increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, especially storms and floods, and the…
(South) Government leaning into the far-right playbook on immigration
By Robert Cosgrave Describing the racist political climate of 1970s Britain, the Sri Lankan Tamil socialist A. Sivanandan…
(South) On ‘left alliances’ – the opposition, cooperation, and the next government
By Eddie McCabe In a world of demagogic “strongman” leaders like Trump, Putin and Netanyahu, and spineless ones…
(South) Momentum grows for full ban on courts use of survivors’ counselling notes
By Laura Fitzgerald Since being elected one year ago, Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party TD, made it a priority…
[South] What the Ivan Yates scandal tells us about the Irish media
By Cathal Curran The fallout continues post the revelation that former Fine Gael minister and failed bookmaker Ivan…