Ireland
Irish Fianna Fail/Green coalition prepares major budget cuts
By Steve James, October 24, 2009
Ireland’s ruling coalition of Fianna Fail and the Green Party are preparing a confrontation with the working class.
Irish referendum endorses European Union’s Lisbon Treaty
By Steve James, October 5, 2009
The European Union’s Lisbon Treaty has been endorsed by Irish voters in Friday’s referendum by a majority of 67 percent of voters to 33 percent.
Ireland: Vote “No” to the Lisbon Treaty
For the United Socialist States of Europe
By Socialist Equality Parties of the UK and Germany, October 1, 2009
The Socialist Equality Parties of the UK and Germany call for a “No” vote in the Irish referendum on the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty on Friday, October 2.
Strikes and occupations spread across Ireland
By Jordan Shilton, September 7, 2009
Recent strikes and occupations in Ireland have involved dockers at Dublin ports, medical workers in County Tipperary, Health Services Executive employees and workers at Coca Cola.
Ireland’s “bad bank” becomes a €90 billion property speculator
By Steve James, August 10, 2009
Draft legislation on Ireland’s so called “bad bank”, the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA), makes clear that it is a vast property gamble to be paid for by the working class.
Irish government prepares more spending cuts
By Jordan Shilton, July 31, 2009
The Irish government is preparing to implement yet another round of public spending cuts, its third in the past year.
Omagh verdict leaves questions of state collusion unanswered
By Steve James, June 23, 2009
The success of a recent civil case against four people accused of the 1998 bombing of Omagh in Northern Ireland has not answered fundamental questions about the terrorist atrocity.
Ireland creates “bad bank” to rescue finance and property speculators
By Steve James, June 8, 2009
Ireland’s proposed National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) will channel state spending into the hands of the very banks and property developers whose reckless and criminal speculation has brought t...
Irish child abuse: The Ryan Report cover-up
By Steve James, May 26, 2009
For all the details of sadistic physical, sexual, emotional abuse, neglect and brutalisation of children in Ireland’s industrial school system, the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abu...
Ireland: Unemployment expected to reach 17 percent
By Steve James, May 6, 2009
A report released early May by the Economic and Social Research Institute states that Ireland is expected to go through the sharpest economic contraction of any industrialised country since the 1930s.
Ireland: Government unveils major budget cuts
By Steve James, April 14, 2009
The Irish government outlined its emergency budget in response to the country’s deepening economic and financial crisis on April 7.
Workers occupy car parts factories in England and Northern Ireland
By Steve James, April 4, 2009
Hundreds of workers at car parts maker Visteon have launched occupations and sit-in protests at the company’s sites in Belfast, Enfield and Basildon.
