Patrick Rice died suddenly on July 7th at the age of 64. Many people in Ireland may not know who he was since, although born in Fermoy, Co Cork, he spent the greatest part of his life in Latin America. However, his was a life less ordinary – a great understatement – and his story [...]
Press Release – “Friends of the Adeniran family” call for Solidarity Protest to stop deportations (Friday – 6.30PM)
On July - 22 - 2010
From the “Friends of the Adeniran family” campaign: The “Friends of the Adeniran family” campaign have called a protest on Friday July 23rd at 6.30pm at the Square in Balbriggan in solidarity with the Adeniran family. The family is faced with deportation after their claim for asylum was turned down. The demonstration was called by [...]
Video from the Dublin Demonstration as part of EU-wide week of protest
On July - 16 - 2010
On June 26th five hundred people took to the streets of Dublin as part of a European-Wide week of Protest and Solidarity against the bank bail-outs, EU/IMF cutbacks and the dictatorship of the Markets. Here we post a video of the protest, for more information, check out our full report. Share on bebo Bookmark on [...]
Support the Otis strikers!
On July - 15 - 2010
The strike action of Otis workers should be supported by all working people. They are resisting 17 compulsory redundancies at a time of mass unemployment. Any workers who are made redundant will face bleak opportunities when it comes to finding another job. Every job should be defended by the trade union movement. It is also [...]
“That is no country for the vulnerable”
On July - 15 - 2010
“That is no country for old men” wrote WB Yeats in his famous poem, “Sailing to Byzantium”, feeling a cold chill of unwelcome for an aging poet in the society of his time. Speaking of the society created in the Ireland of today by the economic and political establishment, we might rephrase that line to, [...]
Is the EU banking system sicker than Wall Street?
On July - 15 - 2010
During the Plenary Session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg last week, there was much talk of financial governance. Measures were tabled which are supposed to put in place a better supervision of the major financial institutions in the light of the world crisis. A proposal was adopted to control bonus payments to senior bankers [...]
Cutbacks to disability services should be resisted
On July - 15 - 2010
Note: This article was written for the Daily Mail on 23 June, 2010 The Daughters of Charity Service for people with intellectual disability provides a critical service, not just for its service users with disabilities but for their family carers also. The Service is located in Dublin, Limerick and Roscrea in Tipperary. The services provided, [...]
