In defense of Leo Varadkar

The Green Party are in government, so they’re bound to ensure the biggest users of water are regulated… I mean…they’re all about conservation, aren’t they? Well the government’s new proposed legislation has set the bar extremely high in terms of how much water a private company can abstract (take from…

We’re gonna find out later today if we have a new government but there’s been very little analysis of the actual contents of the PfG. I spotted something I thought was very interesting though. Under the Green New Deal section there a sentence that says: “we will: Implement the…

On Keelings…and other dodgy workplaces, because this type of shit is not confined to one or two bad employers. For years I’ve been banging on about exploitation of workers in many sectors. Politically, most TDs just bury their heads in the sand. …

100 years ago today (1st March 1920), the founder of what is now known as Mandate Trade Union died at the tender age of 47. During his lifetime, Michael O’Lehane left an indelible mark on the Irish trade union movement as he battled low pay, precarious work, poverty, and the…

Published: Thursday 4 December 2014 THE body of Jonathan Corrie, a homeless, 42-year-old father of two from Kilkenny, was found just metres from Dail Eireann on December 1. Over the past six years or more, politicians inside that building made political choices that put Mr Corrie on the streets and…

In this election you have the power to do one of two things: 1. You can empower the government parties (Fine Gael & Fianna Fail) and reaffirm the political status quo; or 2. You can vote for change and create a fairer more equal society. Option 1 allows you to…

If you want to understand the word “Establishment” in Ireland, just take note of the coordinated messaging around the upcoming election. We have a housing emergency with 4,000 homeless children and more than 10,000 homeless in total. The highest number of people on hospital waiting lists ever (700,000+), and 350…

How is inequality growing if we’re winning pay increases? Maybe it’s to do with the type of pay increases we’re winning? RENTS have gone through the roof. House prices are unaffordable for the vast majority of the working population. Insurance premiums are increasing year on year. …