Category: News & Analysis
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An Garda Síochána: Yet Again Abuse and Cover-Ups
After 14 long years of judicial delays, Trevor Bolger, a former detective with An Garda Síochána, was finally brought before a court. In 2012 he brutalised his then wife over an hour while they were at home with their infant children. But outrageously, he was served a mere three-month suspended sentence for this crime. Once…
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Fuel protests show the way
“At this stage Micheál Martin is not in control. The people of Ireland are in control. They have every motorway blocked in Ireland. They have businesses shut down. […] This is a revolution.” These words by James Geoghegan – agricultural contractor and prominent spokesperson of the Dublin’s protest – broadcast across national radio waves at…
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Mitchell and Epstein: clear out this stinking system!
The saying goes “the bigger they are, the harder they fall”. But for the big bust of George Mitchell at Queen’s University Belfast, there was no fall… In fact it simply vanished, without a trace! George Mitchell – former US senator, ‘peace’ envoy, Chancellor of QUB, and celebrated midwife of the Good Friday Agreement –…
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Trump’s defeat in Iran and its worldwide consequences
The war in Iran, which started as a reckless gamble on the part of Trump, is developing into a significant strategic defeat for US imperialism, which can have important consequences for the world economy, the position of America as a world power, and world relations in general. We are now in the seventh week of…
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Trump faces impossible dilemma as Iran gets the upper hand
Four weeks into the US-Israel war of aggression against Iran, the war aims of US imperialism have not only not been achieved, but they look further away than before. Trump is faced with an impossible situation. If he cuts his losses and declares victory now that would represent a massive humiliation for US imperialism, and…
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Storm Chandra: cockroaches do not worry about floods
Storm Chandra brought widespread flooding to Dublin and the South-East in January and February after the Dodder and Slaney rivers were pushed beyond their banks. More than 20,000 properties were left without power at the height of the storm. Areas in Rathfarnham and Nutgrove saw cars left stranded as roads were submerged. Towns such as…
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SNA Backlash exposes the weakness of the government
In the first weeks of February, letters landed at schools across the country from the National Council for Special Education. 194 schools were informed that their Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) – staff who provide support to children with disabilities – would be reduced and reallocated. It wasn’t long before local TDs were flooded with emails…
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Hands off Ehsan Ali and the Awami Action Committee: international day of action on 2 April!
Ehsan Ali and other leading members of the Awami Action Committee in the Pakistan-administered region of Gilgit Baltistan have been arrested once again. The Revolutionary Communist International is running a solidarity campaign to secure the comrades’ release, starting with a global day of action on 2 April. Free Ehsan Ali! Hands off the AAC! [Originally…
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The Cuban Revolution is facing its most dangerous period ever
The oil blockade decreed by Trump on 29 January is slowly but surely asphyxiating Cuba, which relies on oil imports for 60 percent of its energy production. The Cuban government has admitted talks are taking place with the United States, but these take place in conditions of extreme imperialist blackmail. How can the Cuban Revolution…
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Renters thrown to the vultures with new housing bill
Continuing to fall far behind housing completion figures promised in the programme for government, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have doubled down on sacrificing renters at the altar of multinational investment funds. A bill enacted on the first of March allows new tenancies to start at the highest market price. Afterwards, rents can be increased…