Category: News & Analysis
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The wrong argument for a united Ireland
A recent, much-publicised study by a Dublin-based think tank, the IIEA, has concluded that the cost of the South of Ireland absorbing the North after a future unity referendum would be enormous. If their figures are to be believed, it would cost €20 billion per year for 20 years, which would translate into a 25…
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Revolutionary Communists of Ireland hold founding congress!
On 6 and 7 April, communists from across Ireland gathered in Dublin for the founding Congress of the Irish group of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT). We were joined by international visitors from the Revolutionary Communist Party in Britain and the international centre of the IMT.
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Donaldson gone: DUP stares into the abyss
The political landscape in the North of Ireland has been blown wide open by the shocking arrest of DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, who has been charged with historic sexual offences. Like a bolt from a clear blue sky, Unionism has been struck a mighty blow. The ranks of the DUP have been left in total…
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Varadkar flees before the storm breaks
The face of the capitalist political establishment in Ireland for the past seven years, Leo Varadkar, has resigned as leader of Fine Gael and from the Taoiseach position. Varadkar has been, without doubt, one of the most reliable servants of the Irish ruling class in the last decade.
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Manifesto of the Revolutionary Communist International
The following manifesto is of utmost importance to the world communist movement. We call on all our readers to study it thoroughly and give it the widest possible circulation. It was approved unanimously by the International Secretariat of the RCI and will constitute the founding document of a new Revolutionary Communist International, which will be…
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Dublin Lockout
The 26th of August 2023 marked the 110-year anniversary of the beginning of the Dublin Lockout. 20,000 members of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) battled with the forces of British and Irish capitalism. The workers were conscious that this was a life-or-death struggle for the very existence of their organisations. They made…
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UCD: ‘Academic Freedom’ or hypocrisy?
Since the beginning of the latest terror campaign against the people of Gaza, students and faculty at University College Dublin (UCD) have called on the university to take a firm stand against the criminal actions of Israel. Several demonstrations have been held on campus to demand a statement from UCD condemning the violence and the…
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Time to evict capitalism
The Irish government’s pathetic attempts to solve the housing crisis in Ireland are continually proving to be abysmal failures for workers and young people. Far from delivering homes en masse, these ‘solutions’ are lining the pockets of landlords and developers at the brutal expense of workers and of the youth in particular. Homelessness continues to…
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North of Ireland strike: Workers rise up against Tory ransom
Last Thursday, on 18 January, 170,000 workers from across the public sector, represented by 16 trade unions, took to the streets of the North of Ireland en masse to voice their anger and frustration at the decaying standards of living that are being felt by workers, and even by the middle classes. This was one…
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After Dublin riot: crush seed of far right before it takes root
Shocking scenes have rocked Dublin. Far-right goons – showing their true, putrid colours – have used the stabbing of five people outside a school, including three children, to blame migrants and whip up mob violence.