Tag: Ireland
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Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael up the ante on migration
As 2025 rang to an end, the government introduced harsher immigration laws, targeting what Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan deems a “worryingly” high rate of population growth. Among other measures, it has been made even more difficult for refugees to reunite with their loved ones. Moreover, in the coming months, Ireland…
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The ‘menace’ of Russia: neutrality and militarism
The Irish press has been taken over by an endless stream of fearmongering about the ‘imminent threat from Russia’. Be it ‘hybrid warfare’, ‘the shadow fleet’, or ‘disinformation campaigns’, there seems to be no end to this media offensive. You do not need to be a friend of Putin to recognise this propaganda for what…
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New issue of the Revolutionary Communist out – the year ahead: imperialism, militarism, and class struggle
The eighth issue of the Revolutionary Communist is now out! Read the editorial of this issue below, and set up a physical or digital subscription now. Or meet us at one of our regular stalls to buy a copy directly from our comrades. Every subscription and paper bought will help us strengthen the revolutionary press,…
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Zelensky’s ‘historic’ visit to Ireland
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must have been terribly jet lagged by the time he arrived in Ireland last Tuesday as part of his European tour. Before landing in Dublin he had already met with the great and the good of Athens, Paris, Madrid, Ankara and Paris again. And since, he’s been to London, Brussels, Rome,…
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University College Dublin is complicit in genocide
Since its invasion of Gaza in 2023, Israel has murdered more than 66,000 Palestinians. And these are only the official figures, the reality is many times worse. Meanwhile University College Dublin, which proclaims itself a champion of human rights, is seemingly addicted to entering academic partnerships with Israeli universities that wear their direct complicity in…
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A 2008-themed Christmas this year
With no elections around the corner, the government has gifted Ireland a miserly budget this year. For many working families this will be the toughest Christmases since the peak of the 2008 crisis. Energy bills are up €500–700 more on average per year since 2021, compounded by 10-12 percent of households in Ireland experiencing food…
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Givan’s ‘fact-finding’ trip and the DUP’s woes
DUP Education Minister Paul Givan has sparked significant and justified anger for partaking in what appears to be an Israeli-sponsored trip to a school in the occupied territory of Jerusalem District – publicised shamelessly through official government social media! This was rightly seen by many as nothing but a cheap attempt to whitewash the ongoing…
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Death by a thousand cuts: the budget and the economic storm
Talking to the Dáil, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe began his Budget 2026 speech by asking rhetorically: “The certainties that have underpinned our transformation as a country are now being called into question. Uncertainty is the defining feature of the economy of the world this year… [How do] we respond to this more difficult international…
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Citywest riots: the real enemy is in Leinster House
The Citywest Hotel in Saggart became the scene of violent clashes in October as part of a pattern which is becoming all too familiar. Resentment towards the establishment in working-class areas is at boiling point. Meanwhile, hardline racist thugs are becoming increasingly emboldened by exploiting genuine anger and diverting it towards reactionary channels. These riots…
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Presidential election: a thundering rejection of the establishment
Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly was elected the tenth president of Ireland with a thumping majority of 63 percent of the valid votes cast – the highest share of first preferences a presidential candidate has ever received. The votes were at least as much a means of giving the government a kicking as they were votes…