Lidl backtracks after Unite campaign post October 8, 2015 Walton Pantland Lidl surprised by strength of union response as Unite wins Living Wage victory Read article
National Retail Workers’ Survey (Ireland) launched by Mandate Trade Union videos October 8, 2015 Mary Mclaughlan Mandate Trade Union, the union for retail workers, has launched an online survey to establish condit … Read article
Irish Rail workers vote for industrial action post October 5, 2015 Paula Geraghty “The result of this ballot, which saw 92% of drivers vote in favour of industrial action, indicates … Read article
National Minimum Wage should increase to a Living Wage for all post October 2, 2015 Paula Geraghty Unite blasts inadequacy of today’s minimum wage increase as well as Tory ‘sham’ Living Wage Read article
Living Wage roadmap needed, Unite tells forum post September 30, 2015 Paula Geraghty Unite proposes measures to ensure Living Wage becomes new Minimum Wage Read article
10,000 March for Abortion Rights in Ireland videos September 29, 2015 Paula Geraghty Women who self abort can face upto 14 years in prison, thousands marched to oppose this restrictive … Read article
Poor treatment of migrant home care workers in Ireland – report shows post September 22, 2015 Paula Geraghty Much of the home care industry in Ireland is unregulated and is rapidly expanding – resulting in exp … Read article
Bail out people not Banks, says Unite post September 21, 2015 Paula Geraghty Proposal comes as latest figures show soaring number of homeless families Read article
Unite proposes €2 billion one-off social housing investment in pre-Budget submission post September 7, 2015 Paula Geraghty “After seven years of taking the wrong options, we have an opportunity to start making the right cho … Read article
Ireland – 80,000 protest for Right2Water post August 31, 2015 Paula Geraghty Over 80,000 take to the streets of Dublin to say water is a Human Right! Read article
Ireland protest demands “refugees- let them in!” post August 28, 2015 Paula Geraghty The Irish Anti-War Movement called a protest at the EU Offices on Dawson Street, Dublin to highlight … Read article
SIPTU members in Dublin Fire Brigade vote for strike action post August 26, 2015 Paula Geraghty The Dublin Fire Brigade is currently estimated to be 70 firefighters under strength. Read article
Thousands to march in Ireland against water charges! post August 25, 2015 Paula Geraghty As power union TEEU affiliates to Right2Water, campaign expects large turnout for Saturday’s Nationa … Read article
International trade unionists sign Clerys workers’ petition in Dublin post June 24, 2015 Walton Pantland Members of the international trade union movement signed the Clerys workers’ petition outside the de … Read article
Ireland: Rally in support of locked out Clerys workers in Dublin, 16th June 2015 videos June 18, 2015 Paula Geraghty “It is a situation which will not be allowed to continue. The Clerys workers are calling on the publ … Read article
HUGE protest for Marriage Equality in Northern Ireland! post June 17, 2015 Paula Geraghty A change is coming and it is beautiful! Thousands march to demand same sex marriage in Northern Irel … Read article
Media Baron Denis O’Brien Tries To Gag The Irish Media post June 17, 2015 Guest On June 12th Uplift members delivered the open letter to Communicorp Head Office the company owned b … Read article
Unite calls on Northern Irish Executive to act to defend manufacturing jobs post May 12, 2015 Paula Geraghty Added protections urgently needed to prevent off-shoring of jobs to low-cost economies Read article
Dunnes Stores concede Mandate Trade Union’s 3% pay claim post May 12, 2015 Paula Geraghty Mandate Trade Union has today (Tuesday, 12th May 2015) cautiously welcomed concession of their 3 per … Read article
Workers and communities march on May Day in Dublin post May 3, 2015 Paula Geraghty Video & photos of workers and communities who gathered in Dublin to march in solidarity on May day 2 … Read article
Public bus workers strike to defend public transport post May 3, 2015 Paula Geraghty Bus drivers SIPTU & NBRU placed pickets in over 30 locations across the country on Friday, 1st M … Read article
SIPTU members rally for pay restoration at Department of Health post April 30, 2015 Paula Geraghty SIPTU Health Division members called on the Government to honour its commitment to restore their pay … Read article
Belfast gets ready for May Day march & rally post April 30, 2015 Paula Geraghty MARCHING FOR A BETTER & FAIRER WAY – May Day 2015 Read article
Irish social workers win demand for proper jobs post April 23, 2015 Paula Geraghty Irish government’s new graduate scheme “dead in the water” after campaign by activists from the Soci … Read article
Marking 15 years of Direct Provision videos April 14, 2015 Paula Geraghty Ireland’s inhumane asylum seeker system 10th April Read article
Ireland shows Solidarity with Yarmouk refugee camp. videos April 14, 2015 Paula Geraghty People in Ireland stood in solidarity with Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp where people are trap … Read article
Gay artist fined £60 for writing LOVE on pavement IN CHALK! post April 2, 2015 Paula Geraghty Belfast artist Christoff Gillen has been fined £60 by the council for “defacing” the city by writing … Read article
GMB join in mass rally of public sector workers in Belfast to demonstrate against the cuts post April 1, 2015 Walton Pantland “The message to Stormont and Westminster was clear – ‘hands off our Public Services'” Read article
Support for Dunnes Stores workers builds as strike approaches post March 26, 2015 Paula Geraghty Dunnes Stores workers who are in Mandate Trade Union are going on strike on April 2nd. Read article
Ireland joins UN International Day Against Racism #M21 videos March 25, 2015 Paula Geraghty #M21Ireland – A broad, democratic initiative for the ‘UN Anti Racism Day Rally’ Read article
Irish Academics send letter of solidarity to occupying LSE students post March 23, 2015 Paula Geraghty Irish academics support LSE students fight against corporatisation of education. Read article
Art students in Ireland vow to fight for decent education! post March 23, 2015 Paula Geraghty Art students protest at what they claim as the irresponsible and neoliberal governance of their coll … Read article
Irish unions solidarity message to student occupation in Netherlands post March 19, 2015 Guest ICTU Youth, Union of Students in Ireland, IFUT Support De Nieuwe Universiteit Read article
Protest calling for end to Irish arms trade with Israel videos March 16, 2015 Paula Geraghty The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held a demonstration calling on the Irish governmen … Read article
Dunnes Stores workers vote for industrial action. post March 6, 2015 Paula Geraghty Union calls on company to prevent strike by entering meaningful negotiations Read article
“I am not a slave” Labour of Love campaign launched post March 6, 2015 Paula Geraghty Au pairs and domestic workers launch new Labour of Love campaign in Dublin Read article
Protest for investment in Early Childhood education post February 18, 2015 Paula Geraghty Childcare workers rally outside Dáil Read article
Communities unite over ‘political policing’ #IrishWater post February 13, 2015 Paula Geraghty Hundreds came out to protest at the Department of Justice in Dublin Thursday night over the arrests … Read article
Syriza visit East Wall community in Dublin post February 12, 2015 Guest A solidarity rally with Syriza, the radical Left party newly-elected as Greece’s government, was hel … Read article
Solidarity with water protestors arrested in dawn raids #Right2Water post February 12, 2015 Paula Geraghty Solidarity protest at Bridewell over arrests of Irish water protestors . Read article
Ireland Unites: Water is a human right @telesurenglish videos February 12, 2015 Guest Venezuelan English language TV reports from Ireland’s national fight against water privatisation. Read article
Remembering Ann Lovett opinions February 12, 2015 Sinéad Kennedy 15 year old Ann Lovett died in a grotto to the Virgin Mary with her son, having just given birth to … Read article
Thousands protest water charges in Donegal, Ireland post February 2, 2015 Paula Geraghty Thousands took part in protest at the Government’s plans to introduce water charges. Letterkenny in … Read article
Solidarity protest with blogger Raif Badawi at Saudi Embassy, Dublin videos January 26, 2015 Paula Geraghty The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Amnesty International, Ireland co-hosted a protest outsi … Read article
Teachers strike to protect State exam standards videos January 23, 2015 Paula Geraghty 27,000 second-level teachers are took strike action Thursday, January 22nd in protest over aspects o … Read article
Nurses protest at hospital emergency department crisis videos January 16, 2015 Paula Geraghty Nurses union protests at chronic overcrowding in hospital emergency departments. Read article
Dunnes Stores workers to ballot for industrial action post January 16, 2015 Paula Geraghty Mandate Trade Union shop stewards in Dunnes Stores have voted overwhelmingly in favour of commencing … Read article
Ireland: Nurses hold lunchtime protest at Emergency dept overcrowding videos January 9, 2015 Paula Geraghty Nurses who are members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation were joined by their SIPTU coll … Read article
Hospital crisis force Dublin Nurses to protest post January 7, 2015 Paula Geraghty INMO Members In Beaumont Hospital ED Voted 100% In Favour Of Industrial Action Due To Persistent Ove … Read article
Ireland: New Years Eve vigil for Gaza, Ha’penny Bridge videos January 2, 2015 Paula Geraghty People in Dublin remember Operation Cast Lead. Read article
Dublin vigil on international day to end violence against sex workers videos December 19, 2014 Paula Geraghty Sex workers and supporters remember the women killed because of their job. Read article
International students & workers protest inhumane Irish visa system videos December 19, 2014 Paula Geraghty International students and workers along with supporters protest at the doubling of fees for a visa … Read article
Vigil for Jonathan Corrie who died in a doorway post December 4, 2014 Paula Geraghty Jonathan Corrie died in a doorway less than 50 metres from the Irish Parliament, Dail Eireann on Mon … Read article
Vigil for Jonathan Corrie who died in a doorway videos December 4, 2014 Paula Geraghty Jonathan Corrie died in a doorway less than 50 metres from the Irish Parliament, Dail Eireann on Mon … Read article
On International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, victims meet IHREC Chief Commissioner Emily Logan post December 2, 2014 Paula Geraghty Victims wait years to be formally identified by Gardaí Today (Tuesday 2nd December), to mark Interna … Read article
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland welcomes ‘unprecedented’ €240,000 award to domestic workers post November 25, 2014 Paula Geraghty Domestic Workers awarded €240,000 by Employment Appeals Tribunal against the Ambassador of the Unite … Read article
USi Ireland videos November 25, 2014 postcreative Paula Geraghty reports on union and social movement struggles in Ireland Read article
Ireland’s communities rise up against water charges post November 4, 2014 Paula Geraghty Upto 200,000 people marched against the imposition of water charges all over Ireland on November 1st … Read article
Pro choice activists break law & bring abortion pill to Ireland post October 29, 2014 Paula Geraghty Pro-choice activists yesterday took the train from Dublin to Belfast to bring back safe, non-surgica … Read article
Northern Ireland rally against low pay 18th Oct post October 21, 2014 Paula Geraghty A PAY RISE FOR ALL! Tens of thousands marched all over Britain and Northern Ireland to march for a p … Read article
Irish students rally for education post October 9, 2014 Walton Pantland 8/10/2014 : Picture at the USI protest in Dublin. Picture Conor McCabe Photography. Up to 6,000 stud … Read article
Thousands march for a woman’s right to choose post September 30, 2014 Paula Geraghty June and her granddaughter Leanne Woodful march for a woman’s right to choose in Ireland, organised … Read article
Asylum seekers protest inhuman conditions post September 26, 2014 Tim Lezard Asylum seekers have locked out the management of Kinsale Road Accommadation Centre which is a privat … Read article
March for locked out Greyhound workers post September 2, 2014 Paula Geraghty Hundreds marched in a magnificent show of strength and solidarity with locked out Greyhound workers. … Read article
Irish Rail workers strike over further cuts to pay post August 27, 2014 Tim Lezard Members of the NBRU took part in a national strike last Sunday and and SIPTU members joined them on … Read article
Asylum seekers protest for right to work post August 25, 2014 Tim Lezard Asylum seekers and supporters protest at inhumane conditions In Irish Direct provision system … Read article
Marriage Equality needs YOU! opinions August 14, 2014 Walton Pantland Ireland’s March for Marriage 2014 is taking place on Sunday 24th August meeting at City Hall at 3pm. … Read article
Ireland National Demonstration for Palestine post August 12, 2014 USi Live The past month has seen protests for Gaza taking place in countless towns and cities around I … Read article
Irish activists demand expulsion of Israeli ambassador post August 4, 2014 Walton Pantland Over 4,000 marched in Ireland this Saturday to demand the expulsion of Israeli Ambassador over war c … Read article
The campaign for a Living Wage in Ireland post July 17, 2014 Paula Geraghty Wage inequality is impoverishing workers globally, and around the world there is a fight back agains … Read article
No Pasaran: anti-racist protest at BBC in Belfast post July 3, 2014 Walton Pantland An anti-racist protest in Belfast on 31 May. Picture by @danielpsmith Belfast Trades Council and ICT … Read article
Ireland: striking Greyhound workers welcome High Court ruling post July 2, 2014 Walton Pantland Striking Greyhound workers welcome High Court lifting of interim injunction. Greyhound Household is … Read article
Paris Bakery workers fight back and win post June 11, 2014 Walton Pantland Wonderful news! The workers occupying Paris Bakery in Ireland have won. It just goes to show: if you … Read article
Support Paris Bakery workers in their fight for justice post June 10, 2014 Walton Pantland Paris Bakery workers protest outside the Dail last week Paris Bakery workers have been occupy … Read article
Paris Bakery occupation continues in Ireland post May 30, 2014 Walton Pantland Paris Bakery sit-in continues on Moore Street and pressure mounts outside boss Ruth Savill’s Wicklow … Read article
Ireland: 27,000 teachers in national protest at changes to State Exams post March 11, 2014 Paula Geraghty Second level teachers today protested outside school gates around the country to highlight their con … Read article
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