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Ireland

Lidl backtracks after Unite campaign post

October 8, 2015 Walton Pantland

Lidl surprised by strength of union response as Unite wins Living Wage victory

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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Living Wage roadmap needed, Unite tells forum post

September 30, 2015 Paula Geraghty

Unite proposes measures to ensure Living Wage becomes new Minimum Wage

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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 …

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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 …

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Bail out people not Banks, says Unite post

September 21, 2015 Paula Geraghty

Proposal comes as latest figures show soaring number of homeless families

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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 …

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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!

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Belfast gets ready for May Day march & rally post

April 30, 2015 Paula Geraghty

MARCHING FOR A BETTER & FAIRER WAY – May Day 2015

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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 …

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Marking 15 years of Direct Provision videos

April 14, 2015 Paula Geraghty

Ireland’s inhumane asylum seeker system 10th April

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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 …

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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 …

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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'”

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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.

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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’

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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.

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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Dunnes Stores workers vote for industrial action. post

March 6, 2015 Paula Geraghty

Union calls on company to prevent strike by entering meaningful negotiations

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“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

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Protest for investment in Early Childhood education post

February 18, 2015 Paula Geraghty

Childcare workers rally outside Dáil

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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 …

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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 …

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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 .

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Nurses protest at hospital emergency department crisis videos

January 16, 2015 Paula Geraghty

Nurses union protests at chronic overcrowding in hospital emergency departments.

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Ireland: New Years Eve vigil for Gaza, Ha’penny Bridge videos

January 2, 2015 Paula Geraghty

People in Dublin remember Operation Cast Lead.

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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USi Ireland videos

November 25, 2014 postcreative

Paula Geraghty reports on union and social movement struggles in Ireland

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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