Ireland
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Ireland: State attempts to gag the Jobstown Not Guilty campaign
Danny Byrne, CWI On 29 March, there was a dramatic new twist in the authoritarian offensive of the Irish state. …
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Rotten core of the Irish capitalist state exposed by McCabe and Jobstown scandals
By Cillian Gillespie, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) Over the last number of weeks, the Irish government has been shaken…
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Solidarity with #JobstownNotGuilty – Oppose criminalisation of protest
A mass spontaneous community protest against the visit of the then deputy prime minister – Joan Burton – to…
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Elections to Northern Ireland Assembly – Build a socialist alternative to the ‘Orange’ versus ‘Green’ headcount
Daniel Waldron, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Belfast Northern Ireland goes to the polls, for the second time within a year,…
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Ireland: Water charges suspended as protest movement and mass boycott forces major retreat by the establishment parties
Katia Hancke, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland), Dublin “What parliament does, the people on the streets can undo”. Mick Barry TD…
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Ireland: 100th anniversary of Easter 1916 Rising
Cillian Gillespie, Socialist Party (CWI Ireland) This weekend marks the centenary of the Easter 1916 Rising against British rule…
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Ireland: Government routed in general election as socialist left make gains
Danny Byrne, CWI Ireland’s Fine Gael/Labour Party coalition government was routed in general elections on 26 February. A deep class…
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Irish general election: anti-austerity policies winning popular support
With just three days to go until the general election in the Irish republic on 26 February, opinion polls indicate an…
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Irish establishment criminalises protest: Defend the Jobstown 27
27 anti-water charges protestors have been summonsed to appear in court by the police in Dublin regarding the Jobstown protest…
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Ireland: Massive ‘Yes’ to Marriage Equality referendum is a rejection of the conservative establishment
Conor Payne, Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland) The Yes vote to the Marriage Equality referendum represented a huge vote in…
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