Clare Daly TD calls on SIPTU leadership to get off the fence on Fiscal treaty
Conditions laid down by union in return for ‘yes’ vote have not been met SIPTU member and Socialist Party/United Left Alliance TD for Dublin North, Clare Daly has called on SIPTU General President to...
View ArticleRadical change needed to prevent future pyrite and fire hazard scandals
United Left Alliance to present private members motion on building regulations in the Dáil today Radical change needed to prevent future pyrite and fire hazard scandals Major programme of remedial...
View ArticleULA plan major resistance to property tax & unjust austerity
United Left Alliance announces major effort to plan protests and public resistance to property tax and unjust austerity At a press conference today TDs for the United Left Alliance announced plans to...
View ArticleUnited Left Alliance will oppose any cut in Child Benefit
Commenting on proposals to cut Child Benefit, Joan Collins TD said: “Joan Burton’s shameful proposal to means-test child benefit will push even more children into poverty. Having to prove you are on a...
View ArticleULA Pre Budget Statement
Clare Daly TD said: More and more people in this country are struggling and wondering how they are going to pay their bills and put food on the table. Imposing a property tax on people who can already...
View ArticlePromissory note deal is a three card trick.
Now you see it, now you don’t. Nobody should be fooled by the government spin on the deal negotiated with the ECB on the debts run up by Anglo Irish and Irish Nationwide. Not a cent of the almost €35...
View ArticleIBRC Workers present their case to Oireachtas Members.
ULA TDs invited a delegation of IBRC workers, along with their union Rep Gareth Murphy from the Irish Bank Official Association, to Leinster House last week. The group gave a succinct and earnest...
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Cyprus: Troika empty the ATM’s
The bailout deal for Cyprus has been greeted by Ireland’s Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan as a “positive development for Cyprus, the euro zone and Ireland”. Mr. Noonan is showing his true colours,...
View ArticleEU wide petition to protect public water services.
A European Citizen’s Initiative has raised over one million signatures petitioning the EU to make commitments in the area of access to water and sanitation. The petition also calls on the EU to protect...
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Insolvency guidelines leave debtors living hand to mouth while protecting the...
The publication of Personal Insolvency Guidelines yesterday has been met with criticism and dismay in many quarters. While FLAC tentatively welcomed this as a step forward in a process, for those who...
View ArticlePress Release from No 2CrokePark2
Unions Must Oppose Draconian Legislation and Defend Trade Union Rights ICTU Must Condemn The Finance Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill Protest at Dail Eireann on Wed at 5pm. In a statement...
View ArticleICTU Silence on anti-union legislation is Deafening!
NO2CrokePark2 Campaign Press Release 28th May. ICTU Silence on anti-union legislation is deafening Labour TDs and Senators must reject anti-union law Protest at Dail Eireann on Wed at 5pm In a...
View ArticleIs Ireland a Tax Haven for Corporations?
There has been a clear contradiction in the last week between international sources and the Irish government in relation to Ireland’s tax status. On the one hand we have the Taoiseach purporting that...
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T.U.I Reject Croke Park II
It’s been a difficult week for the Labour Party who are reaping the rewards of their betrayal of the Irish people. The collapse of their vote to less than 5% in the Meath By-Election is an indication...
View ArticleCroke Park II dead in the water as SIPTU reject new agreement.
SIPTU have joined their fellow workers, in UNITE and the CPSU today, in rejecting the terms of Croke Park II. SIPTU members, despite a recommendation to vote yes from their leadership, have rejected...
View ArticleStatement from TUI activists on Croke Park 2
The No2CrokePark2 Campaign welcomes the rejection of Croke Park 2 by trade unionists across the public sector. Even in unions where a yes vote was recommended members have sent a clear message that...
View ArticleNo Country for Young Men !!
“What a weary time those years were — to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.” wrote Charles Bukowski of youth in his work ‘Ham on Rye’. Such a description seems aptly fitting...
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Protesters Campaign against Repossessions
Today protesters gathered outside the Shelbourne hotel to voice their opposition against a Protesters outside allsops auction property auction organised by auctioneers Allsop. Protesters from both...
View ArticleNew Jobs Initiative ‘Jobs Plus’ Will Only Serve to Drive Working Conditions...
The Department of Social Protection have launched their latest Jobs initiative spin called ‘Jobs Plus’. This is to replace Employer PRSI incentive and the Revenue Job Assist scheme. The idea,...
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