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The recent rioting and pogrom in Belfast was met with the trite, facile interpretations and responses we have grown all too used to hearing. Proffered explanations ranged from attributing the violence to trouble-stirring social media postings, to loyalist paramilitary intervention, to lax border controls accommodating freeloading, dangerous foreigners (invariably dark-skinned). […]
A recent article in the Belfast Telegraph informed its readers that 400,000 people in the 6-counties – that is, 26.5% of the area’s population – were using antidepressants.[1] In other words, does this mean that three out of every four residents of that dysfunctional political entity are able to get through the […]
The Defence (Amendment) bill 2025 was published just over a year ago and still the likes of Martin, McEntee and Bryne are getting away with telling lies about what the bill actually means for Irish neutrality. There is virtually zero public discussion by either politicians or the media about the […]
In Preparation for the EU Presidency Ireland will hold the EU presidency from 1st July until 31st December 2026. In advance of this, the government has taken steps to further integrate Ireland into EU and NATO military structures, while churning out the usual refrain that none of this affects ‘our […]
The Communist Party of Ireland condemns the escalating US attacks on the sovereign Republic of Cuba and, in particular, the illegal “indictment” of the revolutionary leader and former President of the Republic, Raúl Castro Ruz. The US has long been a rogue state which ignores international law and the UN […]
“Liberty, Equality and Fraternity” were the progressive slogans of the bourgeois French Revolution. Capitalism cannot deliver on those promises, because it needs inequality as a fundamental condition for its existence, since it is based on exploitation. It needs inequality amongst the people within a country and inequality amongst nations, and […]
There may be a temptation on this side of the Irish Sea to regard as entertainment the recent scandals among the upper echelons of Britain’s ruling class. This would be a mistake, if only for the reason that what is happening within Britain’s governing Labour Party and its monarchy has […]
At the end of December 2025, the Irish state signed off on a new fisheries agreement with the EU Fisheries Council. It will result in an estimated €94 million in losses for the Irish fishing industry in 2026. The deal reduces Ireland’s fishing quota by 57,000 tonnes. Over 2,300 jobs […]
The Break the Academic Chains of Zionism (BACZ) encampment at University College Dublin (UCD) is now the longest-running university encampment in Ireland. It has done more than expose the complicity of Irish academia in the machinery of Zionist settler-colonialism. It has revealed something deeper and far more damning: the profound […]
The 15th World Socialist Forum (3-4 November, Beijing, Chinese Academy of History) and the Zhejiang University International Academic Forum (7 November, Hangzhou, Zhejiang University Library) hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) are important platforms for academics, social scientists, Marxists, and activists to exchange ideas. They are particularly […]
The outcome of the presidential election with the victory of the independent left candidateCatherine Connolly is to be strongly welcomed. Connolly captured the mood of the peoplewith her message of a new, a different “Republic”. She presented a positive vision of adifferent Ireland, an Ireland of equality, of justice and […]
Ireland’s working-class communities have lived with the shadow of the drug trade for decades. From the heroin epidemic of the 1980s to today’s cocaine economy, drugs have carved deep scars through families, schools, and neighbourhoods. Entire generations were written off, while governments looked away. Today, the problem remains as sharp as ever. […]
The Presidential election provides all those who are concerned about Irish neutrality and the Triple Lock with an opportunity to raise this critical issue. On Friday the 24th of October, we will be asked to vote for a new President of the State after the current holder of the office, […]
Many working families will face very difficult choices this coming winter regarding putting food on the table or heating their homes. The unit rates for electricity, as well as the standing charges, will each increase by 9.5%. While the price of food continues to increase, between June 2024 and June 2025 food and non-alcoholic […]
Forbes magazine is calling them a “good investment”, a “strong market collectible for years to come”. From K-pop superstars Blackpink, to Karl Marx’s grave in London’s Highgate Cemetery, Labubus (small, rabbit-eared plush toys) are taking the world by storm. With the rarest varieties selling for up to $150,000, fans have […]
I want to start with an expression of sympathy, solidarity and pride that we’re all out here today. The outpour of solidarity has been so important and so big throughout this week, with people coming together from all walks of life. But what I want to talk about today is […]