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A slow burning but significant class conflict is unfolding within Cumann Luthchleas Gael [the Gaelic Athletic Association or GAA]. It pits the Association’s corporate-aligned leadership against its grassroots membership, with the flashpoint being a sponsorship deal with the German insurance giant Allianz. This is not merely a disagreement over branding; it […]
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 […]
Anyone with an ounce of humanity has been focused, angered, and motivated by the horrific genocide in Palestine. The old saying springs to mind: ‘For those who know, no explanation is necessary. For those who don’t, none is possible.’ But perhaps that is not entirely true. As radical, revolutionary activists, […]
As we approach our 27th National Congress, it is worth taking a moment to reflect on the nature and role of communist parties. Communist Parties were founded on the principles of scientific socialism: an outlook identifying dynamics of social change in the economic structure and its associated class relations, via […]
In the opening chapter of The State and Revolution, Lenin quotes Marx: ‘… the state is an organ of class rule, an organ for the oppression of one class by another…’ This means the bourgeois state will take whatever steps it deems necessary to maintain its dominance. While this preservation […]
Trade union density in the 26 Counties stands at a stark 22%, with collective bargaining coverage at around 34%. This is a catastrophic decline from the peak of approximately 60% density in the 1980s. Yet, this bleak picture obscures a crucial reality: there is a massive representation gap between actual […]
Recent headline figures for the 26-County economy are a study in illusion. GDP growth is expected to reach 10.7% in 2025, a surge driven largely by multinational corporations front-loading exports ahead of potential tariff deadlines. As the European Commission noted in its 17 November forecast, this growth is “exceptional and […]
“Tá dualgas ar gach saoránach Gaeilge a labhairt.” [“Every citizen has a duty to speak Irish.”] These words of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, spoken in an earlier era of struggle, are finding new resonance in today’s Ireland. Across the nation, and particularly among the younger generations, a quiet but determined reconquest […]
From the Bog to the Cloud is the bestselling book Ireland needs—a rigorous analysis of the nation’s place in the world and a strategic guide for how to change it through principled, anti-imperialist struggle. Authors Patrick Bresnihan and Patrick Brodie dissect an Ireland locked snugly between the competing yet collaborative […]
Comrades and friends, On behalf of the Robert Emmet 1916 Society, it is an honour to stand in Manchester to commemorate three bold Fenians—William Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O’Brien—whose courage continues to fuel our unfinished struggle. We are not spectators of history, but participants in a living revolution. Empire […]
Ireland’s projected budget surpluses for 2025 and 2026—€10.2 billion and €5.1 billion—havesparked renewed calls from the political and media establishment for deeper militaryintegration with Europe. The Financial Times, in a recent piece labelling Ireland “the weaklink in EU defence,” claims that because Ireland hosts Big Tech, Big Pharma and Big […]
The followinbg is by by Aodh MacManus, International Press Correspondence, Vol. 14, No. 11, 23 February 1934 “The size and spirit of the United Ireland party’s first annual convention are an encouraging portent.” Thus the most candid of British imperialism’s organs in Ireland, the Irish Times (9 February 1934), comments […]
What is peace? What is neutrality? And what do they look like in practice? At first glance, Ireland is often described as a neutral country. We are told we are at peace. But when we dig deeper, a very different picture emerges. Ireland’s neutrality has been compromised for decades. Shannon […]
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 […]
The ‘Break the Chains of Academic Zionism’ encampment at University College Dublin is heading into its third week. What began on 7th September 2025, with one lone Social Rights Ireland activist refusing to stay silent about UCD’s collaboration with the Zionist entity, has grown into a determined camp of resistance. […]
The three-way presidential race between Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin, and Heather Humphreys has helped bring the Triple Lock into the conversation. However, the media and the government candidates are at pains to ensure the issue is not conflated with abandoning Irish neutrality. Humphreys and Gavin have faced no challenge in […]