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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 […]
I am not embarrassed by the Irish tri-colour. I am not ashamed of the Irish tri-colour. I never was and I never will be. I am proud of what it stands for, I am proud of its meaning and I am proud of its history. At the same time I […]
With the traditional Orange marching season now ended, it is timely to review certain events in the North. Unlike times past when assessing summer in the six counties, this year attention has turned towards differences within sections of the pro-union community rather than confrontations with their neighbours. To be precise, […]
Twenty years ago, on 16 September 2005, Terence Wheelock died after weeks in a coma. He’d been arrested on 2 June 2005 and taken to Store Street Garda station in Dublin’s north inner city. The Guards claimed he hung himself. But their story didn’t add up. The Wheelock family have […]
The struggle for Irish sovereignty, encompassing national reunification and the defence of Irish neutrality, is more than an Irish or a regional issue. It represents a potential front in the global confrontation against a US-led imperialist bloc, spearheaded by NATO and the EU, which is preparing for war against Russia […]
The brutal attack and humiliation of an Indian immigrant in Tallaght, based on false narratives, is contemptible and abominable. There have been racially motivated attacks in Ballymena earlier, and violence targeting immigrants in Dublin a year ago. What used to be isolated attacks are growing into an epidemic; a Pakistani […]
Migration has become one of the sharpest dividing lines in Irish politics. Across estates, villages, and towns, people feel the crunch of housing shortages, collapsing health services, and precarious work. The far right has seized on these frustrations, directing anger at migrants instead of profiteers. Meanwhile, parts of the left […]
One of the latest in a series of high-profile attacks on Irish neutrality came from the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, at a Béal na Bláth Michael Collins commemoration. In concert with the media campaign for the removal of the Triple Lock, MacNeill and the rest of the government speak […]
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 […]
The Communist Party of Ireland has pointed out on numerous occasions over the decades since this state joined the EEC/EU that there would be a constant erosion of neutrality and of sacrificing the limited political and economic independence secured by the Irish capitalist class. We also warned against the over […]
The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) recently welcomed a visiting delegation from the Institute of Marxism at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) to Dublin for a series of bilateral engagements and discussions. The Chinese delegation arrived on Friday afternoon ( Friday July 18th) and initially met for formal […]
From at least the 11th Century, Irish people have lived experience of genocide, imprisonment, starvation and expulsion from their land; and Ireland. Outside of Ireland, they have also experienced racism, inequality and exploitation. Countless Irish people have been excluded, banned and even deported from countries, just because they were Irish […]
In an era of cultural homogenisation and sanitised commercial music, Irish language, punk-rap trio Kneecap stand out as a raw, unapologetic expression of working-class resistance and international solidarity with the oppressed. Their explosive rise to fame is not just a musical phenomenon but a political one—rooted in anti-imperialism, socialist struggle, and […]
The government continues its strategy of absolute subservience to the needs and interest of global imperial interest in relation to foreign policy, its ongoing efforts to undermine and get rid of Irish neutrality and the Triple Lock and its absolute unquestioning commitment to market forces solving the housing crisis. Despite […]
The trade union movement (TUM) in Ireland is at a crossroads, with union density declining consistently and dramatically for years. It is now hovering around 25%. The age profile is rapidly increasing. The average age of a union member is 48 with 12% union density for under-30s. With these demographic […]