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For decades the housing question in Ireland has been framed in narrow and increasingly sterile terms. On one side stands the market, presented as the mechanism through which supply and demand will balance if given sufficient freedom. On the other stands the traditional social democratic response, calling for increased public […]
The annual festival to commemorate the execution of James Connolly on 12th May 1916 will this year feature readings of a short story and a play which have been attributed to the revolutionary socialist and writer and were only discovered in recent years. The short story entitled ‘The Agitator’s Wife’ […]
Fresh off the printing press, Sinéad Morrissey’s memoir Among Communists, a story of growing up in a household of Communist Party members in Belfast, has drawn significant attention in the Irish media. Morrissey’s acclaim as a poet is one major factor, but the topic and the way the topic is covered […]
Under the slogan “Peace, Independence & Socialism”, delegates from various branches of the Communist Party of Ireland gathered in Dublin over the weekend of 25th–26th April to discuss and debate the national and global situation. The delegates also agreed the Party’s Political Resolution, voted on changes to the Constitution, and […]
Communists from across Ireland will gather for the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of Ireland. Under the slogan “Peace, Independence and Socialism”, Ireland’s communists will gather in Dublin this month for the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of Ireland. Delegates to Congress will debate and vote on the […]
As multiple war zones on the world map trace the urgent imperialist demand for escalation and violent intervention in economic and geopolitical arenas, the Left in the part of the world often labelled as the Global North finds itself in search of a principled position with respect to war, governments […]
At the start of March, we got some good news on the planned cuts to Special Needs Assistants. Due to the public coming together and protesting these planned cuts, the working class of Ireland has put enough pressure on the government to make them turn that around and reverse their […]
The billionaire Collison brothers, founders and owners of Stripe—one of Ireland’s most successful companies—are no strangers to political-economic interjections. Previously they have criticised Government inadequacy in the areas of housing, transport and core infrastructure. This time, a report funded by them, authored by Professor Alan Ahearne, takes aim at Ireland’s […]
It is not uncommon to hear dismissal of trade unions among leftists: too conservative, don’t mobilise enough, too eager to make deals with employers and so on. The issue for Communists is not whether these criticisms are true; it is rather that they miss the point. Unions reflect a market […]
The attacks and machinations against Irish neutrality by the coalition government, arms companies, security think tanks and the military establishment continue to gather momentum. Barely a day passes that there is not another attack and attempt to undermine neutrality—newspaper articles, discussion on radio and television spreading rumours of imminent threat […]
James O’Toole’s recent article on “comprador theory”[https://rednetwork.net/red-theory/2026/02/comprador-theory-lets-the-irish-rich-hide/] raises an important and serious political concern. He is right to insist that the Irish ruling class must not be portrayed as innocent intermediaries. Irish capital exploits. The Irish state defends class interests. Irish firms extract surplus both domestically and internationally. Any analysis […]
SIPTU presents itself as the largest force for organised labour in Ireland. Its scale is cited as proof of strength, of presence, of the collective weight of workers. Yet for many members, especially those in small and medium workplaces, the reality of SIPTU representation is starkly different. Instead of strength, […]
In recent days, Irish media and the political establishment have sounded the alarm about the escalating dispute between the European Union and the United States, warning that new tariff threats and the possible unravelling of last year’s trade deal could have serious consequences for the Irish economy and jobs, particularly […]
The political and economic space in which the Irish state operates is increasingly shaped by the growing inter-imperialist contradictions within the NATO/EU bloc, which is itself a manifestation of the general crisis of capitalism. The tensions over Greenland are not an aberration but the latest symptom of a systemic process […]
The Frank Conroy Committee has designed a badge to mark the 90th anniversary of thedeath of Kildare IRA volunteer, anti-fascist and Communist Party member Frank Conroy.Christy Moore took to the stage at the 2018 James Connolly Festival in the Communist Partyof Ireland’s New Theatre to give an impromptu performance of […]
In the dark days of December, the Irish ruling class through their government, not once, not twice but three times displayed their contempt for the concept of democracy and political and economic sovereignty. They rushed through the Dail their proposals to abandon the Triple Lock governing the deployment of Irish […]