Ireland is approaching a significant confrontation between organised labour and the State. The public service pay agreement expired at the end of June, without a successor agreement or formal negotiations. Since then, unions representing workers across healthcare, education, local government, the civil service and State agencies have balloted their members […]
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Trump Embarrasses Irish Political Establishment!
During his recent visit to Ireland, Donald Trump behaved much as expected. Unwilling to share the limelight, he stole attention from Shane Lowry, winner of the Irish Open, by announcing a lifting of tariffs on Irish whiskey exports to the USA. This populist gesture in Doonbeg was, however, superseded by […]
Ireland: the Poster Boy for NATO
The Irish political and military establishments, state bureaucracy, mass media and numerous “think tanks” continue in their carefully crafted strategy to end the neutrality of this state and turn our country into an unsinkable platform for NATO. They want this state to be the new poster boy for NATO. The […]
