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Stop Water Privatisation: Round Two

18/07/2019 By John Lyons Leave a Comment

Excessive Usage Charges mean Water Charges

By John Lyons As Right2Water have recently posted, the announcement on 17 July 2019 by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities that excessive usage charges will be imposed on households that waste water is the beginning of a new battle which will see the government attempt to reintroduce the hated water charges in a new […]

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Independent Left’s response to gangland killings in Coolock and Darndale

05/06/2019 By Conor Kostick 1 Comment

Minister Charlie Flanagan visits Coolock and does nothing for the community

When young people from working class communities are drawn towards crime gangs, tragedy is never far away. On 25 May, Eoin Boylan, aged 22 was shot and killed in the residential area of Clonsaugh Avenue Coolock. In May, Hamid Sanambar (42) was shot on Kilbarron Avenue, Coolock, the home of Sean Little (22), who was […]

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Make the institutional child abuse records public

21/05/2019 By Conor Kostick Leave a Comment

Commission into Institutional Child Abuse report

A dangerous and unnecessary precedent This is how Caitriona Crowe, former head of special projects at the National Archives of Ireland greeted a new government bill, the Retention of Records Bill 2019, which will bury the records relating to the recent commission into child abuse and neglect at various religious run institutions for seventy-five years. […]

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Raise the Roof Demonstration 18 May 2019

19/05/2019 By Conor Kostick Leave a Comment

Flyer for #raisetheroof demonstration

On Saturday 18 May a major ‘Raise the Roof’ demonstration took place in Dublin. There were some 15,000 – 20,000 participants on the protest, which was joined by participants wanting to challenge the government’s approach to housing and homelessness. The housing situation in Ireland is a scandal and the strongest evidence that the Fine Gael […]

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