Agriculture

Carroll Brings Toxic Lough Neagh Water into Assembly Chamber: "Would any MLA Take a Sip?"

Carroll Brings Toxic Lough Neagh Water into Assembly Chamber: "Would any MLA Take a Sip?"

"This disaster was created by the Going for Growth strategy... On Saturday, thousands will march for clean water at Stormont. Fishers, farmers, swimmers, trade unionists, from every community. Clean water isn't orange or green. It's a fundamental right."

22 Sep 2026

Unprecedented Environmental Destruction Deserves Unprecedented Response

Unprecedented Environmental Destruction Deserves Unprecedented Response

The images of birds trapped and choking in the toxic sludge spreading across Lough Neagh are horrifying. People are rightly disgusted by what they are seeing unfold every day. These scenes are not natural. They show the scale of the ecological disaster unfolding. Rally Antrim town Thurs Aug 27.

27 Aug 2026

Cllr Conor Reddy in front of images from Newstalk's interview article with him an image of Zohran Mamdani

Ireland Should Go Further than New York’s Public Grocery Plan

A majority of those surveyed in TheJournal.ie think there should be public grocery outlets. How do we fund it? Fund it through a Public Nutrition Levy on the profits of the fast food industry and larger food retailers.

30 Jul 2026

Micheál Martin and Jack Chambers grinning in front of an image of forest fire fighters.

Paul Murphy Says Government Throwing Petrol on Bonfire of Climate Protections

Fears government will use EU Presidency to spread dangerous anti-environment agenda across Europe.

28 Jul 2026

Paul Murphy in front of an aerial view of data centre in South County Dublin.

Paul Murphy Slams Government for Abandoning Climate Targets

Record May Temps and Record EU Fines: €26 billion in fines on the way for Ireland. Solution? Scrap FF/FG LNG plans. Invest hard to make home retrofitting our public transport system fast, frequent and free.

27 May 2026

Why We Are Marching For Lough Neagh

Why We Are Marching For Lough Neagh

Pádraig Mac Niocaill from PBP Mid Ulster branch describes the damage done to the largest body of freshwater on the island, which also supplies 40% of the drinking water in the six counties. 40 years on the fight continues. Join us this Sunday.

13 May 2026

Tractors on a quiet O'Connell Street Saturday 11 April with the Jim Larkin Statue GPO and Spire in the background

The Fuel Protests: Blame The Government Not the Protesters

Back the basic demands. Defend the right to protest. Oppose the frauds on the far-right and discuss the protest leaders, but let's keep coming back to the real issue of unbearable price increases and where they come from. Workers, unions- let's deepen the movement for a country we can all live in.

12 Apr 2026

Richard Boyd Barrett TD

Farmers, Climate, Workers' Rights: How Mercosur Sells Us All Out

Richard Boyd Barrett: Mercosur exposes "the big powers that dominate the European Union, which are only interested in promoting the interests of the big car manufacturers and the big multinationals at the expense of ordinary working people, small farmers and the environment. That's the truth..."

14 Jan 2026

Protestors on Dame Street Dublin holding baloon letters saying STOP CETA.

Corporations Should Not Make Money Off Suing The State

'[A] parallel justice system accessible only by corporations for corporations to sue states if they intervene and interfere with their “legitimate” expectation of making profits. That is what this is about. We should be having a referendum ... this could truly be catastrophic.'

11 Dec 2025