Cost Of Living

Workers Rights

Rents Are Rising Much Faster Than Wages

New figures from Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) show that national average rents for new tenancies were €1,598 per month last September, up 11% on the previous year. Existing tenancies

9 Feb 2024

Workers Rights

Pay Deal Does Not Add Up

The leaders of the ICTU are saying the pay negotiations are over and they have got as much as they can get from the current process. But it still leaves

5 Feb 2024

Cost Of Living

Public Pay Deal Completely Inadequate

Public sector workers got an increase of 4% in 2022 when inflation was 7.2%. (Some got an  additional 1% which was earmarked for local bargaining to sort out local

11 Jan 2024

Housing

2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis

2023: Socialism is the Answer to a World in Crisis A year ago, we were told that rising prices were a temporary phenomenon. There was no need to worry and

31 Dec 2022

Cost Of Living

Ballinasloe Corrib Oil Strike

There were six picketers in front of the Corrib Oil petrol station in Ballinasloe. It was a sunny Thursday afternoon just after the darkest night of the year. It was

23 Dec 2022

Housing

The RCN Strike

Royal College of Nursing is the union for most nurses in the North’s National Health Service. We visited pickets across region on their first of two planned days of

20 Dec 2022

Housing

Cost Of Living Coalition Says Get To The Dáil 1.00pm December 17th

Send Leo a Christmas Message We Don’t Want a Change of Taoiseach We Need a Change of Government On December 17th, Micheál Martin will hand over the Taoiseach’s

14 Dec 2022

Cost Of Living

The NHS Strikes

In Belfast People Before Profit visited the Belfast City Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital as over 2000 workers in the National Health Service are out on a 24-hour strike across

12 Dec 2022

Housing

We Don’t Want A Change Of Taoiseach We Need A Change Of Government

Cost of Living Coalition says Get to the Dáil 1.00pm December 17th Send Leo a Christmas Message. On December 17th, Micheál Martin will hand over the Taoiseach’s job

9 Dec 2022