Education

Gerry Carroll in front of the 2023 Picket at Ulster University in Belfast

Carroll on Ulster University Job Losses: Cash for Campuses, Cuts for Workers

"I am demanding answers from the University of Ulster: what jobs they plan to cut, what impact it will have on the education of students, and where else could the funds be found instead."

15 Apr 2026

Shaun Harkin and a full lecture hall at UU Magee with headline from the Derry Journal saying: UCU says it will ‘not stand idly by’ over 450 potential redundancies at Ulster University

Up to 450 redundancies UU - Harkin: "Abject cowardice of senior leadership"

“We offer our solidarity to all workers at UU at this time and look forward to joining you on the picket line if and when you decide to fight these job cuts.”

15 Apr 2026

Denman Rooke on Protests: We Call it a Cost of Living Crisis, but Why Must We Pay To Live?

Denman Rooke on Protests: We Call it a Cost of Living Crisis, but Why Must We Pay To Live?

Denman Rooke has expressed support for the fuel protests and unequivocally condemned the authoritarian crackdown on peaceful protestors at the Galway docks, and the deployment of the army at Whitegate.

14 Apr 2026

Gerry Carroll at Broadway Towers

Carroll: Working Class Communities Paying Price for New Era of Austerity

"Rather than begging Westminster for help that clearly isn’t coming, the Executive must step in today. It is entirely within their remit to provide the £15.8 million to keep these services afloat."

2 Apr 2026

Panel speakers at the meeting hosted in Dublin Tuesday 31 March 2026

Dangerous Rises in Gender Based Violence, Healthcare Neglect and Lack of Special Needs Services Demand Organised Collective Fightback

For real progress on women’s rights, don’t wait for it - organise for it. Get involved, get active and help build the movement fighting back for women’s liberation.

2 Apr 2026

Carroll Slams Special School Summer Scheme Fiasco

Carroll Slams Special School Summer Scheme Fiasco

U-turn on special school summer schemes threat... but this fiasco should never have happened.

28 Mar 2026

Gerry Carroll protest as Stormont blocks boy from playing with other children.

5,500 Children with Special Needs Abandoned by a Dysfunctional Executive

Carroll: “I’m calling on families and education workers to come together and make clear that this decision will not stand. If ministers won't act, people will take to the streets and force them to.”

27 Mar 2026

Dozens of protesters holding TUI 'Official Protest' Signs and Umbrellas in Athenry at the local GRETB centre.

Galway & Roscommon ETB Teachers Protest, Denman Rooke Says 'Follow Their Lead'

Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) held a lunchtime protest over cuts to the (ESOL) and adult literacy programmes in their Education and Training Board (GRETB). Rooke: "Principled workers... organised in their unions... standing up for services in the community... It's the best answer to austerity."

25 Mar 2026

Cllr Conor Reddy speaking in front of an Equality in Education demonstration in front of the Dept of Education.

Parents Demand Meeting with Minister Within One Week as Finglas Special Classes Remain Undelivered

"The project has stalled because the project management company responsible for the build has not submitted the additional detail... As a result, planning permission cannot be granted..." Cllr. Reddy: "The buck stops with the Minister..."

19 Mar 2026