Public Sector Pay Deal Brilliant Display of Worker Power and Solidarity Escalate the Action to Win: Commitment to Real Pay Increases Needed. 14 Oct 2026
Strike Solidarity with Public Sector Workers Set to be the biggest strike of the 2010s or 2020s, Wednesday 14 October will see schools, public offices, health centres and hospitals blocked by pickets as 300,000 workers unite in a national picket. The potential is hard to overstate. 13 Oct 2026
People Power People Power Forced Drumcree U-Turn "It didn’t come from the courts... Nor did it come from a Secretary of State... It came from the community... and thousands of ordinary people standing with them over the past two weeks. Working class communities organised from below forced every institution... to move." 9 Oct 2026
Newry We Need An All-Island Health Configuration "We have unfortunately been down this road before with the hospital. It’s not the first time we have been at a public meeting in Newry like this. Each time the cuts get deeper. ... We need to practically change course, or else Daisy Hill’s Emergency Department will be next." Newry Rep Marc Mac Seáin 5 Oct 2026
Children's Health Proposed "Commission of Investigation" into Child Spinal Care Yet Another Failure For Children Paul Murphy TD says "Public Tribunal of Inquiry necessary to get to the bottom of systematic failures" 29 Sep 2026
stormont MLAs Pocket Pay Rises While Workers Wait MLA Gerry Carroll and Cllr Shaun Harkin condemn proposals for a further pay rise for MLAs, just months after they were handed an increase of almost 27%. "This is a slap in the face to health workers, civil servants and every public sector worker still waiting on a pay award." 17 Sep 2026
Cost Of Living Left Parties Call for Budget for Hard Pressed Workers and Households Public Transport Fare Hikes Must be Reversed. Parties call on the public to join Affordable Ireland Campaign Pre Budget Protest on September 19th. 8 Sep 2026
News Harkin: Resist Damaging Cuts to Health Service Harkin at the Altnagelvin protest: "Workers and everyone dependent on the health service is being punished because the Stormont Executive has refused to ensure sustainable funding, has facilitated privatisation and can't pay workers delivering care everyday a decent wage." 28 Aug 2026
News Carroll: "Efficiency Savings" a Cover for Cuts that Will Hurt Patients, Lowest Paid Workers Families already waiting years for treatment and older people relying on a few hours of care a week will be asked to pay the price of these so-called efficiencies. 27 Aug 2026
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