“It’s Hard To See How She Survives This”: Shinners Turn on Mary Lou

Sinn Féin members are expressing increasing discontent with the leadership of Mary Lou McDonald after poor results in the Dublin Central and Galway West by-elections.

Gardaí and Private Security’s Bogland Eviction Attempt Met With Resistance

A tense standoff looks to be continuing over the weekend between locals and the forces of the State at the Garrymore Bog in County Laois. 

Covalen Workers On Strike Against Job Cuts

At a protest outside the Dáil today, campaigners called on Enterprise Minister Peter Burke to intervene over hundreds of planned redundancies at Covalent.

EU Bureaucrats Force Closure Of Popular Dublin Café

The Silk Road Café is being forced to close by state and EU bureaucrats as part of the draconian security measures being erected around Dublin Castle.

Video Captures Gardaí Harassing Inner City Youth, Sparking Outrage

A video circulating online has reignited debate over Garda stop-and-search tactics after footage appeared to show two Gardaí physically confronting and threatening a young Irish teenager during an incident in Dublin.

Our Anti-Racist Movement Needs To Fight The Disease Of Neoliberalism

Today I attended the unity protest following the murder of Yves Sakila by the Arnotts security staff. Death at the hands of private security staff is not unprecedented here, in the past few years at least two other men have been killed by overly-aggressive night club bouncers.

Brown Envelopes, Bags of Brown, Brownshirts, and Bertie: A Unified Timeline of How Dublin Became Patient Zero for Reaction

Bertie swapped brown envelopes while in power for political capital on hate against brown and black people. Irony: he and FF built the crises they blame on immigrants. The Irish right blaze a path for FF rule at the expense of everyone darker than milky tea.

"Cynical" Pamphlet By Lord Mayor Sparks Backlash

“It is cynical because he is not advocating for himself or his party, he is threatening neglect. That he is the feckin mayor as well makes it hilariously cynical, ” wrote one person.

Media's Culture War Only Lets The State Off The Hook

The state and mainstream media are comfortable for the public response of this tragedy to be trapped between a dishonest strain of anti-racism politics by the NGO ecosystem and liberal left, and fear-politics.

Aontacht Editorial: Race, Class and Responding To The Death of Yves Sakila

Big business and shady politicians want to divide us. If they can split us into tiny groups based on our race, where we come from, the languages we speak, and who we love, it becomes easier for them to distract us from the big questions.

Socialist Republicans Take Over Vacant Property And Call For Liberties Community To Participate

Socialist Republicans from the Revolutionary Housing League have taken a locked up, vacant building in the Liberties from the hands of capitalist speculators and are now turning it, via the kind of direct action they have become known for, into a community center.

Socialist Republicans Rename Drury Street To Bobby Sands Street

Activists in Dublin from the Socialist Republican party Lasair Dhearg have removed the Drury street sign, named after 16th century British colonialist William Drury, and renamed the street after Bobby Sands.