Ireland
Cop drama Bloodlands touches on the Troubles
Bloodlands sees James Nesbitt star as a cop on the hunt for a serial killer
Report on deaths of 9,000 Irish children is a cover-up
An Irish investigation reported last week on how over 9,000 children died at 18 institutions for “unmarried mothers” and their babies between 1922 and 1998.
Bosses’ coalition takes over in Ireland
It’s a desperate attempt to maintain the old set-up after it was rejected by voters earlier this year
Letters: Solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement in Ireland
Almost 70 Black Lives Matter protesters have been issued with fines for attending the socially-distanced rallies in Derry and Belfast on Saturday 6 June.
Irish elections show angry rejection of establishment
The major establishment parties took a kicking in the Irish general election last Saturday.
Who are Sinn Fein?
As counting begins in the Irish elections, Socialist Worker wishes the best to Solidarity-People Before Profit. With Sinn Fein neck and neck for top spot according to exit polls, Simon Basketter looks at the party’s history.
Irish elections set to show long term shift away from three main parties
04 February 2020Irish taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar was hoping to get an easy ride to re-election this week.
Dublin Murders—more than just another detective show?
08 October 2019There are some hard bitten cliches in this hard bitten BBC cop drama, writes Simon Basketter, but the character-driven storyline has depth and potential
Break up the British state
01 October 2019The crisis in official politics has made the break-up of the British state a living debate again.
Britain’s Irish war - fifty years after troops went into Derry
12 August 2019On 14 August 1969 Harold Wilson, then Labour prime minister, deployed British troops to the streets of Northern Ireland.
Oppressed people aren’t always united
25 March 2019Divisions sown by the ruling class can have a devastating effect, writes Simon Basketter
International round up: Huge march for nurses in Ireland
12 February 2019Huge march for nurses in Ireland
Nurses in Ireland stage pay strikes
05 February 2019More than 35,000 striking nurses have picketed hospitals across Ireland, telling the government they can take no more.
What’s behind the hard border debate in Ireland?
05 February 2019Tomáš Tengely-Evans unpacks the arguments around the “backstop” agreement and what it means for ordinary people
The first Dail—when Ireland defied Westminster
22 January 2019The story of the first Dail shows it’s possible to break the rule of Westminster, writes Simon Basketter
Large protest in Dublin over housing crisis and widespread homelessness
09 October 2018The Irish government faces a mass movement over a housing crisis
Black 47's Western genre does justice to the horror of Ireland’s famine
02 October 2018Black 47 is a familiar tale of righteous violent revenge. But its subject matter sees it stand alone from other classics of the genre
Riots erupt around annual festival of anti-Catholic bonfire celebrations
17 July 2018Rioting broke out around the annual expression of sectarianism in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland—how Britain rules a last outpost of empire
04 June 2018Why isn’t Northern Ireland in Ireland?
Irish repeal movement’s historic win deals blow to bigotry
29 May 2018Irish voters delivered a landslide two to one vote to repeal the 8th Amendment and liberalise abortion laws last Saturday.
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