Ireland

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

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

Irish taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar was hoping to get an easy ride to re-election this week.

Break up the British state

01 October 2019
The crisis in official politics has made the break-up of the British state a living debate again.

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Britain’s Irish war - fifty years after troops went into Derry

12 August 2019
On 14 August 1969 Harold Wilson, then Labour prime minister, deployed British troops to the streets of Northern Ireland.

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Oppressed people aren’t always united

25 March 2019
Divisions sown by the ruling class can have a devastating effect, writes Simon Basketter

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International round up: Huge march for nurses in Ireland

12 February 2019
Huge march for nurses in Ireland

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Nurses in Ireland stage pay strikes

05 February 2019
More than 35,000 striking nurses have picketed hospitals across Ireland, telling the government they can take no more.

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What’s behind the hard border debate in Ireland?

05 February 2019
Tomáš Tengely-Evans unpacks the arguments around the “backstop” agreement and what it means for ordinary people

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The first Dail—when Ireland defied Westminster

22 January 2019
The story of the first Dail shows it’s possible to break the rule of Westminster, writes Simon Basketter

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