– TDs  Joan Collins, Clare Daly and Mick Wallace How many expert committees, referendums, court rulings and street protests do we need before we get legislation for the 1992 Supreme Court ruling in the X case? Over a year ago, the Tánaiste and Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said Ireland needed legislation to allow abortion in circumstances [...]

Today student teachers from the Colleges of Education joined with newly qualified teachers and took to the streets in protest at the threat to teacher allowances. Students Teachers and Newly Qualified Teachers marched to Dáil Eireann in a show of protest at threats to allowances to teachers. The Department of Education suspended payment of allowances [...]

Richard Boyd Barrett TD, United Left Alliance, education spokesperson today welcomed the government climb down on the proposed cuts to DEIS schools. The Minister for Education has been forced into a total climb down over the so-called legacy posts in DEIS schools. It constitutes a massive victory for teachers and parents in areas served by [...]

Article source: http://www.claredaly.ie/clare-daly-td-moves-medical-treatment-bill/

Press statement: Clare Daly TD Socialist Party/United Left Alliance Privatisation of state assets will come at the cost of jobs and democratic control over vital services and infrastructure Responding to the government’s announcement regarding the part privatisation of ESB, Bord Gais and Coilte and the intended sell off of the government’s remaining stake in Aer [...]

Dr. Liu Xiaobo is in his third year of an 11 year sentence in China. His crime was to write a charter seeking democracy, freedom of speech and religion and an independent judiciary. Over Christmas, Chen Xi was sentenced to ten years in jail in south-west China for the crime of writing articles on the [...]

I was pleased to be a part of a protest which stopped an eviction going ahead in County Laois yesterday, 20th February. a group of 30 to 40 people from the United Left Alliance, the Defend Our Homes League, Freedom from All Debt, and the Anti Eviction Task Force mounted a peaceful protest which persuaded [...]

Public meeting 7pm Tue 21 Feb, Gresham Hotel, O’Connell St. Speakers include Vincent Brown, Ailbhe Smyth, Mick Wallace TD It’s easy for this Fine Gael Labour government to pay the bankers billions of euros. It’s easy for them to doctor an EU treaty and deny the people their say in a referendum. It’s easy for [...]

Since the privatisation of the household bin collection system within the functional area of Dublin City Council kicked in last month, it has been one shambolic controversy after another. The threat this week by Greyhound Waste, which was handed the service by Dublin City Council, that it would not collect the bins of up to [...]

SIPTU calls on the Government to suspend the Household Charge, calling it unfair and regressive. The decision was taken by the union’s National Executive Council. Richard Boyd Barrett TD, United Left Alliance responds to SIPTU call on Household Charge on RTE News, Friday 17th February 2012 Article source: http://richardboydbarrett.ie/2012/02/19/richard-boyd-barrett-responds-to-siptu-call-on-household-charge/