The county Antrim town of Ballymena has witnessed two nights of serious rioting, with targeted attacks against immigrants and ethnic minorities. Immigrants were forced out of their homes. Terrified ethnic minorities have resorted to putting […]
Belfast is world-renowned for its shipbuilding given the most famous ship in history, the Titanic, was built in the city. Less known is its role as a pioneer in aircraft manufacture. In 1908, Eustace and […]
One year ago, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) returned to power sharing at the Northern Ireland Stormont Assembly under the pressure of a mounting industrial crisis which culminated in the January 18th public sector strike. […]
Three police forces are found to have spied on Northern Ireland journalists Trevor Birney, Barry McCaffrey and Vincent Kearney. The same police spied on an un-named Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman employee. The police forces were […]
,The disgraceful decision by Keir Starmer’s UK Labour government to cut the £300 winter fuel allowance for pensioners, except for those on the state pension who are entitled to pension credits, provoked a storm of […]
After years of riding high in the polls, Sinn Féin [‘Ourselves Alone’ – a republican party historically linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army] are mired in a deep crisis. Just a few weeks from […]
The Samson and Goliath cranes in Belfast shipyard continue to dominate the city’s skyline but workers in the shipbuilding sector once again face an insecure future. For more than 160 the Harland & Wolff has […]
Tens of thousands of anti-racist counter-protesters took to the streets over the last week across Britain and the North of Ireland in response to a wave of attacks against immigrants by far right mobs. On […]
The UK general election resulted in a historic defeat for the Conservative Party in England and Wales, and the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Scotland, with Keir Starmer’s pro-capitalist Labour Party gaining a majority in […]
The following motion condemning the Gaza slaughter and calling for a class based, trade union approach to the conflict in the Middle East was passed at the recent conference of the Northern Ireland Public Services […]
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