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housing crisis
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Government housing policy: Homelessness for some, poverty for others
By Martina Stafford The profoundly detrimental impact the housing crisis is having on working-class families, young people, lone…
115 deaths in homelessness: A shameful indictment of the Government
By Finn McKenna The tragic news of 115 deaths of homeless people in the last year is another…
O’Devaney Gardens: Vulture funds given go-ahead to sweep in
By Dan O’Rourke ‘Vulture Funds’ will now be able to purchase up to 524 homes in the O’Devaney…
The misogyny of the Irish state – why the establishment parties are no allies of women
By Isidora Duran Stewart While the public response to the murders of Sabina Nessa, Sarah Everard, Ashling Murphy…
“We can’t afford to live” — what’s needed to end the cost-of-living crisis
By Jonathan Diebold The cost-of-living crisis, or more accurately, the cost-of-surviving crisis, is here. Over three quarters of…
A neo-liberal technocrat: Owen Keegan must go!
By Michael O’Brien, former Dublin City Councillor A snide email response by Owen Keegan to UCD Students Union…
100% redress now: Thousands protest against mica scandal
By Jonathan Diebold On Friday, 8 October, thousands took to the streets of Dublin once again to protest…
Cork protest against the shame of empty social housing units
By Councillor Fiona Ryan Socialist Party and Solidarity activists organised a successful community protest in Cork City in…
5 reasons why capitalism can’t be patched up, and has to go
By Eddie McCabe If the world today seems chaotic and the future looks bleak, try to remember one…
Low pay, high rent: Squeeze on young workers
By Ewan Fitzgerald With society slowly reopening, and with the threat of the Delta variant very present, young…
