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Irish health workers think patients have been conditioned to accept “unacceptably low standard” of care

New union-backed research in Ireland shows most health workers face high stress and low morale, as workforce policy failures lead to problems in care delivery.

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The left wins the presidential election in Ireland by a landslide

Both Catherine Connolly and Michael D are unabashedly left-wing, absorbed by the struggle for people to live with dignity in Ireland itself and gripped by severe global challenges, particularly those posed by US imperialism.

Catherine Connolly elected president of Ireland, brings hope for solidarity and unity

Progressive Catherine Connolly’s victory in Ireland brings hope for stronger action on social justice, reunification, and solidarity with Palestine.

Irish conservatives block proposal by Sinn Féin to restrict Israeli “war bonds”

On May 28, center-right lawmakers voted down a Sinn Féin proposal to limit the sale of Israeli bonds used to finance the genocide in Gaza

Israel to shut Dublin embassy over Irish intervention at ICJ

Israel has announced the closure of its embassy in Dublin following Ireland’s decision to intervene in South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice

Ireland faces continuation of status quo as center-right parties eye coalition government

Ireland’s center-right parties are set to form another coalition, with Sinn Féin remaining third in the Dáil

Irish women basketball players protest Israel’s genocide in Gaza at EuroBasket qualifier match

The Irish athletes refused to shake hands with Israeli players and five players on the team refused to play the match against Israel

The people reclaim the Dublin streets rampaged by right-wing mobs

Following the outbreak of violent riots perpetuated by far-right groups, Irish working class groups marched in solidarity with those affected by the xenophobic violence

Irish Left slams government for abetting Israeli war crimes

Legislative proposals by left parties called the Irish government to hold Israel responsible for its genocidal war were voted down by the governing coalition in the Irish Parliament

Chris Hazzard on Ireland’s solidarity with Palestine

Sinn Fein MP Chris Hazzard talks to Peoples Dispatch about the efforts of his party to call for a ceasefire as well as Ireland’s historic solidarity with Palestine

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Republican sections in Ireland observe 42nd anniversary of 1981 hunger strikes

10 Irish republican prisoners including 27-year-old Bobby Sands starved to death in 1981 at the HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland while on a hunger strike to protest the revoking of their status as political prisoners

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Peace groups protest Ireland’s involvement in Ukraine war

Protesters slammed the Fine Gael-Fianna Fail-Greens government for the decision to provide weapons training to Ukrainian army recruits and called for maintaining the traditional Irish policy of neutrality in international conflicts