Hard on the heels of a political side deal cut between the British government and Jeffrey Donaldson, the Sinn Féin-DUP joint partnership is once again back up and running.
Éirígí Newry Slam Benefit Appeal Hearings Move
Political Artwork Ensures The Writing’s On The Wall
Éirígí Picket Newry Event For Ed Balls
Despite persistent rain, members of Éirígí held a successful picket today outside the front entrance of the Canal Court Hotel in Newry where a business lunch was being held, attended by the British shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls. Those attending the lunch included ministers from all of the Stormont parties.
Stormont Failing Newry’s Working Class
FG Wilson Job Losses Slammed By Éirígí's John McCusker
Éirígí Béal Feirste spokesperson John McCusker has slammed the recent news of 760 job cuts at engineering firm FG Wilson. When added to a previously announced loss of 160 jobs, this takes the total to 920 – almost one-third of the company’s workforce in the Six Counties. The company also announced last week that it was
British Court Upholds Workfare Programme – Stormont Votes For Unpaid Labour
In a mixed judgment, the High Court in Britain on Monday [August 6] ruled that regulations through which the British government has created many of its ‘Workfare’ schemes are lawful but that the decision of the Department of Work and Pensions [DWP] to strip clients of benefits for six months for refusing to undertake compulsory work was unlawful.