Jim Larkin died on this day 75 years ago. While the physical image of ‘Big Jim’ Larkin still looms large on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, his ideas around the role that trade unions should play in Irish society are far less
Today as part of our Connolly Archive series, we republish a James Connolly article entitled ‘Sinn Féin, Socialism and the Nation’ which was originally published on this day in the Irish Nation in 1909. In it
The brutal murder of Ashling Murphy sparked an unprecedented wave of vigils across Ireland and beyond. Tens of thousands of people spontaneously took to the streets to demonstrate their support for Ashling’s
Sunday, January 16th, saw Éirígí activists in Limerick join an international week of solidarity actions in support of Ahmad Sa'adat and thousands of other Palestinian political prisoners being held in Israeli gaols.
The 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Derry on 30th January, 1972 will be marked with a vigil in Eyre Square in Galway City. The hour-long commemorative event, which is being organised by Éirígí
Today, as part of our On the Shoulders of Giants series, we republish the ‘Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen’ which was written in 1791 by the French playwright and political activist Olympe de Gouges.
Breandán Mac Cionnaith has encouraged people from across Ireland to make their way to Derry on January 30th, 2022, to join with the people of that city to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday
Galway must not become the site of the next vulture landlord feeding frenzy — so says Éirígí Gaillimh spokesperson Ian Ó Dálaigh. He was responding to recent comments by Margaret Sweeney, the CEO of
Over the course of the Christmas and New Year period Éirígí activists across Ireland highlighted the fact that vast numbers of Irish homes remain empty and derelict years into a chronic housing crisis.
Ian O’Dálaigh has slammed the fact that the HSE Winter Plan has allocated no additional hospital beds for University Hospital Galway, despite 205 extra beds being provided across the Twenty-Six Counties.
