Covid: The Working Class Will Bear The Brunt As we now find ourselves in what is being referred to as a second lockdown, the glaring inequality which characterised the earlier lockdown this year, remains. The working-class continue to bear the ...
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The O’Rahilly Home – Hotels over Heritage. Yesterday at dawn, Dublin property developers demolished another of the city’s historical Republican landmarks to make way for a hotel and apartment complex. The former home of 1916 leader Michael Joseph O’Rahilly and ...
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Podcast: Pól Torbóid speaks to ‘Chatter’ Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pól Torbóid spoke to Chatter podcast recently about all things Lasair Dhearg, Socialist economics, strategy, and creating a 32 County Socialist Republic. Give it a listen at one of these two ...
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[VIDEO] “F*ck Tribeca. We want homes, not capitalism!” We visited the offices of Sinn Féin and the DUP last night to say, “F*ck Tribeca, we want homes, not capitalism!” In light of the £500 million ‘Tribeca’ business investment forced through ...
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‘Know Your Rights’ – Lasair Dhearg Launch Digital Campaign Lasair Dhearg has announced the launch of a new digital campaign ensuring that a growing number of people are aware of their rights in various scenarios, including housing, welfare and during ...
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The Tribeca Debacle: Sinn Féin-DUP in Bed with Big Business. The Sinn Féin-DUP coalition forces £500million Tribeca development through Belfast City Council in the face of much opposition. The Council vote saw the main parties reject a motion against the ...
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Solidarity Action with Direct Provision Hunger Strikers [VIDEO] Lasair Dhearg activists have carried out a solidarity action in support of the residents of the Skellig Star direct provision Centre in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry, who in recent days commenced a hunger ...
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End Direct Provision – Support the Cahersiveen Hungerstrikers! Lasair Dhearg stands in solidarity with the Asylum seekers of Skellig Star direct provision Centre in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry who have today embarked on hunger strike over living conditions and food rations. ...
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Landlord McMahon – The full story on our recent actions Recently, our activists over a period of days took action against well known slum landlord Michael McMahon. Mickey, as he is known, and who manages and owns well over 200 ...
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‘The Holylands’, but for who? – Stormont Can’t Deliver The media carousel annually spits out reports of drunken student debauchery and bitter, old, resident grudges in an effort to ascertain who is truly at fault for the unholy issue that ...
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“Three Month Eviction Moratorium Not Enough” Ciarán O’Brien Yesterday, political parties in the Six Counties debated the introduction of a moratorium on evictions during the current crisis, much of which weighed up the rights of tenants, against the rights of ...
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Pádraic MacCoitir speaking at Carrigart Flats tonight [11th April 2019] about the false promises and lies told to the residents of Carrigart Flats by Sinn Féins Arder Carson and Alex Maskey. Lasair Dhearg activists delivered leaflets providing updates in relation ...
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COMMITMENTS WERE MADE TO RESIDENTS, AND NOT KEPT… Lasair Dhearg worked closely with residents for many months, campaigning for Gas Heating to be installed in Carrigart Flats. With pressure being placed upon the Housing Executive and local political parties ...
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On 27th November last year we were pleased to announce that after several months of active campaigning that we had achieved our objective of getting commitments that an upgraded heating system that is adequate for the residents living in Carrigart ...
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According to the Housing Executive, there are over 36,000 households in the Six Counties defined as ‘living in stress’ – a figure which has remained largely unchanged in over a decade. Within that number, there are over 18,000 households waiting ...
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