Spelade
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This week, Clare and Michelle discuss the Ireland For All rally; The eviction ban; mother and baby home vote; the first anniversary of the Ukraine war and more
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This week Michelle and Conor look at the Le Chéile anti-far right rally in Dublin; new research into the Dublin rental market and corporate landlords; a bizarre 64-page pull-out in the Irish Examiner; Sinn Féin's big mortgage idea; and Bertie Ahern out of the sin bin. The show is interspersed with clips from the Le Chéile rally last Monday.
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This week Clare and Conor are in conversation with Dr. Stiofán Ó Nualláin on the ongoing far right attacks on migrants, the structural nature of racism in the Irish state, and the way the media frames the issue.
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This week Michelle and Stiofán Ó Nualláin discuss:
Eviction ban, Labour V Soc Dems, Windsor Framework, Biden, Pension protestsAnd more...
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This week Stiofán Ó Nualláin is joined by Mebh McDaid as they take over The Week at Work for one week only! They discuss:
Eviction ban Latest polls GFA anniversary UDA feud Strike actionAnd more...
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Episode 131
On this weeks The Week at Work, Clare O Connor and Lorna Bogue discuss:
Housing
LDA and Land Hoarding
1.5 billion underspend on housing budget
Ireland argue against ECHR right to clean, healthy, sustainable environment
Class Politics
Irish Neutrality
Garda bodycams and facial recognition software
Stardust Inquest starts tomorrow
....and More!
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This week Dave, Michelle and Clare discuss:
International Workers’ Memorial Day International Workers’ Day Political Festivals Government to defend ESAT case Government attacks independent media Homelessness Far right protests on Paul Murphy's house Varadkar eyes surplus for tax cuts The Stardust Inquest& More….
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Michelle spoke to Jamie Murphy, acting General Secretary of the Independent Workers Union (IWU) about the union and it’s most recent campaigns with Iceland store workers, bogus self employment of Home help workers by the state and more.
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This week Dave and Michelle are joined by Stiofán O’Nualláinto discuss:
Elections in the North The erosion of Irish neutrality Migration, climate and rise of hate Iceland workers strike Debenhams workers win WRC case Corporate veil protecting employers Sacked Murphy 4 - Unite campaign An Scoil Chois Claí - Inis Oírr detailsAnd much more…
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This week Michelle and Glenn discuss:
Red C poll / Coalition “rift” and anti immigrant sentiment Performance of Gov parties vis a vis what is happening at societal level (industrialdisputes, call for wage increases etc) Media Blackout on PANA poll Clare Daly advocates for peace on RTÉ Upfront Decay of US economy (based off this piece https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/27/china-economic-alternative-us-led-financial-order/) Tax Breaks and the Squeezed Middle Forsa conference, HSE outsourcing and pressure on the health system Emerald Air (Aer Lingus regional) dispute IWU Iceland workers dispute update Tech workers unionising with FSU and impact of anti-trade union legislation ICTU calls for minimum wage increase, a living wage and abolition of discriminatoryrates of page based on age Peace and Neutrality Alliance poll - 87% support ceasefire Irish multinational in Columbia disrupting peaceAnd much more…
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This week we have a special episode from the James Connolly Festival where Dave Gibneyhosts a discussion between Eddie Dempsey, Senior Assistant General Secretaryfrom the RMT, Denise Curran, President of Mandate Trade Union and our own MichelleByrne, Trade Union Left Forum (TULF).
The discussion is: Trade Unions: Radical or Redundant
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This week we have a special episode about Cuba with Michelle Byrne, Liz from the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) and Sam Galvin (Chair of Unite Youth). They discuss the May Day Brigade, the US blockade, Healthcare, climate and farming, children, the family code, participatory democracy, culture, Committees for Defence of the Revolution (CDR) and trade unions in Cuba, International Conference and how we can show solidarity with the Cuban people.
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This week Dave Gibney, Michelle Byrne and Glenn Fitzpatrickdiscuss:
RTÉ and the future of Public Service Broadcasting Ireland Thinks Poll Spanish ambassador to Ireland on NATO Rise of the right across Europe Iceland and strategic insolvencies Water services workers on strike FG Selective outrage on fast fashionAnd much more…
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This week Clare and Dave have split the episode in to two parts to discuss:
Left Bloc’s festical Scoil Chois Claí 2023 on Inis Oírr Housing & blaming victims RTE, the strawman and deconstructing public service broadcasting Companies delisting from the Irish stock exchange Climate change and preparing for a 2 degree increase in temperatures Interview by Mebh McDaid with the Iceland workers at the Talbot street occupation SAG-AFTRA strike and superstar solidarity Cluster munitions and Ireland’s role in their supply Commentators seeking a nuclear warReport on the Future of Youth Work -
Part 2 of this weeks show with Clare and Dave discussing:
Climate change and preparing for a 2 degree increase in temperatures Interview by Mebh McDaid with the Iceland workers at the Talbot street occupation SAG-AFTRA strike and superstar solidarity Cluster munitions and Ireland’s role in their supply Commentators seeking a nuclear warAnd more...
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This week Michelle talks to Dean McGrath from the South East Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign to discuss his recent visit to Palestine and the ongoing oppression there.
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This week Michelle and Clare discuss
Deaths in homeless services
Failure of state services in duty of care.
Policing responses on homelessness and far right
Budget 2024 and the myth of scarcity
AIB profits and sell offs
Climate boiling
Bray Air show
Industrial action
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This week Michelle talks to Glenn Fitzpatrick and Mebh McDaid about:
- Electoral reform in the South
- Workers Rights under attack - Ryanair
- Free State mindset
- Future of Ireland’s drug laws: Gardai vs evidence base
- UBI and “a new social contract”
- Bernadette Devlin new journo role
- Scoil Chois Claí preview
- EPA and pushback on meat consumption, what of the “just transition”?
& More...
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This week Dave and Clare discuss:
Scoil Chois Claí 2023 Housing, tax reliefs and inflating prices Mary Lou and health Cosmic events in Portmarnock and alien cakes Russel Brand USC lobbying& much more…
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