Recently, the British Government announced a devastating £5 billion cut to disability and unemployment benefits. These are the largest welfare cuts announced by the British Government since the introduction of the current phase of austerity by the Conservatives almost 15 ...
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A British court in Belfast recently ruled that the Stormont Executive Committee is in breach of its legal obligation to adopt an anti-poverty strategy. The commitment to tackle poverty, along with a host of others, was promised by the great ...
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In the last few days, the Department of Housing in the Twenty Six Counties released news that once again a new record has been set in the never ending spiral of homelessness that plagues this Island. At least 15,286 people ...
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As mainstream political parties continue with their push to normalise the PSNI and implement their ‘hearts and minds’ strategy, they have now set their sights on disgracing the proud history of St. Comgall’s School in West Belfast. St. Comgall’s will ...
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‘Normalisation’ – The PSNI is Not a Normal Police Force ‘A new era’ and ‘a police force for all’ were the buzzwords of the year, when the ‘Police Service of Northern Ireland’ [PSNI] was formally constituted in 2001. Their inception ...
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This past week saw reports that trade unions, including UNITE and UNISON, were warning of the possibility of strike action in Leisure Centres across Belfast. This is the continuation of a dispute which has been ongoing since 2015, when Belfast ...
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This Sunday (10th October) Sinn Féin leader in the Six Counties, Michelle O’Neill, will lay a wreath in Belfast for Remembrance Sunday. In response, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraig Scott has released the following statement. This Sunday, Michelle O’Neill will stand ...
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Lasair Dhearg’s first Ard Fheis was held on Saturday (October 26th) in Cultúrlann on Belfast’s Falls Road. Scores of members, supporters and Socialist Republicans from across the island of Ireland gathered on an important day for our organisation, marking another ...
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Yesterday marked 26 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. As Lasair Dhearg has previously pointed out (here), this agreement has brought a quarter of a century of pain and misery on the working-class. The Good Friday Agreement ...
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Today marked the return of the so-called ‘Northern Ireland Assembly’ after two years. It was hailed by politicians north and south as a momentous day, allowing us to ‘look forward to a brighter future’. The truth is, however, that there ...
Read MoreA large crowd gathered at the graveside of Irish Citizen Army and Cumann na mBan Volunteer Winifred Carney in Belfast today to mark the 80th anniversary of her death. The event, like previous Carney Commemorations, was led by a three-person ...
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Lasair Dhearg’s inaugural Socialist Republican Conference took place on Saturday (October 7th) in Conway Mill on Belfast’s Falls Road. Over 70 members, delegates, and visitors from across Ireland attended the all-day conference. Among the crowd were trade unionists, political ex-prisoners, ...
Read MoreA British Army Reserve centre in occupied Ireland was paid a visit by Derry Lasair Dhearg activists in recent days to highlight the ongoing presence of occupation forces here. Derry’s Limavady Road facility is occupied by Britain’s ‘Royal Logistics Corps’ ...
Read MoreOver the past number of months posters recruiting for the ‘Prison Service’ in the Six Counties have appeared across Republican areas, most notably in Belfast and Derry, as members of Lasair Dhearg have continually marked them for removal. Pádraic MacCoitir, ...
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