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A mural of Shane Lowry holding aloft the claret jug adorns the side wall of a house just across the road from Royal Portrush.
President Trump announced in letters posted to social media on Saturday that he would place a 30 percent tariff on goods from ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed start of a disarmament process by militant Kurdish separatists as the end of a “painful chapter” in Turkey’s ...
New York City mayoral race gave Democrats a much-needed roadmap to breach President Donald Trump’s working-class coalition, yet too few Republicans realize what’s at stake. Conservatives must take ...
The leader of the trade union movement has warned of potential industrial unrest if there is “further backsliding” on workers’ rights.
TWO opposing factions are laying claim to the Workers' Party name. In 2021 the party split and four years on, both groups remain as divided as ever. In January, one group re-branded as 'Workers’ Party ...
Mostly U.S.-owned foreign multinationals employ about 11% of Irish workers and the funding of public services is hugely reliant on the corporate tax they pay.
Allowing politicians to cut across each other in radio interviews reduces debates to the level of pub babble, putting me off listening. Still, in my casual observations I noticed a number of populist ...
DUBLIN - Irish political parties vying to lead the next government after a national election on Nov. 29 have published their manifestos, setting out their policies and how they will finance them ...
Political parties are set to publish policies on a range of issues today including workers pay; decriminalising drugs and Irish unification in the final week of the General Election campaign.
The Green Party has called for a Citizens’ Assembly on a four-day work week in order to comb through issues such as people’s pay and its effect on the public service.