The Week at Work

In this weeks episode Dave and Michelle discuss the continued genocide in Palestine including:  Israel bombing boats in Gaza to starve population Israel’s Heritage Minister suggests nuking Gaza and sending civilians to Ireland Doctors in Israel call for continued targeting of hospitals WCNSF acronym - child with no remaining family left Irish citizens in Gaza prevented from leaving SF call to expe...

Lifelong activist, socialist and feminist, Bernadette McAliskey, addresses the topic of Nationalism & the Far Right at An Scoil Chois Claí 2023.

This week Clare O'Connor is joined by Dr Sean Byers of Trademark Belfast to discuss ongoing Israeli war crimes and bombardment of Gaza, international Palestinian solidarity and Trade Union Actions , The Fog of War, DUP Rollback, Liberal legislating and more!

Dave Gibney and Clare O'Connor are joined by Conor McCabe as we look at Budget 2024 and what the main opposition parties would have done differently. We address housing, health, education, climate, taxation and carers, among other items.

This week, Clare and Michelle discuss Palestine, Israel and EU imperialism Student & PHD strikes Budget 2023 Estate Agents ramping up rental costs Drug Hauls & the war on drugs And much more!

Michelle and Glenn take a look at the mainstream media reaction to the far-right protest that took place outside Dáil Éireann upon its return, which has been riddled with bothsidesing and false equivalence. This segues into a chat about the Garda handling of everything from protests to illegal evictions. Michelle, fresh in from attending a demonstration outside Waterford Garda Station, gives a fir...

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… Support us at www.leftbloc.ie

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...

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 And more!

On this week’s The Week At Work, Michelle Byrne speaks to Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill, anti-casualisation officer in University and College Union (UCU) Queens University Belfast (QUB) branch and Professor John Barry, a green representative in UCU at QUB. We hear about the UCU QUB industrial action covering pensions, casualisation, pay and pay gaps and more. We also discuss the neoliberal agenda in educati...

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.

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 war And more...

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...

This week Dave Gibney, Michelle Byrne and Glenn Fitzpatrick discuss: 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 fashion  And much more…

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...

This week we have a special episode from the James Connolly Festival where Dave Gibney hosts a discussion between Eddie Dempsey, Senior Assistant General Secretary from the RMT, Denise Curran, President of Mandate Trade Union and our own Michelle Byrne, Trade Union Left Forum (TULF). The discussion is: Trade Unions: Radical or Redundant   Join the Left Bloc Community on WhatsApp: https://chat.what...

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 (industrial disputes, 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-alter...

This week Dave and Michelle are joined by Stiofán O’Nualláin to 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 details And much more… Join the Left Bloc Community on WhatsApp: https://chat.wha...

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. Support the Iceland workers strike fund here: https://gofund.me/b4cbe2df

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….

This week Clare is joined by Amy Rafferty member of Connolly Youth Movement and Left Bloc member to discuss Her recent article on LeftBloc.ie , Good Friday Agreement celebrations and it's economic legacy Abortion Review & the effort to stall progress Niall Collins & The Ditch Investment Funds and Social Housing 10 billion rainy day fund while the world burns, Who will pay the 8 billion...

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!

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 action And more...

Episode 129. This week Michelle, Clare and Glenn discuss the eviction ban, the IPCC Report, coalition politics, Labour party promises, Irish Neutrality, Geopolitics and Organising where you stand.

This week Michelle and Stiofán Ó Nualláin discuss: Eviction ban, Labour V Soc Dems, Windsor Framework, Biden, Pension protests And more... Like the pod? Support us at www.leftbloc.ie