The Week at Work

This week Michelle, Clare and Conor discuss: Cost of Living Crisis Housing Roe v Wade Implications & Anti-Choice Rally How are Parties Polling And much more...

101. Mick Lynch, Roe v Wade & Housing Vacancies • This week Dave, Conor and Clare discuss: • CSO data – including housing vacancies • Roe v Wade Supreme Court Judgement • Mick Lynch, the RMT & Trade Unionism • Details of Left Bloc’s first Summer School And much more…

This week Dave and Clare discuss: The cost of living crisis Public sector pay talks break down Leo Varadkar’s petty attacks and their implications Media presentation of Trans community Climate change forces Everest Base Camp move Employers win the majority of unfair dismissal job cases Energy poverty at highest recorded rate Adult Safeguarding legislation we 2 A&E wait times up to 21 hours And muc...

In this special episode Therese Moloney of Unite chairs the launch of the Fair Employment Act by the Trade Union Left Forum with contributions from Michelle Byrne, Jimmy Doran and Dave Gibney. The Launch took place on Thursday, 2nd June in Unite the Union’s office and a full video of the event is available here: https://fb.watch/doWOuHjE-m/

This week Dave and Michelle are joined by Stiofan O’Nuallain to discuss: The Northern Ireland election fallout Green Party to support National Maternity Hospital Cost of living crisis Staff shortages in hospitality & pharmacies Mum dies during medical procedure in Turkey The bravery of Kelly Kemmy Israeli forces attack mourners carrying coffin of Palestinian journalist NATO expansion into Finl...

This week Dave and Michelle discuss: Vigils for Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee People want more action taken to tackle rise in cost of living Northern Ireland elections SDLP candidate assaulted Wild seal in rehab after being fed by beachgoes Junior Doctor hit-piece Gaza attacks framed as “clashes” Celebrating Russian deaths UN estimates close to 1m refugees have returned to Ukraine Hotels looking...

This week Dave and Michelle discuss: O’Devaney sell off Homes for people fleeing Ukraine Holohan hooley DAA fire and rehire Clapgate Elon musk and twitter Kingspan Top civil servant hiring process Sinn Fein poll on IRA support Private health insurance profits And much more…

This week Michelle is joined by Glenn Fitzpatrick & Stiofán Ó Nualláin to discuss: Construction lobby,  Neutrality polling, UVF hijack, 800 workers sacked, New Labour leader & ‘International view’ on Ukraine

This week Dave and Michelle discuss: Ukraine could trigger recession Western hypocrisy on sanctions Ireland’s neutrality under threat Ireland can afford to take in Ukrainian refugees Tim Cook is worth $99m – or so we’re told Future of Labour depends on the party offering a real alternative to populism Joan Burton & Frances Fitzgerald discuss politics Father of two killed when tree fell on his...

This week Dave and Michelle discuss: The invasion of Ukraine by Russia Sanctions on Russia Far right & hard left make strange bedfellows in their support of Putin Fine Gael drop to lowest support level since 2005 Poll shows lack of support for pension rescue strategy (or does it?) New homes supply has ‘gone into reverse’, property lobbyists claim Working from home – improvements to new Bill re...

This week, Michelle, Clare, and Conor discussed: Misogyny in healthcare Hyperemesis Health Committee Environmental emissions targets Gov. threatens civil society Housing planning laws Stardust Poverty index report Employment statistics

This week Michelle and Conor discussed - Leaked HSE audio & insight to push back from Dept officials  - Rejection of abolishing hospital charges & the mini budget  - How to blow up a pipeline - Rents out of welfare payments  - linking welfare & pensions to cost of living - Go ahead for religious detox centre with no medical oversight - recommendations for pay increases -...

This week Dave and Conor are joined by Left Bloc & Unite member Glen Fitzpatrick to discuss: Ires Reit profiting from state rent subsidies Extra measures to tackle cost of living must be once-off, warns McGrath Israel is an apartheid state Russia v USA narrative Hospitality groups lobby for overseas recruitment campaign to bring back skilled workers Varadkar may ban use of service charge to to...

This week Dave and Conor discuss: Gender based violence coverage Closure of only women’s refuge in north Bloody Sunday – 50th anniversary next week Inflation as class war Dunnes Stores worker explains how they *won* 10% pay increase Killian Woods on what is an affordable home, and who benefits from the definition Ryan intervenes (or does he) on ‘senseless' Shannon LNG plan How to prevent a wealth...

On this special episode, we talk to Gerry Carroll, MLA for West Belfast about his proposed Trade Union Freedom Bill which has the capacity to radically reform worker's rights in Northern Ireland.

This week Dave, Michelle and Conor discuss: The murder of Aisling Murphy and what needs to be done Pat Rabbitte justifying austerity Facebook moderators bring legal actions to High Court Public sector workers to demand “inflation-busting pay increases” Minimum unit pricing New flexible working Psychiatric  Nurses not getting leave for work related PTSD, Vacant council homes Anti-vax alpha mal...

This week Dave, Michelle and Conor discuss: Taxpayers lose as insurers keep millions in state funds cut from Covid pay-outs Revenue claws back wage-subsidy from parents who used it to pay childminders during lockdown Absence rates predicted to rise to 30% as businesses urge new close-contact rules Sinn Fein continue to top polls Eirgrid doubles down on new data centres for Dublin Developers get go...

This week Dave and Conor discuss: New Covid predictions Lack of protections for workers National Broadband Ireland contract Pat Kenny walking his dog and the anti-vax chat Housing policy and neoliberalism Water charges are back, baby Absence of water charges effectively adding €6k to homes? Archaeology company sues Supermac’s over plaza survey Cryptocurrency ad campaign & the Ponzi scheme that...

This week Michelle is joined by Anna Ní Nualláin from the Nuall na nÓg podcast and activist with Mise Fosta (#MeToo) & Glenn Fitzpatrick, Left Bloc supporter and Unite the Union member.

This week Dave and Michelle discuss: 🟡 United Ireland poll 🟡 Property and rent increases 🟡 Data centres pretending to solve energy crisis 🟡 New Covid-19 mutation 🟡 Big tech advocating for higher electricity prices and more infrastructure 🟡 Assistance with heating bills? 🟡 Hotel workers living in hotels 🟡 Greens in Government 🟡 Huge profits for privatising government failings in IVF, regis...

This week Dave and Michelle are joined by Emily Duffy from Parable Communications to discuss: Monday’s Oscar Traynor Road vote Media censorship of DCC & Housing Burke asked Dept of Housing to find flaws in ESRI report Data Centres saving the bees Covid-19 disconnect between govt, NPHET & workers Banks criticised for ‘refusing to finance cargo container homes’ Mother & Baby redress sche...

This week Dave and Conor discuss: The legacy of Sean Fitzpatrick John Pat Cunningham and full military honours for his alleged murderer Taxpayers foot broadband bill for homes already on high-speed Eir Car users face new tolls, parking fee hikes and reduced road space Covid numbers spike while govt plans subsidised antigen tests Academics warn of 12,000-plus cases a day Non-essential services canc...

This week Michelle and Conor discuss: Leo Varadkar and Paddy Cosgrave The Climate Action Plan Electric Cars, Retrofitting and Low Wages Rents and Housing Fintan Drury and Anglo Irish Bank

This week Dave and Conor discuss more fallout from the special Budget episode, along with: 🟡 Labour Party responds to TWAW Budget special 🟡 Digicel IPO back in play as Denis O’Brien to slash debt by ¢1.4bn 🟡 ESRI report on social housing slammed as ‘detached from reality’ by Finance officials (the same ones behind the banking crisis and austerity) 🟡 Crying with laughter over a mother’s death:...

This week Michelle and Conor respond to criticism of our special Budget analysis, along with discussions on: Shannon LNG School struggle for teachers TD security & protest restrictions Illegal eviction National herd Nightclub regs Green Party council on data centres Cat rent, land flipping and Oscar Traynor road Auctioneering TikTok priest