Demonstrations

As Pride Season is upon us, we invited long-time LGBT activist Kieran Rose to reflect on the trade union movement’s involvement in the early days of LGBT rights in Ireland - a history of which we are all proud. The fight for LGBT rights is not over and indeed is facing a backlash from some seeking...

The Raise the Roof campaign is to hold a Dáil Rally in support of Secure and Affordable Housing for All, on Tuesday April 23. The rally will take place at 5.30pm on April 23 to coincide with the Dáil debate on an agreed opposition party motion that demands a new plan for housing which prioritises...

ICTU gave its backing to a big demonstration in Dublin on Saturday, March 2nd celebrating diversity and showing that discrimination and racism have no place in Ireland. General Secretary Owen Reidy, described the ‘Ireland For All’ demonstration as 'a necessary stand against racism, which has emerged...

At today’s Executive Council meeting of the ICTU unanimous support was voiced for all our Northern Ireland affiliate unions engaging in industrial across Northern Ireland tomorrow. Speaking after the meeting Owen Reidy General Secretary of Congress stated, “All our affiliate unions in the Republic...

There was a huge show of solidarity by thousands of protestors, who marched in support of Palestinians, through Dublin city centre on Saturday afternoon last. The rally was organised by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign with the backing of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the Irish...

Thousands of workers from across Europe have marched to the European institutions in Brussels in protest at plans to begin austerity 2.0 programme from next year. The demonstration called by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is part of a wider campaign for a "fair deal for working people...

In the wake of the attacks in Parnell Square a fortnight ago and the riots that followed there have been as you know many important conversations and efforts across the community sector and trade union movement to reclaim the narrative, reject polarising responses that pitch communities against each...

There was a huge turnout of workers and union leaders who rallied under union banners in Dublin on Monday (Nov 27) to show solidarity with those injured or caught up in violence in the city last week. They answered a call by Congress to reject rioting, looting, and violence, the destruction of shops...