Demonstrations

Raise the Roof to Hold Eviction Ban Protest at Dáil The Raise the Roof housing campaign group will hold a protest event outside the Dáil on Thursday, March 30, from 12.30 pm-1.30 pm, to highlight the end of the Eviction Ban and the potentially disastrous impact on thousands of individuals and...

Tens of thousands of people, some estimates put the crowd at 50,000, joined the ‘Ireland for All Rally’ in Dublin on (Feb 18th) in a day of action against racism. ICTU-affiliated unions marched with representatives including, Le Chéile, NWCI, MASAI, and political parties representing those working...

Speaking after the monthly meeting of the leadership of the trade union movement in Ireland, Owen Reidy ICTU General Secretary stated, “Our movement fully endorsed the Ireland for All rally on Saturday the 18th February in Dublin. We urge union affiliates to participate and join the rally this...

Many thousands of people, media reports estimate the numbers at between 15 and 20 thousand, gathered in Dublin on (Saturday, Nov 26) to support the Raise the Roof Rally for Housing which called for a radical and dramatic change to official housing policy. The marchers assembled at Parnell Square and...

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has urged the public to support the Raise the Roof national Rally for Housing being held in Dublin on Saturday (Nov 26). General Secretary Owen Reidy said, ‘the housing crisis is the most important issue that the trade union movement is campaigning on at the moment...

Speech by KEVIN CALLINAN, President, Irish Congress of Trade Unions I’m the elected president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and the general secretary of Fórsa. It is my deep honour to be standing here among trade unionists and progressives, in solidarity with Ambassador Larysa Gerasko and...

To mark one month since the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Irish Congress of Trade Unions has organised a rally on March 24 at 5 pm, outside the Russian Embassy in Dublin in protest at war and in support of Ukrainians, many of them defenceless children and civilians, who are being killed and...

To mark one month since the Russian invasion and in protest at the widespread death and destruction suffered by the people of Ukraine, Congress is organising a solidarity gathering on Thursday next outside the Russian Embassy in Dublin. The Solidarity with Ukraine gathering takes place at the...