by Brendan Ogle | Mar 23, 2023 | Water Referendum
Last night I attended a public meeting about the missing water referendum. It was hosted by Joan Collins TD and the speakers were Lynn Boylan and John Douglas. As Co-Ordinator of the Right2Water campaign I spoke from the floor and reminded the meeting...
by Brendan Ogle | Jun 28, 2020 | Progressive Government
Although I am not a Liverpool fan I think for the week that is in it this is an appropriate image to accompany this particular blog Brendan Ogle: When I joined the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers’ Union (now Unite) over 20 years ago...
by Brendan Ogle | Dec 12, 2019 | Jeremy Corbyn
Brendan Ogle’s latest blog on the UK General Election “in an era of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Donald Trump, in a world which has swung inexorably to the right and where greed is now considered not only good but great, finding a person...
by Brendan Ogle | Mar 15, 2018 | Britain Votes to Leave
I suppose I better write something about Brexit. In fact, in the months to come we are all going to have to focus a lot on Brexit and this blog will return to the issue on many occasions. But I have been somewhat reluctant to write on it to date. My...
by Brendan Ogle | Mar 1, 2018 | Irish Left
There is a legitimate debate taking place within what might loosely be called ‘the Irish left’ at the moment. It takes place within campaigns, within trade unions, in communities, online, in homes, and anywhere that concerned citizens meet. The need for...
