by Brendan Ogle | Nov 5, 2021 | Pension Crisis
Brendan Ogle: I have decided to write this article at this juncture for a number of reasons. * Firstly, insofar as Irish workers can rely on any meaningful legislative support to protect their collective rights as workers those supports...
by Brendan Ogle | Sep 29, 2021 | Pension Crisis
“We need a Government prepared to create a new social contract, one that puts workers, tenants and pensioners ahead of the 1%” There is currently much justified political commentary about our current, and growing, pension crisis. I say...
by Brendan Ogle | Mar 12, 2021 | Pension Crisis
Brendan Ogle: This week, a number of unions started distributing masks bearing the legend ‘pro-mask is pro-worker’. It seems an obvious statement. After all, it is workers – especially in low-paying sectors – who have borne the economic...
by Brendan Ogle | Jul 13, 2020 | Public Order
The Garda Public Order unit at a Right2Water demonstration, 10 December 2014 Brendan Ogle: There was a fascist demonstration outside the Dáil last Saturday in pursuance of building an Irish Nazi Party. Yes, in the era of Trump the virus has...
by Brendan Ogle | Nov 4, 2019 | Direct Provision
Brendan Ogle: On Saturday, I was to speak at the 35th Anniversary of a stellar event when we Irish stood up against racism. It was when eleven young Dunnes Stores workers in Dublin refused to handle South African goods to highlight the then system...
