Eoin Ó Murchú writes for Unity on the shadowy business interests lobbying the Irish government for favourable changes to conditions in the rental market as we face into a new set of “reforms” that will only aggravate the enduring harm being inflicted on tenants. We need to build homes, not a rental bog profit bonanza for gombeen landlords.

As the Israeli narrative flounders, showmanship eclipses substance. Public relations exercises staged for global and domestic consumption amid rising anger, mounting protests and the threat of judicial accountability.

For this year’s Madge Davison Memorial Lecture at Féile an Phobail we are celebrating the Life and Times of Sean Morrissey with Professor Sinéad Morrissey, Sean’s granddaughter, doing a presentation. In the chair this time will be Tommy Campbell, a long-time comrade of Sean’s, now living in Aberdeen.

Eoin Ó Murchú writes for Unity on last week’s ICTU conference in Belfast. Important motions on neutrality, a new economic model, and social solidarity were discussed and passed – but discussion alone will not bring the change needed. The Irish trade union requires laser-sharp focus and determined radicalism to advance an agenda favourable to workers in the face of relentless ruling class opposition and sustained political failure across social democracy.