Lidl Change in Unionist Housing Policy
A century on from the creation of the Orange statelet, the preference for supermarkets over social housing shows how little Unionism’s housing policy has changed.
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Housing
The 2000 Ton Co-Living City
The Dublin Inquirer recently reported on how the new Hendrons Co-Living scheme will be managed, based on planning documents – and the findings are quite shocking. Thermal imaging cameras will be installed, to measure occupants body temperature; this data will then be collected and analysed. According to the Management Plan, “anyone displaying a raised temperature will be advised to isolate for a period”. Additionally, the digitised access control system will limit entry to certain parts of the building, based on the number of people in the space.
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The Irish Constitution Puts Property Rights Before Human Rights
Ireland has among the strongest property rights recognition in the world. Imagine if, instead of protecting the right to property, the Constitution protected the right to housing. If the might of the government vindicated every individual’s right to shelter.
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The Shinner Surge #GE2020
Here we can see the working class of Ireland recognise their position, they can see very clearly the problems capitalism produces, namely, the health and housing crises. Here Sinn Féin had the opportunity to exploit the gap in anti-austerity politics that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil structurally support.
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Why Does the EU Make the Housing, Health & Climate Crises Worse?
Basic functions of a state, such as public investment, have been restricted to an unprecedented degree. Karl Marx saw that national debt is the means by which the modern state is sold to the capitalist class, determining which section of that class will be in control.
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The Front Line in the Battle for Class Unity in Northern Ireland
Housing has often been the arena in which class consciousness and militant action has been instilled in the hearts and
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Why Ireland Needs Public Housing
In the past, young people were able to receive a home from the local authority which led to localized construction
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Summer School 2018
The first lecture was about LGBT activism given by Adam Murray, a Community Development Officer for Cara-Friend, an LGBT charity
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Armed Response Unit Break Up Political Protest in Cork, Ireland
Members of the Connolly Youth Movement had inhabited two buildings, which we dubbed Kent House and Mellows house, the six
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We Need To Talk About Housing | Forward #25
While the carcass of the Celtic Tiger may be long devoured; the rate of homelessness, precarious housing, insane rents, slum
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