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As indoor dining reopens, a cautionary tale of one restaurant’s experience in December 2020
Waitress loses union membership dismissal action against The Ivy
Failing to act as employer wanted was main factor in sacking, WRC finds
Miriam Lord: Brendan Ogle eager to get back in the leftie limelight
With Paul Murphy starting his own party, Ogle thinks it’s a good time to unite socialists
Battle at the Ivy: Another controversy at the Dublin restaurant
First, a row over tips. Now, it is claimed, a waiter has been dismissed for joining a union
Turning Apollo House into ‘cash cow’ is upsetting – trade union official
Brendan Ogle says there has been no ideological rethink in order to solve homeless crisis
Former union boss Brendan Ogle to launch political party
Ex-chief of ESB unions concerned about the political direction country is taking
Damien Dempsey: ‘I see myself as a druid on the edge’
He has a busy year ahead, with a just-announced summer show at the Iveagh Gardens
Counter-defamation actions arise from occupations at Apollo House
RTÉ’s John Kilraine has begun legal action over Facebook post by Unite’s Brendan Ogle
A year after Apollo House has anything really changed?
Apollo House provided safety, warmth but it failed to inspire homelessness solution
Trade unionist issues defamation action against RTÉ
Broadcaster reported Unite sought social housing exemption certificate for property
Why Rock Against Homelessness matters
Of Ireland’s more than 7,000 homeless people about one-third are children
‘We can’t make Ireland great again, because it was always sh*t’
Populism – the set of ideologies that has given the world Donald Trump, Brexit and Marine Le Pen – has transformed the politics of many countries. Could Ireland be next?
Almost €200,000 donated to Home Sweet Home in six weeks
Group aims to be a ‘permanent, citizens’ intervention in the homelessness crisis’
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Belfast drive-by shooting, Home Sweet Home plans mass movement and drink-driving arrests
Home Sweet Home plans mass movement on housing
Group to follow Right2Water example and mobilise citizens to ‘beat’ homelessness
Apollo House not an ending but a beginning, activists say
Backers of campaign ‘are heroes in a country in dire need of heroes’, says Brendan Ogle
Activists refuse to leave Apollo House after court ruling
Home Sweet Home campaigners say they will not vacate building as per court order
Apollo House occupiers lose High Court application
Judge refuses to grant extension of stay to Home Sweet Home campaigners
Apollo House occupiers to ask court to allow them stay
Eighteen who remain say Dublin City Council failed to provide suitable accommodation
Apollo House activists claim breakdown in trust with Minister
Concern ‘agreement entered into in good faith is now being reneged on’
Apollo House residents set to move into new facilities
Thirty still in building will be accommodated two hostels ‘appropriate to their needs’
Apollo House group: Homeless ‘will not be thrown to the wolves’
Occupiers had been told by High Court to vacate building by Wednesday at noon
Apollo House activists urge Nama to house homeless
Demonstrators to meet Simon Coveney after launching emergency housing plan
Miriam Lord gazes at 2017 through her crystal ball
Enda finds his va-va-voom, O’Brien sues nobody and Boyd-Barrett is incandescent
Apollo House: Some homeless residents leave the property
Eight people leave the Dublin site after being offered official long-stay accommodation
Home Sweet Home ordered to vacate Apollo House next month
High Court rules coalition of activists and homeless must leave building but can stay until January 11th
Apollo House occupation started with Facebook post
Quentin Sheridan, homeless ‘on and off for 28 years’, angered by ghost estates and authorities
Homeless should be allowed stay in Apollo House, says Zappone
Showers to be added to block taken over by housing campaigners as numbers there rise
Apollo House protesters to meet owners over occupation
Home Sweet Home group accommodating 31 homeless people in disused office building
Legal notice served on activists occupying Dublin office block
Lawyers for Apollo House receivers said they ‘cannot allow property be unlawfully occupied’
Brendan Ogle: Why we have occupied Apollo House
Opinion: We have 193,000 homes without people and 6,500 people without homes
Apollo House occupation ‘not the solution’ to homelessness crisis
Fr Peter McVerry applauds demonstrators but says he will not aid takeover of empty block
Protesters take over vacant Nama building for use by homeless
Group of supporters and celebrities have moved five into bedrooms in Apollo House
Five things you need to know today
No bilateral agreement with UK; nurses plan to strike; rent cap of 4% on way; NI energy scheme
Occupy Nama: City property taken over to house homeless
Home Sweet Home group includes Jim Sheridan, Christy Moore and Damien Dempsey
John Halligan says will oppose vote on public ownership of water
Minister says committed to abolition of Irish Water and non-privatised water services
Brendan Ogle: Irish water must now be abolished within 100 days
The vast bulk of the TDs just elected pledged to abolish Irish Water – and so they should
Thousands attend anti-water charges protest in Dublin
Crowd in city centre urged to vote for Right2Change candidates in general election
Thousands of protestors turn out to oppose water charges
Water charges to be central issue in election, says Unite spokesman Brendan Ogle
Opposition to water charges off agenda, says Alan Kelly
Minister for the Environment says water charges takes up “3-5% of my time” now
Kathy Sheridan: We should stop cribbing about the ‘small stuff’ – and think big
‘Cynicism is not the same as a healthy, non-shrill scepticism (witness Catherine Murphy)’
Jailed water charges protester to run in general election
Bernie Hughes among detainees released after judge ruled they were held unlawfully
Miriam Lord: No tanks on Leinster Lawn but revolution close to seat of power
Gerry Adams, Mary Lou McDonald receive cheers during water charge protest
Water charge leaders say protests will force reversal of charges
Figures put crowd on Dublin streets at between 30,000 and 100,000 people
Water charge protest attracts 32,000, says CrowdSize App
Gardaí and Right2Water give different estimates of numbers at Dublin demonstration
Leo Varadkar says Brendan Ogle wants to tax middle-class more for water
Government backbenchers still unclear about reaction to new charges regime
Water campaign group calls for further protest on December 10th
Right 2 Water says anyone who cannot protest peacefully against water charges should ‘stay away’
Confusion over exclusion of poor households from water credits
About 190,000 short-term unemployed will get no water support payment
Water charges march a ‘tipping point’ after ‘years of hurt’
Grassroots campaign shows 'huge anger' and 'massive revolt against this Government'
Ogle steps down as leader of ESB unions
Trade unionist who led workers to the brink of strike action in December leaves by ‘mutual consent’
How ESB deal was done, with secret talks in Mullingar and Naas
Heat was on in secret talks to reach accord
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