The 21st-century left has often argued that the solution to rampant inequality is income redistribution. But this may not be a silver bullet. What workers need is power over employers and the market.

Garda managers were told to tighten policy on the treatment of people in custody in a series of “systemic recommendations” from the State’s policing watchdog, a new report shows.

The death of a woman while detained in a garda station was one of the referrals made to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in 2024, according to its annual report.