The United Left Alliance will today mark International Day for Decriminalisation of Abortion, with a call for a change in Irish legislation to make the procedure legal.

The Socialist Party is expected to make a further statement within the next hour about the resignation of TD Clare Daly from the party.

TD Clare Daly has confirmed her resignation from the Socialist Party and has announced that she has redesignated herself as a member of the United Left Alliance.

THE people haven’t so much spoken as whispered. In the end, it was the fear of the unknown that won out.

Winners:

THE referendum on the fiscal treaty has exposed growing divisions among groups of voters.

Anti-treaty campaigners accused the yes side of using empty threats and false promises and called on the electorate to pass a damning verdict on “austerity politics” in tomorrow’s EU treaty vote.

Two main players in the EU Fiscal Treaty campaign claimed they have scraped a win in the referendum despite being on opposite sides.

The no side merges those at either end of the political spectrum, says Theresa Reidy

United Left Alliance members will gather at the gates of Dáil Éireann today to highlight what they claim is the threat to democracy from the European Fiscal Treaty.

The no side has made the treaty poll a phoney war for the next election, and will gain ground even if it passes, but the Government has it all to lose, writes Gerard Howlin

The United Left Alliance is calling on Irish people to send a "rocket across the boughs of the Government" by rejecting the EU Treaty.

ICTU will today decide whether to recommend a yes or a no vote in the Fiscal Treaty referendum on May 31.

Hundreds of grass-roots Labour members are set to gather in Galway today for the party’s 66th annual conference, its first major gathering since entering the coalition with Fine Gael 13 months ago.

Ireland’s economic crisis was caused by people’s "mad" borrowing, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told the Davos global gathering.

ON TUESDAY, November 2, Kerry Against the Household Charge was launched at the Grand Hotel, Tralee.

TWO protests against austerity measures will greet the Government upon the resumption of the Dáil today.

Twenty-two TDs gathered at the gates of Leinster House in Dublin today to call on the Government to overturn consents granted by former Minister Pat Carey to Shell E&P Ireland on the day of the recent General Election.

Ireland's strengthened left-wing bloc opposed Enda Kenny's election as Taoiseach today, denouncing the coalition's plans to inflict more austerity.

INDEPENDENT TDs are the only political grouping who have been represented in every Dáil since independence was achieved in 1922.

A NEW group of independent TDs said they are willing to hand over their individual €40,000 allowances if the mainstream parties also sacrifice some state funding.

WATER charges will be strongly resisted with a “can’t pay, won’t pay” campaign lead by the five United Left Alliance (ULA) TDs similar to the fights against bin charges in the 1990s.

The United Left Alliance is accusing Fine Gael and Labour of "shamelessly" betraying people who voted for change in the election.

An Irish Times poll for Cork North Central shows that Socialist Party/United Left Alliance candidate Mick Barry may take the fourth seat with 13% of the first preference vote.

THE Socialist Party has prioritised jobs and state investment at its election manifesto launch.

WHY is the establishment media so hostile to radical new ideas in this beleagured country?

A new alliance of political parties has threatened today to embark on a campaign of sustained resistance on the streets to force the Government out of office.