https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Ireland-flattens-the-curve-but-socialist-policies-needed https://internationalviewpoint.org/Ireland-flattens-the-curve-but-socialist-policies-needed 2020-04-22T07:09:45Z text/html en Jessy Ní Cheallaigh Ireland Covid-19 Pandemic <p>The Republic of Ireland has succeeded in “flattening the curve” of the coronavirus' spread in relative terms over the last six week. The death toll is roughly on par with Denmark, far less than devastating hotspots in Western Europe. Although the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar has received the lion's share of international praise, health care workers, trade unions, social movements, and the socialist left have had to push every step of the way. And as unemployment in Ireland races towards 20 percent, the question of who will pay for the crisis is looming large.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV543-April-2020-" rel="directory">IV543 - April 2020</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Ireland-+" rel="tag">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Covid-19-Pandemic-+" rel="tag">Covid-19 Pandemic</a>