The Evening Herald today joined the political establishment in a desperate bid to dig FiannaFail out of an electoral hole in Dublin by publishing a pathetic ‘Red Scare’ smear against me as the Socialist Party Euro Candidate by Fianna Fail Minister of Defence, Willie O’Dea. Resorting to the most illiterate of political abuse, O’Dea pathetically [...]
Joe Higgins: “Our Campaign is Best Placed To Defeat Fianna Fail”
On June - 4 - 2009
It is now clear that our campaign is the best placed to defeat Fianna Fail in the Dublin Euro Election. People really appreciate the relentless opposition I mounted to the Fianna Fail/Progressive Democrat Government when they were inflating the property bubble and allowing property speculators and big bankers rake in billions of Euro on the [...]
Video: Vote Joe Higgins No. 1
On June - 4 - 2009
Final election broadcast of Joe Higgins – a fighter for workers, young people and the unemployed. Two key reasons to vote Joe Higgins No. 1 Wipe out Fianna Fail, & strike a blow against the entire political establishment Elect a a real fighter for working people – a workers’ MEP on a workers’ wage who [...]
Irish Independent looks at Joe Higgins’ Campaign
On June - 3 - 2009
This article by Lise Hand of the Irish Independent profiles Joe and looks at the impact that his campaign has made in scaring Fianna Fail. Shades of Dracula and the kiss of deathas as Uncle Joe goes in for kill SURE lookit, wasn’t it a fabulous day yesterday? The sun was only splitting the rocks, and there [...]
Video: Joe Higgins speech at fundraiser – Why I want to win the seat
On June - 3 - 2009
This is a video of a speech Joe Higgins gave on Sunday at a fundraising gig O’Shea’s Hotel on Talbot Street. In it he reacts to the TNS poll and outlines the key reasons why he want’s to win the Euro election this Friday. Thanks to everyone who attended the gig, and a special thanks to [...]
Market system is killing our planet
On June - 3 - 2009
A new report from the Global Humanitarian Forum warns that we are in the middle of a “silent crisis” as climate change is killing 300,000 a year. Climate change and its effects are already impacting on the world. Article written by Stephen Boyd, editor of the Socialist The report states that more than 300 million [...]
Irish Times Piece: Money can’t buy love… or Joe either
On June - 2 - 2009
On the canvass with Joe Higgins : The candidate is no grip ‘n’ grinner, in fact he prefers his presence to speak for itself, writes KATHY SHERIDAN of the Irish Times. FOR ANYONE who has suffered near asphyxiation in the galloping grip ’n’ grin of a Bertie-style canvass, Joe Higgins is a worrying spectacle. He [...]
