Joe Higgins TD

Socialist Party TD for Dublin West

Socialist Party Lisbon Leaflet Now Online

Posted by Joe Higgins On September - 8 - 2009

The Socialist Party Lisbon Leaflet is now available online, dealing with issues such as workers’ rights, public services, militarisation, democracy and the economy. Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend

RTE Radio’s Saturday View – A one hour promotion for Yes Campaign

Posted by Joe Higgins On September - 6 - 2009

Yesterday’s RTE Radio’s Saturday View programme amounted to a shameless promotion of the Yes side in the Lisbon Treaty debate, with scarcely an attempt at a veneer of impartiality. Judge Frank Clarke, Chairman of the Referendum Commission, is a bulwark of the judicial establishment, which has been handing out injunctions like confetti at the instigation of [...]

Ryanair sale a cynical attempt to bribe voters

Posted by Joe Higgins On September - 4 - 2009

Michael O’Leary’s latest sale is nothing but a cynical attempt to buy a Yes vote in the Lisbon referedum. It is a disgusting attempt by Ryanair to avoid addressing the real issues in the Treaty, by bribing voters throughout the country. But this gimmick will not be lost on the ordinary working people of Ireland [...]

Lisbon & Workers’ Rights

Posted by Joe Higgins On September - 4 - 2009

The issue of how workers’ rights, which has been consistently raised by the Socialist Party, is shaping up to be a key issue in this campaign. Here Joe Higgins outlines how Lisbon undermines workers rights. UPDATE: As originally written, there was a minor error in this article in the wording of a paragraph of Article [...]

IBEC’s “yes for jobs” campaign a sick joke?

Posted by Joe Higgins On September - 2 - 2009

I notice IBEC’s have put up pro-Lisbon posters across the country proclaiming “yes for jobs”, linking the accepting of the treaty with job protection. Is this some form of sick joke from the bosses organisation? The true record of IBEC’s members regarding the preservation of jobs tells a different story. While IBEC do not publicly [...]

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