Joe Higgins MEP interviewed at a demonstration called in solidarity with striking workers at Green Isle foods in Naas, Co. Kildare. Two of the strikers are currently on hunger strike. DO YOU AGREE? SUPPORT JOE & THE SOCIALIST PARTY?   Subscribe to Joe's Newsletter | Donate | Get Involved | Join Read More →

Today the EU Commission signals its approval for NAMA. Their timing may well prove unfortunate for them as even among some of our domestic pro-capitalist economic commentators, an early verdict has been passed that the valuations of land and property due to be taken over by NAMA are grossly overpriced. Consider, for example, the... More

Following the recent horrific train crash in Belgium, Joe Higgins MEP calls for an end to the neoliberal and deregulation policies of the establishment which has to the collapse of safety standards in public transport. Joe also rejects any attempts to blaim Belgian train workers for this disaster. As a result of right-wing neoliberal... More

The publication of the proposals for a new Dublin Mayor shows Minister Gormley to be delusional in thinking that this is a serious reform of local government. The new Mayor would have no independent budget, no extra funding for services and virtually no independent powers. The position, however, would carry a bloated ministerial... More

The promise last night by SIPTU President Jack O’Connor of an escalation of public service industrial action will get a positive echo from many workers who saw their wages slashed by over 15% last year between levies and the budget cuts. I said last month that the work to rule was an inadequate response to the cuts and in... More

Now that the noise has temporarily abated in the controversy over Ryanair’s demand to be given control of the biggest hangar at Dublin Airport, perhaps we can step back and put the whole episode into perspective. And what an extraordinary story it reveals about the economic, social and political relations in Ireland at this... More

The assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai is just one more murder in a succession of extra-judicial executions perpetrated by the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad. These tactics, as well as so-called “extraordinary renditions” have been used time and time again in the brutal repression of the Palestinian people and... More