Having travelled from Dublin on Friday to visit Pat O’Donnell in Castlerea Prison, I was encouraged by Pat stating that he was well treated and well respected by prison staff. However, it is an outrage that Pat O’Donnell finds himself in prison at all. He is a victim of the criminalisation of decent people involved in... More

Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, this morning, announced that the government wanted to take a billion euro a year from householders in water charges. This could mean an average of €900 a year for each household. This would simply be an intolerable burden on working people, already hit by levies and wage cuts. Mr. Gormley’s... More

Hot on the heels of the ‘Great Frame-up’ of 2009, whereby public sector workers were hammered, and forced to pay, for the crimes of the developers/bankers, the propaganda campaign to facilitate the next big stitch up is already well underway. Ordinary householders around the country are being blamed for the water crisis... More

Fellow socialist campaigners of Joe Higgins MEP from Sweden, Germany and Belgium (members of the Committee for a Workers International) took part in the 100,000 strong demonstrations last year, protesting against the lack of decisive action against climate change and the farcical character of the Copenhagen summit. On Saturday night,... More

Dublin City Council management have now said that the bin charge waiver previously available to pensioners and those depending on social welfare be dropped. Here Joe Higgins MEP attacks this move, and argues it is a vindication of the anti-bin tax campaign. Exactly as we predicted back in 2002 and 2003, when the charges were imposed... More

PAYE workers and hard pressed families will be outraged to see that the Green Party and Fianna Fail have agreed to reintroduce water charges. The revised Programme for Government is clearly a continuation of Government policy of landing the price of the crash in the capitalist economy squarely on the shoulders of working people. Water... More

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... More