Press release: Councillor Matt Waine (Socialist Party) Minister and politicians celebrate M50 upgrade today while ignoring scandal of wilful destruction of small Irish firm on the project Two former unemployed steel fixers from Tallaght bankrupted by race to the bottom “Mr. John Gallagher and Mr. Terence Farrell, former unemployed... More

On June 26th five hundred people took to the streets of Dublin as part of a European-Wide week of Protest and Solidarity against the bank bail-outs, EU/IMF cutbacks and the dictatorship of the Markets. Here we post a video of the protest, for more information, check out our full report. DO YOU AGREE? SUPPORT JOE & THE SOCIALIST... More

In the context of the midterm review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which will take place in New York in September, the European Parliament voted in June for a report presented by its Development Committee at the plenary session in Strasbourg. The report quite rightly points at the fact that achieving the 8 Millennium... More

As part of the European-wide week of protest and solidarity initiated by Joe Higgins MEP, the Socialist Party initiated a national protest in Dublin city centre on Saturday June 26th. We sought support from trade unions and other groups on the left, many of whom officially endorsed the campaign and helped to build for the protest.... More

The proposed property tax which is mooted as a possibility for the next budget comes as no surprise given the Taoiseach’s recently stated regrets that he did not introduce this tax already. Working people and the recently unemployed will be distraught at the news that while struggling to pay a mortgage on a vastly overpriced... More

Next week, the Dáil’s Health and Children Committee will be considering the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010. Behind such an innocuous sounding Bill lies the intention to close down St Luke’s cancer hospital. I have seen one of perhaps many letters submitted to the Dáil Committee from a person whose husband... More

A joint press conference of different left groups building for the June 26th protest as part of the Europe-Wide week of protest was organised earlier this week. Here we report on the key points raised. Europe Wide Week of Protest & Solidarity from joehiggins on Vimeo. Joe Higgins MEP set out the background to the European Week... More