Here we post Joe Higgins’ article from Wednesday January 27th’s edition of the Daily Mail, on the crisis in Haiti. We apologise for the delay in posting the article online. Last week in the European Parliament, during a debate on earthquake in Haiti, I heard what must have been the meanest, most disgusting and begrudging... More

Here is notice of an upcoming event, entitled: “No Re-Introduction of Water Charges! Boycott the Charge – Boycott Meter Installation!”, due to take place on Saturday, February 13th from 12pm to 3pm in the Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. The agenda is: Chair & Introduction: Joe Higgins Wealth &... More

The Budget will, if the Government gets its way, mark the first of four where working people, the unemployed and those who depend on public services will be crucified over an economic crash they did not cause. The palpable anger this is causing in society generally can be seen in the threat by the Garda Representative Association... More

At a Press Conference in Dublin today, Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MEP and senior trade union activists called for all out resistance to the plan by the Fianna Fáil/Green Party government to savage the wages of public service workers Councillor Terry Kelleher, a member of the CPSU Executive Committee said: “Low paid CPSU members... More

250,000 public service workers took part in the one day strike on 24 November in opposition to the threatened cut of €1.3 billion from the public service pay bill in next month’s budget on top of similar sized cuts in Social Welfare payments and in public service provision itself. €2.5 billion was already taken from these workers... More

Low and middle income workers who are members of trade union would have been horrified as the salaries of many senior trade union leaders were publicised in the past week. Workers struggling to make ends meet on anything from a yearly income of €20,000 up to the €38,000 or so before tax, that is the average industrial wage, will... More

A significant 2/1 majority, on a higher turnout, passed the Lisbon Treaty overturning the decision of June 2008. It is clear that the economic crisis served to shift opinion across the board to a yes vote because people felt that passing the Treaty might boost Ireland’s prospects for economic recovery. Last year Lisbon was rejected... More