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Press Release: Politicians celebrate M50 upgrade while ignoring willful destruction of small firm on project

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

Proposed property tax would be an unbearable burden on working people

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

Proposed closure of St. Lukes should be resisted

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

Press Conference for Week of Protest & Solidarity

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

Video: Joe Higgins MEP challenges US Ambassador on US response to IDF attack

During an exchange of views with William E. Kennard, the U.S. Ambassador to the EU in the International Trade Committee in the European Parliament today, Joe Higgins MEP (Socialist Party) challenged the ambassador about the weak US response to the slaughter of peace activists yesterday by the Israeli Defence Force. “In the... More

Cuts in One Parent Family payment will force thousands into poverty

The details of the phasing out of the One Parent Family Payment for single parents whose youngest child reaches 13, as opposed to the previous limit of 18 (or 22 if they remained in full time education) is, despite what Minister O’Cuiv asserts, a recipe for driving thousands of families into further poverty. In order to justify... More

Barbaric slaughter of peace activists by IDF

News reports have not yet provided a definitive account of the extent of the IDF attack on the flotilla of eight humanitarian aid ships on their way to Gaza. However, it is clear that IDF forces have taken over some of the ships and at least 10 unarmed activists have been slaughtered and others injured. There are at least eleven... More

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Video from the Dublin Demonstration as part of EU-wide week of protest

On June 26th five hundred people took to the streets of Dublin as part of a European-Wide week... More

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Joe Higgins MEP speaking at a rally held in Dublin on 26 June, as part of the “Europe-wide... More

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At the Committee on International Trade, Joe Higgins MEP questions the Spanish Secretary for... More

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Promotional video for “Europe-wide week of Solidarity and Protest (June 21-26)”... More

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At the Committee on International Trade, Joe Higgins MEP questions the European Commission... More

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