United Left calls for mortgage interest freeze and outlawing of repossessions
At today’s photocall and press conference outside Permanent TSB’s Grafton Street branch Joe Higgins MEP, Socialist Party and United Left Alliance candidate for Dublin West commented:
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Poll Confirms Growing Support For United Left Alliance
Today’s Irish Times poll for Cork North Central shows that Socialist Party/United Left Alliance candidate Mick Barry may take the fourth seat. With 13% of the first preference vote the poll confirms growing support for the ULA.
Interview: Laura Ashley striker speaks out
Socialistparty.net spoke to Laura Waters, a shop steward and Laura Ashley striker who has just joined the Socialist Party
Socialist Party criticises SIPTU leadership for call to members to vote Labour
Responding to the e mail sent by SIPTU to its members recommending a vote for the Labour Party and a vague call for transfers to unnamed parties who support 'social solidarity' Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MEP and candidate for Dublin West said:
Don’t believe the lies – Ireland is still rich
An essential ideological pillar of the attacks on workers and unemployed people over the past number of years is the idea that Ireland is broke. The impression is given that the wealth created during the Celtic Tiger (where the top 1% of
Sinn Fein: a genuine alternative?
Does Sinn Féin represent a genuine left alternative for working class people in the General Election? This is a question that many workers and young people are now asking.
Austerity Budget means unemployment, poverty and economic crisis
The budget cuts are hitting families all over the country this month. For the poorest and most vulnerable, social welfare and child benefit cuts have made the struggle for survival all the harder. The basic social welfare cut of €416 a year
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