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Apprentices: Time to fight for jobs & training

By Feargal de Buitleir, Dublin SY THE LAST few months have seen the hopes of thousands of young people shattered as a collapsing construction industry casts its unwanted apprentices aside. Not only are the chances of finding work in Ireland very slim
Apr 18, 2009

FIght the Under 20’s dole cut!

By Laura Fitzgerald THE SLASHING of the dole for under 20s to a miserable €100 a week is scandalous. How is anyone meant to survive on €100 a week? It just isn’t possible and on top of this rent allowance is also
Apr 18, 2009

Budget Dole Cut: Government Cancel’s Christmas

By Helen Redwood “THERE’S NO way of preparing for Christmas, that bonus is actually Christmas”. This reaction from one single parent spells out what the Scrooge-like scrapping of the Christmas bonus will mean for the 1.3 million people previously eligible. Minister Lenihan’s
Apr 18, 2009

Budget: €90 billion bailout for the super rich

By Michael Murphy IN A graphic validation to the old adage “one law for the rich and one for the poor”, the decision of the Fianna Fail/Green Party government to buy the bad debts from the Irish banks for up to €90
Apr 18, 2009

NI: Visteon workers battle for jobs

Visteon/ Ford workers in Belfast, Basildon and Enfield have taken the lead in the struggle to save jobs. In Belfast the response of the workforce to the news that the factory was to shut, and to the attempt by administrators to remove
Apr 18, 2009

Joe Higgins v Jim Power debate

recorded 16/04/2009 by Cathal Brennan Videos from last night’s debate in Wynn’s Hotel in Abbey Street Dublin. Jim Power, economist with Friends First, debated Joe Higgins, of the Socialist Party, about the current economic crisis and the way forward.
Apr 17, 2009

Links

Socialist Party in Northern Ireland – www.socialistpartyni.net Joe Higgins TD – www.joehiggins.ie Paul Murphy MEP – www.paulmurphymep.eu International Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) – www.socialistworld.net Socialist Party in England and Wales – www.socialistparty.org.uk Socialism Today, political magazine of the Socialist Party in
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