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Ruth Coppinger leaflet: The fight for Disability Justice & the Care Crisis

Public Zoom meeting hosted by Ruth Coppinger: 7.30pm Tuesday 9th April Speakers: Ruth Coppinger, secondary teacher & campaigner; Mick Barry, Socialist Party TD;Speaker from Neuro Pride Ireland;Stephen Morrison, carer & member Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group;& more. Ireland – the worst country in

Apr 5, 2024

Joe Higgins column

Past and present crimes

A strange paradox emerges in the posture struck by the political and media establishment in response to two major issues dominating the news over the past two weeks – the treatment of women in the Magdalen Laundries and the continuation of the

Feb 16, 2013

Joe Higgins column

Austerity 2013 must be met with mass organised resistance

As another year draws to an end and the next appears on the horizon, social and political activists will try to analyse the significance of what has passed and sketch the rough contours of what lies ahead. The truth is that, while

Dec 30, 2012

Joe Higgins column

Privatisation lies behind Minister for Health scandal

There is only one real scandal involved in the issues surrounding Health Minister James Reilly’s problems arising from his investment in a private nursing home in County Tipperary. It is not because his name is in Stubbs Gazette as a debtor nor

Jul 16, 2012

Paul Murphy Column·World News

Press Release: Paul Murphy MEP to travel to Greece to assist Syriza

“I am looking forward to joining in with Syriza's vital election campaign over the next few days. During my trip I will be blogging daily on my website, http://www.paulmurphymep.eu/ Those opposed to disastrous austerity policies across Europe will all be looking to Greece

Jun 13, 2012

Joe Higgins column

No vote can be part of European anti-austerity movement

‘Take the gun out of Irish politics!.’ This was the refrain of the establishment political parties for the last third of the Twentieth Century, meaning that people should be free from any threats when it came to deciding structures governing the future

May 21, 2012

Joe Higgins column

Natural step from boycotting home taxes to opposing the Austerity Treaty

Ordinary people in this State can make a stunning statement that will reverberate throughout Europe by voting No to the Austerity Treaty on 31 May. A rejection of the treaty here would massively increase the pressure for a change to the disastrous

May 16, 2012

Joe Higgins column

Mahon Report exposes endemic corruption in Irish politics

The massive opposition across the State to the Household Tax has featured prominently in the media in recent days. Over the next while, the Mahon Tribunal Report that will feature strongest. What should not be lost sight of is that there is

Mar 27, 2012

Paul Murphy Column

Paul Murphy MEP calls for rejection of Austerity Treaty

Treaty will mean savage austerity to devastate people's lives and economy People's opportunity to reject austerity at ballot box

Feb 28, 2012

Joe Higgins column

Criminal policies of privatisation

The decision by the government to sell off €3 billion worth of state assets is arguably the most economically and socially criminal of the many criminal policies implemented in this State over the past three years in the interest of salvaging the

Feb 28, 2012

Joe Higgins column

More cuts to education for children, yet more bailouts for bondholders

Last week thousands of parents, teachers and pupils staged a passionate demonstration at the Department of Education in Dublin. They were from schools benefiting from the programme known as ‘Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools’ or DEIS which was designed to counter

Jan 24, 2012

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