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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

Anti-gay laws in Uganda

When the European Parliament meets in Strasbourg for one week every month, the last session which takes place on Thursday afternoon is always devoted to debates on human rights issues in different parts of the world.

Jan 11, 2011

Joe Higgins column

Poll show Labour’s pro cuts agenda forcing many to seek genuine alternative

If today’s opinion poll proves anything it is both the historical annihilation in store for Fianna Fáil at the polls and the volatility in support for the other parties as people actively seek out an alternative to this disastrous government.

Dec 17, 2010

Joe Higgins column

Hostages to the Bond Holders!

“Everyone is really a hostage to the bond markets!’ This dramatic statement was made yesterday on Morning Ireland by Tony Connolly, the Europe Correspondent of Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTE.

Nov 18, 2010

Joe Higgins column

The callous treatment of Laura Ashley workers

Dublin’s Grafton Street has long been a major showpiece for what Ireland’s retailing business has to sell to the public in terms of consumer goods, from a needle, not so much to the proverbial anchor as to the €5,000 designer handbag.

Oct 28, 2010

Joe Higgins column

The Praetorian Guards of the financial markets

When it comes to putting forward prescriptions for dragging their economic system out of its current mess, the breathtaking arrogance of members of the capitalist establishment never ceases to amaze.

Sep 30, 2010

Joe Higgins column

“First prize in Ireland for hypocrisy goes to the government for its response to the downgrading of Ireland’s credit rating.”

Over the course of the last month, the breathtaking hypocrisy of the capitalist elites in Ireland and internationally has been glaringly exposed.

Sep 16, 2010

Joe Higgins column

Hunger for profits fuels starvation

In about two weeks, a Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations will be held in New York to review progress in reaching the Milennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Sep 7, 2010

Joe Higgins column

Let them eat cake, not the crumbs off the table…

Business and media circles are agog at “the most significant development in philanthropy” for many decades. Forty US based billionaires have pledged to give half of their wealth to “charity” while living or on their death. The “Giving Pledge” was initiated by

Aug 30, 2010

Joe Higgins column

Sale of the state’s “family silver” will be a nightmare for ordinary people

All citizens who value the need for publicly owned vital infrastructure would have experienced a shudder of fearful anticipation last month when the Minister for Finance established a Review Group on State Assets and Liabilities.

Aug 25, 2010

Joe Higgins column

Will we see a clone of the mummified political corpse of the PDs with rumoured new party?

It’s a measure of the stagnation of establishment politics in this State that some media circles are reacting with frissons of excitement to rumours that former Progressive Democrat Leader Michael McDowell might form a new political party.

Aug 13, 2010

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