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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

Fine Gael’s “New Republic” is a privatised Republic

There is no hint of modesty in Fine Gael’s claims for its future economic and political plans. This is the ‘most ambitious programme for political reform since the 1930s’ according to their leading spokespeople as they proclaim their vision of a ‘New

Mar 29, 2010

Joe Higgins column

Joe Higgins MEP welcomes European Parliament’s rejection of SWIFT agreement

I welcome the defeat of the SWIFT agreement in the European Parliament. This proposal is a crude attempt to use the threat of terrorism to increase surveillance of people across Europe. It represents an attack on civil liberties, giving US agencies access

Feb 12, 2010

Joe Higgins column

Joe Higgin MEP Reacts to the Brutal Budget

What a damning indictment of the Budget that alcohol was the only stimulus featuring significantly in Finance Minister Lenihan’s economic landscape.

Dec 10, 2009

Joe Higgins column

The Joe Higgins Column July 2009

IN THE course of the Dublin Euro Election Campaign our posters stated that, if elected, I would be a voice for workers and the unemployed. That is a crucial role that I will endeavour to fulfil.

Jun 29, 2009

Joe Higgins column

Joe Higgins: My take on the election

So how does an election candidate feel after a gruelling campaign followed by a twenty one hour count that goes on until the cold light of dawn brightens into the full light of day?Like a garment that has been churned overlong in

Jun 12, 2009

Joe Higgins column

Child abuse – Irelands’ gulags

By Joe HigginsMary Raftery’s documentary, States of Fear, which gave rise to the Child Abuse Commission was first broadcast just over ten years ago, on Tuesday night, 27th April 1999. It was a shocking story, powerfully told but what happened the next

May 29, 2009

Joe Higgins column

Labour – No Alternative

AGAINST THE background of the developing crisis in the Irish economy, the Labour Party continues to posture as a party that fights in the interests of working people. At its recent national Conference, Party Leader Eamon Gilmore several times referred to "crony

Apr 18, 2009

Joe Higgins column

Working people need new leadership

Joe Higgins: from Daily Mail, March 25, 2009A ferocious campaign is now in full swing denouncing the proposal for a one day national strike on Monday next by workers whose incomes are being savaged, thanks to the disastrous economic crash brought about

Apr 2, 2009

Joe Higgins column

Not just a few bad bankers – Capitalism to blame

By Joe Higgins FOR SHEER brass neck you have to hand it to the members of the Fianna Fail/Green Party government. There was Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey, at the recent Fianna Fail Ard Fheis laying into the bankers. They used the

Apr 1, 2009

Joe Higgins column

Joe Higgins Column: Real Solidarity is United Struggle

IN THE past we typically used the word solidarity to describe working people coming to each other’s assistance against the background of a strike or a community struggle. It was often used also in the context of appeals for funds to assist

Mar 8, 2009

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