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New mass party for working class needed

May 17, 2009
By Paul Murphy “IRELAND NEEDS a new political party; one that reflects the sweeping reassessments that have taken place in the past six months, ever since the old order started to disintegrate…. One popular, coherent movement is what is required.” Justine McCarthy,
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Warning – Water charges coming back!

May 17, 2009
By Councillor Mick Barry GREEN PARTY Minister for the Environment John Gormley spoke in April of the inevitability of the return of domestic water charges. With the Commission on Taxation due to report to the government in July on methods of increasing tax
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Tesco – every billion helps!

May 17, 2009
By Councillor Mick Murphy EMPLOYERS AND the government are using the economic crisis to push through cuts in workers wages and working conditions. Senior managers in modern industry, many of whom have MBAs, are well versed in managing during a crisis and
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Housing crisis

May 17, 2009
By Councillor Clare Daly  TWO YEARS ago, Anne her partner and her two children owned their own house and ran a small business. As the loan for the business was tied in with their house, when the business ran into trouble they
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FF & Greens – Destroying our health service

May 17, 2009
By Michael Murphy THE DESTRUCTION of our health service by the government continues apace. Having completely failed to establish a proper functioning and accessible health service during the boom years the government are pursuing their agenda of cut backs and service closures
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Post election: They’re bringing in fees!

May 17, 2009
By Conor Payne, UL Socialist Youth AFTER INITIALLY saying it would announce its plans in relation to college fees in April, the government has delayed the decision. The hated Fianna Fail and Green government want to minimise the amount of “bad news”
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Interview with Student Teacher

May 17, 2009
SY – What are your job prospects like? Maria - I am not at all confident about getting a job in the current climate. Having spent three years studying it looks as if it is for nothing. I have applied for advertised
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Interview on Budget cuts

May 17, 2009
Fiona O’Loughlin spoke to Tracey who lives in Clondalkin with her 18 month old son. Fiona: How have the cutbacks in recent budgets affected you and your family? Tracey: “I am single parent and I work part-time two days a week. My
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Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

Divide & Rule: Labour & the Partition of Ireland