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Golden Circle Developers leave D15 high & dry

Apr 4, 2009
By Councillor Ruth Coppinger IMAGINE THOUSANDS of houses left bereft of schools, open space or a community centre for years. Imagine green areas, playgrounds, parks and pitches left unfinished and/or withheld from residents for years while builders move on happily to their
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SR Technics: Fight for re-nationalisation

Apr 4, 2009
By Councillor Clare Daly THE ANNOUNCEMENT of the loss of 1100 jobs in SR Technics and the virtual shutting of the operation is a cynical exploitation of the situation in the Irish economy by this wealthy and successful multi-national. The impact on
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Stop subsidising the rich – tax them!

Apr 4, 2009
By Ann-Katrin Orr THE GOVERNMENT have come up with yet another outrageous claim; this time we are expected to believe that the rich pay their fair share of taxes! Brian Lenihan is trying to paint the image of a “highly progressive” Irish
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ICTU’s 10 Point Plan: Is it fairer or better?

Apr 4, 2009
By Kevin McLoughlin ICTU’s PLAN was to threaten a national strike on 30 March in the hope of forcing new negotiations around their 10 point so-called social solidarity programme There is a better, fairer way. ICTU’s social solidarity programme relates to jobs,
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Budget to hit workers & poor

Apr 4, 2009
By Fiona O’Loughlin REFLECTING THE scale of the economic crisis the government is to introduce a second budget that will contain €4.5 billion of new taxes and spending cuts. The latest exchequer figures show a potential tax shortfall of a further €3
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Working people need new leadership

Apr 2, 2009
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
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We need a one-day national strike

Apr 1, 2009
By Stephen BoydDEFEND OUR JOBS, PAY & CONDITIONSTHE DESPAIR, anger and fear felt by many at the economic catastrophe which is unfolding at an unprecedented speed is reflected in the 120,000 who marched on 21 February, the huge percentages voting in favour
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