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Today’s Fianna Fáil government also “in the pockets of speculators”

Build non-payment in working class communities

Two recent opinion polls indicated a significant boost in support for the coalition government, particularly Fianna Fail.

Last weekend the Socialist Party in Ireland held Socialism 2006, a weekend of debate and discussion, in Dublin.

Tawdry affair exposes government divorced from of people" – says Joe Higgins, Socialist MP

Joe Higgins parliament speech "tore the Taoiseach [PM] apart"

Joe Higgins addressing the 2,000 participants said:

Socialist MP lambasts militarisation

Prime Minister rattled but Joe Higgins won’t “go away”

‘Irish Times’ reports

Intolerable conditions lead to desperate actions

Supreme Court ruling on sexual offences provokes government crisis

United action to stop all sectarian attacks!

"Immediately withdraw facilities for the U.S. Military" – Joe Higgins TD (MP)

A fifteen year old Catholic school student, Michael McIlveen, was brutally assaulted in a sectarian attack in Ballymena town, County Antrim, on 7 May. He made it home but then collapsed and was taken to […]

Government scapegoats refugees for poor welfare and lack of housing

Joe Higgins and independent TDs (MPs) condemn anti-union, pro-war leader

Socialist MP denounces John Howard’s right wing government

Urgent solidarity needed!

No deportations to “one of the most disturbed and violent places on earth”

Government aids “speculator landlords” and “profiteering developers”

"The Government is giving hundreds of millions of euro in tax breaks to profit-seeking speculators, to build for-profit hospitals."

The Socialist Party in Ireland (CWI) held an extremely successful party conference at Maynooth, over Easter.

“Taoiseach [prime minister] in company of sharks, not Irish people”

Argument for Aer Lingus privatisation doesn’t stand up

Dáil Éireann, Leaders’ Questions, 15th February 2006

Second week of industrial action against bosses’ bullying

Warnings of the effect of a British withdrawal

All workers’ pay and conditions under threat of attack

Socialist MP condemns EU Services Directive neo-liberal attack

The election of Michel Bachelet as the first woman to be elected President of Chile has aroused big interest around the world

The Irish Ferries dispute ended in the early hours of the 14 December.

Mass protests against Irish Ferries bosses

Case of childrens’ death in caravan fire raised in parliament

Press statement from Joe Higgins, TD, Socialist Party

ICTU must call 24hour general strike now!

Schools, hospitals and jobs will be lost…higher rates and new water tax…

Republican leadership considers entering coalition government with bosses’ parties

Socialist MP attacks replacing union workers with cheap, exploited labour.

Pro-capitalist and sectarian parties cannot provide solution

Strike action needed now

Anger at ‘neutral’ Irish government’s complicity in Iraq occupation

The scenes from the streets of Belfast and other towns across Northern Ireland during the weekend have provided a stark warning that the ’peace process’ could at some point unravel and be quickly replaced by […]

It is David versus Goliath as residents of Mayo try to halt Shell’s efforts to bring Ireland’s gas ashore. They say the oil giant’s plans are unsafe – and five protesters are now in jail.

"Poverty stricken residents were left abandoned and in desperate circumstances"

Socialist MP demands release of "people of great character and bravery"

Can the parades issue be resolved?

Not one cent for the people!