Socialist Party Update Brickfield plans halted (for now) Following the successful public meeting of Save Our Park in mid July the following has transpired. * Fingal County Council is (for now) not proceeding with plans to build 170 units on Brickfield. * Na Dubh Ghall GAA have been given the permission they were seeking to…
Category: politics
Joe Higgins – Motorcycle Diaries
Yesterday evening, Joe Higgins a leading member of the Irish Socialist Party and the Committee for a Workers International gave a press conference in Santiago. The Press Conference took place at 19.00 hours, in the TallerSol Cultural Centre, in the ‘Barrio Brasil’ in downtown Santiago – a well known rendezvous for artists, filmmakers and cine…
a note to Patricia Callan, Director of the Small Firms Association
Patricia Callan, Director of the Small Firms Association said in a press release, Ireland has the second highest National Minimum Wage (NMW) within the EU. The rate of €8.65 per hour is more than twice that of the United States, the largest economy in the world and 19% higher than the UK, our nearest competitor.…
for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee
brian cowen opens NYSE 14:30 16/07/2008
Comment dites-vous…? oops
“The Irish will have to vote again,” Mr Sarkozy is reported to have told deputies from his UMP party in a meeting in his office. Sarkozy Lisbon comments draw sharp response – The Irish Times – Tue, Jul 15, 2008. Merrion Sq. MondayJuly21 midday TzarCozy?
128 miles from Howth lies Sellafield
One of our nearest Nuclear Plants Sellafield which lies 128 miles from Malahide – Howth will take 112 years to clean up at a cost of €92 billion euros according to a Westminster report released this week. As the site is still accepting orders of waste nuclear fuel from around the world the true cost…
the last station you will ever hear Radio Algérie
Sellafield is hit by an airplane – we are sent in doors to tune to battery operated radio (Irish government emergency handbook 2008 GO IN, STAY IN, TUNE IN) and RTÉ is on half power on longwave (for more than 3 years now) and RTÉ shutdown nationwide mediumwave service March 2008. Is the last radio…
Europe will listen, but not to Cowen
in response to “This could be the makings of Brian Cowen” I notice that the Irish Times did not ask in the survey Why did you vote no? 1. Privatisation of public services; 188.c as clarified by referendum commission was a real danger within Lisbon treaty. 2. Workers rights; the SIPTU move seemed to wrong…
Joe Higgins Column – The Socialist June 2008
Joe Higgins Column Why you should Vote No to Lisbon Joe Higgins Workers Rights: Vote No to the “Race to the Bottomâ€?. Lisbon will promote a “Race to the Bottomâ€? aimed at driving down wages and boosting the superprofits of big business. It strengthens the so-called European Court of Justice to determine issues of conflict.…