Burden of Irish debt could yet eclipse that of Greece

OPINION: What will sink us, unfortunately but inevitably, are the huge costs of the September 2008 bank bailout, writes MORGAN KELLY [May  22nd 2010 Irish Times] IT IS no longer a question of whether Ireland will go bust, but when. Unlike Greece, our woes do not stem from government debt, but instead from the government’s open-ended guarantee…

Fingal County Council hiring of photographer and for €9,471 indefensible

Press Statement: Cllrs Ruth Coppinger, Clare Daly, Matt Waine and Joe Higgins MEP (Socialist Party) Fingal County Council hiring of photographer and cost of photo prints of €9,471 is indefensible Independent News and Media's presentation of this story is dishonest and part of pathetic smear campaign against genuine representatives of working people and unemployed The…

Luxurious all expenses paid trips SIPTU/HSE training fund scandal

By Michael O’Brien (The Socialist July 2010) The investigation being carried out by the HSE into the misuse of some of the €60 million fund negotiated by SIPTU for the upskilling of non-medical staff in the health service show us again the extent to which leading trade union officials have integrated themselves with the establishment.It…