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Remembering Thomas McGuigan

22 March 2024

An Phoblacht would have been helpless without its drivers. They delivered the paper all over Ireland in challenging dangerous conditions. Earlier this month we were saddened to learn of the death of Thomas McGuigan, one of these valiant republican road warriors. Free article

Sierra Maestra Walk | Blog from Cuba: Che Guevara’s final resting place

31 October 2010

Tuesday 26th October

ON OUR final day in Santa Clara we had the privilege of visiting the mausoleum which marks the final resting place of Che Guevara and the rebels who were slain with him in Bolivia.

On the surface the mausoleum is a towering tribute to Che with a huge statue of him with his rifle and in army fatigues. Part of the monument states Che's belief in the ... Free article

‘Bringing back the Christmas bonus social welfare payment’

31 October 2010

THE restoration of the Christmas bonus social welfare payment is one of the measures called for by Sinn Féin in its pre-Budget submission to be launched in Dublin tomorrow [Monday].

Social Protection spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD said Sinn Féin’s pre-Budget submission will set out revenue-raising proposals to fund all current social welfare rates and to reintroduce the... Free article

Sex and drugs and markets’ role... and Ireland – Paul Krugman

30 October 2010

CELEBRATED economist and columnist Paul Krugman, a professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University, blogs this over at The New York Times and makes special mention of Ireland.

Sex and drugs and markets’ role

Kevin O’Rourke has a post, What do markets want, raising the same issues I’ve been discussing about debt, austerity, etc.

But never mind all... Free article

Councillor Chris O’Leary is Cork South Central general election candidate

29 October 2010

COUNCILLOR CHRIS O'LEARY was last night selected as Sinn Féin’s Dáil general election candidate to become a TD for Cork South Central.

Councillor O’Leary was selected unanimously after being proposed by Councillor Henry Cremin and seconded by Councillor Fiona Kerins. Afterwards, Chris told the well-attended convention:

I am proud and honoured to be chosen to represent Sinn... Free article

Saturday 11am: Claiming Our Future conference

29 October 2010

CLAIMING OUR FUTURE conference in Dublin on Saturday 11am to 5pm is booked out.

Streaming on web http://bit.ly/bYgRbv

Live Twitter feed with #cof3010

Wayne’s world hits the boardroom

29 October 2010

IS SOMETHING WRONG when you read the Daily Mail and The Sun in the same 24 hours and find yourself agreeing with sentiments expressed in both? I blame Sinn Féin's Arthur Morgan.

His proposal that Government ministers, senior public servants and chief executives of public sector companies would have their pay capped at €100,000 annually got me thinking.

Yesterday, the Mail was... Free article

Water charges 'not about protecting environment but bailing out banks'

29 October 2010

THE spokesperson for the 'No Water Charges' campaign, Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD,  has rejected the promotion of water charges by UCD Professor Frank Condrey today. Ó Snodaigh argued that water meters are not about protecting the environment but rather their purpose is to bail out the banks.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh said:

The fairest way to charge people for water is through the general... Free article

There is a Better Way

28 October 2010

THE Fianna Fáil/Green Party Government is about to bring in what is widely expected to be one of the harshest Budgets in the history of the state.
In backing the Government’s 2014 deadline for cutting the deficit to 3% of GDP, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have effectively given their support to the austerity measures planned by the Government.
Health, social welfare and... Free article

Sinn Féin the only opposition to Consensus for Cuts

28 October 2010

BY MÍCHEÁL Mac DONNCHA

IT ALL BEGAN with a statement from Green Party leader and Environment Minister John Gormley that he was going to invite the party leaders in the Dáil to seek a consensus on the economy. It looked like a plea from the Greens for a group hug as they faced the prospect of imposing a savage budget with their senior coalition partners in Fianna Fáil.
But, as it... Free article

Fight for a better way forward

28 October 2010

BY JENNIFER McCANN MLA

AS tens of thousands of people attend rallies and campaign events against the Westminster Government’s sweeping cuts of public and social services, health, education and income supports, the Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats would have us believe that the cuts are based on ‘economic necessity’. They are not. They are part of an ideologically-driven... Free article

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