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Another View BY EOIN Ó BROIN (Free article)
26 November 2009
FINANCE MINISTER Brian Lenihan keeps telling us that high-earners pay enough tax. In their November pre-Budget outlook, the Government told us that 4% of earners could pay up to 48% of the total income tax take in 2009. What more proof do we need that the country's super rich are paying their fair share? Well, as it happens, a lot more.
De Brún and Quinlivan welcome justice for Dell workers (Free article)
26 November 2009
SINN FÉIN MEP Bairbre de Brún has welcomed the proposal before the European Parliament this week to support Dell workers but pointed out: "It does not absolve Dell of their responsibility to the workers who have been made redundant in the pursuit of even greater profits."
Flood damage: legacy of Fianna Fáil's cosy relationship with developers (Free article)
26 November 2009
THE extent of flood damage in housing estates across the 26 Counties is a legacy of Fianna Fáil's cosy relationship with developers throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Sinn Féin Environment spokesperson Martin Ferris TD said. He said the Government should rehouse or compensate those people whose homes were built on flood plains and have now been…
Basque youth activist speaks out against repression (Free article)
26 November 2009
MEMBERS of the Basque pro-independence youth organisation, Segi, visited Belfast from 13 to 15 November for the Ógra Shinn Féin National Congress. One of the Segi representatives spoke to An Phoblacht about the criminalisation of the pro-independence movement by the Spanish Government, the recent Batasuna call for a democratic resolution to the…
Keep Christmas bonus to stop moneylenders (Free article)
26 November 2009
THE Christmas social welfare bonus should be reinstated to relieve the added pressure on families at this time of year and stop some being forced into the grasping clutches of moneylenders, Sinn Féin Social and Family Affairs spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh has said. The Dublin South Central TD was speaking as St Vincent de Paul launched its…
Cúlchaint LE EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC (Free article)
26 November 2009
Caithfidh mé a admháil nach mbím ró eolach faoi chúrsaí 'celeb' ná ceiliúráin: ní hé go bhfuil mé ardnósach faoi seo, tuigim go maith an ról atá ag cultúr an phobail seachas cultúr ag leibhéal eile agus aontaím le mana Rosa Luxembourg, 'Mura bhfuil mé in ann rince, nílim mé ag iarraidh a bheith páirteach i do Réabhlóid'. Tá spás ann inár saolta go…
Fine Gael plan means social welfare cuts (Free article)
26 November 2009
FINE GAEL'S proposal to cut employers' PRSI contributions is "irresponsible and misguided" and would lead to social welfare being slashed, Sinn Féin Social and Family Affairs spokesperson Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD has said. "Cutting employers' PRSI contributions will result in less money going into the social insurance fund from which social welfare…
THE JULIA CARNEY COLUMN (Free article)
26 November 2009
WHAT does the average Sinn Féin member and Lucinda Creighton - the blonde Blueshirt, mini-Thatcher of Dublin south-east - have in common? Neither of them, as Lucinda revealed in an exclusive interview with the Star on Sunday, would have a drink with Enda Kenny. "I wouldn't go for drinks with him," she said. "I suppose it's the whole boss thing."…
Recession deters people from visiting doctor (Free article)
26 November 2009
ALMOST one in four people admitted they are more reluctant to visit a health care professional due to the cost and the effects of the recession, according to a new survey. And one in five unemployed people have cut back on visits to the doctor and prescription medicines.
More than a game BY MATT TREACY (Free article)
26 November 2009
THE 125th anniversary of the founding of the GAA has been marked by a combination of historical commemoration and debate over what the association has meant not only in sporting terms but as a central part of Irish life over more than a century. Many clubs have used the occasion to mark key events in their own history. Last Saturday, St…
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