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Labour's VAT hike will hit least-well-off hardest, says Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Free article)
4 February 2011
THE Labour Party are "all over the place" on tax and changing policy every day in their haste to get into power with Fine Gael, Sinn Féin Councillor Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North-East) has said after the Labour Party said it would increase the VAT rate by 1%. Describing VAT as "a stealth tax", Councillor Mac Lochlainn said…
'Scrap the Universal Social Charge,' says Sinn Féin's Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Free article)
4 February 2011
SINN FÉIN TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh has today called for the scrapping of the Universal Social Charge and its replacement with a higher tax band for people earning in excess of €100,000. Deputy Ó Snodaigh said: The Universal Social Charge is basically a flat tax: everyone with an income above €16,000 pays it at the same rate of 7%. As…
Mary Lou ‘absolutely’ up for Fianna Fáil’s challenge for deputy leaders’ debate (Free article)
4 February 2011
MARY LOU McDONALD says she’s “absolutely” up for the challenge of debating Mary Hanafin and the other three deputy leaders the Fianna Fáil Number 2 named this morning – Fine Gael, Labour and the Greens. Mary Lou said: I fully endorse the call for a deputy leaders’ debate and look forward to the opportunity of putting Sinn Féin’s strong…
Racist British National Party registers in Six Counties to fight elections (Free article)
5 February 2011
THE RACIST British National Party has registered as a political party in the North for the first time, allowing it to field candidates in May's Assembly and council elections. The BNP has been split down the middle by the antics of leader Nick Griffin and the BNP's former fund-raiser, Jim Dowson, a businessman in the North of Ireland…
TV3 leaders’ row ‘farce’ when real issues of jobs and prices need answers (Free article)
5 February 2011
THE BICKERING about which leaders do which debate is “sickening” to people when parties should be dealing with serious issues such as thousands losing jobs and thousands more being forced to emigrate, Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said on Saturday. The Sinn Féin TD was speaking as he and Dublin Mid-West candidate Eoin Ó Broin were…
Why does Joan Burton want to be in Government with ‘Celtic Tory’ Fine Gael? (Free article)
6 February 2011
JOAN BURTON has been challenged by her Sinn Féin rival in Dublin West on why Labour are insisting on government only with Fine Gael when Eamon Gilmore’s last speech in the 30th Dáil accused Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil of being “the Celtic Tory consensus that has brought us to where we are”. Sinn Féin Dublin West candidate Paul Donnelly…
Forests being prepared for privatisation, says Sinn Féin’s Martin Ferris TD (Free article)
6 February 2011
A REQUEST for tenders to provide an evaluation of the lands under its control proves that Coillte is preparing itself to be privatised, Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris says. The company issued a request for a tender for the ‘Evaluation of the Public Goods Value on the Coillte Forest Estate’ on January 31st. The request was placed on the…
Video > Gerry Adams's Louth/East Meath Election Campaign Launch (Free article)
6 February 2011
SINN FÉIN President Gerry Adams formally launched his General Election 2011 campaign on Friday night. Here's a video of the event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ofJLO4OP0
'Where’s the bail-out for mortgage holders?' asks Pearse Doherty (Free article)
6 February 2011
AFTER Permanent TSB'S warning on Friday that it is increasing interest rates on fixed rate mortgages by 1%, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has contrasted the pressure on home-owners with the bail-out for banks. An increase of 1% on a €150,000 mortgage will mean that homeowners have to pay an extra €97.40 per month. The past year has…
Gerry Adams launches Sinn Féin General Election 2011 campaign (Free article)
6 February 2011
Sinn Féin the only real alternative – Gerry Adams AT the official launch of Sinn Féin’s General Election 2011 campaign today, party President Gerry Adams said Sinn Féin’s platform marks it out as the only real alternative in the election. Speaking at the National Gallery in Dublin, he said…
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