The massive opposition across the State to the Household Tax has featured prominently in the media in recent days. Over the next while, the Mahon Tribunal Report that will feature strongest. What should not be lost sight of is that there is a strong connection between the two issues. The Mahon Tribunal at first glance [...]
Comment: The Mahon Tribunal exposes endemic corruption that existed in Irish politics
On March - 27 - 2012
Video: Joe Higgins calls on Government to immediately introduce a wealth tax
On March - 14 - 2012
I refer to the Sunday Independent of last Sunday. In case the Taoiseach does not know, his Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, will tell him it is not a left-leaning or socialist news-sheet. In a thorough survey the Sunday Independent found that the 300 super-richest people in this country increased their wealth [...]
Household Tax Campaign Video
On March - 12 - 2012
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Comment: Government must be held accountable for blackmail clause
On March - 10 - 2012
‘The European train will be leaving the station on January 1, 2013 and the Irish people should be on board.’ So declared Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Dail on Wednesday morning in response to a question of mine relating to the Referendum on the EU Fiscal Compact which the government has been obliged to call. [...]
Video: Ag troid i gcoinne an Chonradh Deine
On March - 10 - 2012
The title of this video is ‘Joe Higgins tackles Government on Austerity Treaty’ All Dail proceeding were taken through Irish on the morning of Wednesday 7th March. Joe’s column this week covers the same topic if you require an English explanation of the debate. Deir cinnlínte i nuachtáin na maidne go bhfuil an Stát chun [...]
Comment: Belmayne residents victims of speculator’s greed
On March - 3 - 2012
It might be expected that when it is brought to the attention of the leader of this State that a group of citizens is being treated shabbily by public or private agencies, or both, with dire consequences for their lives and welfare, he would attempt to get to the heart of the issue and find [...]
Video: Government tries to silence allegation of Belmayne fire hazard cover-up
On February - 29 - 2012
Some months after the scandal of the fire hazard at Priory Hall, which is causing awful hardship to the innocent residents there, another fire hazard scandal is unfolding at Belmayne, which is also on the north Dublin fringe. Kitara developers have written to hundreds of apartment owners to tell them they might have to move [...]
