Yesterday thousands of parents, teachers and pupils staged a passionate demonstration at the Department of Education in Dublin. They were from schools benefiting from the programme known as ‘Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools’ or DEIS which was designed to counter the many ill effects on children living in areas of high unemployment and poverty. [...]
Comment: Savage cuts to education for children, yet more bailouts for Anglo Bondholders
On January - 21 - 2012
CAHWT Press Statement: CAHWT vows to build mass non-registration by St Patrick’s Day
On January - 21 - 2012
Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT) Campaign goes nationwide as 97.5% still not paying Household Tax * CAHWT vows to build mass non-registration by St Patrick’s Day * Nationwide meetings, poster and newsletter launched The Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes today (Friday 20 Jan) launched a national poster and 250,000 newsletters to build [...]
Comment: Inspirational La Senza workers show way forward
On January - 16 - 2012
Imagine you work with a ‘prestigious’ lingerie retail chain. You have given many years of loyal service for a very average wage. You have gone the extra mile for the company when you were asked. In particular over the Christmas period and particularly during the Sales you worked flat out. And then you came to [...]
CAHWT Press Statement: Anti-Household Tax Membership Drive to Fund Campaign
On January - 12 - 2012
Campaign Against Household & Water Charges (CAHWT) Press statement 12 Jan 2012 Anti-Household Tax Membership Drive to Fund Campaign Mick Murphy, of the Fundraising group of the Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes, responds to media commentary about the €5 membership card for the Campaign: “All the Campaigns against the various attempts to introduce household [...]
Video: Joe Higgins urges Minister to ensure La Senza workers’ entitlements are met
On January - 12 - 2012
I welcome the representatives of the La Senza workers to the Visitors’ Gallery and I am in solidarity with the Vita Cortex workers suffering from similar high-handed disgusting treatment. It is breathtaking in its arrogance and disrespect towards the up to 120 mainly female workers in the La Senza lingerie stores in Dublin and Cork [...]
Video: Joe Higgins warns austerity will further prolong crisis
On January - 12 - 2012
Does the Taoiseach agree that, for many of us, it is deeply disappointing to hear today that whatever reflection he did over the Christmas break, he has not recognised in the Dáil’s first meeting of 2012 that the austerity policy is an absolute disaster economically and socially? Does he not see the significant contradiction in [...]
CAHWT Press Statement: Anti Household Tax Hotline Launched 1890 98 98 00
On January - 11 - 2012
Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT) Press statement 11 January 2012 National Hotline 1890 – 98 98 00 Launched by Anti Household Tax Campaign National hotline launched today by the Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes in response to government threats; *CAHWT plans to organise meetings in every county and major town of Ireland. [...]
