The conclusion of the planning tribunal found that corruption in Irish political life was both endemic and systemic. Does the Tánaiste understand that this has enormously increased the anger and sense of aggrievement of the majority of ordinary decent people? Is he aware that it has also enormously strengthened the boycott of the regressive household [...]
Press Statement: Majority in society pay massive price for corruption and dishonesty
On March - 23 - 2012
Joe Higgins Press Statement on the Mahon Report: “The report of the Mahon Tribunal is a damning indictment of the corrupt nexus beween developers and establishment politicians especially from Fine Fail. It will serve to remind people of the scandalous rezonings and related bribery that came to light 15 years ago and the disastrous effects [...]
Video: Corruption revealed by Mahon report will strenghten boycott of Household Tax
On March - 22 - 2012
I bring the Tánaiste back to what he stated in the Chamber yesterday on the household charge when he asserted that people wished to pay. Members of the Government have been stating all week that the reason 83% of householders have not registered and paid as of last night is they all are waiting until [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Video: Joe Higgins questions Taoiseach over visit of Chinese Vice-President
On February - 22 - 2012
Dr. Liu Xiaobo is in his third year of an 11 year sentence in China. His crime was to write a charter seeking democracy, freedom of speech and religion and an independent judiciary. Over Christmas, Chen Xi was sentenced to ten years in jail in south-west China for the crime of writing articles on the [...]
