Fianna Fáil Says No To Water Charges, Yes To Northern Elections
Despite the electoral trauma of the last decade Fianna Fáil has clawed its way back into second place behind its historic rivalsContinue Reading
Tag: Uisce Éireann – Irish Water
Sinn Féin And Right2Water
What is the real attitude of Sinn Féin to the imposition of water charges in Ireland? Are they wholly opposed to them orContinue Reading
No Taxation Without Representation
In recent weeks the right-wing Fine Oibre coalition and much of the equally right-wing press have confidentially asserted that the protestsContinue Reading
Sinister Policing In The Ireland Of Fine Gael And Labour
In November of 2014 the Tánaiste and Labour Party leader, Joan Burton, was greeted by several dozen local residents protesting theContinue Reading
The Bloody Demonisation Of Political Opponents By Fine Gael And Labour
This is what happens when members of the political establishment, the governing coalition parties and the sycophantic right-wing national press, conspire together toContinue Reading
Water Charges And A Coalition Of The Doomed
Water charges. The political Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of Labour Party TDanna in constituencies across the country, whoseContinue Reading
Up To 80,000 Protest Imposition Of Water Charges
In light of recent improved polling members and supporters of the governing Fine Gael and Labour Party coalition were predicting aContinue Reading
Coalition Loyalists Are Rewarded While Protesters Are Imprisoned
In the first half of 2011 Enda Kenny’s self-proclaimed “democratic revolution” brought his centre-right Fine Gael party to power inContinue Reading
Unleash The Dogs Of Policing
Is it safe to comment on political matters in contemporary Ireland if one lacks the fig-leaf protection that comes withContinue Reading
Rallies, Demonstrations And The Numbers War
30,000 or 100,000? That is the politically crucial question in relation to the numbers of people who attended yesterday’s massiveContinue Reading
Fine Gael And Labour Versus Fascists And The Irish ISIS
In most normal Western-style democracies men and women associated with environmental movements tend to be on the broad Left orContinue Reading
The Return Of The Sinister State
So an unpopular minster in an unpopular government implementing unpopular policies is given her marching orders by a communityContinue Reading
Joan Burton Burns Rubber
Talking of unfinished revolutions we learn this evening that Joan Burton, Tánaiste, minster for social protection and Labour Party leader, was delayed inContinue Reading
Water Charges, The Irish Poll Tax
In 1989 the Conservative Party government in Britain, under the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, introduced the officially regarded “community charge”Continue Reading
Right2Water Demonstration, Saturday 11th October 2014
Last week I touched upon the new Troika-imposed water-tax that it is being rolled out across the country by the FineContinue Reading
The Imposition Of Water Taxes Goes International
The imposition of the new Troika-dictated water tax on Irish households by the Fine Oibre coalition government has started toContinue Reading
The Irish Neo-Ascendancy: You Pay So We Don’t Have To
Just when you believe that resigned familiarity has made one desensitized to the arrogance of Ireland’s Neo-Ascendancy class along comesContinue Reading
Irish Politics Or Looking After Your Own
When the coalition government of Fine Gael and Labour took power in 2011 they did so on a waveContinue Reading
Bend Over And Spread Your Cheeks
Not only does Irish Water want to fuck you up the ass, they want to tell others that they have fuckedContinue Reading
Fine Oibre Government Faces Electoral Shock And Awe?
So local residents at Togher in Cork and Raheny in Dublin are refusing to allow domestic water meters to be installed inContinue Reading
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