RTE Radio 1 Debate MP3: Joe Higgins -v- Donal Barrington on Lisbon

Joe Higgins went head to head with former supreme court judge Donal Barrington on Pat Kenny’s show on RTE Radio 1 yesterday in a debate on Lisbon and how it pushes privatisation, the race to the bottom and militarisation. Listen to it here.

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