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Copenhagen climate crisis environment second to profit once again
With Obama’s acceptance that agreeing a legally binding framework on climate change and reductions in emissions will not be possible at the talks in Copenhagen, commentators and participants are now trying to portray this in a positive light.
Fianna Fail blame poor planning for Co.Clare floods!
Homeowners and businesses across the Midwest are bracing themselves for the worst as further heavy rainfall is forecast and the tide on the already swollen River Shannon due to rise by a another metre over the course of the next week.
Clonmel floods and property boom
Clonmel has been hit by major floods in 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008 and now twice this year. The main reason Clonmel has seen such devastating floods in recent years is because the River Suir's natural flood plains have been built upon.
Galway Flooding – a disaster waiting to happen
Widespread flooding has led to the destruction of homes, isolation and illness. This flooding is a damning indictment of both the government’s attitude to the unharnessed property sprawl facilitated by local councils over the last decade.
Cork city floods – could this have been prevented?
More than 20,000 households, mainly on the working class Northside, have been left without a direct water supply for a week and will be without for at least 11 days. Hundreds of homes and businesses have been wrecked by the flood.
One billion cuts plan for health service
"HEALTH CUTS hurt the old, the sick and the handicapped" was the cynical slogan used by Fianna Fáil in the 1980s to get re-elected. On doing so in 1987 they went on a rampage of devastation in the health service. They are now prepared to do it again this time with the complicit support of the Green Party.
Press Statement: Water Charges Will Spark A Water War
Green Party/Fianna Fail pledge to reintroduce water charges will spark a water war. Massive boycott will erupt – again. Monumental hypocrisy in talking about reducing water waste in view of utter inaction of last 15 years.
Water Charges will be met with mass opposition
There are widespread media reports today that the government will attempt to impose water charges on households in the report of the Commission on Taxation.
The Socialist Party is issuing a strong warning to the government that any attempt to re-introduce water charges will be met by a mass non-payment campaign to make this double tax uncollectible.
Swine Flu, Harney & capitalism – A dangerous combination
SWINE FLU is here. A million people may become infected, with perhaps 7,000 hospital admissions this autumn and winter. In such circumstances the effects of cutbacks and inadequate bed capacity become clear.
Water charges will face mass boycott if introduced
There are widespread media reports today that the government will attempt to impose water charges on households in the report of the Commission on Taxation.
This would be another intolerable imposition on the incomes of hard-pressed working people arising from the chronic crisis in Irish capitalism.
