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Another €100 million bailout bill for workers as road construction companies take their pound of flesh
Date: Sat, 2010-10-09 09:05
Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), as we’ve been led to believe by those who support them, are ways in which public bodies can share the costs and risk involved in providing public infrastructure such as roads, schools etc. with private sector companies.
But in recent days it has emerged that PPPs entered into for the construction of the M3 motorway and the Limerick tunnel are set to land the taxpayer with a €100 million bill over the lifetime of the contracts.
Press statement: Anarchist organisation to join walking tour ‘through the heartland of the golden circle’.
Date: Thu, 2010-10-07 10:34
“There is a huge political choice facing every one of us…The wealth division in Ireland is obscene. It must be brought to an end.” – Gregor Kerr, WSM spokesperson Anarchist organisation Workers Solidarity Movement (WSM) will participate in the 1% Network Walking Tour taking place on Saturday (9th October), leaving St. Stephens Green at 1p.m.
Final preparations under way for “Political Walking Tour through the Heartland of the Golden Circle”
Date: Wed, 2010-10-06 10:04
The 1% Network has announced final details of the “Political Walking Tour through the Heartland of the Golden Circle” and has invited “anyone who cares about finding a just solution to the economic crisis” to “come and see how the 1% live.” The tour will set off from the Wolfe Tone monument, St. Stephens Green on Saturday next, 9th October, at 1p.m. and will take a route through Dublin 2 and 4 which, according to the 1% Network “are littered with the landmarks of power and wealth of the 1%”.
1% tour promotional video
Date: Tue, 2010-10-05 10:06
The 1% Network has released a video promoting Saturdays tour of the mansions, private banks and clubs of the wealthy 1% in Dublin 2 and 4.
Dublin: Asylum Seekers Protest at Dail
Date: Mon, 2010-10-04 22:46
Facilitated by Residents Against Racism
Demonstration by asylum seekers
Dail Eireann
Kildare Street
Wed. 6th October, 12:30pm
No Forcible Transfer
Close bad hostels - keep good ones
End deportation to unsafe countries
Right to education and work
Anglo Irish Boss calls for Water Tax
Date: Mon, 2010-10-04 16:33
Anglo Irish Bank Boss, Alan Dukes, called for the immediate imposition of a Water Tax on every household in the country, in an RTE interview at the weekend. Dukes enjoys a TDs 
pension of €45,500, a ministerial pension of €55,000 on top of his undisclosed salary of over €100,000 as bank boss. When asked recently would he give up these pensions in the countrys' interest as he has a extremely well paid job, he answered no.
Cement truck at the Dail - video reveals the truth of an unlikely hero
Date: Fri, 2010-10-01 13:04
Yesterday morning when news of the cement truck blocking the Dail gates broke politicians and possibly Gardai spun the story to make it sound as if this one man protest was a lot more dangerous then the reality. We were told Gardai had to jump out of the way of the truck and that it crashed into the gates. Now mobile phone footage showing the entire incident reveals that the truth was not being told about this one man protest by a minor developer.
Clinton tells rich they are the problem at 2500 a head event in Dublin
Date: Fri, 2010-10-01 11:24
Last night in Dublin former US president Bill Clinton told an invited gathering of 575 of the richest 1% of Ireland's population that they were the greatest problem facing the world. They paid over 2500 a head to hear this as they chomped down on "Atlantic salmon, Connemara lamb and lemon posset, washed down with Chablis Domaine de la Mandeliere 2007 and Chateau Les Roches Gaby 2001."
Barcelona - General Strike, Bank occupations & riots on day of action
Date: Thu, 2010-09-30 12:48
Yesterday’s General Strike in the Spanish state was a massive success. Large areas of Spain came to a complete halt and Barcelona saw 70% of businesses shut for the day. In a sharp contrast to the situation in Ireland workers went out to make the strike effective. Picketing was serious and effective and it was clear that workers were not sitting back at any time. Barcelona was the scene of prolonged clashes between protesters and the police during most of yesterday.
Revealed - more cuts to pay for bank bailout planned
Date: Thu, 2010-09-30 11:59
Within hours of announcing that the real cost of the Anglo bailout was going to be 30 billion plus rather than the 1.5 billion first estimated the government was revealing its plan for further cuts in our pay welfare, and public services to pay for this. The bank bailouts, not totalling 45 billion, will push the budget deficit to 32% of GDP, the government has the intention of continuing to attack the living standards of workers in Ireland until this is reduced to the 3% required by the EU.