# Joe Higgins

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# No report at all?

The banking inquiry is in a real mess right now

The committee faces a crucial 24 hours in a bid to salvage its work.

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Nov 23rd 2015, 11:56 AM

# Courts

Anti Austerity Alliance to "strongly consider" constitutional action against collections ban

The alliance says that the ban on door-to-door collections is “political policing” and is hampering their “development”.

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Oct 22nd 2015, 4:20 PM

# have you missed them?

On their first day back TDs had a row and Enda opened a newsroom

A long and eventful day in Leinster House.

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Sep 22nd 2015, 8:50 PM

# Socialist revolution

Is this the left-wing party you've been waiting for?

The Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit are joining forces.

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Sep 16th 2015, 11:41 AM

# Banking Inquiry

How many of these TDs can hold their seats?

Banking inquiry members have faced a heavy workload this year, but has it damaged their chances of re-election?

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Sep 13th 2015, 10:00 PM

# operation mizen

Paul Murphy: It's quite shocking gardaí are 'spying' on water protesters

He and his AAA colleagues have written to the Justice Minister.

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Aug 28th 2015, 5:27 PM

# left power

Could we be about to get ANOTHER new political group?

The Anti-Austerity Alliance is in talks with People Before Profit.

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Aug 8th 2015, 9:18 PM

# spare a fiver

A LOT more money is donated to the Socialists than Sinn Féin or Fianna Fáil

It could be linked to the anti-water charge movement.

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Jun 18th 2015, 9:21 AM

# no country for young men

Turns out no one wants a 21-year-old president

Spare a thought for Niall Horan.

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May 24th 2015, 8:00 AM

# marriage referendum

Politicians tell us why they're voting Yes or No

Do you support same-sex marriage?

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May 17th 2015, 1:30 PM

# Analysis

A defiant Trichet reckoned we were missing something. He wasn't wrong...

Analysis: The former ECB head was robust and defiant and views the crisis somewhat differently.

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May 1st 2015, 6:08 AM

# That voicemail

Trichet denies telling Brian Lenihan to 'save your banks at all costs'

The former ECB president has been answering questions from members of the banking inquiry today.

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Apr 30th 2015, 5:50 PM

# Uniting the Left

Why can't all the left-wing parties get their act together?

There are FIVE left-wing parties in the Dáil right now. Can’t they all just get along?

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Apr 26th 2015, 9:15 AM

# we won't pay

Expect leaflets coming through your door asking you not to pay water charges

There’s a national campaign on the way.

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Apr 9th 2015, 7:58 AM

# He's out

Paul Murphy released from garda custody, says he didn't answer questions about Jobstown

Murphy was still in his pyjamas when offficers called to his south Dublin home, his partner has said.

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Feb 9th 2015, 10:57 PM

# quick march

Next mass 'day of action' on water charges will be in March (not April)

Tomorrow’s protests aren’t being organised centrally, but the next ‘Right2Water’ action will happen before the first bills arrive.

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Jan 30th 2015, 12:05 PM

# fiiiiight

'The established parties are snobby' - Independent TD

There has been much talk of a changing political landscape in recent days.

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Jan 6th 2015, 1:00 PM

# waiting for oh-god

This video of TDs arguing over nothing is everything that's wrong with the Dáil

“Agree to disagree?” “I don’t agree to that.”

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Dec 12th 2014, 4:27 PM

# No deal

'Like Del Boy trying to sell discounted goods': Socialist TDs are not impressed by water charge concessions

Finance Minister Michael Noonan said that the Government will “wait and see” if the public accepts the new water charges package.

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Nov 19th 2014, 12:00 PM

# Joan Burton

Frances Fitzgerald: Gardaí are not heavy-handed at water protests

Tánaiste Joan Burton was trapped in her car by anti-water charge protesters for almost three hours on Saturday.

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Nov 17th 2014, 11:05 AM

# Irish Water

Enda: I don't need Garda protection from water protesters

“Where I come from, we are well able to look after ourselves.”

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Nov 11th 2014, 7:19 PM

# Not for turning

Joan Burton has been compared to Margaret Thatcher

And not for the first time either.

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Nov 10th 2014, 3:55 PM

# Socialist revolution

New TD's call for water boycott: 'If people stick together we can beat this thing'

The Socialists are celebrating tonight.

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Oct 11th 2014, 7:04 PM

# Abortion

Socialist TDs call for 'medieval' 8th Amendment to be removed from Constitution

Ruth Coppinger said that a Referendum should take place on the same day as the Marriage Equality Referendum next Spring.

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Sep 25th 2014, 8:54 AM

# property supplements

What role did the media have in the financial crisis? The banking inquiry wants to find out

Terms of reference for the investigation into the collapse of the Irish banking system were finalised today.

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Sep 24th 2014, 4:54 PM

# Fashion

Here are 5 TDs who could do with a new stylist

There’s been some fashion disasters in the Dáil in recent years…

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Aug 24th 2014, 10:15 AM

# Response times

'Scandalous': One TD does not want gardaí at water meter protests

Joe Higgins said that their presence at peaceful protests could lead to slower response times to other crimes.

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Jun 24th 2014, 3:34 PM

# Socialist switch-up

'I've convicted the system over and over': Joe Higgins is relishing the banking inquiry

The Socialist Party TD has been nominated to serve on the inquiry by the Dáil’s Technical Group this afternoon.

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Jun 17th 2014, 10:30 PM

# ruled out

"If it was offered to me I wouldn't take it." - Boyd-Barrett will not take spare seat on banking inquiry

Joe Higgins is next in line for says Boyd-Barrett

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Jun 15th 2014, 1:33 PM

# Election 2014

The gloves are off: Socialists slam Brid Smith for splitting Dublin vote

Socialist MEP Paul Murphy lost his seat tonight but told reporters we haven’t seen the last of him yet…

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May 26th 2014, 6:20 AM

# loud noises

Smacking, shellacking and John The Baptist - Election 2014 in quotes

Politicians on both sides have been singing a surprisingly similar tune the last couple of days…

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May 25th 2014, 6:40 PM

# Election 2014

Joe Higgins: 'People are just thoroughly fed up'

The Socialist Party TD was speaking in Citywest as his party battle for a Dáil seat.

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May 24th 2014, 3:21 PM

# Not happy

16 TDs want a meeting with RTÉ because they're being treated 'very unfairly'

Members of the Dáil’s Technical Group claim that the national broadcaster is unfairly excluding them from a Prime Time panel. RTÉ argues that independents are not a political party and represent themselves.

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May 13th 2014, 1:38 PM

# Election 2014

The Socialist Party thinks Labour could be 'wiped out' within three years

Paul Murphy, the party’s Dublin MEP candidate, said that water charges were “the straw that breaks the camel’s back” for voters.

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Apr 29th 2014, 1:25 PM

# socialist realism

Joe Higgins to quit Dáil at end of this term to clear way for Coppinger

The outspoken TD’s insisting he will stay in politics “in a different capacity”.

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Apr 28th 2014, 10:03 AM

# Dublin West

Here's who is in the running for the by-election after Patrick Nulty's resignation

These are the runners and riders after the shock resignation of Patrick Nulty at the weekend.

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Mar 24th 2014, 8:29 AM

# Garda Whistleblower

Shatter: I didn't 'recall or remember' Oliver Connolly's €1k donation when I appointed him

The Justice Minister has also admitted that garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe was invited, but not directed, to engage in the penalty points investigation, and said there was “fault on both sides”.

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Feb 26th 2014, 6:01 PM

# St Patrick's Day

Taoiseach: New York St Patrick's Day parade 'about our Irishness and not about our sexuality'

“I understand that about 500,000 people participate in the St Patrick’s Day parade in New York. I don’t know how many of those are gay and lesbian people and that is a matter for themselves,” Enda Kenny told the Dáil this evening.

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Feb 18th 2014, 6:17 PM