Socialist Party
# socialist-party - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
WATCH: Irish MEP rips up property tax form in European Parliament
Socialist Paul Murphy said it was a protest against the “complete lack of tax justice” in Ireland.
# socialist-party - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Revealed: The three independent TDs voting against abortion proposals
Responding to queries from TheJournal.ie this week, seven independent TDs confirmed their support for the bill with five still undecided.
# socialist-party - Thursday 25 April, 2013
11 Irish political parties disclose donations of only €33,606 for 2012
Parties are only required to disclose donations worth over €5,078.95 – but only three parties disclosed any donations at all.
Two TDs setting up new ‘United Left’ political party
The formation of a new political party involving TDs Clare Daly and Joan Collins comes in the wake of the apparent collapse of the United Left Alliance in recent months.
# socialist-party - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Revealed: The 7 TDs who say they won’t pay the property tax
In response to queries from TheJournal.ie this week, most TDs who have opposed the tax have said they will comply with it but at least seven said they will not pay even though it puts their Dáil seat at risk.
# socialist-party - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
TD Clare Daly stopped by Gardaí over alleged drink driving
The ULA deputy was arrested in Dublin last night, and said she had “been given a hot whiskey for a cold.”
# socialist-party - Saturday 26 January, 2013
Socialist Party withdraws from United Left Alliance
The party of Joe Higgins has pulled out of the ULA, meaning the group now only has three members in the Dáil.
# socialist-party - Monday 29 October, 2012
Poll: Would you favour an increase in the USC for those earning over €100k?
The idea has been floated by some in the Labour Party but Fine Gael may resist it. What do you think?
# socialist-party - Sunday 28 October, 2012
Seanad abolition: Where do the parties stand?
The government has committed to abolishing the upper house but where do the parties stand on whether it should stay or go? We asked them and here is what they told us…
# socialist-party - Saturday 20 October, 2012
Poll: If there was an election held today, who would you vote for?
It’s a long way off but how would you vote if there were an election right now?
# socialist-party - Sunday 7 October, 2012
Property Tax: Where do the political parties stand?
We know it’s on the way but which parties are in favour of it and which parties are not? Here is what they told us…
# socialist-party - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Seamus Healy withdraws from ULA over handling of Wallace tax affairs
Healy said his party were disappointed and frustrated with the ULA’s handling of Wallace’s tax affairs.
# socialist-party - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Croke Park Agreement: Where do the political parties stand?
We’ve asked all of the political parties and a smattering of independents to outline clearly and in detail their position on the Croke Park Agreement on public sector pay and reform. Here is what they said…
# socialist-party - Saturday 8 September, 2012
My favourite speech: Paul Murphy MEP
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Paul Murphy MEP picks a speech by socialist Karl Liebknecht.
# socialist-party - Monday 3 September, 2012
Explainer: What happens to Socialist Party funding now that Clare Daly is gone?
Clare Daly has asked the Socialist Party to pass on some of the allowance it gets for her membership. What’s going on?
Daly’s stance could hinder future of ULA, says Higgins
Joe Higgins says a “majority” of people within the United Left Alliance object to Clare Daly’s political support to Mick Wallace.
# socialist-party - Sunday 2 September, 2012
Daly: “My resignation has absolutely nothing got to do with Mick Wallace”
Clare Daly says any suggestion that she left the Socialist Party because of Mick Wallace is “a complete lie”.
# socialist-party - Saturday 1 September, 2012
Clare Daly criticises ‘inaccurate’ Socialist Party, says she is now ULA TD
The Dublin North TD said that the criticism from her former colleagues in the Socialist Party was “inaccurate” but said she would not engage in a war of words following her resignation earlier.
Clare Daly resigns from the Socialist Party
The Dublin North TD tendered her resignation yesterday according to the party which said that she valued her political relationship with Mick Wallace more than her work with the party.
# socialist-party - Wednesday 4 July, 2012
Joe Higgins to seek legal advice over travel expenses
Authorities in the Houses of the Oireachtas have already said that they too are talking to lawyers over whether TDs can use travel expenses to attend meetings.
Clare Daly on expenses: ‘We’ve done nothing that we shouldn’t have’
The Socialist Party TD has defended her use of travel expenses for going to meetings around the country urging a boycott of the household charge.
# socialist-party - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
Higgins slams ‘manufactured controversy’ over use of TDs expenses
Independent TD Thomas Pringle said that he did not use expenses to travel around the country to urge people to boycott the household charge as other independent deputies have done.
# socialist-party - Monday 2 July, 2012
‘Absolutely justifiable’ to use allowances for boycott campaign – Higgins
The Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins has said it is okay that deputies use their travel allowances for the purposes of travelling the country urging people to boycott the household charge.
# socialist-party - Sunday 24 June, 2012
‘It’s imperative the left unites’: How the ULA wants to become a political party
An alliance of three main groups, the United Left Alliance eventually wants to become a full political party but there are differences within the group about how quickly that should happen.
# socialist-party - Friday 8 June, 2012
Wallace may face Dáil censure – and could lose seat after court action
The Wexford TD could either face bankruptcy action or a criminal prosecution – both of which would see him quit the Dáil.
# socialist-party - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Technical Group colleagues condemn Wallace but won’t call on him to resign
Independent TDs and the United Left Alliance have criticised the Wallace after he admitted evading VAT.
# socialist-party - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
Parties got €12.6m from State and €31k in donations in 2011
The Standards in Public Office Commission has released new data this evening on how much the State gave political parties and how much parties received in disclosed donations.
# socialist-party - Thursday 17 May, 2012
New faces: Hollande unveils a half-male, half-female cabinet
The cabinet is notable for being half-male, half-female although most senior positions in the government have gone to men.
# socialist-party - Sunday 13 May, 2012
Explainer: How election posters work – and which party has the best
What messages are the posters trying to send? And what’s the point of them anyway? TheJournal.ie answers all your questions.
# socialist-party - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
Love it when you call: Taoiseach speaks with Hollande on the phone
Kenny said he spoke with French president-elect Francois Hollande this morning ahead of meeting him in person at an EU summit later this month.
# socialist-party - Tuesday 8 May, 2012
Labour accuses Sinn Féin, the Socialist Party of ‘twisting the facts’ of Hollande victory
Both the Yes and No camps have claimed the French election results are a boost to their Fiscal Compact referendum campaigns.
# socialist-party - Friday 4 May, 2012
MEP disputes Referendum Commission’s claim on ESM veto
The Referendum Commission’s booklet says a No vote means no access to ESM funding – but Paul Murphy MEP disagrees.
# socialist-party - Thursday 3 May, 2012
Video: ‘It’s a lie! It’s a lie!’ – Hollande and Sarkozy in ill-tempered debate
With Francois Hollande in the lead, French president Nicolas Sarkozy traded blows his Socialist challenger ahead of Sunday’s presidential election vote.
# socialist-party - Friday 20 April, 2012
French presidential candidates make final push for votes
Incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy faces a challenge to hold onto the presidency with polls showing that Socialist Francois Hollande is on course to win the election.
# socialist-party - Saturday 14 April, 2012
United Left Alliance ‘tripping over themselves with hypocrisy’ – Labour TD
Colm Keaveney says that the alliance of left-wing parties in the Dáil stands for nothing but People Before Profit’s Joan Collins accused him of being “disingenuous”.
# socialist-party - Saturday 24 March, 2012
Poll: Have you paid the household charge?
There’s exactly one week to go before the deadline for paying the charge and the government insists there’ll be a last minute rush. So we’re asking – have you paid it?
Three anti-household charge TDs unhappy with national rally Exclusive
Three of the nine TDs involved in the campaign against the household charge have criticised the Socialist Party TDs for taking key speaking slots at today’s rally in Dublin.
# socialist-party - Thursday 22 March, 2012
Higgins says Government delusional on a “Marie Antoinette scale”
Socialist Party leader says that the government are in denial over the household charge – and says that people are not going to pay.
# socialist-party - Sunday 26 February, 2012
Seven of #GE11′s youngest candidates reflect on their run
From financial difficulties to a car crash, candidates recall their campaign experiences – and give advice for any young person considering running for the Dáil.
# socialist-party - Saturday 25 February, 2012
Poll: A year after the general election, who would you vote for now?
It really is a year since the historic general election. But who would you give your first-preference vote to now?
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