Posted on December 27, 2008 by ballymunsocialist
‘‘It has been estimated that 5,400 fewer people would die prematurely each year across the island of Ireland by tackling social deprivation and inequalities, matching death rates of Europe.”
This has been estimated by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in the North. Isn’t this quite shocking?
Around 3,200 people were killed in the [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2008 by ballymunsocialist
Over 60,000 marched on Saturday December 6th in the National Demonstration against the Education Cuts in Dublin organised by the teachers unions.
See the report on the local People Before Profit Alliance website http://pbpdnw.wordpress.com/
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Posted on December 9, 2008 by ballymunsocialist
Public Meeting
Thursday 11th December @8pm
Central Hotel, Exchequer St., Dublin 2
War in the Congo and the new scramble for Africa.
Speakers:
Blaise Tangamu Mwanza-Congo Ireland Union,
Philip Ikurusi-Niger Delta,
Luke Bukharin-Zimbabwe
and Sara O’Rourke SWP.
While much focus has been on the credit markets and stock exchanges of the western world, we should not forget that hundreds of thousands are also fighting [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by ballymunsocialist
Childcare Protest- Scrap Subvention, Provide Adequate Funding
Tuesday 9th December at 1pm
SIPTU, Liberty Hall, Dublin
Socialist Worker says:-
The latest target of our right wing Fianna Fail-Green government is crèches.
In the past, funding for crèches came from the European Social Fund and the money was used to subsidise staffing costs. As these made up 90% of all costs, [...]
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