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Noonan’s comments about Greece and feta utterly disgraceful and callous In a statement, Richard Boyd Barrett, TD for the People Before Profit Alliance and Finance spokesperson for the United Left Alliance, said a YES vote to the Fiscal Treaty would not protect Irish citizens from a Greek style economic tragedy but on the contrary would [...]

United Left Alliance TDs Joan Collins, Richard Boyd Barrett and Clare Daly speaking on the Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) in Dail Eireann on the 2nd May 2012. Article source: http://richardboydbarrett.ie/2012/05/16/united-left-alliance-tds-speaking-on-the-protection-of-employees-amendment-bill-2012/

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By Eddie Conlon The Yes side’s key argument is that if we don’t vote Yes, we will not be able to access ESM funds for a potential second bailout Therefore, they suggest, we will not be able to access any funds and the result will be a need to close the deficit gap in one [...]

Power to choose an alternative to austerity taken away from people More power transferred from elected governments to the European Commission At a photo call at the Dail today the United Left Alliance said that the Austerity Treaty represented a fundamental attack on democratic rights. By enshrining right wing economic dogma in Irish law it [...]

Nine year rule needs to be scrapped in favour of a fair road worthiness test “The nine year rule being applied to cars being driven as taxis is forcing full time career taxi drivers out of the trade. Time and again taxi drivers are telling me that they cannot access credit to purchase new cars [...]

“The protest being organised today by former employees of HW Wilson at Clontarf Castle today is 100% justified. Potential customers of Ebsco Ltd who took over HW Wilson and are holding an information day in Clontarf Castle need to be made aware of the manner in which the workers were made redundant and denied the [...]

Richard Boyd Barrett TD speaking at the United Left Alliance Austerity Treaty Debate on Thursday 4th May 2012 in Liberty Hall. Other speakers: Paschal Donoghue (FG), Phillip Lane (TCD), Paul Murphy MEP (United Left Alliance) and chaired by Joan Collins TD (United Left Alliance). http://www.unitedleftalliance.org http://www.voteno.ie Article source: http://richardboydbarrett.ie/2012/05/14/united-left-alliance-on-austerity-treaty/

Available deficit, debt and growth forecasts show passing treaty will mean billions in extra cuts for many years In a statement, Richard Boyd Barrett TD People Before Profit/United Left Alliance has said that both the Yes side and, increasingly, the media, were failing to debate the actual provisions of the Fiscal Treaty and the consequences [...]