Labour and inequality

Fintan O’Toole and Brendan Curran had an interesting exchange in the Irish Times last week on the issue of the Labour Party and inequality. Below is a letter I wrote to the Irish Times on the discussion.

Robert Dowds & Joanna Tuffy Running Scared of Treaty Debate

Sinn Féin Dublin Mid-West representative Eoin Ó Broin has today accused Labour TDs Robert Dowds and Joanna Tuffy of “running scared of a public debate on the Austerity Treaty.” The comments come after Dowds and Tuffy refused to debate the Austerity Treaty publically with Ó Broin.

Is Labour for or against the Austerity Treaty?

The Labour Party appears to be at sixes and sevens over the Austerity Treaty and whether it will lead to recovey or kill growth, destroy jobs and derail recovery.

2011 – An interesting year for the Left

2011 has been a very interesting year for the southern Irish party political left. The general election in February brought the largest number of left wing deputies into the Oireachtas in its 90-year history. Sixty-three TDs were elected on a variety of social democratic, left republican, revolutionary socialist and independent left platforms. The combined left [...]

Liffey Sounds FM Budget Debate 24.12.11

Listen back to Dublin Mid West Labour TD Joanna Tuffy debating the 2012 budget with Eoin O Broin on Liffey Sounds FM here.

Tonight with Vincent Browne 6 Sept 2011

Watch Eoin Ó Broin debate the role of the Labour Party in Government with Joanna Tuffy TD, journalist Mick Clifford and historian Niamh Puirséil on Tonight with Vincent Browne here.

Nothing New From Labour Housing Minister

Willie Penrose TD Housing policy is one of the issues that goes to the heart of our current economic crisis. More than health or education it is an area of policy that successive governments left to the mercy of the market. Some of the consequences are widely acknowledged, such as the massive property bubble and [...]