Teachers organise to fight Education Cuts

Last week the government decided to:

 Increase class sizes in primary schools
 Abolish substitute cover for teachers
 Increase school transport charges
 Axe English language teachers
 Reduce funding to special needs children
 Slash Traveller education funding
 Cut teacher numbers by at least 1,000
 Eliminate the free book scheme
 Stop books for school libraries
Halt the Education for Persons with Special Needs Act
Abandon funding for school computers
Cut [...]

Age Action meeting boo FF Minister & PD Senator off the stage

Check out the Irish Times article on the event here

PANA to hold Funeral for the Lisbon Treaty

PANA supported by CAECU is holding a “mock” funeral on the Lisbon Treaty on Wednesday 15th of October 2008 at 6.00pm outside Government Buildings to coincide with EU Council of Ministers meeting who will be meeting to discuss what to do with the Irish people.
As far as PANA and CAECU are concerned the treaty is [...]

People Before Profit Condemns Bail-out of Irish Banks

The People Before Profit Alliance today condemned the government bail-out of Irish banks.  Its spokesperson Richard Boyd Barrett said  

‘The decision of the Irish government to bail-out all the Irish banks is a shocking example of corporate welfare for the super rich. The government’s actions stand in stark contrast to its failure to bail-out our crumbling [...]