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Joe Higgins MEP welcomes European Parliament's rejection of SWIFT agreement Print E-mail
Written by Cian Prendiville   
Friday, 12 February 2010 17:33

I welcome the defeat of the SWIFT agreement in the European Parliament. This proposal is a crude attempt to use the threat of terrorism to increase surveillance of people across Europe. It represents an attack on civil liberties, giving US agencies access to billions of financial transactions and personal information.

 
Joe Higgin MEP Reacts to the Brutal Budget Print E-mail
Written by Cian Prendiville   
Thursday, 10 December 2009 11:44

What a damning indictment of the Budget that alcohol was the only stimulus featuring significantly in Finance Minister Lenihan’s economic landscape.

 
The Joe Higgins Column July 2009 Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Boyd   
Monday, 29 June 2009 19:32

IN THE course of the Dublin Euro Election Campaign our posters stated that, if elected, I would be a voice for workers and the unemployed. That is a crucial role that I will endeavour to fulfil.

 
Joe Higgins: My take on the election Print E-mail
Written by Stephen Boyd   
Friday, 12 June 2009 15:53
So how does an election candidate feel after a gruelling campaign followed by a twenty one hour count that goes on until the cold light of dawn brightens into the full light of day?
Like a garment that has been churned overlong in an industrial washing machine, with periodic bouts of intense spin drying, and after a final rinse and spin, comes to a shuddering halt in a drained and shrunken condition. And that is when one has emerged successfully!
 
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