Lisbon Treaty is now a dead letter

The Sunday Times Red C poll (published yesterday July 27th) confirms what the Socialist Party has been saying since the June referendum, that is that a re-run of the the poll on the so-called Lisbon Treaty would result in an even greater majority of the public voting against.

Statement – Bin Charges

If I am elected to the Drogheda Borough Council in next June’s local elections I will seek to have Drogheda’s local authority household bin collection re-instated on the same basis as it operated prior to the year 2000, that is without a direct charge to users.

Permission granted for Flaxmill development

Despite objections from residents at nearby Newfield and Forest Hills, Drogheda Borough Council has given the go-ahead to Eugene O’Connor, Keal-Ryan Properties, Ardmulchan, Navan, Co. Meath to demolish a conservatory attached to to the rear of No.14 Forest Hills as well as the demolition of the former Glen Stores “corner shop” and appartments building.

STATEMENT – Local Elections 2009

A chara,
The decision by the Socialist Party to contest the 6-seat Drogheda North Ward in the local (Drogheda Borough Council) elections next June was confirmed on Tuesday July 8th.

Sarkozy lives on planet Zog!

French President Nicolas Sarkozy truly lives on another planet. He believes, like Ireland’s Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour political establishment, that the Lisbon Treaty can be somehow re-packaged and put, for a second time, to the Irish public in a “new” referendum.

4,000 now unemployed in Drogheda

The recently released Live Register statistics for the month of June reveal a total of 8,617 people registered as being unemployed in Co. Louth with nearly half of that total, 4,000, in Drogheda. Twelve months ago (June 2007) the figures showed 3,258 people on the register in Drogheda. These latest unemployment statistics for the town therefore reveal an increase of 742 people (or 23%) signing on the dole since this time last year.

“The Sack of Balbriggan”- a recommended read

On a Monday night in September 1920, Black and Tan forces based at Gormanston’s military camp entered Balbriggan and embarked on an orgy of widespread burning and looting that ended with the killing of two of the town’s inhabitants. This infamous assault on Balbriggan was carried out as a reprisal for the alleged killing of an R.I.C officer by the I.R.A. earlier in the evening, as the unfortunate policeman left a local pub.

Water charges on the way – again?

Will water charges once again be levied on households, this time by the country’s Fianna Fail – led coalition government? Water taxes are seen by the country’s political establishment as one way to plug the forecasted shortfall in tax revenue resulting from the inevitable collapse of the country’s decade-long falsified residential property price scam.

Bin Taxes – Drogheda’s political users & abusers

The more clued-in sections of the public were sickened by the hypocritical chorus of condemnation from Drogheda’s local Fianna Fail and Fine Gael political representatives following the announcement by the Panda private refuse collection company that they were to “do away with” their tag charging system, thereby increasing significantly (by stealth) refuse charges to a significant section of their customer base.

Socialist Party activities

The Socialist Party in Drogheda organises, on a regular basis, weekend (Saturday) stalls in West Street to campaign on local and national ssues. The stalls have been a regular feature of our local activities in recent years and are very popular with the public. “The Socialist”, the party’s monthly newspaper, as well as our quarterly political journal “Socialist View” can be purchased from our stalls.

Alternatively for an annual Euro 25.00 subscription our monthly newspaper and quarterly political journal will be forwarded directly to you. Details (or enquiries re: Socialist Party membership) may be had from Michael Murphy, Branch Organiser, e-mail: mmurphy@socialistparty.net