MILLMOUNT, Drogheda’s REAL centre of culture and heritage, hosts it’s annual TRADITIONAL DAY (the REAL arts festival) on Sunday May 3rd from 12 noon to 6pm., with FREE ADMISSION. (more…)
Archive for April, 2009
THE REAL ARTS FESTIVAL
April 28, 2009THE MAY DAY STORY
April 27, 2009The annual world-wide celebration of May Day (1st May) as an international workers and trade union festival was born out of the tragic events during a general strike Chicago back in 1886. (more…)
WHO CALLED IT FIRST?
April 25, 2009The headline over former taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald’s thought-provoking, weekly colum in today’s Irish Times (Saturday April 25th) screamed “Reducing pay may attract a better class of politicians”.
ELECTION FUNDRAISER – THANKS
April 25, 2009The Table Quiz and Raffle organised in support of the Socialist Party’s Local Election campaign in Drogheda, held on Wednesday night (April 22nd), was a huge success. A packed Sarsfield’s Lounge enjoyed a great evening out and contributed very generously and significantly to our Election Campaign Fund. (more…)
10,000 Jobless by Christmas
April 19, 2009Drogheda’s unemployment statistics are right on course to go above 10,000 by the end of this year. (more…)
A “CORPORATE WELFARE” BUDGET
April 7, 2009Christmas came early this year for the country’s property speculators. Up to NINETY BILLION EURO EURO in auctioneers, land speculators and property developers debts are to be written off in a specially created “bad bank” (the brainchild of Fine Gael TD Richard Bruton ) which was adopted by the Fianna Fail – Green Party – Harney coalition government in today’s corporate welfare budget.
