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Not happy e vebnkrued e cunr, eFinn Fil/Green gvern-men re ben n desringws le e ecnm.

te gvernmen re beg-ging r lns rm e EUnd IMF wi srings cedwic will imveris us rdecdes cme.

te ensin reserve undwill be rbbed is 17.5 bil-in bil u e bnks.

te ineres lne n eEU/IMF bil-u ln will be10-12 billin ever er.

teir 4-er ln ckse minimum wge, en-

sins, el nd welrebenes bs rs rbusiness.

Incresed es n cil,ike Cil Gins t, mun nl 140 m; less n 1%

e l.Lenin nd Cwen su

bu e deci bu evdee quesin e need r

bnk bil-us r eir re-usl e suer-ricn Irelnd.

Firs e biled u eeckless brrwing e

develers wi NaMa.

ten e biled u eeckless lenders in angl,aIB nd e er Iris bnkswi e Bnk Gurnee ndseril bil-us.

Nw, wi e EU/IMF4-er ln e re bilingu se reckless Eurenbnks w len mne e

reckless Iris bnks!Even se bnkers didn

eec ge id in ull.Bu ur leders insis: We

will in ull r e mrkeswn ve cndence in usnd lend us mne.

Markts Nt Ha

te resuls FinnFil ling kee e

mrkes s beendevsing.450,000 wrkers re

unemled, 14% ewrkrce.

6,000 mn reemigring.

350,000 ele wi mr-gges re in rrers, 40,000 in

deul nd 10,000 cing im-minen ressessin. pverrse rm 180,000 ele ver 250,000 ls er.

Slsing e minimumwge nd ing e r-es wi incme , Vat ndservice crges will devseliving sndrds, cuse un-ld suering nd mke eecnm even wrse.

In recen ninl lls e

mjri Iris ele nwsur deuling, is,ning senir bndldersnd e wn wel und services.

Geing Finn Fil u isnecessr bu wn s ebil-us.

W en is e alernive

Finn Fil?Fine Gel re rig-

wing r r e ric wwn wrkers nd slsservices.

Bu re Lbur nbeer?

Emn Gilmre s rm-ised kee e ridiculusrge 3% deici b2014.

p Rbie ss e will

wrk wi e IMF ln.In cliin wi rig-wing r Lburve lws been ulledeven urer e rignd imlemen cks nwrkers.

I is Lbur pries inGreece, prugl nd Sin

re imlemening euseri rgrmmes ere,geing wrkers re bnkers crisis.

Wrkers in Irelnd need rel, rdicl, liicllernive.

We need e Unied Leallince igs ndsnds u r wrkers, resisscus in wges nd servicesnd mkes e ric reir gmbling miskes.

te Le will ve e big-ges imc wen e msvibrn, unied cmmunind rde unin cmignsre suring em.

te UNItE rde uninis clling r cmign srikes nd ress ssReginl Secrer, JimmKell:

We ve begun ln-

ning r cmign civildisbedience nd indusrilcin will mke clere level nger nd ri-ude eiss mng eele w liicl ledersve iled uerl.

te allince will reuse d dels wi FF nd FG buwill sur le-wing liciessuring wrkers, cmmu-niies nd services.

Cllr Ricrd Bd Brresid e Unied Leallince lunc rll:

te resence number genuine Le tDs in eDil ering visible liicllernive will be mssivele rcin wrk-ers, unemled nd ungele, nd cn becme rel cr in e unldingcrisis.

Market

Madness!

Thr s an Altrnatvl End e bnk bilus.

ltke develers sses in ublic cnrl.

ltell EU: Irelnd wn kee 3% deci rge b2014.

l Inrduce wel n cmbined sse vlueseceeding 500,000.

lt ll incme ver 100,000 70 ercen.

lNinlise Irelnds nurl resurces.

lDevel se-wned indusr.

l Cree ublic-wrks rgrmme u elebck wrk.

oVER 100,000 ele mrced in Dublin gins FF/IMF cus

l ICTU Must Call a 24hr General Strike

l Support the United Left Alliance

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ByLeAH SpeigHT

oUt IN e cld n GrnS, 22 Lur asle swrkers re sill n srike.

as e res,reurbismen e remisesr new wner Disne gesed.

Disne is r rm eriendl cmn imge erme.

te ru beind Disnes is ning bu ir-le.

a rer relesed b CinLbr Wc in Nvember isscking.

Cildren wrk s muc s80 urs week, including 40urs rced verime.

Glves r ndlingzrdus cemicls re nwrn s i slws dwn eir

wrk re.Disne eecuives remved

elcre ln r is 2150emlees in e USa.

te lw id wrkers n $13 n ur verge wge rels being ressured in r-ime cnrcs.

In Februr is ersme even wen n ungersrike.

Disne mde $3 billinr ls er.

as recenl s June iser, lng ime unin civisws scked er sekingu gins rmin ndsceduling cndiins.

Leig Seln Disneis Uniul ld sciliswrker:

teir ble ld n elcre nd kee eir jbsull-ime s wged n rnerl ree ers nw.

Se sid se dn knwn e Lur asle wrkerssiuin bu ered slidrin w we culd cllbre.

as ne bd emler levesGrn S wi is wrkers ne sree, ner ne rrives.

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By iAN McDoNNeLL

FaCING SoME e mssevere useri seen in dec-des, Eure is eeriencing wve suden ccuins &ress.

on 3 Nvember ls, 40,000sudens mrced rugDublin gins e

enil re-inrducin ees nd 2,000 sged n c-cuin e dermen nnce.

te lice resnded wiri squds, nd rceeded brull swee sudens esrees in clses lsed be-ween ree ur urs.

Ds ler, 50 usnd su-dens mrced rug Lndnin siin useri.tusnds ccuied e cn-servive r hQ.

Sudens in e UK ve c-cuied 12 mjr universiiesin Nvember lne, includingUniversi Cllege Lndnnd Cmbridge Universi.

Ms ccuins re sill inrgress.

Menwile, suden civ-iss in Irelnd re lnningninl cins in resnse e budge.

Sudens invlved wi eFEE (ree educin r ever-ne) in NUI Mn, verecenl clled r mrc n lcl Finn Fil tDs ce nDecember 9.

FEE brnces in NUI Glw,IaDt, NCaD, QUB nd UCD

re lnning ninwide c-ins, rnging rm mrces ccuins.

as Finn Fil deserelcninues ss e burden nncil seculrs nd bnk-ers n e bcks rdinrele, e sudens will ven imrn rle l.

trugu isr sudenscn be werul surce en-erg nd ides r cnge.

hwever suden mvemensve been ms eecive wene link u wi e wrkers'mvemen.

te resence Unied Leallince in Universiies nd wrk-lces cn el rge eselinks.

Wv of sudn Pond Occupon

ByJoHN LyoNS

DUE to budge cus ndhSE mismngemen vilservice r Nr CunDublin is under re.

te Swrds Dublin FireBrigde (DFB) mbulnce is be ken u service due budge cus.

te mbulnce cvers ver lrge re NrDublin nd is lss wuldclerl be mer lie ndde.

tis mbulnce verges4800-5000 clls per er.

Mngemen inrmedunins meeing inocber unding r eSwrds mbulnce ws cub e hSE.

te hSE ls wes mne e Ci Cuncil r eprvisin 11 er FireBrigde mbulnces.

DFB re crew re ls

prmedics s in desperine re ender isel willbe sen mre nd mremedicl cses.

Fire cver in e re willbviusl be reduced s resul.

te nnul cs 1 DFBmbulnce is 85 n ur!

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ByVANeSSA o SuLLiVAN

cllr giNo KeNNy s thanddat fr Dbln Md-

Wst.Atv n th SWp sn

1994 h has bn nvlvdn man mmntamans n clndalkn.

Ths wll b hs 4th tmn th ballt bx and h srrntl a nllr frpBpA.

Nvr has thr bna tm whn l arrn t fr a radalaltrnatv.

"i aal t anbdwh wants a rvltnarhan n irland: mand jn r aman.

"it's r atrt dtt rvlt!

SeAMuS oBRieN s thanddat n Wxfrd.

Sams has bnghting the healthcarets and h s rrntlth man ransr f thSav Wxfrd Hstalaman.

Sams s bldnt lnk th ntrsdffrnt hstalamans.

Wth hs ltalmmtmnt t rdnarwrkrs h ntnds tshak th Dal t f tsmlan, alnsdth untd Lft Allan.

diy nightmr Bfor

Xm for Lur ahly strikr

ByKiRAN eMRicH

thE GaLWay Unies aginsCubcks Cmpign pressn Surd 4 Decembergins budge cus.

te cmpign is bckedb Glw Ss N helCus, FEE, hpe 4 Disbili,

aMaCh LGBt, nd vriuser grups nd individuls.

te dem begins 1pm Glw Cedrl nd willmrc rug e ci eSpnis arc.

te budge ckswrkers p f bnkersnd des n ve ecnsen e mjri peple.

galwa

untd

ByLeAH SpeigHT

aCCoRDING to Unieunin srike our ldshsil Drged is ceneredn se nd usurcing.

te 300 wrkers ecedinvlves generl rers,useld s, elcreendns nd d sulies.

Unie members ved 87%in vur srike cin,becuse n unwillingness

n mngemens r engge rug e LburRelins Cmmissin.

Ms e lw-ids ve ced incresingwrklds ver recen ers.

accrding Unie reginlcer Clire Kene:

te scle is wrk sescled unse levels.

Desie e re

indusril cin, mngemens cninull urned eirbck n issues wic we sees criicl r s nd iencre nd se.

Unie unin re ann Grines: all e usndingissues will be reslved in eLbur Relins Cmmissinn tuesd 30 Nvember.

Mngemen will sr cmmunice wi Unie ine sil.

tere s been lck cnsulinwi mngemen verusnding issues e sur ers.

te srike is nw n ld r7 ds ending negiins.

Wrkers Drgedsil rigull eec bereed irl nd wi resecb mngemen.

Strk at Drhda Hstal

WiTH AN election looming, the People Before ProtAllan has annnd thr anddats ndr thuntd Lft Allan.

eah ss f SW wll fatr thr f ths tntalTDs.

JoHN LyoNS s th

anddat fr Dbln Nrthcntral.

Jhn s rrntl lvn nBallmn.

An xrnd atvstand ransr bldnrsstan aanst thts, h s standn n anral ltn fr thrst time.

it's tm t tak thsntr bak. W nd ttak ntrl and rn thnm s that t mtsth nds f th manand not the prots of therd fw.

swod ambulnc Cu

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Tns f Thsands MarhAanst FF/iMF Astrt

BypeADAR ogRADy

oN WEDNESDay 24Nvember Lisbn's merws clsed nd ms figswere grunded s wrkerswen n Generl Srike, ers in ver 20 ers.

S rs, rilwsnd e s ice kr nd ver 1,000 sclswere clsed.

te srike ws in resgins e gvernmen us-eri budge nd res IMF inervenin.

Cus include reezen ensins, cus in eminimum wge, el ndwelre nd e rivis-in mre se-wnedsses.

In Mrc 500,000 ublicsecr wrkers crried u 24-ur srike nd resisnces cninued.

Sme 100,000 wrkersmrced rug Lisbnn Surd 6 Nvember.

prugls minriScilis pr gvernmen(similr e Lbur pr)ls lns cu ublic sec-r wrkers wges b 5ercen nd rise Vat rm21 23 ercen.

a recen ll sws sur r e r sllen mre n 10 ins

25 ercen since i wseleced.

te cunr s ne e wekes ecnmiesin Eure nd usericuld rce i in deeerrecessin.

te IMF wever is us-ing r even mre cus.

te nnuncemen e deees deci reduc-ins in mre n 30 erss dne lile ressureinvesrs.

te 10-er bnd ield(cs gvernmen brrw-ing) s risen recrd 7%,

jus less n Irelnds 8%.Unemlmen s risen

nerl 11%.Unemled wrkers

ve lred ced big cus eir beneis nd rerced ke n jb err ce bene cu-s.

te cunr is in di-cul siuin, sid UGtsecrer-generl Jprenc.

Bu is n ssible lws demnd scricesrm e sme ele.

I we g e deci bsinking e cunr, en weren' ging nwere."

Irelnds wrkers suld us r generlsrike grind is gvern-men l.

prtal: gnral Strkaanst Astrt and iMF

pRoBaBLy thE singlems vicius rsl, ine s-clled 4-er lnr Ninl Recver, isr slsing e minimumwge b 12% rm 8.65dwn 7.65 n ur.

1 n ur mens 40 week nd 2,080 er wrker n nl 18,000 er, minl el, brnd s wrkers.

te cil ver re

r useld in Irelndis 28,000 er s is isking ver 2000 rm eres wrkers.

Bu i is nl r mre generl ckn wges nd welremens.

Wrkers n e mini-mum wge re jus 3% (1in 30) e wrkrce.

Bu mn er lw-id wrkers, wse-re is iger, resill mesured gins eminimum wge nd i ills eir bss will llwsui wi cu.

te bsses unin IBECls wns rge sec-rl minimum wges likein cnsrucin.

UCC ecnmics lec-urer Decln Jrdn

rubbises e clim e minimum wge is brrier emling mrewrkers:

I dn ink lweringe minimum wge willcree jbs.

Is mre d wibringing bu n iner-nl devluin in eecnm.

In er wrds, is budriving dwn wges bs rs n jbs.

I e minimum wge islwer, welre menswuld ve g dwn, e bsses rgue.

Sure enug, in e4-er ln, welre -mens re be slsed b3 billin ver 4 ers.

tis rce e bmmus be sed.

pver nd inequlire desring cmmuni-ies crss Irelnd.

Jbs, mes nd serv-ices cn nl be se nwi wrkers unie in cm-ign n e srees nd e bll b le rig-wing liics in r us nd gin rem.

Mnmum Wg: Pn fo U bu Gn fo m

ByJoHN LyoNS

aS thE irs snw e winer i e lins Irelnd, crwd u 70,000 descended nDublin ci cenre.

te mrced in res e disrus ecnmicmismngemen ecunr b Finn Fil

nd e Green pr nd rejec eir ur eruseri ln.

as e usnds resrs mde eir wrm Wd Qu eGpo cns demndinge unins cll generlsrike rng u ruge ci.

te new Unied Leallince (ULa) cmrised e pele Bere prallince, e Scilis pr,e tierr Wrkers ndUnemled acin Grund ers, mrced -geer nd rced

uge number elen e mrc.

Mn mre elemrced beind ebnners eir unins,including SIptU, IMpaCt,UNItE, tUI nd tEEU in mgniicen disl wrkers slidri incin.

as e ICtU sekersrm e min sge n-ised u, e Unied Leallince eld n lernivelrm.

Severl usnd elegered er Scilispr MEp, Je higgins de-

clre :te bills bnkers

nd develers re beingnded ver e Iriswrking clss.

We need ninwidesrike s we willn .

Cllr Ricrd Bd Brre,w iniied e resmrc in ocber in r-sl ICtU, demnded te unins mus nwcll generl srike.

We mus ll nw mbi-lise in ur wrklces ndcmmuniies l siege e Dil n budge d.

te Rig t Wrk cm-ign mrces Leinserhuse rm prnell Squre 7m n tuesd 7December.

ByJAMeS oTooLe

oN thE d egvernmen nnuncedis ur-er ln sls wges nd welre,pele Bere prrgnised resuside e Dermen Finnce.

pele were visiblurius wi e IMFnd wi e Cwen-ledgvernmen cning

Cwen, Cwen,Cwen, u, u, u!nd IMF er us cler, wedn wn ur cubcksere!

te res mde isw e nc ve srmerrin el, were eIMF imen re sing.

te el quickl

clsed is drs.Ricrd remrked:

Sure we culdn rd g in nw!

Cllr Ricrd BdBrre nd Cllr JnCllins mde cll nbel pele Berepr r GenerlSrike nd r mss civildisbedience.

Prott agitFour-Yr Pl

ByJoHN LyoNS

thE ExCItING newUnied Le allince(ULa) eld is irs resscnerence in Dublin cicenre n tursd, 25Nvember.

te ULa is cmrised e pele Berepri allince,Scilis pr, nd etierr Wrkers ndUnemled acinGru.

Cllr Ricrd Bd

Brre (pele Berepri) sid e ULawill snd u enerninl Mner

Fund nd EurenUnin nd rejec eFinn Fil/Green prur-er useri ln.

Je higgins (Scilispr) sid e ln wsn ck n e rnd wrking clss wsuld n ve r e miskes ewel.

he minined eULa ws n lernive rig-leningLbur-Fine Gelcliin, red u bSinn Fein.

"te resence number genuinee tDs in e Dil

ering visibleliicl lernive willbe mssive le rcin wrkers,unemled nd ungele nd cn becme rel cr in eunlding crisis."

te llince will ieldu 20 cndides ine ne generl elecinlngside cmign rgnised nd susinedresisnce n e srees gvernmen licies.

Bd Brre sid i is ime r ele revl: "We're lkingbu snding ugins e eremism e IMF nd isgvernmen.

te Unied Leallince ers rellernive becuse ises enl i

will ve gins wercrges, rer es,new payE es n elw id nd ll ermesures rcee mjri lw ndmiddle incme erners r is crisis.

I is ime esuer-ric id r emess e ve creed.

te Unied Leallince ws icilllunced n Mnd29 Nvember 8mwi ublic rll in eGresm hel, Dublin.

untd Lft Allan callsfr oransd Rsstan

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sW: How has the IMF planimpacted on the GreekEconomy?

PG:I is geing wrseis iscler rm e les resuls.

te redicins e be-ginning e er were r cnrcin.

te were ing i wuldbe ning beween 1 nd 2ercen.

Nw is eding r beween4 nd 5 ercen.

te uris indusr is bdli.

Cnsrucin in augus ws e lwes in in 15 ers.

tese re res n wic eGreek ecnm deends, s b-viusl e crisis is geing wrsein erms e recessin.

and i m ge wrse lsin erms e scl crisis, l-ug e gvernmen rerudl nnuncing eve cu e deci b 40 er-cen in e rs seven mns e er.

Bu ere re dubs weeris will cninue, becuseeve been ver ug ine re cus, bu ereding bdl in e re serevenue.

te recessin is iing eirlns.

te were ing r mremne rug rising Vat rm19 23 ercen, bu s nwrking in e recessin.

tings re geing wrse inerms ecnmic civi ndin erms e scl crisis.

sW: Theres clearly beena formidable response bythe Greek working classmovement to the auster-ity measuressix generalstrikes in as many monthsduring the first half of2010.

But how would you as-sess in more depth theresponse, both at the rank

and file level where, asyouve already said, theresconsiderable combativity,also, in terms of the tradeunion leadership, given thatthe most powerful wing ofthe union bureaucracy isaligned to Pasok (Greekequivalent of the LabourParty), the ruling party?

PG: During e summer egvernmen ried cnrnruck wners nd wner-drivers,w were u n srike, b im-sing milir disciline ndrdering em bck wrk, brek u e srike.

t didn wrk.te gvernmen ws rced

g in dilgue wi eirunins urn em bck.

te srng cic ws rci-cll desred.

and i i didn wrk r ruckwnersele wuld s eculd be esil isled rme wrking clss (since ere wners, ere n evenwrking clss)e gvernmenwn be ble use i gins,r emle, wer wrkers nder werul secins ewrking clss.

yes, e generl srikes didn bring dwn e gvernmen,wic wuld be e nl w vid e mesures beingved r in rlimen.

Bu e were n ilure inerms creing mvemen rvides e bckgrundr ever secr will gin e cming mns.

Bu e rde unin bureuc-rc is cceing is rgumen e generl srikes ilednd suggesing we suldr er cics.

Secins e le ls c-ceed e rgumen nd swe suld nw rien n eelecins.

and we ve rgue eres n er w bu gbck nd build srike mve-men, using e generl srikes e s si mns buildis mvemen u.

sW: As you just said,the stakes are very highin Greece: to defeat theausterity measures reallyrequires bringing down thegovernment.

PG: S ere re mn reswere ere will be bier srikesin e cming mns.

Well see weer well besuccessul in generlising emnd rducing wve gen-erl srikes in sur esegrus wrkers.

ts ws ske!

uring e Celic tiger, ciliss brrwed

sums rm inerninll (rund ur imesp r 500 billin).i e secculr cl-e e rer bubble ese lns re nwired (unble be idk).nder e rules ci-m e rive invesr

es e risk nd receivesreurn nd s e bnk-crisis suld, b rig,e been e end erive bnking ssem

nd mssive i r iner-ninl cil.

Insed e Iris gvern-men mved quickl scilise e deb in rder ensure eir crniesin angl were biled u be Iris -er.

tis rcess ws ullsured b e EU s imen e Iris e-le wuld nw be libler e debs e Germnnd Briis bnks (ec ese re wed rund 100billin).

over e ne ew ers we

culd eec see svgecks n wrking eles e IMF/EU bilu wuldu Iris wrkers 100 bil-

lin in deb.tis, quie siml, is s-cilism r e ric ndbrbrism r e r.

I reresens ls-dicem b e neliberls vid ing r crisis ws enirel eir wnmking.

as sciliss we ve undersnd is is n bilu r nne ern e eliing clss ciliss.

pele re currenl undere misken belie eIMF is sme neurl rbier rnes brker seing in

weed u crnism nd rejuvene e ecnm.tis culd n be ur-

er rm e ru s eirrel gend is mke ewrking clss r eecnmic crisis rug evermre svge rms -ressin nd eliin.

te nl w ensure we re n rced r eir crisis is sn e srees nd g rscilism n e brbrism e IMF.

m for the Rich;

e Poor

Interviewwith Greek SocialistPanos Garganasgr s battln iMF bal-t astrt

rramms fr th ast ar. pans

garanas f th SWp sstr ransatn

n gr tlls f th strl aanst

th iMF thr

Th erhE aBILIty Eures elie mkee ecnmic decisins s beenenrl e develmen eur-zne.eced gvernmens give wer neleced bnkers mnded wiking er e ineress cil.e bubble ers, e eur seemedbe succeeding in currenc mrkesu serius cnsrins n member

unries svereign in in.Eure ere is n mecnism r

rmnising mner licies like in-res res r mne sul, ul

ne esed b e curren crisis.

ver e ls w ers, Euren ci-l s been mssivel biled u b

uren -ers.ile gvernmens ve gurneede rive debs e ric s sv-eign ublic debs, i s becme

bvius e culd n rd em.

nder e rules cilism e bnks

suld ve ken mssive ir cu.hwever e bil-us men insed wrkers will brrw wieir uure ernings, nd ineresr e rivilege!

Becuse gvernmens dn currenlve e mne rd is, e rebeing len i b e sel-sme cil-iss 5% ineres.In Irelnd ineres mens lne mrec 10-12 billin ec er.prsecs r decen scie re r-idl meeing e limis cilism.te gvernmens ur er lnwuld

eecivel seize sses rm ever er-sn in e Se r ers cme.In is cse i is bvius e nrmlrules n lnger l.tis is nked clss wrre.

te nl sluin is seize eir ssesinsed (including ur nurl resurces), ke e srees nd drive egvernmen nd is IMF ndlers u Irelnd r nce nd r ll.onl b breking cils rules cnwe cieve scie bsed n umnneed nd umn digni s sed cil greed nd umn miser.

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ByKieRAN ALLeN

EaMoN GILMoRE sundedgd r erid.

as sn s e k vere Lbur pr ledersi,e brke wi e Mullingrsreg greeing cmmnlicies wi Fine Gel beree elecin.

he denunced e w-nd--l r ssem wicreleged Lbur n dd-n e dminn rig-wingries.

ten, in crucil mmen, eLbur pr cme u ginse bnk gurnee sceme inSeember 2008.

Sinn Fein, b cnrs, cvedin e lk e ninlineres nd ved r esceme.

over e s w ersGilmres seeces in e Dilve given vice e ugenger in Iris scie.

he s brnded Cwen seier l r lir nd sn ecnmic rir.

all is els elinLburs secculr rise in ells bu ls e er is sgenered in e IndeendenGru newsers.

Lbur nw s disincssibili becming e lrg-es r in e se nd ledinge ne gvernmen.

Bu i were en,w wuld e ucme lklike?

Lwr extatns

one minus sign is evidenin e les si in Lbursreric.

on recen Rn tubridsw, Gilmre sid ewuld n reverse e cus in-rduced b Finn Fil.

tis ws n sli e ngues e ls recenl issued ress semen cnininge llwing:

I siml will n be cred-ible r liicins ur ecunr rmising reverseever cu r deliver everlcl rjec.

te sk r e neGvernmen is gre rus rmise everingvernig. I Lbur cmes inGvernmen in e sring, wewill n be ble ress bunnd rewind e 201 1 budge.

his im ws l dwn e-ecins cnge becuseLbur is lred cmmied e verll budger rme-wrk deci reducin.

here is Gilmre gin:Desie e diculies

g wi i, Lbur s sd be rge reducing e deci 3% b 2 014.

Lbur disgrees wi Finn

Fil nd Fine Gel wen i -ses 6 billin cus is er,bu insed wns 4.5 billinin cus nw nd greer cus incming ers.

I ls wns mre esnd ewer reducins in ub-lic sending.

tis rc ls els elin Lburs iude e

Inerninl Mner Fund(IMF) nd e wider quesin ing e bndlders e bnks.

I s n sed e IMFsenr Irelnd bu s rerclimed Finn Fil is un-ble negie rerl wiem.

Lbur suggess i culdsrike beer del.

I vurs reing e bnkbndlders becuse, s JnBurn u i:

te Lbur pr s neverdvced 'burning bndld-

ers' r 'svereign deul', buere is rm r rd-edednegiin ensure rri-e burden s ring.

all is indices eLbur pr is n cmmi-ed n seriusl rdiclmesures.

a smll minri in e rmig vur e Kenesinsluin incresing ublicsending simule demndbu e ledersi is cmmied e dminn elie cnsensus cus, ing bndlders ndendrsemen e IMF.

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tis rises rm e nure e Lbur pr isel.

Scil demcric ries givesme vice wrking-clss dis-cnen wi e ssem ndend rge clse ies wi erde unin bureucrc.

In Irelnd, virull ll SIptUicils re members eLbur pr nd unin re-surces re mde vilble Lbur elecin imes.

Bu wile i gives vice wrking clss discnen, eLbur r ledersi is ullcmmied running cil-ism nd ering inside ermewrk EU ne-liberllicies.

tis includes e Grwnd Sbili pc wic limisse brrwing less n 3ercen GDp.

here, wever, i ces ugedicul.

t run cilism in w rvides sme crumbs cmr r wrkers, u need rsl ensure cilissmke sucien rs.

onl er e ve dnes, cn sme mesure re-disribuin be imsed nem.

In Irelnd, wever, sig-niicn slice indigenusIris cil s been wiedu in e bnking nd r-er crses s is is were ewel rdiinll lcedeir invesmen.

In e s ew mns eres ls been fig ci-l e rder les 30billin.

tis llws sr declinein cil invesmen ver50% in e s w ers.

all wic begs e bvi-us quesin: I ur im is mnge cilism in ir w,w re u simule ci-l invesmen wic is e liebld e ssem?

or u i dierenl, wcn u cnvince ciliss e cn mke signicn rsgin s e inves ndllw u ler re-disribuesme eir incme?

tere re n es nswers is bend greer se

subsid cil nd n b-slue cmmimen n levn mre es n em.

and is is recisel wLbur inends d.

I rses esblis Sregic Invesmen Fund rmmne ccumuled in eninl ensin reserve undnd use i sur rivebusiness.

I ls endrses public priveprnersis (ppps), wic rescemes wereb rive busi-nesses re llwed milk seunds design, build nd er-e ublic services.

te Ninl CnveninCenre, r emle, ws builunder ppp nd will cse se n incredible 800millin.

catal

Insed n urer esn cil, Lbur s clled rn end rer breks(even Finn Fil nw grees is), nd will ls evenu-ll dvce rer esn rive mes.

I will use ink-nk liketaSC give sligl le-wingglss is, climing e-les mes re n sse nd ssuld be ed.

Bu in cunr were ver70 ercen e ele wn me, i is ner imsiinn e mjri. Bu is ekernel e issue.

I is recisel becuse Lburseeks mnge wekenednd wunded cilis ssemrer n verrw i, iwill be inevibl rced in -cking is wn sur bse.

tis is e eerienceelsewere.

In Greece, Sin nd prugle cks n e ulin subside cil is beingcrried u b Lbur prgvernmens.

te ls gre surge su-r Lbur cme in eSring ide 1992 wen een Lbur leder, Dick Sring,lunced virilic cks n eGlden circle.

ye e sn greed mnes r e ric.

Lburs cllse bere elr cilism will be evenquicker is ime.

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aCCoRDING to Ed Currn, rmeredir e Bels telegr,ele in e Reublic need bewr becuse Dil irenn is se rn, inusin Mris-infuencedSinn Fin tDs.

Wen nnuncing is cndidcr Lu, Gerr adms encurgedis view Sinn Fin s r e le wen e sid:

I Lbur is rue is rigins needs ge bck Jmes

Cnnll.Clerl Sinn Fin sees sme d-

vnge e mmen in lking

le, bu is recrd in gvernmenin e Nr sws disinc lck n Mris infuence.

Wen e tries inrducedprive Finnce Iniiives (pFI) ine erl 1990s, e mve ws -sed b rde unins nd e lebu Sinn Fin embrced e riv-isin lic.

In 2000 wen Mrin McGuinnessws miniser r educin, nnunc-ing new pFI cnrc rebuild scl in Wes Bels e sid:

te wrd ese pFI cnrcsigligs e runiies r r-nersi wi e rive secr in e

ursui gd vlue r mne nde eecive use resurces.

cts

Wen i cme drwing u budge r e Nr r e erid2008 2011, Sinn Fin ug i gd ide r gvernmen de-rmens, including el ndeducin, mke 3% eciencsvings ec er unil 2011.

te SF/DUp ln muned 1.7 billin in cus e ublicsecr.

te rde unin NIpSa sid e

SF/DUp budge ws, redicedn cus ublic services ndrivisin.

te clsure numerus scls,sil emergenc dermens,librries nd er ublic servicessws NIpSa ws rig.

Erlier is er wen urer cuswere deemed necessr, Sinn Finminisers didn esie.

annuncing ddiinl cus 10 millin in er dermen, SinnFin griculure miniser MicelleGildernew, sid:

tese svings re necessr llw e Eecuive blnce isbks nd ener e ne nnciler red ddress in-er res-sures cnsrucivel.

tere will be sme imc ne rnline nd jb numbers.

Given Sinn Fins clim beging e cus, nr nd su e brder, ere is lrge mun cris ging n ere.

Hrs

as e generl elecin -rces in e Reublic, Sinn Finwill mke gre l singe IMF nd scil welre cus.hwever, e r s been esedin ce nd s iled miserbl.

In e Nr, Sinn Fin s be-cme n insrumen in e cilisssul n wrking ele.

tere re mn usnds SinnFin surers w deserelwn g e IMF nd e user-i lns e Iris gvernmen.

t d e need lk be-nd reublicnism e UniedLe allince nd el u sme relsciliss in e Dil.

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ON the day a nws mrgd a Iris govrnmn ad agrd o accp an eU/

IMF bailou of up o 85 billion, on mig avxpcd a Rtes poliical and currn affairssow, t Fronlin, would av ddicad asignicant portion of the programme to theimplications and ramications for Ireland of sucha mov.

tis bing Irland, owvr, r wr morimporan mars o discuss: arlir a day Grn Pary ad announcd a y would lik

o av an lcion in la January.And so viwrs wr prsnd wi a

panl a includd Fianna Fails tony Killn,Ricard Bruon of Fin Gal and Finan O'tool of

Iris tims.

Dmnatd

Wa w go was narrow dba apasss for poliical discussion in is counry:

o Fianna Failr Wy don you call anlcion?, o Fin Galr Don you and

Labour Pary disagr on many issus? ando Iris tims jounalis Wa do you inknds o b cangd?

Consqunly, discussion was dominadby py poliical squabbls and pi-in--sky

oris from Otool abou canging poliicalsrucurs of Dail eirann.

All wll and good bu divorcd from raliis now raning popl of Irland:

mos xpnsiv bank bailou in world isory,anor four yars a las of ausriy and arrival of Inrnaional Monary Fund awill fundamnally alr livs of poplandonly for wors.

t on in of nw raliy o inrud ino dba cam from a Workrs Pary mmbrof audinc during an inrviw wi GrnPary Minisr, eamonn Ryan.

h soud a Iris govrnmn ad sold cildrn of Irland ino slavry and a IMF ar r o ll govrnmn wa o do,

a r will b no ngoiaions.Raising dba mans rol of

Unid Lf Allianc could no b mor vial now.

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DURING thE 2008 inncilcllse, americn ecnmispul Krugmn declred e er Regn nd tcer ws ver: nnger wuld ecnmic lic be

mer lissez-ire.Bu lug gvernmens re

erriing eir ciizens n vs scle kee bnks l,ree mrke ecnmics sn quiemde is ecuses nd le.

intrvntn

In c, Irelnd sws u cnve mssive se inerveninnd ree mrke ecnmics siingside-b-side.

Curren irs rgrmmeswuld be incmlee wiu es ne ree mrke sge, eier

s gvernmen ceerleder, rusken dissiden snding ur e rules cilism.

Wrse, e gvernmen, eMF nd e EU ln icl ree-

mrkeeer rmge gins e Irisulin.

Cuing e minimum wge,slsing welre mens, selling se sses: ll clssic reemrke mves.

cntd

h-Jn Cngs new bk, 23tings te Dn tell yu abuCilism, is imel nd ccessibleguide subbrn ms cnccedb ree-mrke ecnmiss nddisensed b liicins nd mediules.

Will enrereneurs sve e Irisecnm?

Will e ell.

pr cunries re ull enrereneurs.

Des welre se inibiecnmic grw?

N, i enbles ele kegreer risks nd end eircreive enil.

Cng sws ere is n sucing s ree mrke, since llmrkes re e resul liicldecisins.

Irelnd is smll en ecnmn b nure bu b liics.

and e, Cng is cilis.he sees e ri mive s

e ms werul insrumen recnmic grw.

he desn s ning buw cilism s mde rducin ses liicl ssems,nr bu w i ses e wele see e wrld.

as resul, is visin civeecnmic ciizens king n eree mrke inellecul ugs, uswresing brig new cilis d,desn ring rue.

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tWENty S Ix ers g Irelndwinessed ms errdinrsrike, wen e ms rdinr wrkers in Dublin becmee er e ani-areidmvemen in Irelnd.

Eleven Dunnes Sres wrkerswen u n srike er eirunin, IDatU (nw Mnde),ssed min reusing ndle Su aricn gds.

Wen 21-er-ld MrMnning llwed er uninsinsrucins nd reused ndle Su aricn gds sews discilined b mngemen;en er cllegues decide

bck er u nd us begn esrike.

te indusril cin sredn Jul 19, 1984 nd i wsug i wuld ls n lngern mn.

Insed i becme e lngesrunning srike in Iris isr,lsing ver 2 ers.

te l isel ells e msnes sr wrkers slidri,

weer e re rig beside ur usnds miles w.

te sging is l is imel reminder e ericsruggle e Dunnes Sreswrkers nd is n imrnemle wrkers wer ime wen we see wrkerssruggle n e rise gin.

tw e riginl srikers,

including Mr Mnning, were e sw.

te Lur asle wrkers, wre currenl n srike, were lsin endnce.

te l cures e rueessence w i mens be nsrike.

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Inside: Sinn Fin's Left Rhetoric Examined Page 7

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ByeAMoNN MccANN

Both thE DUp nd Sinn Feined wrds e New yer wi sring in eir se.

Neier believes i ces nserius cllenge in is 'wn'cmmuni.

as r s ornge-Green issuesre cncerned, e re rig.

hrd-line Uniniss nd 'dis-siden' Reublicns cnn be

wrien .Bu e dn ve e sreng

r mmenum cuse e minries cncern.

te mjr es r e Eecuiverners will cme wen e cesiin rm wiin eir cm-muniies eir cus gend.

a rs sig, e DUp nd SFer ve srl dierenrces.

te DUp ss e cus reunwelcme bu necessr.

a e sme ime, peer Rbinsnrmises :

We wn llw vil services

be sem-rllered.We will deend e ms vulner-

ble in scie."Sinn Fein declres :We undmenll disgree wi

e tr gvernmens sls ndburn rc e ecnmic cri-sis, bu we re nevereless rced del wi e cnsequences is rc.

I is bvius ese re n enirelincmible siins.

te budge negiins will bedrgged u, mrked b grnd-snding, ulimums, bluser ndre.

Bu e w ries will gree ckge in e end, invlvingmjr jb lsses nd cus ublicservices.

as r s cus re cncerned,s in s muc else, e UlserUniniss nd e SDLp will ernl ler versins e DUp/SFrc.

Jbs and Srvs

te quesin wic rises is w,gins is bckgrund, wrkersnd wrking-clss cmmuniiescn g jb lsses nd deendservices.

t u rus in n e

Srmn ries s e lk ne ner beind clsed drsmkes n sense.

Ws needed is rgnisin

grss-rs level g bck.tis mens resisnce jb cus,

u nd including srike cin issible wi cil rdes uninbcking, i necessr wiu i.

Cmmuniies suld rgnise sw sur r e wrkersinvlved.

Mngemen skesersns,medi cmmenrs nd min-srem liicins will r cuse rusrin e ublic n 'sel-is' rde uniniss.

te nl eecive nswer will be

slid numbers rm e cmmunin e icke lines nd rlliesnd meeings selling i u cu in ublic secr jbs mens

cu in e services e deliver, n injur ne is n injur ll.

We will snd geer r llr.

te sme is rue cmigns sve cre r e elderl, revene clsure sil, wrds, clss-rms, scls, reven cu-bcksin mbulnce nd re services,deend unding r vlunr ndcmmuni services.

Wrkers in ese services suldsnd ur-squre wi e cm-

igners gins cus.te cmign suld im reven me ressessins.

tres evicin ver mr-

gge r ren rrers suld be meb mss resisnce.

onl cin lng ese lineswill rce e Eecuive bckw rm cus gend. Bunne i will en wiurgnisin.

tis is w pele Bere prwns ull geer nd wrkwi ll unin, cmmuni nd cm-igning grus nd individulsr crdined cin.

te cmign r e M ssem-bl elecin suld be cmignr cin gins e cus.

I suld be used srengenni-cus grus nd encurgee emergence grus werenne eiss.

We suld use e lrm Srmn ses mli grss-rs vices gins e lss jbsnd services nd use e credibili winning ses bck u civin e grund.

tis ersecive rnscendse cmmunl divide, invlvingcmmn rgnisin ele

in e bm l scie inb cmmuniies.

Dfndn

I lds e ke cmbingsecrinism s well s deendingrigs nd living sndrds.

Regisering s oers nd re-mining uside n Eecuive bsedn liicl brer beween cmmu-nl reresenives, pele Berepr cn er rel lernive.

We urge le-wing nd grss-rs grus crss e Nr sink eir dierences r e ur-

ses e elecin nd jin wius in giving e ries wic c-ce cus nd susin cmmunlliics rel run r i is ime.

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