Socialist Party Press Coverage
October 2003

Bin Tax Battle:
Socialist Party & the Bin Tax Campaign in the National Media

From Various Sources

SINCE THEIR release from prison last Saturday, Cllr Clare Daly and Joe Higgins TD have been featuring prominently on the national broadcaster RTE. Below you will find downloads of some of these appearences in MP3 and RealPlayer format.

Joe Higgins on Saturday View

Almost immediatley after his release from Mountjoy Prison, Joe Higgins appeared via telephone on Rodney Rice's Saturday View political debate show. Joe debated the bin tax issue with members of the main establishment parties, fellow Dublin West TD Brian Lenihan (Fianna Fail), Eamonn Gilmore (Labour) and Olivia Mitchell (Fine Gael).

You can download the show here
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Clare Daly and Michael Murphy on the Marian Finucane Show

Clare and Michael appeared on the Marian Finucane Show on Monday morning and debated the bin tax issue with Marian and various callers.

You can download the show here
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Joe Higgins vs Michael McDowell on Questions & Answers

On Monday night, Joe was one of the guests on John Bowman's Questions & Answers TV show political debate show. Also guesting on the show was Minister for Justice Michael McDowell (Progressive Democrats) and Joe took the oppurtunity to tear into government policy on various issues from the bin tax to immigration.

You see the show here
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