Upcoming Events
SAY NO TO HOUSEHOLD TAX AND SEPTIC TANK CHARGES
Say No to Household and Septic Tank Charges
Public Meeting
Coach House Hotel
Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Thursday 23rd February
At 8.30.p.m.
Organised by Campaign against Household and Water Charges www.nohouseholdtax.org
Phone 087-6574100
FIGHT THE HOUSEHOLD AND AND WATER TAX
FIGHT THE HOUSEHOLD AND AND WATER TAX
Public Meeting
Glasshouse Hotel,
Hyde Bridge, Sligo
Thursday 9th February 2012
At 8.00.p.m.
Speakers include:
Ms Clare Daly T.D., Cllr Declan Bree, Dr Brian O'Boyle, Mr John Gallagher
Organised by Campaign against Household and Water Charges
www.nohouseholdtax.org
Phone 087-6574100
ALTERNATIVE TO AUSTERITY
United Left Alliance
Alternative to Austerity
Pre–budget Public Meeting
Harbour Hotel
Galway
Sunday 4th December
at 8.00.p.m.
Speakers
Cllr Declan Bree
Cllr Ruth Coppinger
Dr Kieran Allen
Organised by United Left Alliance www.unitedleftalliance.org/
SAY NO TO HOUSEHOLD TAX
Say No to Household and Water Charges
Public Meeting
Glasshouse Hotel,
Hyde Bridge, Sligo
Thursday 17th November
At 8.00.p.m.
Speakers:
Cllr Declan Bree Independent Socialist and United Left Alliance
Mr Joe Higgins T.D. Socialist Party and United Left Alliance
Organised by Campaign against Household and Water Charges www.nohouseholdtax.org
Phone 087-6574100
PINK PROTEST
SAVE OUR CANCER SERVICES-NW
A “Pink Protest” will be held in Sligo this Saturday 22nd Oct. from 2.00 to 5.00pm in support of the campaign to have cancer services restored to Sligo General Hospital. Spare a few minutes to stand with the campaign anytime between 2.00pm to 5.00pm.
SAVE OUR CANCER SERVICES-NW
Contact: socsnorthwest@hotmail.com
BOOK LAUNCH AND PUBLIC TALK
BOOK LAUNCH AND PUBLIC TALK
"CAPITALISM IN CRISIS – The Socialist Solution to Market Madness”
By
Dr Brian O’Boyle
Venue: The Glasshouse Hotel
Hyde Bridge, Sligo.
Time: Thursday 20th October at 8.00.p.m.
Chair: Councillor Declan Bree
Dr O’Boyle is a Lecturer in Economics in St Angela’s College, Sligo. He was a founding member of the Sligo Workers Alliance which campaigns against ongoing attacks on public sector workers. He is also a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party and the United Left Alliance.
Further info from: sligoworkersalliance@live.ie or 087-6574100
SLIGO - 100 YEARS OF STRUGGLE
Public Meeting
Glasshouse Hotel
Hyde Bridge
Sligo
Saturday 17th September
at 8.00.p.m.
Speakers: Dr John Cunningham (NUI Galway, Author and Joint Editor of “Saothar”)
Cllr Declan Bree
Mr Brian Scanlon (I.T.G.W.U./SIPTU Activist)
Chair: Mr Ross Gildea, General Secretary, People First
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Sligo branch of the ITGWU on 17th of September 1911
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Organised by People First - United Left Alliance. Contact people_first@eircom.net or 071-9145490
SAVE OUR CANCER SERVICES VIGIL
SAVE OUR CANCER SERVICES-NW
JOIN Save Our Cancer Services supporters for a vigil at the Michael D. Higgins Sligo public meeting.
A vigil will be held to coincide with the public meeting being held by Labour Party Presidential candidate Michael D. Higgins on Wednesday 14th Sept. The vigil will assemble at the General Post Office, O’Connell Street at 7.30pm and will remain for the duration of the meeting which is being held in the Glasshouse Hotel.
Reasons for vigil.
1) To remind the Labour party that the campaign to have cancer services restored to Sligo General Hospital (SGH) remains in place.
2) To draw attention to the pledges given to the electorate of the North West prior to the general election in which restoration of the cancer services was promised and a commitment to designate SGH as a 9th“centre of excellence”.
3) To again draw attention to the fact that these pledges were given, not only by the local candidate, but by Eamon Gilmore, leader of the party, both in writing and in person.
4) To ask Mr Higgins to explain how people can vote for a candidate for President who remains a member of a party that refuses to honour pledges and commitments freely given.
5) To make it clear that the Save Our Cancer Services-NW campaign intend to engage directly in the Presidential election and urge voters to cast their vote against those candidates who belong to parties that have failed to honour pledges and commitments given.
STEERING GROUP
Catriona McGoldrick: 087-9033251
Lily McMorrow: 086-1608474
Deirdre O’Sullivan: 086-8420503
Denise Kenna 086-8266399
Valerie Finan 0879941768
ULA NATIONAL FORUM
UNITED LEFT ALLIANCE NATIONAL FORUM
Building a new party for working people, youth and the unemployed
Saturday 25th June
Liberty Hall, Dublin.
10.00: Registration
10.30 - 12.00: THE LEFT RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS
Chair: ailbhe smith - Speakers: Paul Murphy MEP, Kieran Allen, Professor Terence McDonagh
12.15 - 13.45 Workshops:
1) The Politics of Health - Speakers: Dr Peadar O Grady, Marie O Connor, Seamus Healy
2) Education, a site for resistance - Speakers: Professor Kathleen Lynch, Eddie Conlon, Cllr Ruth Coppinger
3) Combating Racism - Speakers: Luke Bukharin, Cillian Gillespie
4) How can we make our unions fight? - Speakers: Terry Kelleher, Paddy Healy, Eugene McDonagh
5) Preparing communities for the fight against water charges and home taxes - Speakers: Joan Collins TD, Mick Murphy
6) A radical plan for Jobs - Speakers: Tom O’Connor, Fiona O’Loughlin, James O’Toole
14.15 - 16.00: THE ULA: WHAT KIND OF PARTY DO WE NEED?
Speakers: Joe Higgins TD, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, Seamus Healy TD and Cllr Declan Bree
16.15 - 17.30 Workshops:
1) Women, the new sexism and recession - Speakers: Sinead Kennedy, Laura Fitzgerald
2) The alternative to the Housing Crisis - Speakers: Michael Punch, Cllr Brid Smith, Emmett Farrell
3) What is Socialism? - Speakers: John Molyneux, Cllr Mick Barry
4) New Workers Parties – Lessons from Europe - Speakers: Cllr Matt Waine, Donal McFhearraigh, Dermot Connolly
5) Climate Change – How can we stop the planet burning - Speakers: Sarah Killeen, Owen McCormack
6) The Left in the North - Speakers: Ciaran Mulholland, Eamon McCann, Paddy Healy
17.40 - 18.00: Closing Rally
Further info from:
Declan 087-2470802 or Michael 087-2400331 or Kieran 087 2839964
UNITED LEFT ALLIANCE PUBLIC MEETING
The Alternative
to the Bank Bailouts and Cutbacks
Public Meeting
Glasshouse Hotel
Hyde Bridge, Sligo
Thursday 5th May at 8.00.p.m.
Speakers:
Richard Boyd Barrett T.D.
Cllr Declan Bree
Joe Higgins T.D.
Chair: Ross Gildea
