Joe Higgins responds to Bertie Ahern calling himself a socialist (2004)
Joe Higgins responds to Bertie Ahern calling himself a socialist (2004) from ireland
Joe Higgins responds to Bertie Ahern calling himself a socialist (2004)
Joe Higgins responds to Bertie Ahern calling himself a socialist (2004) from ireland
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Dáil record, useful for seeing what was being said in the heckling: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-11-17/speech/107/
Whether you agreed with his politics or not, Joe Higgins was some character in the Dail. Some of the back and forth he had with FF back in the day was hilarious
Joe Higgins was excellent at this sort of thing. He’s missed in the Dail
The Dail is poorer without his erudite contributions. A principled man. I don’t think I’d ever like to see him in charge of anything but he provides a perspective that is missing in the current Dail
Fuck Bertie Aherne
Joe Higgins, one of the good guys.
Lest we forget, from 2005
“Junior Minister Conor Lenihan has been forced to apologise publicly after making a racist remark in the Dáil about Turkish migrant workers.
The Fianna Fáil TD was caught on microphone saying that Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins should “stick to the kebabs”, a reference to his campaign on behalf of Gama Construction workers”
I’m no fan of the Socialist Party but Higgins was a real asset to the Dáil.I don’t agree with his politics but he was a genuine guy.