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Question - What country had a Robin Hood 90 per cent tax rate on its wealthiest citizens? The Soviet Union? Cuba? No; the United States. And lots of European countries as well.

Galway householders should not co-operaterate with Irish Water or provide any information to the controversial organisation.

Sinn Féin councillor Thérèse Ruane is calling on the people of Castlebar to get out in support of the Ballyhea Bondholder Bailout Protest Group who will be marching in Castlebar on Saturday next. Since March 2011, this group have marched every Sunday without fail in Ballyhea, a small rural Cork village, to show their opposition and outrage at the indebting of the Irish people following the bank bailout.

The confidential basis upon which MEPs hold bi-lateral briefings with EU Commissioner Ollie Rehn are important opportunities to emphasise the inadequacies of the EU/IMF deal for Ireland and walk outs do not serve the interests of the Irish people. This was stated by Independent MEP Marian Harkin when she rejected the assertion of new Socialist Party MEP Paul Murphy that other Irish MEPs acted disgracefully in accepting the confidential basis for some meetings with Commissioner Rehn.

The economy, the bank bailout and political reform dominated the launch of General Election candidate Martin Daly’s campaign in Ballina. Over 100 people attended the launch in Hotel Ballina where the Independent candidate, with the support of the Mayo Reform Movement, outlined his policies.

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A protest rally against the bailout of corrupt banking institutions will take place tomorrow (Saturday June 19) on Market Square, Castlebar at 1pm. Town councillors, who passed a motion calling for a protest rally at their April meeting, will address the rally.

Mayo Labour hopeful Harry Barrett has launched another blistering attack on Fine Gael, this time on the party’s plan to drop public sector wages by ten per cent.