A Fork In The Road – Ballyhea Weekly March Ends

This coming Sunday, March 6th 2016, marks the exact 5th anniversary of the first Ballyhea Says No protest march against the imposition of the odious bank-debt on the people of Ireland, March 6th 2011. Just as that was the first Sunday after the election of a new Dáil, this is the first Sunday after another […]

The Banking Inquiry – Ballyhea Says kNOw

by Diarmuid O Flynn A couple of weeks ago Ballyhea Says No led a delegation that included two TDs (Joan Collins and Catherine Murphy) and an MEP (Marian Harkin) to meet new Central Bank Governor Phillip Lane. We outlined for Mr Lane why, after almost a full five years, the Ballyhea campaign still persists, marches every […]

Ballyhea Says No – Week 250 – Why we persevere

by Diarmuid O’Flynn Last Sunday we marked week 250 of the Ballyhea Says No campaign against the imposition of odious bank-debt on the Irish people. In the days before and after I was asked many times – how have ye kept going? How do ye persevere with a cause that gets so little publicity? My […]

Bondholders and Gamblers welcome Property Tax

The International Bondholders and Financial Gamblers Confederation (IBFGC) has welcomed the decision by the government to impose a property tax on homeowners in the forthcoming budget, but has warned the government that they must be ready to “get tough” with non-payment levels which they expect to be “huge”. “The imposition of this tax is clearly […]

Protest marks €1billion handover

The Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes (CAHWT) staged a protest outside AIB headquarters today (Monday 1st October) to “highlight the fact that yet another €1billion of taxpayers’ money is today being handed over to unsecured AIB bondholders.” The protest involved a re-enactment of the scandal with Minister Phil Hogan,  issuing a householder with a court […]