Another Joe Higgins Leaflet from the 1996 Dublin West By-Election. This time Ballyfermot focused. It was the election that put Joe on the map, as he came close to winning the seat won by our current Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.
He asks Voters to vote for him and ‘Other Genuine Left Wing Candidates’ which is fairly uncommon.
We also learn that in 1996 a TD earned £32,000 a year. In 1983 it was £16,400 a year .What is it now?

Joe Higgins- Militant Labour- (Leaflet 2) 1996 Dublin West By-Election December 15, 2009
Filed under: Militant Labour,Socialist Party,Water Rates — irishelectionliterature @ 12:07 pm
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Tags: Dublin West, Election ephemera, Ireland, Irish Left, Irish Political Ephemera, Irish Politics, Joe Higgins, Militant Labour, Politics, socialist, Socialist Party, The Left

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