“A ROAR of opposition by the ordinary people of Dublin” helped Joe Higgins fight off Fianna Fáil for a seat in the European Parliament, according to the country’s first Socialist Party MEP.

Socialist Party activist Joe Higgins today secured a stunning victory in the European elections to rob Fianna Fáil of its only MEP in Dublin.

BATTLE-SCARRED but unbowed, a symbol of modern republicanism took centre-stage in Dublin’s O’Connell Street yesterday flanked by loyal foot soldiers. And the GPO put on a good show too.