‘Best fighter money can’t buy’ enters EU ring

“THE best fighter money can’t buy” was how Joe Higgins described himself on his black and white election posters scattered around Dublin in recent weeks.

True to his word, he fought to the bitter end to win a seat in the Euro-elections in the early hours of yesterday morning, marking the end of yet another battle in his often turbulent political career.

A “revolutionary socialist” in his own words, a “commie” according to Bertie Ahern, Higgins had studied for the priesthood in his early years, was kicked out of the Labour Party for being “too left wing” and became the sole voice of socialism the Dáil.