Joyce Fegan: Reject the fallacies, fearmongering, and scolding of Ireland's austerity fans

The dismal doctrine has been thoroughly debunked in Portugal and elsewhere, so it's time to embrace a positive alternative

Speaking to Pat Kenny on Newstalk in 2020, President Michael D Higgins advocated 'universal basic services ... a floor of basic services that will be there to protect us in the future'. File photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews

WE have just endured the worst time of our lives.

People have died alone. Women have laboured in car parks in the dead of night, just so they wouldn’t have to leave their partners. Cancer patients were dropped off at hospital doors, to be picked up at the same spot after treatment.