Face the consequences of flouting the law

RADIO listeners, TV viewers and newspaper readers are aware why Joe Higgins was jailed by Mr Justice Iarlaith O’Neill.

Face the consequences of flouting the law
Wed, 01 Oct, 2003 - 01:00

Higgins was once described as an unabashed socialist. A cynic defined a socialist as someone who never owned anything but expected everyone to share everything with him.

In our democratic republic, the overwhelming majority of owner-occupiers and tenants pay for the collection and disposal of refuse.

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