People Before Profit’s campaign on derelict housing brought two derelict houses back into use by getting the state to purchase the houses and bring them back into use for people in need.
Government housing policy is a disaster. Instead of building houses directly councils have voted to give land away to developers. The developers then build houses
Brian O’Boyle (Candidate for Europe in Midlands-North-West) On Tuesday 26 March, 1,000 people crammed into the Gateway Hotel in Buncrana, Donegal. Most of those in
Ireland has some of the worst laws for tenants in Europe. You can be evicted if a landlord is selling property or renovating. There are
Bank of Ireland has made nearly €2 billion in profit. But rather than cutting mortgage interest rates, it is giving its shareholders a huge return
Rents are soaring in regional towns and now average just under €2,000 a month. They have increased by €500 compared to pre-covid times. Government policy
House prices are now higher than at the peak of the Celtic Tiger boom. This is the result of deliberate government policy. They have cut
We need more homes – especially with a rising population. But the private sector is not delivering. For over a decade, governments have repeated the
Successive governments led by Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael have run down local authority housing, claiming that they needed a better ‘social mix’. They have
At the January South Dublin Council meeting, Councillors rejected a proposal to Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) derelict sites in the county. The motion, put forward
People Before Profit is standing three candidates for the European Parliament: Brid Smith TD is standing in the Dublin constituency. Cian Prendeville is standing in
Revelations about the huge salaries paid to top managers and presenters in RTÉ have disgusted many people. Politicians in Dáil Éireann latched on to the
On Monday the 22nd of April, Nancy Pelosi was invited to University College Dublin (UCD) to receive an honorary doctorate of law. The ceremony was
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