The People Before profit Alliance today called on young people to vote for real change next Friday.Recent months have seen unprecedneted attacks on our youth. These include savage cuts to our education system and hikes in student registration fees and the slashing of social welfare payments by 50% to for those our under 20. There have also been cuts in community facilities and drug treatment services. On top of all this escalating unemployment will mean many of our young people are being deprived of any hope of a better future. The bail out of the banks and creation of NAMA will leave them saddled with debt for decades.

People Before Profit in candidate in Ballybrack, Hugh Lewis, who is 25, said “My generation grew up believing that a better future lay ahead for us, and it can be."