John Whipple

Pull the Plug No More Data Centres Art by Mary Martin over train bridge near Kilmeadan.

Kilmeadan Stops Data Centre - Permission Denied - Victory for People Power

It's Kilmeadan 1 - Tech Billionaires 0: the controversial unwelcome data centre plan has been denied planning permission.

15 Oct 2026

“Justice Has Been Done” Won’t Wash, Says Carroll After Donaldson Sentence

“Justice Has Been Done” Won’t Wash, Says Carroll After Donaldson Sentence

"Abuse that went unpunished for up to four decades is not proof that the system works. Powerful men are shielded by parties that close ranks and by a culture of deference that silences women and children... The DUP into itself can’t be trusted to uncover what was known and when."

15 Oct 2026

Brilliant Display of Worker Power and Solidarity

Brilliant Display of Worker Power and Solidarity

Escalate the Action to Win: Commitment to Real Pay Increases Needed.

14 Oct 2026

Deputy Paul Murphy to join ‘Energy Vampires and Job Robbers Not Welcome’ protest at AI Summit - 11am tomorrow, Wednesday at the RDS, Dublin 4

Deputy Paul Murphy to join ‘Energy Vampires and Job Robbers Not Welcome’ protest at AI Summit - 11am tomorrow, Wednesday at the RDS, Dublin 4

AI data centres are the toxic waste of the 21st century. They consume almost a quarter of our electricity, paying just half the electricity rate that households must pay, and driving up electricity prices for everybody else.

13 Oct 2026

Carroll: Reject Givan’s Delay Tactics. Make Sure No Child Goes Hungry

Carroll: Reject Givan’s Delay Tactics. Make Sure No Child Goes Hungry

“Time and again, working-class families are told to wait while budgets are balanced on their backs. This Bill should be a floor, rather a ceiling. People Before Profit wants universal free school meals for every child."

12 Oct 2026

Richard Boyd Barrett and Paul Murphy Sign Letter to British Prime Minister - Stop Orange Order’s Sectarian Provocation on Garvaghy Road

Richard Boyd Barrett and Paul Murphy Sign Letter to British Prime Minister - Stop Orange Order’s Sectarian Provocation on Garvaghy Road

“The British Government must now finally do what it has failed to do so many times throughout our history - they must stop the Orange Order’s sectarian provocation and allow a return of peace to Garvaghy Road.”

8 Oct 2026

Paul Murphy Condemns Government Using EU Presidency to Promote Big Tech Profits

Paul Murphy Condemns Government Using EU Presidency to Promote Big Tech Profits

Anti-data centre protest ‘Energy Vampires and Job Robbers Not Welcome’ at 11am, on Wednesday at International AI Summit

8 Oct 2026

Carroll Receives Invite to PSNI Interview: “Standing Up for What’s Right is Never Wrong”

Carroll Receives Invite to PSNI Interview: “Standing Up for What’s Right is Never Wrong”

“I make no apology for standing with the residents of the Garvaghy Road. For almost three decades... When ordinary people peacefully stand together to defend their community, that is not criminality. It is the same civil disobedience that won every gain working-class people have ever made..."

8 Oct 2026

Carroll: Orange Order Should Read the Room and Walk Away

Carroll: Orange Order Should Read the Room and Walk Away

"There is no victory available here. 35 men walking a road where nobody wants them will not build a house, shorten a hospital waiting list or put a pound in anyone's pocket - in Portadown or anywhere else. The only thing it delivers is division"

5 Oct 2026