Over 50 people turned out to a launch meeting for the People Before Profit campaign for the Carlow-Kilkenny bye election due in May. The bye election was caused by the departure of Phil Hogan to a plum job in the EU Commission.
The PBP candidate is Adrienne Wallace a recent graduate from St. Patrick's College in Carlow. She became active in politics after witnessing the affects austerity has had on her community. She is active with the Carlow Right to Water group and with Carlow's Palestine Solidarity Group.
‘I am urging people to vote for a candidate who is totally opposed to the water charges. We should make this bye election a referendum of these charges and help to bury them’ said Adrienne Wallace.