1 p.m. Wednesday 9th Dáil Eireann, Kildare Street/Molesworth Street Called by Dublin Council of Trade Unions Dublin Council of Trade Unions Budget Day Protest against
A public meeting will take place on Tuesday December 1st at 7.30pm in Weirs Pub, George’s St, Dun Laoghaire.
Many of the library’s users are young people, senior citizens and those on low incomes, who simply will not be able physically or financially to travel to Dun Laoghaire library, if Sallynoggin is closed.
Councillor Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit Alliance) said in a statement:-
We must resist this unacceptable attack on local amenities.
It is a disgrace that Sallynoggin, which is already suffering neglect and a lack of local facilities, should lose one the few amenities it has. Why should the people of Sallynoggin pay for the greed of the bankers, developers and the politicians that were in their pockets.
While Sallynoggin library is below the standard that it should be in terms of its location in a make-shift classroom and limited opening hours, losing the library will be a major blow to the area.
In a statement tonight People Before Profit Councillor Joan Collins condemned the decision of Dublin City Council to sack six engineers whose responsibilities include water and flood defence. With the backing of Councillor Brid Smyth a motion has been tabled for the next meeting of the Council calling for the decision to be reversed.
Tuesday saw 250,000 public service workers strike to defend their wages and conditions. Schools, courts, colleges, hospitals effectively closed down, across the country except for emergency services.
Above: Brendan O’Sullivan of District 14 INTO speaking to the thousands of teachers who gathered for the rally at the Department of Education on the first day of strike action on Nov 24th.
In Dublin over 2,000 teachers march to the Department of Education and Science and over 700 maintained a picket there throughout the day. In Sligo over 1,000 teachers took part in a rally. Elsewhere, pickets shut colleges, courts, local authority workplaces and more. Further action is now planned for DEc 3rd. The trade union leaders should get out of the talks and led the people in a real fight to get rid of this cruel and heartless government.
In 1980’s Britain, Margaret Thatcher famously remarked that “there is no such thing as society, only individuals”. This is the economics of rampant unchecked capitalism where any hurt inflicted on the vulnerable is seen as collateral damage in the pursuance of profits and is a philosophy the Irish Government believes in.
Pic above: Members of People Before Profit (Tralee) at recent Cuts Protest in Limerick
Another name for it is neo-liberalism. Community development projects (CDP’s) are essentially a concept, the opposite to this mind set. The first CDP’s were set up in Ireland in 1990 as a way of overcoming poverty, disadvantage, marginalisation and discrimination in both rural and inner city areas.
In a statement today The People Before Profit Alliance extended its full support to public sector workers on strike. This government wants to make workers pay for the crisis by cutting wages and services. We say its now time to say stop.
Councillor Richard Boyd Barrett said “The government has launched an onslaught on public sector workers with the intention of cutting wages and jobs. Yet almost half of public sector workers earn less than the average industrial wage. These workers should not be targeted but those who have gained most from the Celtic Tiger.
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