In a statement the People Before Profit Alliance has announced that legendary singer Christy Moore will play a concert in the Kingston Hotel, Dun Laoghaire on February 17.
People Before Profit, in the statement, said that Christy’s offer to do the concert will be a big boost for Richard Boyd Barrett‘s campaign to win a Dail seat in Dun Laoghaire and a boost for the efforts of The United Left Alliance to offer a real alternative in the forthcoming election. In the statement Richard Boyd Boyd Barrett said ”I am thrilled that Christy has offered to perform in support of our campaign here in Dun Laoghaire. We’ve campaigned together on a number of issues, local and national, over the years and I’m delighted he has thrown his weight in behind our efforts to win a Dail seat”.
The campaign has been getting tremendous support in Dun Laoghaire and it is evident from the experience on the doorsteps that there is a real thirst for a new kind of politics that puts people before the interests of bankers and the super-wealthy elite and that sees people power as the way to bring real change. We’ve seen this at local level through campaigns such as Save Our Seafront, the idea that people power is the way to bring forward fundamental changes in society. Richard said “We want to bring that to the national stage and it is clear that this is resonating around the country. I am very grateful to Christy for his support and to the many people of Dun laoghaire for giving their time and energy to the campaign”.