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Time To Pile Pressure On Stormont Executive To Break With Tories On Universal Credit Cut And Crushing Welfare Reforms

Time To Pile Pressure On Stormont Executive To Break With Tories On Universal Credit Cut And Crushing Welfare Reforms

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “Listening to DUP MLA Gary Middleton wax lyrical about his concern for workers and vulnerable people who will be thrown into hardship by

6 Oct 2021

Bereavement Leave And Pay Can Be A Step Towards Creating A More Caring Society

Bereavement Leave And Pay Can Be A Step Towards Creating A More Caring Society

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “I was glad to be able to bring a motion to Council supporting the Coalition for Bereaved Workers demand for at least two

6 Oct 2021

Ccis Core Funding Won Through Workers Initiative And People Power Action

Ccis Core Funding Won Through Workers Initiative And People Power Action

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “We are absolutely delighted to hear the Community Crisis Intervention Service has received £500,000 in core funding. This is great news for

6 Oct 2021

Td Says Eirgrid Chief’s Dáil Committee Appearance “Very Different In Tone To Organisation’s Earlier Warnings On Data Centres And Energy Crisis”

Td Says Eirgrid Chief’s Dáil Committee Appearance “Very Different In Tone To Organisation’s Earlier Warnings On Data Centres And Energy Crisis”

Bríd Smith TD warns that “Ireland’s energy data centre crisis cannot be wished away” Commenting after yesterday’s Dáil climate committee heard from experts and representatives of CRU and

6 Oct 2021

Statement From Cllr Matt Collins On Bonfire Regulations

Statement From Cllr Matt Collins On Bonfire Regulations

Speaking after a council discussion about bonfire regulations, PBP Cllr Matt Collins urged that the solution to the problem of bonfires was ‘building working-class unity in common interest across the

5 Oct 2021

7% Rent Rise Shows Urgent Need For Government To Bring Rents Back To Affordable Levels And Implement Real Rent Controls

7% Rent Rise Shows Urgent Need For Government To Bring Rents Back To Affordable Levels And Implement Real Rent Controls

People Before Profit TD and spokesperson on housing, Richard Boyd Barrett, has said that the government need to intervene in the rental market immediately, bring rents back to affordable levels

1 Oct 2021

Energy Price Hike -The Government Must Act

Energy Price Hike -The Government Must Act

Energy prices are currently rising rapidly worldwide. Data centres in Ireland are adding to the upward pressure as they consume 11% of electricity. According to the ESRI, one in six

1 Oct 2021

Urgent And Substantial Resourcing Of Ireland’s Heath System Needed To Resolve Waiting List Crisis

Urgent And Substantial Resourcing Of Ireland’s Heath System Needed To Resolve Waiting List Crisis

Ahead of a Dáil debate on a Sinn Fein private members motion on waiting lists in the health service, People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny will say that Ireland needs

29 Sep 2021

Security Staff Watching High Court Ero Challenge

Security Staff Watching High Court Ero Challenge

This month three security companies brought a challenge in the High Court against the Security Industry ERO regulating pay and conditions. They are LAS Security, Top Security, and Morbury. This

29 Sep 2021