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Cllr Maeve O’neill Hits Back At Dup/Sdlp Right To Choose Critics

Cllr Maeve O’neill Hits Back At Dup/Sdlp Right To Choose Critics

Speaking at an Alliance for Choice ‘Solidarity with Texas’ pro-choice rally in Waterloo Place over the weekend People Before Profit Cllr Maeve O’Neill said, ‘Firstly I want to send

6 Oct 2021

Tories Should Burn In Hell For Vicious Universal Credit Cut

Tories Should Burn In Hell For Vicious Universal Credit Cut

Tories should burn in hell for vicious Universal Credit cut – but Stormont Executive parties have done virtually nothing to resist People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “Boris Johnson and

6 Oct 2021

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