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Children's Rights

Free School Meals Is Common-Sense That Stormont Refuses to Implement Cllr Shaun Harkin

"It is shameful MLAs receive subsidised food in Stormont, but many working-class households have been priced out of school dinners."

2 Oct 2026

Community

Carroll: West Belfast Rally to Stand with Garvaghy Road Residents

People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll will speak at a solidarity rally in west Belfast this evening, alongside Aamor Crofts (a resident of the Garvaghy Road) and Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan.

1 Oct 2026

Public Sector Pay Deal

People Before Profit Councillors Stand with Council Staff as They Begin Work to Rule

Cllr Melisa Halpin "If disruption occurs as this dispute escalates, responsibility lies with the Government for allowing matters to reach this point. The Minister needs to engage seriously with the unions and put forward a pay offer beyond inflation.”

30 Sep 2026

Arms Trade

Government Plans to Reduce Controls on Arms Industry in Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett first to submit amendments and call vote to stop. Aims to amend Government Bill to retain legal controls on arms industry

30 Sep 2026

Sectarianism

Carroll: Mediation Collapse Exposes the Failure of Power Sharing

Gerry Carroll MLA: "Power sharing was sold as the mechanism that would resolve exactly these kinds of disputes. Instead, a single Orange lodge with a grievance has brought the institutions to the brink in a week. This is the inevitable result of a system built on sectarian designation."

30 Sep 2026

Abortion Rights

Abortion Rights Campaign Demands End to Three Day Wait

Report on the 2026 Abortion Rights Campaign march. People Before Profit call for full implement of the O'Shea report recommendations.

30 Sep 2026

Rent Hikes

Councillor Takes High Court Legal Challenge as Council Executive Refuse to Implement 15-to-1 Vote to Halt Rent Increases

Cllr Jess Spear says executives unilateral decision will bring hikes of up to 52% for some lone parents and 41.5% for pensioners. Campaigners vow to fight on in the courts and in the 2027 council budget.

29 Sep 2026

Children's Health

Proposed "Commission of Investigation" into Child Spinal Care Yet Another Failure For Children

Paul Murphy TD says "Public Tribunal of Inquiry necessary to get to the bottom of systematic failures"

29 Sep 2026

Public Transport

Access to Public Transport Threatened if Attacks in Derry Don't Stop

Cllr Shaun Harkin: "Access to it can be endangered if the safety of drivers and passengers is threatened. The response to the bus attack should send a clear message to those responsible for the attack."

28 Sep 2026