Cost Of Living Water Protests December 10th – Merrion Road Side of the Dail The Right to Water protest will assemble at 1pm at the Merrion Road side of the Dail and part of the proceedings will last until 4pm. Those who wish to 9 Dec 2014
Cost Of Living The Irish Exemption – People Power Won Before, and People Power Will Win Again Contrary to what this government would have people think, Ireland does indeed have an exemption from domestic water metering and charging as defined in the EU Water Framework Directive (Article 8 Dec 2014
Workers Rights Teachers are Right to Strike to Safeguard Education Quality People Before Profit expresses solidarity with teachers striking today. TEACHERS ARE RIGHT TO STRIKE In the past, the Independent Newspapers have sought to vilify teachers for taking strike action. But 2 Dec 2014
Cost Of Living PBPA TD calls for emergency debate in Dail on the housing and homeless crisis following tragic discovery of homeless man opposite Dail Government plan to collect water charges from private tenants through private landlords will worsen already disastrous housing crisis In a statement, Richard Boyd Barrett has called on the government to 1 Dec 2014
Education GOVERNMENT HAS GOT TO GO – PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT ALLIANCE NATIONWIDE MEETINGS Tens of thousands have marched but the government is not listening. They have given some concessions but once there is any water charge, it can always be increased in future. 28 Nov 2014
Education GOVERNMENT HAS GOT TO GO – PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT ALLIANCE NATIONWIDE MEETINGS Tens of thousands have marched but the government is not listening. They have given some concessions but once there is any water charge, it can always be increased in future. 28 Nov 2014
News Water meters fitted to lead pipes in Dublin (images below) Leaving lead pipes in the system is bad practice and it introduces lead into the water causing health problems, notes Cllr Andrew Keegan. Cllr Andrew Keegan continued: "With the 25 Nov 2014
Cost Of Living PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT SAY: WATER CHARGES: KEEP UP THE FIGHT UNTIL THEY ARE SCRAPPED The government is on the run and is desperately trying to get us to buy into water charges. They have cut the charges to take off the heat but as 19 Nov 2014
News Tax Dodging-It is what the wealthy do best? How often have you heard the line, ’the country cannot afford it’? Or plaintive cries about how the wealthy lost everything in the great Celtic Tiger crash. But evidence is 17 Nov 2014