News

Housing

People Power Brings Dáil Vote To Solve Housing Crisis

On Thursday, the People Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett, introduced a motion to the Dáil which mandated the government to take the following actions: *Declare the housing and homeless

6 Oct 2018

Housing

Government Continued Denial Of Their Housing Policy Failure Ahead Of Dáil Vote On Emergency Housing Motion – “surreal”.

Government continued denial of their housing policy failure ahead of Dáil vote on emergency housing motion – “surreal”. 203 council houses built across Dublin so far this year, only 16 in

4 Oct 2018

Transport

Calls For Hiqa To Look Into Incident At Clontarf Hospital

Calls for HIQA to look into incident at Clontarf Hospital Concerns over incident of serious self-harm of patient and staffing issues at Northside Hospital People Before Profit Cllr John

4 Oct 2018

Housing

Dail Protest And Motion On Housing Emergency – An Acid Test For Fine Gael And Fianna Fail

Dail Protest and Motion on Housing Emergency – an acid test for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, must today choose between vulture funds and speculators and

3 Oct 2018

Austerity

Public Sector Workers Deserve A Better Deal

WE CAN DO BETTER! THIS IS NOT REAL EQUALITY. PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS DESERVE A BETTER DEAL Deal means lower starting rates will be permanent compared to pre-recession levels. The

3 Oct 2018

News

Councillors Vote In Favour Of Keeping Prime Development Land In Dun Laoghaire In Public Ownership For Public And Affordable Homes

In a statement this evening, People Before Profit councillor, Melisa Halpin, announced that she was delighted to get the backing of a majority of the councillors from Dun Laoghaire, Blackrock

2 Oct 2018

Health

Housing Activists Occupied A Property In Old Market Street, Sligo

Housing Activists have today occupied a property in Old Market Street, Sligo to highlight the ongoing housing crisis. The 6 hour occupation was to to show solidarity with the Raise

2 Oct 2018

Workers Rights

Oct 3Rd Dáil Motion And Protest Calling For Emergency Measures On Housing – A Moment Of Truth For Fine Gael And Fianna Fail

Oct 3rd Dáil Motion and protest calling for emergency measures on Housing – a moment of truth for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail Only People Power can force radical change in

2 Oct 2018

News

Transfer Of Dun Laoghaire Harbour To Democratic Local Control

Transfer of Dun Laoghaire Harbour to democratic local control and dissolution of Harbour Company quango – a victory for people power! Mad-cap plans for privatised development must end -Harbour and

1 Oct 2018