Community

People Before Profit Launch Fundraiser for Youth Organisations with Terence Wheelock Family as Campaign to Rename Park Continues

"The Wheelock family have built enormous support across the community for this proposal and deserve to be treated with respect. There are serious questions about why this process has been stalled. Councillors will continue pushing for the renaming to proceed..."

Cllr Conor Reddy: Ballymun Gun Incident Must be a Turning Point

"Government has not provided the investment required... you can’t police your way to safety. Real and lasting safety comes from investment in the services, supports and opportunities that break the cycles driving crime and violence in the first place."

Galway & Roscommon ETB Teachers Protest, Denman Rooke Says 'Follow Their Lead'

Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) held a lunchtime protest over cuts to the (ESOL) and adult literacy programmes in their Education and Training Board (GRETB). Rooke: "Principled workers... organised in their unions... standing up for services in the community... It's the best answer to austerity."

People Before Profit Condemn Attack on Activist at St Patricks Day Event

Marc Mac Seáin responded "Solidarity is far more powerful than hatred. We will not be deterred by small-minded vitriolic individuals. We’re too busy working to build up campaigns and movements for change in our local communities.”

Finglas Families Devastated as Promised Special Classes Delayed Until 2027

The classes were sanctioned the day before Equality in Education held sleepouts, however the required school buildings have not been delivered. Devastated parents and advocates speak out: 'There is no excuse good enough to justify what has happened here. (These children) have been failed...'