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
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
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
Workers Rights Government’s Response to mass protests: You still have to pay Tuesday 4th November 2014 Words are cheap and so the Labour Minister, Alan Kelly, and Irish Water’s John Tierney were told by their PR advisors to say ‘sorry’. But 13 Nov 2014
Cost Of Living Enda Kenny and Michael Noonan talking through their hats (again) On Saturday evening, following the massive protests across the country against Irish Water and the water charges, Enda Kenny tried to claim that the only alternatives to this hated and 13 Nov 2014
Cost Of Living Right2Water Local Demos List of local demonstrations…so far Full details of Right2Water local demonstrations will be announced on Tuesday, 28th October. Another national demonstration will be organised in the coming weeks as 2 Nov 2014
Cost Of Living The Ghost of William Martin Murphy haunts Greyhound The ghost of William Martin Murphy is haunting Greyhound, one of Dublin’s largest waste collection companies. In one of the most daring attacks on organised workers in recent years, 9 Jul 2014
Cost Of Living Launch of People Before Profit Alliance ‘No to the EU Austerity Treaty’ Campaign People Before Profit Alliance tells Government to stop the bullying and debate the real content of the Treaty People Before Profit Alliance calls for No to austerity treaty The People 2 May 2012
Workers Rights Over 3,000 people pack out the ‘No Household Tax’ Rally On Saturday 31st March, over 3,000 from across the country packed into the National Stadium for a rally against the proposed Household Tax. Such was the crowd that the 25 Mar 2012