Left Government

Is There Really No Alternative to a System in Chaos? People Before Profit Public Meeting

Is There Really No Alternative to a System in Chaos? People Before Profit Public Meeting

TD Richard Boyd Barrett and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America will present talks in Galway

13 Oct 2026

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, his campaign team, and supporters holding red cavassing clipboards standing in front of a brick wall covered with street art saying One Race Human Race.

What the By-Elections Show, and What We Do Next

The two by-elections point to an Irish politics that is shifting fast. The old centre is weaker than it has been in a century, but what takes its place? Pulled between a growing soft left and an emboldened far right, there's an opening for the socialist left if we organise to take it.

26 May 2026

Central Bank Dublin, encased in gold screen.

Central Bank Wealth Report Shows ‘Grotesque’ Inequality

People Before Profit's Richard Boyd Barrett says Central Bank wealth report reveals ‘grotesque’ inequality. Repeats call for wealth tax on richest 1% to raise €9 billion

26 Feb 2026

Party reps and leaders stand with Richard Boyd Barrett behind placards saying Demand An Emergency Disability Payment, advertising the protest this weekend.

Left Unites Again to Fight Disability Payment Emergency

Opposition Party leaders come together to back a major national protest for an Emergency Disability Payment at 1pm Saturday, 28 February in Dublin.

25 Feb 2026

News

By-Election Candidate Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin Urges Left Party Pact ‘Vote Left Transfer Left’

Dublin Central by-election candidate Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin issues open letter to left parties urging pact to ‘vote left transfer left’. United left can repeat Connolly campaign defeat of FF/FG. Left would be further strengthened by ruling out future coalition with FF/FG.

24 Feb 2026

Supermarket checkouts

People Before Profit slam latest grocery price hikes - Another opportunity for parties of the left to work together

People Before Profit has criticised the Government’s inaction on the cost-of-living as grocery price inflation reaches 6.8% Tuesday at 12 noon the Affordable Ireland Campaign will be launched at an event outside Leinster House on Kildare Street.

9 Feb 2026

Cllrs Conor Reddy; Hazel De Nortúin; city council image; Green's Janet Horner defending the rent hikes; headline saying 'Inflation wipes out income gains for the typical household.'

Labour and Greens Choose FF/FG’s Rent Hike Over a Fair, Workable Alternative

PBP Responds to Council Vote: "...if you want to defend tenants in this city, you cannot rely on Labour or the Greens. People Before Profit will continue doing that work. We encourage people to join CATU and get organised ahead of the rent hike in April 2026."

25 Nov 2025

Poster for 'What's Next for the Left?' with MP Jeremy Corbyn, journalist/author Aoife Grace Moore, Paul Murphy TD, Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan MEP, Gerry Carroll MLA, Cllr Eibhlín Seoighthe.

What's Next For The Left?

After the Connolly Campaign's historic success, Dublin Event asks 'What's Next for the Left?' with MP Jeremy Corbyn, award-winning journalist and author Aoife Grace Moore, Paul Murphy TD, Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan MEP, Gerry Carroll MLA, Independent Cllr Eibhlín Seoighthe in the Sugar Club, Monday 3 Nov.

31 Oct 2025

Catherine Connolly on a Palestine solidarity march in Dublin.

Catherine Connolly Wins: An Historic Victory For the Left

Paul Murphy looks at why and how this historic victory happened and what we must do to carry it forward to win a socialist republic.

25 Oct 2025