Privatisation

Snap Closure of For-Profit English Language School Business in Dublin

Snap Closure of For-Profit English Language School Business in Dublin

At EC DUBLIN in Rathmines approximately 12 English Language Teachers and 5 administrative staff will be left to minimum statutory redundancy unless the business is taken over locally, or enhancements to redundancy are won by staff.

16 Sep 2026

Unprecedented Environmental Destruction Deserves Unprecedented Response

Unprecedented Environmental Destruction Deserves Unprecedented Response

The images of birds trapped and choking in the toxic sludge spreading across Lough Neagh are horrifying. People are rightly disgusted by what they are seeing unfold every day. These scenes are not natural. They show the scale of the ecological disaster unfolding. Rally Antrim town Thurs Aug 27.

27 Aug 2026

Why We Are Marching For Lough Neagh

Why We Are Marching For Lough Neagh

Pádraig Mac Niocaill from PBP Mid Ulster branch describes the damage done to the largest body of freshwater on the island, which also supplies 40% of the drinking water in the six counties. 40 years on the fight continues. Join us this Sunday.

13 May 2026

Cllr Shaun Harkin saying 'Millions thrown at private health companies every year while services get worse... it has to stop!'

Halt For-Profit Gouging of Health Service

Cllr Shaun Harkin: 'Millions thrown at private health companies every year while services get worse... it has to stop! - Stormont's main parties are facilitating the destruction of the Health Service. Over £300 million was spent on private contractors in just the last five years.'

24 Feb 2026

JCBs and water workers on a dig.

Stealth Privatisation of Irish Water

In the most recent annual statement for Irish Water, the single biggest item in operating costs (€335 million) was ‘Hired and Contracted Services’- companies, private builders, and contractors. It's privatisation through the back door. That is why Government refuses the referendum.

22 Jan 2026

Picketing Health Workers at Altnagelvin Hospital & Cllr Shaun Harkin: Pay Healthcare Workers What They Are Owed! 'The Stormont Executive must halt broken pay promises etc...' Motion PASSED.

Motion Backing HSC Workers Receives Unanimous Support In Derry City & Strabane District Council

'The Stormont Executive should prioritise fair pay for HSC workers and stop running down the health service through privatisation and the siphoning out of hundreds of millions in public funds.' Cllr Shaun Harkin

4 Nov 2025

18 Jan 2024 Health Workers Strike march massing at City Hospital in Belfast

PASSED! Pay HSC Workers - Not Private Sector Profiteers!

Gerry Carroll's amendment has passed. It calls on the Executive to invest directly in the Health Service and stop privatisation by stealth.

23 Sep 2025

Government of Landlords for Landlords Drives Record Rents Even Higher

Government of Landlords for Landlords Drives Record Rents Even Higher

Paul Murphy says government of landlords for landlords is set to drive record rents even higher. Says government plans appear to reduce security of tenancy for all. Urges public support for Raise the Roof housing protest at the Dáil 6pm Tu. 17 June.

9 Jun 2025

Government accused of siding with 'low pay bosses' against workers

Government accused of siding with 'low pay bosses' against workers

The Fine Gael-Lowry Group-Fianna Fáil Government look set to vote against People Before Profit's Trade Union Recognition Bill which would get Irish workers a right to trade union recognition at thousands of workplaces around the country.

14 May 2025