Richard Boyd Barrett

Public Sector Pay Deal

Brilliant Display of Worker Power and Solidarity

Escalate the Action to Win: Commitment to Real Pay Increases Needed.

14 Oct 2026

News

Richard Boyd Barrett and Paul Murphy Sign Letter to British Prime Minister - Stop Orange Order’s Sectarian Provocation on Garvaghy Road

“The British Government must now finally do what it has failed to do so many times throughout our history - they must stop the Orange Order’s sectarian provocation and allow a return of peace to Garvaghy Road.”

8 Oct 2026

News

People Before Profit launch Alternative Budget 2027 - "For an Affordable Ireland - Tax the Multi-Millionaires"

TDs and reps will be at Buswells Hotel at 11am

2 Oct 2026

Arms Trade

Government Plans to Reduce Controls on Arms Industry in Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett first to submit amendments and call vote to stop. Aims to amend Government Bill to retain legal controls on arms industry

30 Sep 2026

Community

Garvaghy Decision a Shameful Capitulation to Unionist Pressure

Carroll: "Residents of the Garvaghy Road are resilient people who simply want to live in peace. They deserved better than this determination and they won’t take it lying down. Both British and Irish governments have sat on their hands. They should still act to prevent this march from going ahead."

25 Sep 2026

Gaza

Richard Boyd Barrett seeking Oireachtas support for letter to Tunisian authorities demanding release of Sumud 4

Wael Naouar, Nabil Channoufi, Ghassan Henchiri and Ghassan Boughdiri in detention since arrest in Tunis in March while preparing 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla. Tunisian authorities engaging in systematic suppression of Palestinian solidarity activism.

25 Sep 2026

Community

Carroll: Garvaghy Road Residents "Won't Take this Lying Down"

People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll and Richard Boyd Barrett TD met with residents of the Garvaghy Road yesterday morning, ahead of the Orange Order's proposed march through the area this Sunday.

24 Sep 2026

Cost Of Living

TDs Vote Today on People Before Profit Motion for €500 Electricity Credits Funded by 20 Cent Levy on Data Centres

People Before Profit calls for ban on new data centres - ‘the toxic waste of the 21st century’.

23 Sep 2026

Protest

People Before Profit TD and President of the Irish Anti-War Movement Urges Big Turn-Out for Anti-Trump Demonstration

Trump’s warmongering and support for Israel causing death and destruction in the Middle East and severe economic hardship for ordinary people in Ireland and across the world, says Deputy Boyd Barrett

11 Sep 2026