Sectarianism

"Every elected representative on the Garvaghy Road was right to be there - First Minister included."

"Every elected representative on the Garvaghy Road was right to be there - First Minister included."

People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll, who stood with residents on the Garvaghy Road this weekend, calls out the hypocrisy of DUP who have flip-flopped between support for the Parades Commission to condemnation. Standing together is nothing to apologise for.

28 Sep 2026

Garvaghy Road Residents Have "Nothing left to compromise"

Garvaghy Road Residents Have "Nothing left to compromise"

Gerry Carroll MLA has rejected the Secretary of State's call for compromise on the Garvaghy Road. "There is no halfway house between a community's right to live in peace and an attempt to dominate it."

27 Sep 2026

People Power Stops Orange Order at Garvaghy - PBP Representatives Join Overnight Blockade

People Power Stops Orange Order at Garvaghy - PBP Representatives Join Overnight Blockade

Gerry Carroll MLA, Paul Murphy TD and Dublin City Councillor Conor Reddy stood with residents blocking the Garvaghy Road overnight, into Sunday morning. "We welcome the news that the Orangemen at Garvaghy have been ordered back to Drumcree Church. But nobody here is under any illusions."

27 Sep 2026

People Before Profit Support Garvaghy Road Residents in Portadown

People Before Profit Support Garvaghy Road Residents in Portadown

People Before Profit members from across the country are in Portadown tonight in solidarity with the residents of Garvaghy Road as an appeal on the High Court decision is being heard in Belfast.

26 Sep 2026

Garvaghy Decision a Shameful Capitulation to Unionist Pressure

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

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

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

Harkin: Put Class Before Creed to Undermine Sectarian Antagonism

Harkin: Put Class Before Creed to Undermine Sectarian Antagonism

"They want an Us and Them narrative. They want to maintain sectarian antagonism because its erosion is a threat to their project and power. ...Youth Services has been cut. This hurts working-class children from all communities and creates a void."

19 Jul 2026

Moygashel bonfire outside Dungannon, Co. Tyrone

Beyond Bonfire Sectarianism - Time for Working Class Unity

These scenes should be condemned without hesitation. What we urgently need now is a movement of working class people, drawn from every background, ready to stand together and challenge sectarianism head on.

12 Jul 2026

Moygashel Bonfire a 'Naked Act of Islamophobic Intimidation' - Gerry Carroll

"It has been sickening to witness a repeat of last year's racist hate-mongering at the Moygashel bonfire. The burning of a model mosque on a bonfire

10 Jul 2026