Water

Paul Murphy Condemns Government Using EU Presidency to Promote Big Tech Profits

Paul Murphy Condemns Government Using EU Presidency to Promote Big Tech Profits

Anti-data centre protest ‘Energy Vampires and Job Robbers Not Welcome’ at 11am, on Wednesday at International AI Summit

8 Oct 2026

Carroll Brings Toxic Lough Neagh Water into Assembly Chamber: "Would any MLA Take a Sip?"

Carroll Brings Toxic Lough Neagh Water into Assembly Chamber: "Would any MLA Take a Sip?"

"This disaster was created by the Going for Growth strategy... On Saturday, thousands will march for clean water at Stormont. Fishers, farmers, swimmers, trade unionists, from every community. Clean water isn't orange or green. It's a fundamental right."

22 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

Carroll: Burnham Must Break with Blairism

Carroll: Burnham Must Break with Blairism

Real change has never been gifted from Downing Street. It has been hard won by workers and communities organising from below. Burnham will be judged not on his leadership style or personality, but on whether he breaks with interests of the big corporations

20 Jul 2026

Paul Murphy Calls for Urgent Audit of Data Centre Water Usage

Paul Murphy Calls for Urgent Audit of Data Centre Water Usage

Condemns fine threats and calls for water supply to data centres to be reduced during heatwave. Repeats call for ban on further data centres

15 Jul 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

Gerry Carroll next to a quote from the article saying 'NO WATER LEVY. The blame lies squarely with an inept Stormont Executive, which has given the greenlight to polluters...' etc...

No Water Levy on Struggling Households – Make the Developers Pay

Gerry Carroll calls out Sinn Féin in Stormont for not saving struggling households from their proposed water levy while in power. "Sinn Féin made developer contributions voluntary - a totally wasted opportunity.”

7 Apr 2026

Toothless Voluntary Contributions Scheme Lets Developers Off the Hook

Toothless Voluntary Contributions Scheme Lets Developers Off the Hook

Gerry Carroll: " the Finance Minister has decided upon a toothless voluntary developer contributions scheme. The few developers who choose to make a minimal voluntary contribution will bask in the glow of good PR, while our public infrastructure continues to collapse."

19 Mar 2026

The Premier Periclase site under the slogan Louth Doesn't Need A Data Centre and headlines from the local and national papers.

Data Centre Planned for Drogheda Premier Periclase Site

Renaghan: "Data centres are consuming more and more of our grid capacity, with approximately 22% of overall energy spent on data centres in 2024. This figure is constantly rising, and is expected to rise to more than 30% before the end of the decade, where the grid will struggle to meet demands."

19 Mar 2026