Cllr Bríd Smith calls for emergency funding for Traveller accommodation
Cllr Bríd Smith calls for emergency funding for Traveller accommodation Meeting with Chief Fire Officer welcomed; proper funding must be provided for community fire safety training and an audit of...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit welcomes Assembly vote in favour of Marriage Equality;...
PBP Councillor for West Belfast Gerry Carroll has welcomed the Assembly’s vote in favour of Marriage Equality, but expressed “anger” that the DUP vetoed a change in the law. “It’s good that...
View ArticleMarxism Festival 2015
Don’t miss this year’s Marxism Festival 2015 November 13th to 15th Dublin. Full timetable above. Where: Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Sq West, Dublin 1 When: Begins 6pm Friday 13th November and runs...
View ArticleBED CRISIS: HSE ANSWER IS TO CENSOR THE STAFF
Enda Kenny has suddenly developed a concern about older people on trolleys. But he is not going to change the policies that have caused the problem. Instead, panic buttons have been pressed and the HSE...
View ArticleIreland’s inshore fisheries must be protected
There has long been a conflict between the inshore and offshore sectors of the Irish fishing industry. EU policy has always favoured a move from smaller to bigger boats and there are two main reasons...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit Councillor Gerry Carroll condemns the loss of 50 jobs in...
People Before Profit Councillor Gerry Carroll condemned the loss of 50 jobs in Dunnes Stores in West Belfast yesterday. “I’m angered to hear of these job losses and my sympathies and solidarity are...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit councillor Gerry Carroll comments on the joint RTE/BBCNI...
The joint RTE/Nolan last night was interesting (if at times a little unbearable). Interesting because it revealed what some of us already knew, that most people’s position on the National Question...
View ArticleJimmy Duffy steps down from general election campaign due to personal...
Jimmy Duffy steps down from general election campaign due to personal circumstances Remains active member of People Before Profit In a statement, Jimmy Duffy of People Before Profit has conveyed his...
View ArticleREPORT ON DEBT WRITE DOWN FOR SITESERV DELAYED UNTIL AFTER ELECTION. HOW...
The announcement by Judge Brian Cregan that he will not be able to proceed with a Commission of Inquiry into Anglo-Irish Bank’s dealing with Siteserv and other companies will mean that no report will...
View ArticleKelly’s plan will not solve the housing crisis
Alan Kelly has kept strictly to his neoliberal principles in formulating a plan to deal with the housing crisis. The problem, according to this gospel, is the lack of private sector supply – and the...
View ArticleHuge wealth hidden in Ireland’s shadow banking system
A new report from the Financial Stability Board based in Switzerland has found that Ireland has a huge ‘shadow banking’ sector. Shadow banking is a system whereby banks and other financial institutions...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit Calls for Auction of Nama Property in Wexford to be halted.
An auction that was scheduled to take place in the Ashford Hotel in Gorey for 32 houses and 16 acres of land was halted by a protest. People Before Profit and other groups had called for direct action...
View ArticlePBP call on government to amend all legislation needed to ratify the UN...
Anna Doyle People Before candidate for County Wicklow and East Carlow is calling on the government to amend all legislation needed to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities...
View ArticleTTIP Policy and Briefing Notes
SUMMARY People Before Profit calls for * the Irish government to withdraw from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) negotiations now; *...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit LGBT Policy
SUMMARY People Before Profit campaigns for full equality for LBGT people. We want: * An end to the ban on gay or bisexual men donating blood. * The abolition of section 37.1 of the Employment Equality...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit Childcare Policy
SUMMARY *Childcare should be provided as a universal right. It should be funded through a universally applied progressive taxation system. * In the immediate term, parents should receive a state...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit Environmental Policy
SUMMARY *In light of the overwhelming scientific evidence for human induced climate change, People Before Profit advocates a radical series of measures to dramatically reduce Ireland’s Co2 emissions....
View ArticlePeople Before Profit War & Conflict Policy
1. People Before Profit is an anti-imperialist party. 2. Imperialism is a world economic and political structure – not just a series of individual acts of colonisation. 3. Economically its main...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit Arts Policy
* Increase state funding of the Arts to the European average of 0.6% * A new deal programme for artists to deliver new jobs in the public sector. * A new fund to promote access to arts participation...
View ArticlePeople Before Profit Education Policy
SUMMARY Education should be funded and managed exclusively by the State rather than handed over to various patron bodies. Establish a maximum class sizes: Our longer term goal is a maximum number of...
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