ASTI teacher Kevin Wall was on a picket line at Deerpark CBS in Cork on Tuesday 8 November. Below is an interview in which he outlines the reasons for the ASTI industrial action, provides insight into the plight of teachers today and outlines the long-term dangers for the teaching profession if nothing is done to…
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#Right2Housing Activists Highlight Government Inaction on the Housing Crisis
Today the Right 2 Housing campaign displayed banners on empty properties around the country to highlight the need for a radical response to the housing crisis. With 100,000 families on the housing list across the country, and more than 620 families, including 1,300 children, homeless, we urgently need to tackle the housing crisis. As the number…
A Radical Alternative Vision for Ireland – People Before Profit’s 3 Day Conference
Don’t miss People Before Profit’s 3 day conference 18th, 19th & 20th September; this is an opportunity to contribute your ideas for an alternative Ireland. Meetings on: Greece, Spain, Ireland- Debt, austerity and resistance; Pro-Choice – why we are for a woman’s right to choose; An alternative economic agenda – for people not profit; The…
People Before Profit Cork Condemn Latest Suffocating Rent Hikes
Jim O’Connell, election candidate for the People Before Profit Alliance in Cork South Central, has this morning expressed disbelief at figures revealed by Daft.ie that show a 10.4% increase in Cork rent prices in 2015. According to Jim, “These figures are unbelievable. This is an unreasonable increase that shows more than ever the need to…