Protestors gathered today at Cork City Hall and marched to demand action on the housing crisis following a national demonstration in Dublin earlier that day. The protest, organised by the Cork Branch of People Before Profit for those who could not attend the Dublin ‘Raise the Roof’ event, saw over 100 people gather at Anglesea…
Category: Housing
The Land Development Agency : Another neoliberal solution to help property developers
The announcement by the Government of the establishment of the Land Development Agency is just more of the same failed policies that will waste public resources and enrich private developers without delivering the much needed supply of social and affordable housing. It smacks of a Government that refuses to act decisively and use the resources…
Cork rally for housing and against Garda brutality
With just three days notice, over 200 people turned up to a rally and protest march organised by People Before Profit in Cork City, on 15 September 2018, to stand in solidarity with #TakeBackTheCity in Dublin after activists there were subject to Garda brutality on North Frederick Street, Dublin. Our rally condemned the violent behaviour…
Cork housing must be based on human need – not private profit
Originally published by the Evening Echo, 2 February 2017 Cork housing provision came back on the agenda last week with news that Cork County Council had passed a motion to fast-track the construction of a proposed new town at Monard. As it stands, it is proposed that the construction of the new town will be…
A Hard Winter of the Bones
For almost 50 years now I’ve suffered from a debilitating, often crippling and painful condition called Still’s Disease, a form of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis which strikes childre
AAA-PBP launch Anti-Evictions Bill
Today, AAA-PBP launched their Anti-Evictions Bill. The Bill seeks to to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide for greater security of tenure by making all tenancies over two months Part 4 tenancies, by making Part 4 tenancies of indefinite duration, removing sale of property as a ground for terminating a tenancy, providing for…
Irish Housing: Private Developers cannot deliver cheaper housing than the public sector
People Before Profit Cork After the launch of the Irish government’s “Rebuilding Ireland” programme, TV3’s “Tonight with Vincent Browne” on 19 July 2016 discussed the plan and the general issue of housing. One of the main points discussed was whether houses should be built by the state or by the private sector — and who…
Cork Housing Crisis – Getting Worse, Not Better.
Cork City and County still suffering from government indifference to the critical situations of housing, homelessness, and precarious tenancies. The Housing Crisis in Ireland has spiraled to new heights and this government refuses to take any significant measures to address it. The profit before people theme running through all their policies continues to hammer ordinary…
#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…
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…
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