Update on Calais Camp

Report by Bairbre Flood Over 7,000 people are living in the unofficial refugee camp at Calais with over 50 new arrivals every day. Added to the already immense hardship of surviving in makeshift shelters or tents with no government support, an announcement was made by the Mayor of Calais in July that they are preparing…

People Before Profit Cork Calls for Support for Anti-Racism Day of Action

      PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT ALLIANCE CORK Press Release 04/02/2016 The People Before Profit Alliance i Cork Calls for Support for Anti Racism Day of Action The party known as Identity Ireland recently held a “press” conference in Blarney where they hosted Tommy Robinson, founder of the English Defence League, a far-right Islamaphobic group….

LOCALS FIRST?

“Independent candidate Elizabeth Hourihane insists she is not anti-immigration, but added that she believes the mass sexual assaults that took place in Germany could happen here if the country takes in more migrants and refugees.” Here Ms Hourihane runs her own version of ‘I’m not racist but…’ ‘I’m not anti-immigration but…’ “      …