It’s hard to know where to start with the ourtageous comments from the (unelected) Chief Executive of Cork County Council Tim Lucey in relation to public bins (echolive, 27 April 2021 – ‘We are not throwing more money into this’: Cork Council Chief rules out providing more bins to ease littering). It seems as though…
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People Before Profit call for public transport through Jack Lynch Tunnel
People Before Profit in Cork are calling on Cork City Council, Bus Eireann and the National Transport Authority to immediately provide a high-frequency public transport link connecting the East Cork rail links at Little Island with communities based in the Cork southern suburbs. Presently, thousands of commuters have the following options for their journeys to…
Responses to common arguments Fine Gael make promoting fossil fuel extraction
Fine Gael often argue against People Before Profit’s Climate Emergency Measures Bill. Whether it’s Jerry Buttimer writing about how we are an ‘extremist’ organisation for suggesting that fossil fuels should be left in the ground, or Alan Farrell TD suggesting that People Before Profit are only sponsoring the Bill so that we can ‘tear the…
Report on Cork protest opposing Donald Trump’s June 2019
The Cork Branch of People Before Profit organised this event to ensure that those who wanted to voice their opposition to US President Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland. All around Ireland protests took place to register the fact that we will not allow the bigotry, racism and climate denial of someone like Donald Trump become…
Cork #RaiseTheRoof rally and march through Cork
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…
PBP Cork response to smears from “save the 8th”
The national “Save the 8th” campaign, on 6 May 2018, published a post on Facebook and Twitter stating that our activists in Cork attempted to block their stall from setting up on Saturday 5 May, claiming that we sat on a loading bay to prevent them from unloading their stall setup and “silence other voices”….
Sustainable Development: PBP call for public housing at Cork Docklands
People Before Profit have called on Cork City Council to utilise the Cork Docklands as a means to address the housing crisis, with investment in a large-scale public-housing programme. In a submission to the council as part of the Docklands Local Area Plan consultation, the party suggested that the Docklands development should be publicly-led and…
Bus Éireann dispute latest: PBP interviews NBRU member on Labour Court recommendation
We interviewed John Houlihan about the Labour Court Recommendation to Bus Eireann and the unions following the March/April bus strike. John has been a bus driver in Cork since 1988 and is a member of the National Rail and Bus Union (NBRU). Below is an interview in which he outlines the reasons for the ongoing dispute and provides…
Why we should support the Bus Éireann drivers
Originally published by the Evening Echo, 6 March 2017. With any industrial dispute and the threat of a strike, the general public will be polarised about which side they are on. We are presented with a simple choice: either we side with the management who are trying to impose pay cuts and harsher working conditions,…
‘This is a blueprint for the race to the bottom in the state sector’: PBP interviews NBRU member on Bus Éireann dispute
John Houlihan has been a bus driver in Cork since 1988 and is a member of the National Rail and Bus Union (NBRU). Below is an interview in which he outlines the reasons for the ongoing dispute and provides insight into the scale of the threat to working conditions and the policy decisions that have led to the…
