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…
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One Rotten Apple
If Apple Paid Its Back Taxes, There Would Be No Need For Water Charges Or Property Taxes. The European Commission has been investigating how Apple got away with paying a tax rate of just 2 percent on massive profits. It has concluded that the company benefited from an illegal deal with the Irish government. This…
A Proposal for a New Political Initiative
The anti-water charges movement, which has seen hundreds of thousands mobilise and become active in campaigning, has transformed politics in this country. It has forced climb-downs by the government and given people confidence and hope that the austerity agenda can be defeated. It has opened a potential to build a significant Left, working-class political movement.
Richard Boyd Barrett on Dunnes’ Workers Battle for Decent Employment Conditions
Watch Richard Boyd Barrett TD’s Dáil Éireann speech on Dunnes workers’ fight for decent working conditions:
Appeal for a Radical Left Alliance
There is now an urgent need for the radical left to come together to form a coherent alliance. In recent months the fight against water charges has been one of the most successful protest movements. The sheer size of the mobilisation forced the government to make some retreats but the fight to abolish the charges…
People Before Profit Cork 