By Jim O’Connell People Before Profit Candidate, Cork South Central. 07/01/2016 The hypocrisy of the Irish Labour Party is well known. During their current spell in government (which is thankfully coming to an end very soon) they betrayed the people of this country at every turn. They reneged on their pre-election promises without…
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FINES ON WAY FOR REFUSING NEW ELECTRICITY METERS
We are to be fined if we refuse to accept new smart electricity meters, according to new rules from the Commission on Energy Regulation. These meters will charge more for electricity usage during peak hours and less for off peak hours. The cost of installation will be €750 million and that will be loaded onto…
People Before Profit Call Out Fine Gael For Lying About Ending Hospital Trolley Crisis
05/01/2016 Fine Gael and the Labour Party are issuing a stream of promises about what they will do if re-elected. But the promises made in 2011 turned about to be a fiction. People Before Profit general election candidate for Cork South Central, Jim O’Connell, said: ‘In 2011, Fine Gael issued an advertisement…
Sinn Féin & DUP sign up to austerity- People Before Profit statement
People Before Profit Cllr Gerry Carroll has hit out at the Assembly for agreeing an austerity budget that is “an attack on ordinary people, on our services, and a handout to big business.” “The DUP and Sinn Fein have touted this deal as a ‘fresh start’ for people,” said Cllr Carroll. “It is anything…
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…
The Irish Health System: Unequal, Unworkable, Unfair
Unaffordable GP care. Two year consultant waiting lists. Bed shortages. Staff shortages. Ambulance shortages. Unsafe working conditions. Patients seriously ill on trolleys. Chronically underfunded critical care. Soaring health insurance costs. Infection-riddled hospitals. Insufficient acute rehabilitation. Dangerously overworked medical staff. A&E closures. Abusive residential care environments. Declining doctor to patient ratios. This is the Irish healthcare…
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…
Jim O’Connell for Cork South Central
Why we need a new political movement. We need a new political movement that will clean up the corruption of Irish Politics and offer a real alternative to the existing political establishment. The People Before Profit Alliance is the start of such a movement. Instead of saying “Elect us and we will bring you change” …
People Before Profit Alliance Call for a Social Revolution
Jim O’Connell, PBPA spokesperson in Cork South Central, is calling on the people of Ireland to take part in a social revolution that he says has been sparked by the YES Equality campaign and the anti-water charges movement. Commenting on the overwhelming victory for equality in the marriage equality referendum, Jim pointed also to the surge in…
Richard Boyd Barrett: Spring Economic Statement
Spring Economic Statement 5:15pm Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) I thank Deputy Mac Lochlainn for pointing out the Government’s quite deliberate and studied contempt for the Technical Group but I take heart from the fact that the senior Ministers felt the need to walk out of the Chamber. It brought to mind…
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