Book Launch 1916: Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition The People Before Profit Alliance are hosting a Public Meeting with Kieran Allen as part of the launch of his new book on the 1916 Rising. The meeting will take place at Isaac’s Hotel, MacCurtain St. Cork on Tuesday 5th April at 8pm and All are Welcome In 1916:…
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1916 – 2016 TOWARDS A NEW RISING
PUBLIC MEETNG Spailpín Fánach (uptairs) Thurs 21st Jan 8pm In this centenary year of a very significant event in Irish history we have an opportunity to take a major step toward the full emancipation of all our people. It has already been a long time coming and over the past one hundred years…
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…
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…
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…
People Before Profit Supports Dunnes Workers in Fight for Their Rights as Workers
People Before Profit have said that they fully support the Dunnes workers in their fight for job and income security and the right to Trade Union representation. Today around 6,000 Dunnes workers will be out on the picket line today on a one day strike in 109 Dunnes stores around the country.People Before Profit spokes…
Richard Boyd Barrett: Government’s Social Housing Announcement Just Another Recycled Accountancy Trick
In a statement this morning, Richard Boyd Barrett TD, slammed the government on their latest social housing statement which is totally bogus and just a repeat of last years announcement of the same investment. An allocation of €1.5 billion is precisely what the Minister announced in the Social Housing Strategy 2020 document in November 2014…
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…
The Economy Growns, but so Does Poverty
By Ed Harper People Before Profit Alliance (West Cork Branch) This government is renowned for its lying, but the explanation for why Kenny and crew claim there is growth and yet the signs of increasing poverty multiply is very straightforward. The purpose of the austerity policy which has been oppressing the whole of the EU…
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