AFTER BREXIT: Another Europe Is Possible It is now no longer a question of whether, but when the UK will leave the European Union. Is this a major crisis for Ireland and the rest of the EU? Contrary to what some commentators would have us think the EU is not a benevolent egalitarian…
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PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT MANIFESTO—GENERAL ELECTION 2016
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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…
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…
Opinion: Austerity Cuts That Directly Affect Women and Children Have Been Piled on by This Government
Reposted from thejournal.ie. By Elizabeth Madden Over two weeks ago, a video clip emerged of a female protestor who banged on the bonnet of Taoiseach Enda Kennys car and shouted “out, out, out”. Without hesitation, three members of the Garda Síochána picked the woman up and threw her against a bollard. The woman in question…
Why Did the Irish State Appoint HSBC Executives to Key Positions?
People Before Profit has condemned the decision of Finance Minister Michael Noonan not to sack Michael Geoghegan from the advisory board of NAMA. In a statement, Brid Smith for People Before Profit said, ‘It is incredible that the world’s top organiser of tax dodging schemes should be acting as an advisor to NAMA. ‘Michael Geoghegan…
Do We Need Economic Experts?
By Michael O’Sullivan We are bombarded daily on our televisions and radio by economists lecturing us about what ‘we’ need to do to solve the economic crisis here and in Europe but should we listen to them? While we are encouraged to believe that economic matters due to their complexity can only be understood and…
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