Author: People Before Profit Cork In the past week Fianna Fail abstained on a vote for a motion to scrap water charges. This is not a surprising development even if it is contrary to their election promises. The introduction of the double taxation of water charges (a sizeable portion of general taxation is meant…
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LOCALS FIRST?
“Independent candidate Elizabeth Hourihane insists she is not anti-immigration, but added that she believes the mass sexual assaults that took place in Germany could happen here if the country takes in more migrants and refugees.” Here Ms Hourihane runs her own version of ‘I’m not racist but…’ ‘I’m not anti-immigration but…’ “ …
#Right2Housing Activists Highlight Government Inaction on the Housing Crisis
Today the Right 2 Housing campaign displayed banners on empty properties around the country to highlight the need for a radical response to the housing crisis. With 100,000 families on the housing list across the country, and more than 620 families, including 1,300 children, homeless, we urgently need to tackle the housing crisis. As the number…
People Before Profit Cork Condemn Latest Suffocating Rent Hikes
Jim O’Connell, election candidate for the People Before Profit Alliance in Cork South Central, has this morning expressed disbelief at figures revealed by Daft.ie that show a 10.4% increase in Cork rent prices in 2015. According to Jim, “These figures are unbelievable. This is an unreasonable increase that shows more than ever the need to…
Cork People Before Profit Alliance Cork’s Jim O’Connell on Red FM
Listen to Jim O’Connell, People Before Profit Alliance candidate for Cork South Central, on Red FM.
A Step Backwards for Social Housing Tenants?
Donal Guerin is a housing officer in Cork City Council. He is the chair of the Cork City section of the Cork Branch of IMPACT. In this blog post Donal outlines his concerns in relation to the Government’s Social Housing strategy, which was launched in November 2014
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…
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