PBP Cork General Election Campaign Fundraiser Jim O’Connell for Cork South Central Thurs. Jan 14th 8pm Clancy’s Bar Prince’s St
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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…
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…
Equality Referendum: Public Meeting in Cork
The Cork Branch of the People Before Profit Alliance will host a public meeting on the upcoming Equality Referendum. The meeting will take place on Wednesday April 29th at 8pm. The venue is the Shandon Court Maldron Hotel on John Redmond Street.
This meeting is in support of the Yes Equality Campaign and all are welcome to come listen to the featured speakers and to take part in the discussion
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…
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 Supports Dunnes Workers
Press Release 01/04/2015 Immediate Release People Before Profit calls for support for Dunnes Workers People Before Profit (Cork branch) spokesperson Jim O’Connell has called for full support for the Dunnes workers. In a statement, Jim said, ‘The current strike at Dunnes is a 21st century battle over precarious employment. Dunnes staff are only guaranteed 15…
People Before Profit Challenge Cork Institute of Technology’s Murky Merger
People Before Profit in Cork are calling on the management at Cork Institute of Technology to explain the opaque financing and decision-making behind a proposed merger with Tralee Institute of Technology, due to go ahead early next year. The decision to complete the merger, a condition that needs to be met before CIT can apply…
People Before Profit Cork Call for Strength and Clarity on Abortion in Ireland
The Cork branch of the People Before Profit Alliance today expressed disappointment at the short-sighted defeat of Clare Daly TD’s Private Members Bill legislating for abortion in circumstances of fatal foetal abnormality, last night. Clare Daly’s bill called for changes in legislation to allow for women to seek and undergo termination of a pregnancy in…
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