Today, AAA-PBP launched their Anti-Evictions Bill. The Bill seeks to to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide for greater security of tenure by making all tenancies over two months Part 4 tenancies, by making Part 4 tenancies of indefinite duration, removing sale of property as a ground for terminating a tenancy, providing for…
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WATER CHARGES ‘ SUSPENDED ‘ –BUT WE NEED A VOTE NOT JUST BACKROOM DEALS
Popular pressure has finally broken through a media inspired defence of water charges. Two weeks ago, Fine Gael TDs voted unanimously that Irish Water and water charges were a red line issue in any negotiations with Fianna Fail. Their wealthy voters, who despise the refusal of working class communities to pay water charged, were to…
Left and independent TD’s present Dáil Private Members Motion this week calling for radical change in Ireland’s Corporate Tax regime
PMB motion says Ireland “is part of network of international corporate tax avoidance and evasion” and calls for closing of tax loopholes and full transparency At a press conference today in Buswell’s in Hotel in Dublin, Dáil deputies, Maureen O’Sullivan, Richard Boyd Barrett and Joan Collins announced details of their private members motion (PMB) calling…
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…
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…
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…
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