Speaking after the protest People Before Profit candidate in the North Inner City Colm Stephens said “If Cllr. O Riordain had bothered to turn up he would have seen that we actively encouraged people to go into the clinic and make their views known.”

“Nobody, not even Mr. Brady who left the clinic before the scheduled start time and went canvassing for the local election, made a complaint to us at the time or since! We also explained to the staff of the Larkin Centre that we were not protesting at them. They informed us that they had no problem with the picket.”

Instead of providing real leadership and voicing ordinary people’s concerns at the budget cuts, new levies and taxes, Mr. O Riordain is rushing to help out Fianna Fáil.

“The voters that I and other People Before Profit candidates are meeting on the doorsteps are extremely angry at the disastrous Budget and they are telling us that we are right to be protesting at the cuts in social welfare, education and health services while the Government is preparing to bail out the banks yet again.”

Mr. O Riordain’s outburst raises the question whether the Labour Party is trying to align itself with Fianna Fáil to do a deal after the elections. The People Before Profit Alliance will continue to protest alongside the local community in the North Inner City and across the city against the budget cuts implemented by this government.

Colm Stephens says why he supports the Residents of St Michael’s Estate

from Paula Geraghty on Vimeo.

Colm Stephens (People Before Profit) joins family & supporters of Maura Harrington outside Mountjoy Prison

There has been an ongoing protest outside the jail for the past week or so. Please send a cards, letters, messages of support to :
Maura Harringon,
Dochas Centre,
Mountjoy Gaol,
North Circular Road,
Dublin 7,
Ireland.

www.shelltosea.com

For more photographs of recent protest at Mountjoy prison click here

The People Before Profit Alliance has condemned the package of cuts announced by the government. Spokesperson Richard Boyd Barrett said “This package is an assault on public sector workers, parents of young children and the poor in the developing world. None of these groups created the economic crisis. The government has said a lot about the need to ensure that the burden of recovery is spread across society yet those who created the crisis: bankers, speculators and property developers, have got off scott free. There was also talk about broadening the tax base yet the government’s package will ensure that even the lowest paid public sector workers pay more. This is unjust.
Workers are angry that the people who caused the economic mess have escaped unscathed, some of them underwritten by money taken out of the pockets of ordinary taxpayers.
Its time the trade unions gave voice to this anger by launching a vigorous campaign against the government’s package and to support measures to make the rich pay”.
The People Before Profit Alliance is calling for a package of measures to broaden the tax base and ensure those who benefited most from the Celtic Tiger pay for the mess they created.
Central elements of this package are:
• A wealth levy of 2% on all assets other than the family home
• Increases in capital gains and corporation tax
• The closing off of tax loopholes including those for property developers
• Higher tax rates for top earners

Contact:
Eddie Conlon 087 6775468
Richard Boyd Barrett 087 6329511

For more images click below…

Councillor Joan Collins (People Before Profit) marches in solidarity with Gaza in Dublin 

Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit & Irish Anti War Movement) addresses the protest

Colm Stephens (People Before Profit, Dublin Central) 

Everyone was taking a stand- not about the low pay, not about the conditions but about their and other childrens futures. Fed up of being considered babysitters, creche workers supported by parents, politicians and the SIPTU Community Branch (who organised the protest) marched to the to the Office of Minister of Children, Hawkins House, Poolbeg St., Dublin 2, to hand in their letters
A protest was held earlier this morning in Cork to coincide with the Dublin protest.

http://www.siptu.ie/PressRoom/DiaryMarkers/Name,10518,en.html

Report written by Paula Geraghty. Image (c) by Paula Geraghty

Join the picket on clinic of Fianna Fail’s Bertie Ahern TD & Cyprian Brady TD

STOP THE EDUCATION CUTS

St Luke’s, (opposite Fagan’s Pub), Drumcondra Road

@ 5.30pm, December 4th

Supported by: People Before Profit Alliance, Workers Party, Labour Party, SWP

Please support

“Caring for the Future”

December 9th  @ 2pm

1pm    Meeting in SIPTU, Liberty Hall, Eden Quay, Dublin 1

(speakers include workers, providers and parents)

2pm    March to the OMC, Department of Health & Children, Poolbeg St. Dublin 2

3pm    End of Protest

People will meet on Thursday Dec 11th at 18.00 hours outside the EU Offices in Molesworth Street. The procession then will go to the Government Buildings.