People Before Profit Alliance (Dublin Central)

Next Meeting of People Before Profit- Dublin Central

pbpdubcentral — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:30:04 +0000

The next Meeting of People Before Profit- Dublin Central, Monday 7th Dec 8pm, upstairs, Bohemian Pub, Phibsborough. All welcome.

People Before Profit gain 5 Council Seats

pbpdubcentral — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:48:39 +0000

In a local election which saw the left perform extremely well, the People Before Profit Alliance won 5 Local Election Seats. In Dun Laoghaire, Richard Boyd Barrett topped the poll on the first count and took 22.8% of the vote.

The following candidates were elected.
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dun Laoghaire)
Hugh Lewis (Ballybrack)
Joan Collins (Crumlin)
Brid Smith (Ballyfermot)
Gino Kenny (Clondalkin)

Colm Stephens, who ran for People Before Profit Alliance in Dublin North Inner City, received 335 votes (2.8%), 210 first preference votes.

The Dublin Central People Before Profit Alliance would like to thank all those who voted for Colm Stephens and to all those who we met during the campaign.
The Alliance will continue to campaign alongside the community on issues in the north inner city.

Housing Regeneration: Ten Years and still waiting…

pbpdubcentral — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:58:10 +0000

Read leaflet here:

Housing_leaflet

Fundraiser for Colm Stephen’s Election Campaign

pbpdubcentral — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:53:31 +0000

GALA QUIZ for People Before Profit Alliance, Dublin Central Election Fund
8.00 pm on Friday 29th May
Bohemian Mooney Pub
Doyles’s Corner, Phibsborough

Unbelievable Prizes, Rapid Raffles, Puzzling Questions, Epic Speeches

€20 per team of four

Colm Stephen’s Election Leaflet

pbpdubcentral — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:09:04 +0000

Official launch of the People Before Profit Colm Stephen’s Local Election Campaign for the North Inner City Ward

pbpdubcentral — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:45:23 +0000

The Official launch of the People Before Profit Local Election Campaign in the North Inner City Ward
took place Wednesday 6th May, Upstairs in the Bohemian Pub, Doyles Corner, Phibsboro.

Our candidate Colm Stephens and Unite Trade Union and People Before Profit activist Brid Smith (Ballyfermot) spoke on the huge opportunity for People Before Profit to build a real movement for change in our area.

People right to continue to protest over budget cuts

pbpdubcentral — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:11:41 +0000

The accusation made by Aodhan O Riordain that the Anti-Budget protest by People Before Profit Alliance and others from the community in the North Inner City outside Cyprian Brady’s clinic intimidated constituents from consulting their local representative is ridiculous.

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.

Bin collection fiasco continues as northside residents left with no collection again’ says Local Election candidate

pbpdubcentral — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:51:14 +0000

Residents right across the North Side of Dublin who will have noticed a massive deterioration in the service for collection of recycling, both green bins and bags have been hit again as green bins collection was missed again this morning.

These problems have developed since the lucrative contract was awarded to Greyhound Recycling which took over from Oxigen at the beginning of the year. Numerous collections have been missed, green bags have not been delivered, incorrect collection dates have been posted on the website and collection calendars have not been distributed.

Colm Stephens, People Before Profit Alliance candidate in the North Inner City in the upcoming local elections says that he continues to be “been inundated with complaints from residents who are frustrated that they cannot recycle their green waste in the normal way. Without the green bags, for example, they cannot leave their waste for collection as Greyhound won’t collect recycling in black bags.” He himself has been promised green bags from Greyhound on two or three occasions but they never materialised. “People are now forced to put recyclable materials into the ordinary bins that go to land-fill” he added.

“Despite assurances from the company that collection problems were a thing of the past, again residents in areas such as Phibsboro and around the North Circular Road were left without a green bin collection this morning as a result of a error in the calendars produced by the company. These problems are a direct result of the introduction of a privatised service after the imposition of bin charges and the cuts to funding of local government. The Council is trying to do the job on the cheap and ordinary people are paying the price with a second class service.”

Colm Stephens at Tenants First Protest

pbpdubcentral — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:01:22 +0000

Click on link below to view interview with Colm Stephens, People Before Profit Local Election Candidate in North Inner City at recent protest over regeneration projects in Dublin City.

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

from Paula Geraghty on Vimeo.

Support Maura Harrington

pbpdubcentral — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:53:30 +0000

Maura Harrington, a prominent political activist associated with the Shell to Sea campaign has been jailed for 28 days in relation to an incident which occurred when Gardaí and Shell used a digger to force their way onto property against the wishes of the landowner in order to facilitate the laying of a portacabin.

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