People right to continue to protest over budget cuts
May 5, 2009 at 3:11 pm | Posted in People Before Profit, Protest | Leave a commentTags: Aodhan O Riordain, budget, clinic, colm stephens, labour, People Before Profit, Protest
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.
Colm Stephens at Tenants First Protest
April 20, 2009 at 5:01 pm | Posted in Development, Environment, People Before Profit, Protest | Leave a commentTags: colm stephens, Housing, People Before Profit, Tenants First
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
March 28, 2009 at 10:53 am | Posted in Development, People Before Profit, Protest | Leave a commentTags: maura harrington, mountjoy prison, People Before Profit, shell, shell to sea
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.
For more photographs of recent protest at Mountjoy prison click here
National Demonstration in solidarity with Gaza this Saturday
December 30, 2008 at 10:04 pm | Posted in Protest | Leave a commentTags: gazza, ipsc, national, Palestine, Protest
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign has called a National Demonstration in Solidarity with Gaza for this Saturday 3rd January @ 1pm.
Hundreds march to defend the right to Community Creches
December 10, 2008 at 9:49 pm | Posted in Education, People Before Profit, Protest | Leave a commentTags: community, creche, Protest, SIPTU
Buses were organised from Ballyfermot, another créche marched from The Coombe, Roscommon was present as was Ringsend and many other creches from around Dublin city and nationwide.
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
Budget Protest- Stop the Cuts now!
December 3, 2008 at 1:00 pm | Posted in Education, Protest | Leave a commentTags: budget protest, labour party, pbpa, swp, workers party
Budget Protest
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
Childcare Protest
December 3, 2008 at 12:56 pm | Posted in Protest | Leave a commentTags: Community Childcare Campaign, december 9th, Protest, SIPTU
SIPTU Community Childcare Campaign
“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
Funeral for Lisbon Treaty
December 3, 2008 at 12:54 pm | Posted in Lisbon Treaty, People Before Profit, Protest | Leave a commentTags: funeral, Lisbon Treaty, No Campaign, PANA
Following the ‘unexpected’ death of the Lisbon Treaty, and in order to gracefully close the books for the current year, the NO Campaign, in co-operationm with PANA and a number of its affiliated organisations, has decided to organise a formal funeral procession, with a coffin and all, of the Treaty.
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.
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