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.
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
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
PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT ALLIANCE PROTESTS AGAINST BUDGET CUTS
October 31, 2008 at 4:31 pm | Posted in Education, People Before Profit, Protest | Leave a commentTags: budget, ff, greens, People Before Profit, Protest
Pickets on Government Party’s Clinics across Dublin…Check below for your local area…
Protest: Michael Mulcahy (FF) Clinic, Monday November 3rd at 6pm outside Ballyfermot Resource Centre on Ballyfermot Road
Protest: Barry Andrews (FF) Clinic, Monday November 3rd at 10am, Blackrock Village (Beside the Church)
Protest: John Gormley (Greens) Clinic, Thursday October 30th at 7pm, St Andrews Resource Centre, Pearse St
Protest: Sean Haughey (FF) Clinic, Thursday November 6th at 7.30pm, Consituency Office, beside Goblet Pub, Malahide Road
Protest: Trevor Sergeant (Greens) Clinic, Friday 31st October at 7pm, Town Hall Ballbriggan
Protest: Bertie Ahern & Cyprian Brady (FF), Tuesday 4th November at 5.30pm, St Luke’s Constituency Offices, Drumcondra Road (Opposite Fagan’s Pub)
Organised by the People Before Profit Alliance.
All welcome
Picket on Fianna Fail Offices
October 30, 2008 at 11:44 am | Posted in Education, People Before Profit, Protest | Leave a commentTags: bertie ahern, budget, cuts, cyprian brady, fianna fail, People Before Profit, Protest
Budget Protest
tell Fianna Fáil…
We’ve had enough!
5.30 pm, Tuesday, 4 November
at the constituency office of
Bertie AhernTD & Cyprian Brady TD
St. Luke’s, 161 Lwr. Drumcondra Rd.
All welcome.
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