People Before Profit Election Broadcast
Cllr Joan Collins (PBPA) challenges Bertie Ahern "Have you no shame?"
For press or media enquiries: Email: press@peoplebeforeprofit.ie Phone: Eddie Conlon 087 6775468/ Sinead Kennedy 087 7712160 Post: People Before Profit Alliance, PO Box 11098, D. 1 __________________________________________________ Latest Press Releases: 2011
February 2011 04/02/2011: People Before Profit launch General Election Campaign 03/02/2011: Report by Social Justice Ireland reveals the Dark Side of the Boom 02/02/2011: Minimum wage cut a green light for employers offensive
January 2011 27/01/2011: People Before Profit condemns the collusion of Labour and Fine Gael with the passing of the Finance Bill 24/01/2011: FG & Labour conspiring with Fianna Fail to rush Finance Bill is a cynical betrayal of Irish people 23/01/2011: The reality behind the Finance Bill 22/01/2011: FF deem Cowen not fit for party leadership yet fit to lead the country 20/01/2011: People Before Profit calls for an immediate General Election 17/01/2011: People Before Profit Says Time For Government To GO 11/01/2011: Dublin City Council Adopts People Before Profit Motion Seeking Nama Properties to House the Homeless 12/01/2011: Labour must decide which side it is on _______________________________________________________________
2010 December 2010 06/12/2010: Cllr Joan Collins calls for NAMA properties to be taken over by Council for social housing 06/12/2010: Cllr Joan Collins is the People Before Profit candidate for Dublin South Central in the General Election 08/12/2010: Budget will mean poverty and misery for many 08/12/2010: People Before Profit Alliance's Eamonn McCann has called on Translink to “think again” 09/12/2010: People Before Profit support student protester facing expulsion 13/12/2010: People Before Profit Alliance welcomes reversal of the decision to curtail Derry-Dublin bus service 15/12/2010: Derry may lose one of its two fire stations if proposed cuts go as far as senior fire officers fear November 2010
03/11/2010: PBPA rejects government propaganda on student fees 18/11/2010: EU/IMF ‘Shock’ Therapy will make things worse 23/11/2010: Cllr Joan Collins calls for support for Department of Finance Protest 25/11/2010: United Left Alliance Website Launched
October 2010 05/10/2010: New Baths Proposals: A long overdue step forward September 2010 28/09/2010: Dublin city councillors call on citizens to turn out in large numbers for Dail protest against cuts
July 2010 01/07/2010: Local people demonstrate in Ballyfermot against cuts at Cherry Orchard Hospital 15/07/2010: Council Tenants in Dun Laoghaire plagued with rats 15/07/2010: PBPA says council workers opposition to bin privatisation justified 20/07/2010: Families take fight over respite care to the door of the HSE June 2010 29/06/2010: Heartless council refuse to relent on eviction of family 23/06/2010: People Power wins out in battle over phone mast 22/06/2010: PBPA condemns move by Connolly Shoes in long-running strike
16/06/2010: Dublin City Council Unanimously Votes No Confidence in the Government
May 2010 12/05/2010: People Before Profit councillors win council motion on Israel boycott campaign
April 2010 01/04/2010: Council decision on library closure an outrage 12/04/2010: McCann stands up for Derry postal workers 12/04/2010: People Before Profit calls for Boycott of Connolly Shoes over sackings 25/04/2010: People Before Profit Dublin Mayoral Candidate opposes Dublin Bus cuts 27/04/2010: Labour & FG condemned for voting against library proposal 29/04/2010: Enough is Enough: “Bail out jobs and services not the banks!"
March 2010 02/03/2010: Motion from People Before Profit on Homelessness passed by City Council February 2010 20/02/2010: Capitalism: An Irish Love Story January 2010 22/01/2010: More Pain For the Public As VAT to be Levied on Public Services 16/01/2010: Government failiure to invest in infrastrucutre has created current water crisis _______________________________________________________________ 2009 December 2009 21/12/09: PBPA Councillors condemns Labour & FG passing on government cuts in Council budgets 18/12/09: PBPA Councillors to oppose cuts in Council budgets 11/12/09: Decision to Keep Crumlin Swimming Pool Open A Victory for People Power 11/12/09: Budget attacks the poor, the disabled, the low paid, the sick, youth and children 09/12/09:Budget 2010: An assault On the Poor and Low and Middle Income Earners 04/12/09: Widespread Campaign of Opposition Must Be Organised now November 2009 26/11/09: PBPA Councillors Condemn Council Decision To Sack Water and Flood Engineers 23/11/09: PBPA Congratulates Public Sector Workers For Standing Up to The Government 05/11/09:Father’s protests win concessions for special needs daughter October 2009: 02/10/09:Over €20 million to be spent on Lisbon Referendum September 2009 30/09/09:Vote NO to Lisbon II this Friday October 2nd 25/09/09: Labour not reflecting workers concerns on Lisbon 20/09/09: Yes side should debate actual Treaty Content 07/09/09: New Taxation Report ignores big Corporations July 2009
25/07/09: Irish Life & Permanent put profit before people
16/07/09: Despicable SNIP Report must be rejected 14/07/09: Campaign to Save Respite Care at Cherryorchard 14/07/09: People Power Keeps Respite Care Unit Open 07/07/09: People Before Profit Supports Striking Electricians
June 2009 21/06/09: Lisbon Treaty is unchanged & must be rejected 15/06/09: Statement on Dublin's Lord Mayor Election 08/06/09: Alliance Welcomes the Election of Joe Higgins
07/06/09: Shift to Left as Alliance wins 5 Council Seats 02/06/09: Vote for Real Change on Friday 01/06/09: Young people must vote for real change May 2009 27/05/09: Time to end Church control of services