People Before Profit - United Left Alliance

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
 
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Latest Press Releases:

2012

February 2012

13/02/2012: Government jobs strategy must include concrete job creation
10/02/2012: Imhumane treatment of children with disabilities & families as government tightens austerity screw
01/02/2012: UNITED LEFT ALLIANCE SUPPORTS CALL FOR REFERENDUM
 
January 2012

26/01/2012: ULA challenge Bundestag budgetary committee on Irish crisis
23/01/2012: WHISTLEBLOWER SACKED FOR HIGHLIGHTING POOR CONDITIONS
17/01/2012: Dublin City Councillor condemns legalised extortion by waste company
13/01/2012: Government back pedal on education cuts shows people power working
10/01/2012: Ireland must break from the death grip of debt and austerity

 
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2011
 
December 2011
21/12/2011: ULA Finance spokesperson pledges support for EBS Strikers

06/12/2011: Budget 2012: Death by a thousand cuts
05/12/2011: Councillor Gino Kenny calls on Dublin Bus to review new routes
03/12/2011: Budget 2011: Austerity Is Not Working: Tax The Rich, Invest In Jobs
 
November 2011
23/11/2011: United Left Alliance TDs urge public to take to the streets this weekend
21/11/2011: Labour hypocrisy over education cuts
07/11/2011: FURTHER AUSTERITY IS ECONOMICS OF THE MADHOUSE
04/11/2011: TD calls on Minister for Foreign Affairs to intervene in MV Saoirse issue
October 2011
25/10/2011: United Left Alliance calls for 'No' vote in Dáil Inquiries Constitutional Referendum
June 2011
29/06/2011: Sale of Repossessed Home Withdrawn
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
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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
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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