Campaign Against The Cuts To Beaumont Hospital Public Meeting in St John Vianney Hall Ardlea Road Artane at 8pm on Monday 6th December

In beaumont hospital two wards were closed earlier this year with a further closure of another 10 beds recently. This means that at least 62 beds have been closed already this year. Further threats to services to renal patients are also being made. Patient services to these patients have been curtailed – down from two wards to one. Meanwhile as these wards lie empty the a&e crisis in beaumont continues to become more and more chaotic

The a&e crisis is now higher than its ever been, worse than it was back in 2006 when mary harney declared it a ‘national emergency’ with the number of patients waiting on trolleys up by 33% since then. And that is nothing to what is coming down the line. The mccarthy report seeks to strip away up to 4,000 acute beds, that is 36% of the total national acute beds.

Government policy is save the rich and rob the poor
It’s a slash and burn approach from a government whose open strategy is to protect its rich friends in the banking and property industry at any cost.

It’s a policy based on the transfer of the debt of private bank to the public purse; throw endless billions into zombie banks and bail out the biggest property developers in the country. All this with our money and endless borrowing in our name.

We are being inflicted with what will be the biggest attack on our health services ever more serious than the 1980’s attacks - together with a huge assault on our pay and conditions as workers.

Local campaigns are emerging through out the country against attacks on local health services and hospitals. We in the beaumont area should be part of that.

come to the Public Meeting in St John Vianney Hall Ardlea Road Artane at 8pm on Monday 6th December

Inclusion Ireland is coordinating a national protest march from Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin1 to Leinster House on Wednesday 7th July at 12pm, to protest against cuts affecting people with disabilities. All are welcome

What: National Protest March against cuts to people with a disability

Where: Meet at the Garden of Remembrance, marching down O’Connell Street, before assembling outside Leinster House at Molesworth St.
Who: People with a disability, their families and anyone interested in protecting the rights of people with a disability

The Disability Strategy has been dismantled and people with disabilities have faced cuts to services they receive, education supports and social welfare and this march will tell Government that enough is enough; people cannot take any further cuts. This message will go out loud and clear at the gates of Leinster House on 7th July.

Disability Strategy:

The Disability Strategy as laid out in 2004 has been decimated:

• July 2008 - Personal Advocacy Service as laid out in the Citizens Information Bill, deferred indefinitely;
• October 2008 – complete rollout of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act, deferred indefinitely.
• October 2008 – full rollout of the Disability Act, deferred indefinitely,

Services:
People with disabilities and their families have been presented with cutbacks to all services they receive over the past year, such as day and residential services, and in particular to respite services (short breaks), and have had no say in what was cutback. These services are not a luxury.

SOS (Save our Swimming Pool) is a group of concerned residents who oppose the closure of Swimming Pools, in Dublin.  Dublin City Council unveiled plans to close North side Swimming Pool on 1st January 2010 but following local and political pressure the planned closure was deferred until June 2010.  Following further protests, and political pressure, the closure of this pool has been deferred until November.

More people would use the pool if Public hours were increased and the City Council showed some interest in promoting the pool.

There is scope for adding additional services such as:

    * mother & Toddler Swimming
    * public swimming classes for adults and children,
    * birthday parties at the pool,
    * water aerobics, Easter & Summer Camps

Dublin is European Capital of Sport for 2010 and we celebrate by closing down swimming pools? Something is not right. We NEED your support to fight this unjust closure, if we wait until November, it will be too late.    Please attend the meeting on Wednesday June 16th In St Joseph's National School Macroom Rd, Coolock, Dublin 17 8pm

SOS (Save our Swimming Pool) is a group of concerned residents who oppose the closure of Swimming Pools, in Dublin.  Dublin City Council unveiled plans to close North side Swimming Pool on 1st January 2010 but following local and political pressure the planned closure was deferred until June 2010.  Following further protests, and political pressure, the closure of this pool has been deferred until November.

More people would use the pool if Public hours were increased and the City Council showed some interest in promoting the pool.

There is scope for adding additional services such as:

    * mother & Toddler Swimming
    * public swimming classes for adults and children,
    * birthday parties at the pool,
    * water aerobics, Easter & Summer Camps

Dublin is European Capital of Sport for 2010 and we celebrate by closing down swimming pools? Something is not right. We NEED your support to fight this unjust closure, if we wait until November, it will be too late.    Please attend the meeting on Wednesday June 9th In St Joseph's National School Macroom Rd, Coolock, Dublin 17 8pm

Don’t just sit at home and get angry. People power is the only way to bring real change. So come out to the public meeting we are saying bail out jobs & services not bankers. The meeting takes place in the donnycarney community centre, on  Wednesday 5th  may, at 8pm speakers: Kieran Allen (author of Ireland's Economic Crash) Paul Hansard (SIPTU shop steward construction & allied trades branch)  mark Walshe (secondary school teacher)

Make your voice heard. This government needs to receive one big message: get out of office.

The right to work campaign brings together trade unionists, community activists and the unemployed to say: bail out jobs and services not banks

We won’t let this government divide us between public sector and private sector workers, migrant and non-migrant. We want solidarity – not divide and rule tactics.

This is a meeting of resistance and solidarity and we want to hear your suggestions for how to step up our campaign

If you want to know more about our conference or get involved with the right to work campaign,
contact Martin O’Sullivan
0878289243

Water charges on the way?

Fianna Fáil and the Greens now seem determined to make another attempt at forcing domestic users to pay on the double for our water.

The Green Party leader, John Gormley, is leading the charge. He said recently that it would cost around €1bn to upgrade the water network and that the Government intended to raise the money from domestic users, leaving householders paying hundreds of euro a year in addition to the tax we already pay for public services.

Gormley wants to introduce a water metering system with charges applying to any water used above a free allocation. It is claimed that only when users have to pay for water will they realise the value of it and stop wasting it. Gormley took full advantage of the water shortages during the ‘big freeze’ in January to ‘prove’ this point. If people had been paying for water, they wouldn’t have left their taps running.

But the facts tell a different story. Years of under-investment mean that up to 50 per cent of water in some areas is lost through leaking pipes. The antiquated pipes made them particularly prone to bursting during the big freeze. Instead of trying to introduce a water metering system that would be expensive to install and costly to administer, the Government should invest in upgrading the network and encourage water conservation measures.

People Before Profit Alliance-Artane/Coolock/Donaghmede

are holding a local Anti-Cuts meeting on

3rd September @ 8pm in Donnycarney Community Centre.

If you're one of thousands affected by the cuts - then you need to be at this meeting. THE TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW.

Contact Martin O'Sullivan (People Before Profit Alliance - Artane/Coolock area) @ 087 8289243 for more information.

Public Meeting
Same Treaty Same Answer
No To Lisbon!

Donnycarney Community
Centre
Wed 19 Aug, 8pm

PROTEST BUDGET CUTS
SAT 18th APRIL @ 2 PM
SEAN HAUGHEY’S CLINIC
(BESIDE THE GOBLET)

Organised by Martin O’Sullivan, People
Before Profit Alliance 087 82 89 243