Campaigners and sufferers of the condition known as Endometriosis gathered at a press conference today in Dublin to convey the debilitating nature of the illness and to outline their view that there needs to be more awareness of the condition. Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women, yet many people are completely unaware of this debilitating…
Government offer spurious reasons for blocking Medicinal Cannabis Bill Gino Kenny TD says: “I put forward solutions over three years ago and they completely ignored them” People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny said he received a letter today from the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, outlining the reasons why the Dublin Mid-West TD’s Cannabis for…
Gino Kenny TD welcomes news that cannabis-based products are now available to be prescribed in Ireland People Before Profit TD for Dublin Mid-West, Gino Kenny, has said that the news that medicinal cannabis products are available now to be prescribed is “a step in the right direction”. The TD said however that the programme was…
“No blacks, no dogs, no Irish!” read the signs in Britain in the 1970s. The history of Ireland as a victim of Empire meant Irish workers were often the target of racism in Britain. But because of that it was hard for nasty far right groups to grow in Ireland – the working people of…
There is anger among local residents in the Dodsborough and Hillcrest area of Lucan about the loss of bus services under the updated BusConnects plan. There are significant changes to both the 25 and the 25A bus which service Dodsborough and Hillcrest respectively. In Dodsborough there will only be a bus to the city centre…
Gino Kenny TD says “It is completely unacceptable for students and teachers to work in substandard buildings” The Government have just announced cuts of over a third to the budget that funds small and medium scale building works that improve and upgrade existing school buildings. People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny says: “This cut of…
People Before Profit Dublin Mid-West by-election candidate Kellie Sweeney has said that the new National Childcare scheme “does not go far enough” and “will not reduce the burden of childcare on low and middle income families.” The new National Childcare Scheme was launched today and will give subsidies to families for childcare costs at centres…
Statement from People Before Profit Councillor Madeleine Johansson in regards to last nights SDCC budget which is controlled by the ruling group of FF/FG and the Green Party. Pretty shameful stuff from the alliance of the extreme centre. There were angry scenes at the annual budget meeting in South Dublin County Council. The Budget was…
People Before Profit candidate says child waiting list “shocking and an indictment on governments performance on health” People Before Profit by-election candidate for Dublin Mid-West Kellie Sweeney has said that the revelations of child patient waiting list are shocking and an indictment of the governments performance on health”. Ms Sweeney who is a qualified nurse…
Kellie Sweeney is the PBP candidate for the Dublin Mid-West on Friday Novemberr 29th. Kellie is a registered general nurse and a mother to two young children. She stood as a People Before Profit candidate in May’s local elections in the Lucan ward, where she received almost 500 first-preference votes. She has been involved in…
