Land & Profits For Them. Housing Crisis For Us

Cllr Gino Kenny, People Before Profit general election candidate for Dublin Mid-West, has condemned the recent sale of the massive land bank at Adamstown to a private developer and US vulture fund saying it will do nothing to tackle the worsening homeless and housing crisis in the area. The 142 acre site, previously held by…

Reverse Home Help cuts to help stop hospital choas

Leo Varadkar has claimed that even  if he had an extra €100 million, he  would not be able to fix the hospital crisis over-night. Meanwhile Transport Minister O’ Donoghue has gone further and even suggested that government intervention has helped reduce the crisis. In a statement Gino Kenny from People Before Profit said, ‘This government…

Fines on way for refusing new electricity meters

People Before Profit has condemned plans to fine electricity consumers who refuse to accept new smart electricity meters. These proposals have been drawn up by the Commission on Energy Regulation. The meter installation programme is part of a strategy to charge more for electricity usage during peak hours and less for off peak hours. Gino…

2016- Let’s make this a year for change

This year marks one hundred years since the 1916 rebellion. That generation fought to remove the boot heel of an Empire and create a more equal society. For James Connolly and the Irish Citizen’s Army that society was a socialist society- where workers North and South would democratically control the wealth of society in the…