In a statement, People Before Profit TD, Gino Kenny has called for the proposed increase in the Public Service Obligation (PSO) to be scrapped as it is an unjust stealth tax imposed on working people. The PSO levy in 2011 was €19 and now the proposed increase is set to sky rocket from €61 to…

– Vote to leave is “chickens coming home to roost” for Corporate and increasingly undemocratic Europe – People Before Profit TD’s and MLA’s say a vote should be seen as an opportunity for an alternative Europe that puts People Before Profit. In a statement today, People Before Profit’s TD’s and MLA’s, welcomed the exit vote…

Dail debate and vote to take place next week on AAA-PBP motion calling for immediate government action to prevent planned increase in waste charges Motion calls for Ministerial order to cap charges and reinstate waivers for low income families Next week, the Dail will debate and vote upon a AAA-PBP Private Members Motion calling for…

There was a great turnout last night at the latest protest outside Greyhound Recycling’s Plant in Clondalkin against bin charge hikes that private waste management companies are bringing in on July 1st. The planned charges will see the annual bin charge for Thorntons more than double from €50 to around €104, their chief ‘competitor’ Greyhound…

Following a query from People Before Profit Dublin Mid-West TD Gino Kenny, private waste management company Thorntons Recycling have revealed that their annual bin charge of €50 will now be increased to a whopping €156 per year as of the 1st July. In response to this revelation, Deputy Kenny said “This charge is regardless if…