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Biggest AGM Ever
People Before Profit says its 2025 AGM is its biggest in history, with members debating motions on how socialists should intervene on issues including Trump, imperialism, the far right, workers' rights, trans rights, inequality and partition. The party pledges to organise against the establishment…
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Department of Health’s Core Grant scheme "exploitative" - Cllr Kendall
Green Party NI Councillor Lauren Kendall says the health department's core grant programme is exploitative, with only 25 of 259 applicants receiving £1.8m for 2025/26 – half the previous allocation – and urges an immediate restoration of funding for community wellbeing services.
Health Public finance and taxation Original release: Department of Health’s Core Grant scheme "exploitative" - Cllr Kendall (opens in a new tab)
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Maoinigh Pobal na Gaeilge Anois!
People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll calls on the Executive and the Irish Government to fill the funding gap facing Foras na Gaeilge after cuts of over €800,000, warning they will damage jobs and language projects. The release also criticises the DUP's stance on the language and questions Sinn…
Disability and equality Public finance and taxation Issue: Foras na Gaeilge €800,000 budget cuts Original release: Maoinigh Pobal na Gaeilge Anois! (opens in a new tab)
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Removal of Housing Executive Intimidation Points will put lives at risk
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says the Communities Minister's decision to remove Housing Executive intimidation points will put lives at risk, arguing it leaves victims of threats and sectarian, racist or homophobic attacks without priority for permanent homes. He instead calls for…
Housing Disability and equality Issue: Removal of Housing Executive intimidation points Original release: Removal of Housing Executive Intimidation Points will put lives at risk (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party welcome rejection of UUP anti-trans motion
Green Party Councillor Anthony Flynn welcomes the failure of a UUP motion on trans prisoners, calling it a distraction. He says the Assembly should instead deliver the LGBTQ equality strategy promised since 2007 and address hate crime and health inequalities.
Disability and equality Original release: Green Party welcome rejection of UUP anti-trans motion (opens in a new tab)
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Executive parties to blame for Emergency Department crisis - Gerry Carroll MLA
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll blames Executive parties for the Emergency Department crisis, saying years of underinvestment in community and domiciliary care leave patients waiting hours or days in ambulances and hospitals. He calls for proper investment in health and social care services…
Health Public finance and taxation Original release: Executive parties to blame for Emergency Department crisis - Gerry Carroll MLA (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party reacts saying puberty blocker decision turns failure of our community into betrayal
Green Party Councillor Anthony Flynn calls on the Executive to release the evidence behind its puberty blocker decision, now made indefinite after a temporary ban. He accuses the Executive parties of failing LGBTQ+ people over an equality strategy promised since 2007, and singles out Sinn Féin and…
Disability and equality Original release: Green Party reacts saying puberty blocker decision turns failure of our community into betrayal (opens in a new tab)
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Assisted dying bill "an act of humanity for those facing the end of life" - Lesley Veronica
Green Party deputy leader Lesley Veronica backs the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ahead of the Commons vote, rejecting claims it would undermine palliative care and citing other countries' figures on who requests assisted dying.
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Election Fundraising Appeal
People Before Profit appeals for donations and volunteer contributions to fund its campaigns after the 2024 General Election, asking supporters to give and to back the party with their first preference on Friday 29 November.
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The Election of Donald J Trump as President-elect of the United States
Green Party NI leader Mal O'Hara says the election of Donald Trump as US President-elect is deeply troubling, warning of threats to climate action, peace, the rule of law and marginalised groups, and calls for a worldwide movement to defend these values.
International affairs Disability and equality Original release: The Election of Donald J Trump as President-elect of the United States (opens in a new tab)
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Interim report on drugs "positive to see progress on saving lives and reducing harm" - Senator O'Hara
Green Party Senator Mal O'Hara welcomes an Oireachtas joint committee interim report on drugs, which recommends a health-led approach, repealing Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1997 and decriminalising possession of all substances for personal use. He urges the Executive parties in Northern…
Health Justice and policing Original release: Interim report on drugs "positive to see progress on saving lives and reducing harm" - Senator O'Hara (opens in a new tab)
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Green Party Councillor welcomes the first step at Westminster to introduce Assisted Dying in England & Wales
Green Party councillor Barry McKee welcomes the first reading of the Choice at the End of Life Bill at Westminster and urges Northern Ireland MPs to back legal change on assisted dying. He says the Stormont Executive should ensure residents are not left without choice.
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Michael Collins
People Before Profit's Michael Collins, Belfast City Council councillor for the Collin DEA, provides only contact details in this release, with no statement, call or announcement.
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Gerry Carroll
People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll, MLA for West Belfast, is listed with contact details only; the release contains no statement, call or announcement on any specific subject.
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Health Workers Are Right To Protest
People Before Profit backs health workers protesting over the Pay and Numbers Strategy, saying it caps recruitment too low and has effectively abolished over 2,000 nursing and midwifery posts. It says the policy is damaging services despite a budget surplus, and calls for properly funded and…
Health Economy and employment Issue: Pay and Numbers Strategy nursing and health worker protests Original release: Health Workers Are Right To Protest (opens in a new tab)
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United Against Racism Counter Demo
People Before Profit urges supporters to join a United Against Racism counter-demonstration on Thursday 19 September at 1.30pm, opposing a planned far-right march at the bottom of Grafton Street in Dublin. It says recent pushback against the far right in Belfast and Dundalk should be repeated in…
Disability and equality Issue: Planned far‑right march on Grafton Street, Dublin Original release: United Against Racism Counter Demo (opens in a new tab)
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United Against Racism Holds Successful Public Forum
People Before Profit says a Dublin forum of United Against Racism, attended by around 150 people, heard speakers on far-right attacks on people of colour, deprivation on Dublin's Northside, and anti-Islamophobia campaigning. Workshops covered unions, countering the far right and social media.
Disability and equality Immigration Original release: United Against Racism Holds Successful Public Forum (opens in a new tab)
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People Before Profit Respond To Attack By Irish News Columnist Brian Feeney
People Before Profit's Matt Collins responds to an Irish News column by Brian Feeney, which compared the party to the far right, and says Feeney's assertions are nonsense. He notes the column appeared on the eve of a large anti-racism demonstration in Belfast that the party helped build.
Disability and equality Issue: Brian Feeney column likening People Before Profit to far right Original release: People Before Profit Respond To Attack By Irish News Columnist Brian Feeney (opens in a new tab)
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The Dup Should Offer Leadership Not Victim Blaming
People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin calls on DUP Infrastructure Minister Gordon Lyons to withdraw his remarks that the protesters' legitimate concerns should not be forgotten, after violence and racist intimidation in Belfast. Harkin calls the comments victim blaming and says the DUP…
Disability and equality Justice and policing Issue: Gordon Lyons remarks on Belfast racist protest Original release: The Dup Should Offer Leadership Not Victim Blaming (opens in a new tab)
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Stand Up To The Fascists – Belfast Marches On Saturday
People Before Profit and Gerry Carroll MLA call for a mass anti‑racism movement and announce a ‘Belfast Welcomes Diversity’ march on Saturday, urging thousands to reclaim Belfast streets after far‑right protesters attacked migrant shops.
Disability and equality Issue: Far‑right attacks on Muslim‑owned shops in south Belfast Original release: Stand Up To The Fascists – Belfast Marches On Saturday (opens in a new tab)