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16 releases
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Richard Boyd Barrett Calls on Taoiseach to Use Shared Ireland Funds to Save Services in Newry’s Daisy Hill Hospital
People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett calls on the Taoiseach to use the Shared Island fund to retain maternity and other services at Newry’s Daisy Hill Hospital, citing consultant shortages, the temporary move to Craigavon and cross‑border patient rerouting.
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital maternity services suspension Original release: Richard Boyd Barrett Calls on Taoiseach to Use Shared Ireland Funds to Save Services in Newry’s Daisy Hill Hospital
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PBP Host Meeting on Daisy Hill
People Before Profit calls for community mobilisation to protect Daisy Hill Hospital, saying politicians have failed to stem service decline.
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital maternity services suspension Original release: PBP Host Meeting on Daisy Hill
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PBP Support Daisy Hill Maternity March
The party supports the SOS Daisy Hill committee against maternity service suspension. Marc Mac Seáin comments on the issue.
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital maternity services suspension Original release: PBP Support Daisy Hill Maternity March
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Green councillor Anthony Flynn pledges clean water and better transport in North Down Assembly bid
The party announces Councillor Anthony Flynn as its North Down candidate, pledging to protect the environment and improve public services. Flynn will focus on clean water and better transport.
Environment and climate Infrastructure and transport Original release: Green councillor Anthony Flynn pledges clean water and better transport in North Down Assembly bid
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Cllr Flynn calls on Stormont ministers to ringfence Transport funding
Cllr Flynn calls for Stormont ministers to ringfence Transport funding. He says this funding should be used to protect and improve public transport in Northern Ireland.
Infrastructure and transport Public finance and taxation Issue: Stormont Barnett consequentials announcement Original release: Cllr Flynn calls on Stormont ministers to ringfence Transport funding
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Green Party Councillor Shares Breast Cancer Diagnosis to Raise Awareness and Urge Early Detection
Councillor Lauren Kendall shares her breast cancer diagnosis to raise awareness and encourage early detection.
Health Issue: Councillor Lauren Kendall's breast cancer diagnosis Original release: Green Party Councillor Shares Breast Cancer Diagnosis to Raise Awareness and Urge Early Detection
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Safe access zones law working as intended
The party welcomes a Supreme Court judgment upholding the Safe Access Zones law, which protects people accessing abortion services from harassment and intimidation.
Disability and equality Health Issue: Supreme Court judgment on Safe Access Zones law Original release: Safe access zones law working as intended
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People Before Profit Contests Westminster Election
People Before Profit announce three candidates for the July 4 Westminster election – Shaun Harkin (Foyle), Gerry Carroll MLA (West Belfast) and Fiona Ferguson (North Belfast) – and say they will make Palestine, housing, health and poverty central issues if elected.
International affairs Housing Original release: People Before Profit Contests Westminster Election
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No Congestion Charges – Free Public Transport
People Before Profit says congestion charges would create class barriers and calls for free, frequent public transport in city centres, estimating a €1 billion programme could fund it and remove the need for charges.
Infrastructure and transport Environment and climate Original release: No Congestion Charges – Free Public Transport
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Junior Doctors Are Right To Strike
People Before Profit says junior doctors in Northern Ireland are right to strike over pay, calls for a consolidated 10% pay rise and urges public support, citing pickets at Craigavon, Royal Victoria and Altnagelvin hospitals and condemning Stormont Health Minister Robin Swann’s response.
Health Economy and employment Original release: Junior Doctors Are Right To Strike
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People Before Profit Support The Translink Strikers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says Translink workers are right to strike and have full support, condemns a 0% pay offer, calls for real pay rises and proper funding for hospitals, GPs, schools and transport, and commends UNITE, GMB and SIPTU.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Original release: People Before Profit Support The Translink Strikers
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Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
People Before Profit says the Thursday public‑sector strike was the biggest since 2015, congratulates unions and calls for longer, coordinated action, urging workers and communities to prepare for further strikes while demanding the DUP and the Secretary of State release funding and end austerity‑dr
Economy and employment Education Original release: Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
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2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis
People Before Profit says the 2022 cost‑of‑living crisis, climate inaction, attacks on reproductive and trans rights and the war in Ukraine show capitalism has failed, and calls for a socialist, left‑wing Irish government to end poverty, improve housing and health services.
Economy and employment International affairs Original release: 2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis
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The RCN Strike
People Before Profit says the RCN strike at Ulster Hospital underscores persistent pay‑parity and staffing crises, blaming the absence of a functioning Stormont government for delayed pay awards and the resulting nurse recruitment and retention problems.
Health Economy and employment Original release: The RCN Strike
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The NHS Strikes
People Before Profit says the 24‑hour NHS strike across Belfast’s five trusts highlights the need for a full return to collective bargaining, higher pay, safe staffing levels and a fair mileage rate, urging the government to listen to key workers.
Health Economy and employment Original release: The NHS Strikes
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Save The South West Acute Hospital Now, Save Real Lives Now!’
People Before Profit says the South West Acute Hospital and its emergency services face cuts that would endanger lives in Fermanagh and West Tyrone, and calls for people to protest in towns across the Northwest to demand better care and systemic change.
Health Original release: Save The South West Acute Hospital Now, Save Real Lives Now!’