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CCG: Don’t sell our land for an AI campus!
Aontú calls for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council to reject the sale of publicly owned land for a data centre expansion in Coleraine.
Local government Infrastructure and transport Issue: Coleraine data centre expansion proposal Original release: CCG: Don’t sell our land for an AI campus!Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026
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Reichenberg highlights oil voucher discrimination
Aontú representative in Slieve Gullion Liam Reichenberg says residents of Radius sheltered accommodation in Crossmaglen and Keady have been excluded from the £100 home heating oil voucher and calls on the minister and department to urgently review the criteria.
Social security and welfare Economy and employment Issue: Home Heating Oil Support Scheme voucher eligibility criteria review Original release: Reichenberg highlights oil voucher discrimination
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Support For The March For Clean Water In Belfast 3 November
People Before Profit Derry and Strabane Councillor Shaun Harkin backs the March for Clean Water in Belfast on 3 November, organised by Save Lough Neagh, and says urgent investment in water and sewage infrastructure is needed. He criticises Stormont over Lough Neagh pollution and the Mobuoy dump.
Environment and climate Infrastructure and transport Original release: Support For The March For Clean Water In Belfast 3 November
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Gerry Carroll MLA Launches Public Consultation On The ‘People’s Housing Bill’
Housing Original release: Gerry Carroll MLA Launches Public Consultation On The ‘People’s Housing Bill’
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Harkin: Stormont Failing Statutory Responsibility Of ‘Ensuring Availability Of Good Quality And Affordable Housing’
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says Stormont is failing its statutory duty to ensure good quality, affordable housing, and urges a response to the Department for Communities consultation on the EQIA of its 2024/25 budget. He calls for a mass social and affordable housing build and an end…
Housing Public finance and taxation Original release: Harkin: Stormont Failing Statutory Responsibility Of ‘Ensuring Availability Of Good Quality And Affordable Housing’
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People Before Profit Contests Westminster Election
People Before Profit announce three candidates – Shaun Harkin (Foyle), Gerry Carroll MLA (West Belfast) and Fiona Ferguson (North Belfast) – for the July 4 Westminster election, pledging to make Palestine a key issue and to challenge Tory‑driven austerity, soaring rents and housing shortages.
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 urges the government to scrap the plan and introduce free, frequent public transport in city centres, estimating a €550 million‑€1 billion cost to fund the scheme.
Infrastructure and transport Environment and climate Original release: No Congestion Charges – Free Public Transport
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People Before Profit Support The Translink Strikers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin backs Translink workers on strike and their escalated industrial action, criticising a 0 per cent pay offer and saying promises from the Secretary of State, the DUP and a restored Stormont Executive count for nothing.
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 largest and best-coordinated since at least 2015, and calls for workers to strike again for longer, with unions and communities preparing sustained action.
Economy and employment Education Original release: Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
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Second Transport Strike Day Hardens Worker Resolve Public Support
People Before Profit says up to 4,000 Translink workers picketed on a second day of strike action, with a third day starting that day and a fourth planned for the 22nd, and claims public support for the pay dispute. It blames management's 0% pay offer and the DUP's blocking of the Assembly.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Original release: Second Transport Strike Day Hardens Worker Resolve Public Support
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Translink Workers Strike
People Before Profit stands in solidarity with Translink workers on strike, criticising a 0% pay offer and calling for longer, more coordinated strikes, with support for pickets and a defence of publicly owned transport.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Original release: Translink Workers Strike
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Unions Reps In Translink Unite To Fight 0% Offer
People Before Profit says the three unions representing Translink bus and rail workers are united and will launch industrial action from 1 December in response to Translink’s 0% pay offer, citing past joint successes.
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Original release: Unions Reps In Translink Unite To Fight 0% Offer
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People Before Profit Holds Successful Conference
People Before Profit says its annual convention, attended by 400 delegates, called for a three percent mortgage cap, new rent controls and a major increase in social housing, and backed a cost of living demonstration on 7 October and a neutrality demonstration on 4 November.
Economy and employment Housing Original release: People Before Profit Holds Successful Conference
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Support Global Climate Strike On September 15Th
People Before Profit urges support for the global climate strike on Friday 15 September, organised by Fridays for Future, with protests in Belfast from Custom House Square to City Hall and in Dublin to the Dáil. It says the aim is to end the fossil fuel era and accuses global leaders of…
Environment and climate Original release: Support Global Climate Strike On September 15Th
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Defend Free Travel Passes – Join The Protest, Saturday 19Th August, 1pm, Belfast City Hall
People Before Profit calls on the public to join a protest at Belfast City Hall on Saturday 19 August to defend the Smart Pass and free bus travel for over-60s. It opposes a DFI consultation proposing to raise the eligibility age.
Infrastructure and transport Original release: Defend Free Travel Passes – Join The Protest, Saturday 19Th August, 1pm, Belfast City Hall
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Harkin: Back Dfi Roads Service Workers Strikers
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin expresses solidarity with Department for Infrastructure Roads Service workers on strike again over pay, saying DfI officials cite Stormont's collapse as a reason they cannot act while implementing Tory-demanded cuts. He calls for decent pay to replace the…
Economy and employment Infrastructure and transport Original release: Harkin: Back Dfi Roads Service Workers Strikers
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2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis
People Before Profit's end-of-year statement argues that capitalism cannot solve inflation, climate change, reproductive rights, the war in Ukraine or Ireland's housing and hospital crises, and calls for Ireland's first left wing government.
Economy and employment International affairs Original release: 2023: Socialism Is The Answer To A World In Crisis
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Housing Executive Surplus Can Fund Workers’ Pay Rise – Gerry Carroll MLA
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says the Housing Executive’s £300 million surplus should be used to fund a proper pay rise for striking maintenance workers, urging urgent intervention and accountability for the unspent cash.
Housing Economy and employment Issue: Housing Executive £300m surplus Original release: Housing Executive Surplus Can Fund Workers’ Pay Rise – Gerry Carroll MLA
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Why Ni Housing Executive Strikers Are Extending
People Before Profit says Northern Ireland Housing Executive workers, members of Unite, are extending their strike into October over a 1.75% pay offer and inflation at 12%, backing demands for pay rises of around 10%.
Economy and employment Housing Issue: NIHE Unite strike extended into October over pay offer Original release: Why Ni Housing Executive Strikers Are Extending
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Gerry Carroll MLA Supports Campaign For Women’s Refuge.
West Belfast MLA Gerry Carroll calls on the Communities Minister and the NI Housing Executive to urgently commission a replacement women’s supported‑living hostel, saying the shutdown of Regina Coeli and unkept promises have left vulnerable women without safe accommodation.
Housing Disability and equality Original release: Gerry Carroll MLA Supports Campaign For Women’s Refuge.