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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 keep maternity and other services at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, after maternity care was suspended and patients rerouted to Drogheda. Party representative Marc Mac Seáin pledges continued…
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 (opens in a new tab)Archived copy, Internet Archive capture of 8 November 2026 (opens in a new tab)
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PBP Host Meeting on Daisy Hill
People Before Profit are holding a public meeting at Ballybot House to discuss the looming halt of maternity care at Daisy Hill Hospital, with parliamentary leader Richard Boyd Barrett TD leading a panel on using community and workplace organising to defend the service.
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital maternity services suspension Original release: PBP Host Meeting on Daisy Hill (opens in a new tab)
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Carroll: DUP Will Pocket the Wage and Wreck the Work
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll responds to a DUP statement on its continued Executive engagement, saying the party will keep ministerial pay while using Petition of Concern to obstruct Assembly business. He cites the age of criminal responsibility, the Good Jobs Bill and the conversion…
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: DUP Stormont brake request on MLA wages and ministerial cars Original release: Carroll: DUP Will Pocket the Wage and Wreck the Work (opens in a new tab)
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PBP Support Daisy Hill Maternity March
People Before Profit's Newry and Armagh representative Marc Mac Seáin praises a large march against the suspension of maternity services at Daisy Hill Hospital. He warns the cut would burden families travelling to Craigavon and calls for accountability from the Southern Trust, the Department of…
Health Issue: Daisy Hill Hospital maternity services suspension Original release: PBP Support Daisy Hill Maternity March (opens in a new tab)
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Sinn Féin Unites With DUP To Vote Down Trans Rights Solidarity Motion In Derry City and Strabane District Council
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says Sinn Féin joined the DUP to defeat his council motion backing trans people, which called for reversal of Stormont decisions on puberty blockers, gender identity services and school guidance. He says Sinn Féin called the motion divisive rather than…
Disability and equality Local government Original release: Sinn Féin Unites With DUP To Vote Down Trans Rights Solidarity Motion In Derry City and Strabane District Council (opens in a new tab)
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Motion Backing HSC Workers Receives Unanimous Support In Derry City & Strabane District Council
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says his motion backing HSC workers was passed unanimously by Derry City and Strabane District Council. It calls on the Health Minister and Stormont Executive to deliver pay parity with NHS England, Scotland and Wales, and says the offer so far is a…
Health Economy and employment Original release: Motion Backing HSC Workers Receives Unanimous Support In Derry City & Strabane District Council (opens in a new tab)
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Ireland Against Racism Carnival
People Before Profit backs tomorrow's Ireland Against Racism Carnival, which it says has support from over 150 organisations, and calls for big, broad mobilisations against racism and the far right. It also blames the government, not immigrants, for housing and service failures.
Disability and equality Immigration Original release: Ireland Against Racism Carnival (opens in a new tab)
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United Against Racism 'Sports For All' Fun Day a Great Antidote to Division
People Before Profit Councillor Shaun Harkin says Donald Trump, Tommy Robinson and the DUP stoked racist falsehoods that led to violent attacks, and promotes a United Against Racism 'Sports For All' fun day at Bready Cricket Club in Derry as an alternative to division.
Disability and equality Original release: United Against Racism 'Sports For All' Fun Day a Great Antidote to Division (opens in a new tab)
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PASSED! Pay HSC Workers - Not Private Sector Profiteers!
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says the Executive has again failed to maintain HSC pay parity and calls on the Health Minister to end stealth privatisation, after his amendment to the Assembly debate on HSC pay awards passed.
Health Economy and employment Original release: PASSED! Pay HSC Workers - Not Private Sector Profiteers! (opens in a new tab)
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Ireland Against Racism Carnival
People Before Profit urges support for the Ireland Against Racism Carnival, a demonstration on 27 September, noting more than 70 backing organisations including the trade union congress. It condemns rising racism and a recent attack in Tallaght, and calls for unity against far-right scapegoating…
Disability and equality Immigration Original release: Ireland Against Racism Carnival (opens in a new tab)
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Education Minister must Guarantee One-to-One Support for SEN Pupils
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll says the Executive keeps failing SEN pupils and their families, accusing Education Minister Paul Givan of warm words without action on school places, transport and classroom assistant support. He calls for guaranteed support for every pupil.
Education Disability and equality Original release: Education Minister must Guarantee One-to-One Support for SEN Pupils (opens in a new tab)
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Harkin: Stop Stealth Privatisation of Ambulance Service
People Before Profit's Harkin says a council motion in Derry City and Strabane calls on the Health Minister to halt privatisation of NI ambulance services, citing over £10m paid to private ambulance firms in 2024 and nearly £50m over five years.
Health Public finance and taxation Original release: Harkin: Stop Stealth Privatisation of Ambulance Service (opens in a new tab)
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Education Minister's attacks on SEN pupils and education staff a new low - Gerry Carroll MLA
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll accuses the Education Minister and Education Authority of shifting blame for a shortage of SEN school places onto schools. He calls for them to listen to families and education unions and reverse their decision.
Education Disability and equality Original release: Education Minister's attacks on SEN pupils and education staff a new low - Gerry Carroll MLA (opens in a new tab)
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Independent Environmental Protection Agency needed to prevent another Mobuoy-scale disaster - Gerry Carroll MLA
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll welcomes the launch of the public consultation on remediating the Mobuoy dump and calls for a public inquiry and an independent Environmental Protection Agency. Councillor Shaun Harkin says illegal dumping and pollution are going unchecked across the North.
Environment and climate Issue: Mobuoy dump remediation public consultation launch Original release: Independent Environmental Protection Agency needed to prevent another Mobuoy-scale disaster - Gerry Carroll MLA (opens in a new tab)
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Drop the Puberty Blocker Ban
People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll criticises the Alliance Party's tabled Assembly motion for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, and calls on the Executive to reverse its indefinite ban on puberty blockers for under-18s and publish the clinical evidence behind it.
Disability and equality Health Issue: Assembly motion on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia Original release: Drop the Puberty Blocker Ban (opens in a new tab)
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People Before Profit support the Counter Demo
People Before Profit says it will join UNITED AGAINST RACISM's counter-demonstrations against far-right groups marching on Remigration in Dublin, Belfast and Derry this weekend, arguing that housing and public service failures are a government problem, not a migration one.
Disability and equality Housing Issue: United Against Racism counter-demonstrations against far-right Remigration march Original release: People Before Profit support the Counter Demo (opens in a new tab)
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Sun 23/3 1pm: UNITED AGAINST RACISM MARCH - Our Belfast Free From Racism
People Before Profit calls members to join the United Against Racism march in Belfast this Sunday, 23 March at 1pm, saying more than 100 community organisations and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions back the Our Belfast gathering against racism and fascism.
Disability and equality Issue: United Against Racism march Belfast 23 March 2025 Original release: Sun 23/3 1pm: UNITED AGAINST RACISM MARCH - Our Belfast Free From Racism (opens in a new tab)
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Anti Fascist Rally in Belfast Thursday
People Before Profit says death threats scrawled on a West Belfast wall against MLA Gerry Carroll will not be tolerated, linking them to far-right activity and anti-migrant protests, and urges people to join an anti-fascism rally at Casement Park on Thursday at 7pm.
Disability and equality Immigration Issue: Death threats and graffiti against Gerry Carroll in Andersonstown Original release: Anti Fascist Rally in Belfast Thursday (opens in a new tab)
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Every Labour Election Pledge A Lie
People Before Profit's Gerry Harkin accuses Labour of betraying its Westminster election pledges, citing cuts to winter fuel payments and disability benefits and its stance on refugees and defence spending. He calls on Stormont parties to resist Westminster policies rather than facilitate them.
Social security and welfare Disability and equality Original release: Every Labour Election Pledge A Lie (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)