Climate

Climate

Rhetoric On Forestry At COP26 Belied By Net De-Forestation In Ireland And Consistent Failure To Meet Afforestation Targets

In a statement Richard Boyd Barrett TD said, highfalutin rhetoric about protecting forests at the COP conference was, in Ireland’s case, “deeply hypocritical” and “seriously contradicted by recent government

3 Nov 2021

Climate

Free Derry Wall For COP26

Free Derry Corner was temporarily adapted last night to raise awareness of the urgency of the Climate Crisis as world leaders meet at COP26 in Glasgow as they decide their

3 Nov 2021

Climate

Td Horrified To Discover Coillte Sale Of 16 Hectares Of Public Forest

TD says sale must be stopped immediately – privatisation of public forest totally unacceptable People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has said that he is “horrified” to discover that Coillte

3 Nov 2021

Climate

Elites And Political Establishment Are Obstacle To Climate Action – Mass People Power Key For Solutions

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “The key gathering to stop climate destruction is not elites and political establishment representatives in Glasgow – but those joining mass protests here and

1 Nov 2021

Climate

Cop26- Market Mechanisms Have Failed And Only System Change And Meaningful Action Against Big Polluters And Fossil Fuel Production Will Deliver In Fight Against Climate Change

People Before Profit TD and spokesperson on climate, Bríd Smith, has said that market mechanisms, such as emissions trading and carbon taxes on ordinary people “will not deliver the radical

1 Nov 2021

Cost Of Living

Join The People Before Profit Contingent On The Climate Justice March

The latest report from a United Nations agency shows that the world is on track for a temperature rise this century of at least 2.7 degrees Celsius. This is

29 Oct 2021

Workers Rights

Local Climate Activists Call Public Meeting Ahead Of Cop26

As world leaders prepare to meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, Climate Activists across Ireland are beginning to mobilise for a day of Global

22 Oct 2021

Climate

Un Production Gap Report Shows Irish Government Plan To Develop Lng Infrastructure And Unsustainable Data Centres Incompatible With Climate Goals

People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith has said that the UN Production Gap report shows that the Irish government’s plan to develop LNG infrastructure and unsustainable data centres is

20 Oct 2021

Housing

Majority Of People Worse Off After Shockingly Inadequate Budget 2022

Despite government spin working people being asked to pay bill for Covid People Before Profit TD and spokesperson on Finance and Housing Richard Boyd Barrett says that the majority of

13 Oct 2021