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People stop to hear from Cian Prendiville about alternatives to the proposed office focused development on the Opera site during the Anti-Dereliction protest in Feburary.

Opera site in question after Revenue considers future of the office.

Revenue move away from offices threatens Opera quarter viability. As international finance shifts from property investment and workplaces embrace remote working, has Limerick approved plans for too many offices?

Members of People Before Profit in Tubbercurry Co. Sligo to hear from small farmers trying to eke out a living from the land.

Small farmers being pushed out as policy supports exports over food sovereignty.

Export-led model threatens the existence of the family farm, the quality of the soil and our ability to feed ourselves. Small farmers need support to lead the development of sustainable agriculture that cares more about feeding people than delivering profit to investors.

Ruairí Fahy, People Before Profit representative for Limerick City North, stands outside the Toll Cottages on Verdant place, that have recently been marked for Sale by Limerick Council.

Council plans to sell off derelict properties instead of redeveloping them.

Council puts publicly owned properties up for sale while numbers on housing waiting list remains above 2,000 in the hope that private developers will return them to use.

Pay-as-you-go electricity meter ready to accept a topup

Pay-as-you-go energy users not protected from disconnection this winter

Measures have been brought in to limit disconnections from heat and electricity during the coldest months of the year but these protections are not available to those using pay-as-you-go meters

Irish Cement plant in Mungret is the nearest industrial site to the air quality sensor that recently measured dangerous level of air pollution.

Air Quality in Mungret plummets as particulate density soars.

Mungret air quality recorded as poor, with pollution effects seen 8km away in Castletroy. Ruairí Fahy outlines People Before Profit's approach for tackling Air Quality and energy poverty at the same time.

Unite workers hold a protest outside Murphy Construction Group's headquarters in Newbridge Co. Kildare with "Scabby", a giant inflatable rat signifying that Murphy had taken an anti-trade union action and holding up banners saying "Murphy - treat your workers with respect"

Unite Members Defend Dismissed workers.

A protest by Unite members was held at the Kildare headquarters of Murphy Group the construction engineering company following the dismissal of 4 workers for union activity

Ruairi Fahy, People Before Profit representitive for Limerick City North, stands outside the Irish Cement plant following the upholding of a licence to burn tyres by the high court.

Irish Cement granted licence to burn tyres as Mungret tops air pollution table.

Last week air pollution measured by the sensor in Mungret exceeded the annual limits set out by the WHO as safe. People Before Profit calls for greater monitoring of other pollutants and stronger enforcement of environmental regulations around industrial sites.

Ruairi Fahy answering questions from the crowd during the selection convention

People Before Profit selects Ruairí Fahy as its representative for Limerick City North.

Ruairí Fahy was chosen as a candidate for the 2024 local elections following a selection convention held by the local People Before Profit branch, attended by TD for Dublin South-West, Paul Murphy and veterans of the limerick anti-water charges movement.

Irish Cement plant surrounded in a yellow haze from the pollutants it is emitting

International Day of Clean Air for blue skies but Mungret lies in a cloud of smoke.

On the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies the Mungret air quality sensor recorded measurements exceeding the upper limit as set out in EU directives for PM2.5 over a 24 hour period. Ruairí Fahy details the health impacts of Air Quality and outlines People Before Profit's approach for tackling Air Quality and energy poverty at the same time.

People Before Profit activists stand in front of a "Farming not Fracking" mural in Tarbert, near the site of the proposed LNG terminal.

LNG terminal won't bring energy security, just higher prices.

People Before Profit joined activists from across the coutry at the Climate Camp, organized by Slí Eile, in Tarbert to lay out a strategy for the opposition to LNG imports which would encourage increased use of fossil fuels while delivering higher energy prices, damaging the planet and destroying the lives of workers and people living near the extraction sites.