People Before Profit Limerick
Limerick protest on Cost of Living crisis this Saturday
As inflation hits its highest rate in decades PBP calls for massive turnout on the cost of living protest. Comprehensive measures to control like price controls, wage increases and rent reductions are are needed urgently to protect people from rising costs.
Public meeting on the housing crisis, organised by “Raise the Roof”, to be held in Limerick on June 13th.
Government “Housing For All” plan failing to meet any of its targets, “only a radical break with these failed policies can deliver secure, affordable homes for all”
A year has passed but still no referendum on a right to housing.
The housing crisis now worse than before the pandemic as official homeless figures exceed 10,000 for the first time since an eviction ban was implemented at the start of the pandemic.
Data Centre expansion and LNG construction puts “climate targets impossibly out of reach.”
War in Ukraine being used as cover for expanding polluting industries at a time whne the IPCC has made it clear that we need to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure if we want to avoid climate collapse and human extinction. In an attempt to build local support New Fortress energy begins public lobbying campaign for an LNG terminal using selective quotes from experts and politicians.
“Obscene” increase in wealth of billionaires in Oxfam report
PBP calls for wealth tax on Irish billionaires as Oxfam report shows “obscene” increases in fortunes of global rich whilst poverty and deprivation continue to rage. A low wealth tax of just 2% on the wealthiest in society would raise over €8 billion.
Freeze prices - not the people
Corporate profiteering is putting people in poverty as energy companies jack up prices. People Before Profit are making the call to "Freeze Prices Not The People" to tackle cost of living crisis.
Limerick book launch - Tax Haven Ireland
Dr Brian O'Boyle will launch his book 'Tax Haven Ireland' in UL tomorrow. The book, co-written with Dr Kieran Allen highlights how Ireland operates as tax haven facilitiating tax evasion on a global scale.
Decision on Shannon LNG deferred until September
The investors in Shannon LNG see it as a prospect that will pay out for 30 years or more. Instead of just delaying the project it should just be denied instead of locking us into using fossil fuels for decades.
Floating Data Centre a threat to Limerick’s electricity capacity
Nautilus floating data centre would use as much as one tenth of all electricity used in Limerick City. Ireland already has the highest capacity of data centres relative to our electricity grid worldwide, adding any more risks blackouts.
Latest UN report condemns “green capitalism” as solution to climate change
IPCC chair Dr. Hoesung Lee warns “half measures are no longer an option”. People Before Profit spokesperson Ruairí Fahy says “it’s clear we can’t avoid climate collapse under capitalism”