People Before Profit Limerick
Calls to “use it or lose it” for derelict and vacant properties
On Saturday the streets of Limerick saw over a hundred people gather for the Derelict Limerick Walking Tour. The slogan of this demonstration was “use it of lose it” describing the need for radical action to address the housing crisis.
Dangerous Dereliction: council steps in to make buildings safe when owners won't
People Before Profit opposed any attempt to label gas or nuclear as green energy. Lobbyists have been making efforts to have these technologies labelled as green to avoid a transition to renewables.
Derelict Limerick Walking Tour this Saturday
Walking tour of Limerick vacant and derelict properties this Saturday to highlight the need for a joined up approach to tackle the housing crisis.
Opposition to the ‘Greening of Gas and Nuclear‘
People Before Profit opposed any attempt to label gas or nuclear as green energy. Lobbyists have been making efforts to have these technologies labelled as green to avoid a transition to renewables.
PBP Limerick launch campaign to highlight derelict and vacant housing in Limerick
‘Housing for All’ aim to address 2.5% of vacant homes is ‘simply not good enough’, as party proposes suite of stronger measures. A protest will be held on February 26th as part of National Day of Action on Dereliction called by National Housing & Homelessness Coalition
4,000 vacant homes in Limerick, plus 1,209 derelict
Report finds 4,000 vacant dwellings in Limerick, plus 1,209 derelict dwellings - 4 times the official number from Council. PBP call for bringing vacant and derelict sites into public ownership to develop as housing.
People Before Profit welcome Oxfam report calling for wealth tax on multimillionaires
People Before Profit welcome Oxfam report calling for wealth tax on multimillionaires, even a small tax of 1.5% on the super-wealthy could raise billions for housing, health and education
Free FFP2 masks for teachers & other workers
People Before Profit launch bill for teachers & other workers to be given free FFP2 masks, like TDs already get. Prof Orla Hegarty tells an oireachtas committee that wearing cloth & surgical masks for an airborne virus is like ‘wearing flip flops on a building site’
Mining in Clare threatens air, water, biodiversity and livelihoods across the mid-west
“Large scale industrial mining in East Clare would be a disaster” says PBP rep along with calls for Eamon Ryan to reject the granting of a prospecting licence to Minco Ireland Ltd. in Clare
IRES REIT's intention to buy up homes in Limerick is a step in the wrong direction
Ireland's largest landlord eyeing up Limerick as its next destination. Real-estate investment trust, have played a major role in driving up rents and the price of homes in Dublin