People Before Profit Supports protests against Bord Bia Chair
People Before Profit candidate for the Galway West By-Election Denman Rooke has expressed support for Irish farmers protesting Bord Bia Chair Larry Murrin. The farmers occupied Bord Bia’s offices in Dublin, protested outside Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon’s office, and issued a detailed list of 10 questions for Mr Murrin and the agency to answer […]
People Before Profit Galway brands SNA cuts “pure social darwinism”
People Before Profit Galway has condemned the planned reductions in numbers of Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) for next September, which has seen the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) cut SNA quotas for as many as 200 schools or more as part of a series of reviews. The NCSE has since “paused” the reviews, following […]
Denman Rooke has been selected as the People Before Profit candidate to contest the by-election in Galway West.
Denman is a socialist activist who lives with his wife and child in Galway city. He works as a commercial artist and designer. He has been a trade union activist for many years and is a long-time activist campaigning on issues of worker’s rights, trade unions, anti-racism, climate action, cost of living, and housing. He […]
People Before Profit Galway support Catherine Connolly for President
Welcoming Catherine Connolly’s candidacy for the Presidency, People Before Profit Galway representative Maisie McMaster said: ‘The People Before Profit branch in Galway enthusiastically welcomes the announcement this week of Catherine Connolly’s candidacy for President of Ireland. People Before Profit’s Steering Committee has endorsed Catherine’s campaign, and subject to ratification at a forthcoming National Council of […]
People Before Profit’s ‘Galway Transport Vision’
After a successful launch of their ‘Galway Transport Vision’ document this past Friday, People Before Profit Galway have now made the document available online. The document is intended to provoke a conversation and debate about the future of transport in Galway. In sections on bus, rail and active travel, we put forward a vision that […]
People Before Profit to launch Galway Transport Vision
As seen in the following articles by Galway Bay fm, Galway Daily, and Galway Advertiser People Before Profit Galway have produced a document putting forward their vision for the future of transport in Galway. They will hold a launch of the document on Friday 24th March, at 2pm downstairs in Áras na nGael, Dominick Street. Speaking […]
BusConnects good for Galway, but cyclist and pedestrian safety paramount
People Before Profit Galway supports the new BusConnects Galway initiative which unveiled its initial Dublin Road plans for public consultation this past month at the Renmore Community Centre. PBP’s new Galway City East representative, Denman Rooke, attended the consultation stating, “I’m very excited about the BusConnects Galway project and the potential it has to encourage […]
Ballinasloe strike important for all workers in Ireland
As seen in the Galway Daily article by By Michael Malone People Before Profit Galway has expressed its continued solidarity with workers at the Corrib Oil filling station in Ballinasloe on strike today (Saturday) from 6.30am to 10pm, PBP members from across the county joining them at the picket in Brackernagh. This follows a previous […]
Galway is seventh-worst city in Europe for car traffic congestion
As seen in the Connacht Tribune article by Stephen Corrigan Car traffic congestion in Galway is quickly rebounding to pre-pandemic levels, with commuters spending up to 94 hours caught on the city’s gridlocked arteries last year. According to data compiled by INRIX, a world-leader in mobility data, Galway is the seventh-worst city in Europe for […]
Statement on Oxfam Report
“The cost-of-living crisis has been difficult for everyone except the wealthy,” asserted People Before Profit representative Adrian Curran. This follows the release of a new report from Oxfam, detailing the enormous wealth inequality experienced in Ireland and around the world. Two key points from the report included that,Just 1% of the population holds 27% of […]
