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<p>Vacant property grants are expected to increase from €30,000 to €50,000 for vacant properties, and from €50,000 to €70,000 for derelict properties, under Housing Minister Darragh O'Briens proposals. Picture: Damien Storan</p>

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Cut in developers' costs and increased grants for house buyers proposed

Last week, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Ireland is short of 250,000 homes, which is contributing to inflated house prices and rents

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Seven deaths among 39 'critical' incidents reported at International Protection centres

Fights, self-harm, and alleged sexual assaults among the incidents reported at International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) facilities

<p> Bríd Smith of People Before Profit. Picture: Damien Storan.</p>

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Garda Commissioner rejects claim of 'double standards' in policing of protests

The Garda Commissioner has rejected claims from People Before Profit of "double standards" in the policing of anti-migrant protests compared to left-wing rallies.

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People Before Profit complains to Garda ombudsman over leaflet confiscation at rally

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Pointed Dáil exchanges as Opposition claims anti-migrant anger 'rooted in housing and healthcare crises'

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Exclusions from mother and baby home redress scheme 'will see cases taken in court'

Dermot Bannon: Knowledge is power in retrofitting and design

National Retrofit Programme facing 'unprecedented challenges', Oireachtas committee told

Inflation and supply chain constraints have been blamed for the slow progreess of the Government's €8bn National Retrofit Programme.

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022

Ireland's emissions cuts fall short of the legally-required 51%

Government hopes to make up the five-megatonne shortfall through new technologies and the change of land use

Fri, 29 Jul, 2022

Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions jump by 5%, EPA warns

Agriculture remains by far the largest contributor to overall emissions, at 37.5% of the total.

Thu, 21 Jul, 2022

With NMH finally signed off, is it time to talk about religious influence on health services?

Niamh Griffin asks if now is the time for a conversation around whether all hospitals should remove religious icons and chaplains and wonders how many people in Ireland want to see chapels closed in all hospitals

Sat, 21 May, 2022

Donnelly to face grilling over National Maternity Hospital deal

Health minister to answer questions amid controversy about ownership and governance of the delayed hospital

Sun, 08 May, 2022

Just 10% of GPs are delivering abortion services amid 'fear of prosecution'

Irish Family Planning Association tells Oireachtas committee the fear of prosecution 'sits in the consultation room between a patient and doctor'

Thu, 28 Apr, 2022

Pandemic has hit women's work status hardest

Dáil debate In advance of International Women's Day hears women are more likely to have lost jobs or had working hours reduced as a result of Covid-19

Fri, 05 Mar, 2021

Oil firms happy as State protects existing drilling licences from exploration ban

Oil and gas firms operating offshore Ireland have welcomed the Government's formal protection of existing exploration by not including current licences in its ban on future drilling.

Tue, 02 Feb, 2021

Education minister to meet opposition over plans to reopen schools

Schools are due to reopen on Monday, January 11, but there is increasing doubt about this plan as Covid-19 case numbers increase to record levels.

Mon, 04 Jan, 2021

Dáil committee to investigate Brid Smith's comment on judge

A Dáil committee is to investigate social media comments made by a People Before Profit TD last month after receiving a complaint from the then Minister for Justice.

Thu, 09 Jul, 2020

Bríd Smith facing Dáil sanction after comments criticising High Court judge

Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan made the complaint claiming her remarks were "sinister" and undermined democracy.

Thu, 09 Jul, 2020

'Disregard for garda vetting' at Cahirciveen direct provision centre

One of the main companies running direct provision centres had complete disregard for garda vetting of staff at one of its centres, according to documents seen by the Irish Examiner.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

Irish Examiner view: Court ruling a blow to workers on low wages

Legislation that allows for the setting of legally enforceable pay and conditions for thousands of workers has been ruled unconstitutional by the High Court.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2020

Special Criminal Court renewed, review set for Offences Against the State Act

Laws underpinning the non-jury Special Criminal Court have been renewed by TDs in the Dail after the government committed to a review of the security legislation.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2020

Offences Against the State Act set for review - Flanagan

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has confirmed there are plans for a review of the Offences Against the State Act, and emergency legislation used to prosecute subversive groups and gangland cases.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2020

Programme for government fails on health, housing and climate, People Before Profit claim

The proposed coalition pact fails to deliver on housing, health, climate and the cost of living, all of which were demanded by voters in the election.

Wed, 17 Jun, 2020

Pearse Doherty: Public inquiry into nursing home deaths 'inevitable'

New data released shows of the 1,030 deaths, almost 60%, 601 people died across 39 homes or centres which had 10 or more people die.

Thu, 28 May, 2020

Locals 'deeply shocked' after two men killed in house fire

Two men have died following a house fire in Drimnagh this afternoon.

Sat, 23 May, 2020

HSE says 15 Covid-19 clusters found at meat processing plants

The Migrant Rights Centre has called for a two-week shutdown of any plant with an outbreak.

Sun, 17 May, 2020

'Unsafe, unregulated': People Before Profit blasts reopening of construction sites

Brid Smith said that “light touch” regulation was a real concern despite new protocols agreed between employers and the government last week for people returning to work.

Thu, 14 May, 2020

Smith: Response to Covid-19 outbreak in direct provision 'an abuse of human rights'

People Before Profit's Bríd Smith says the state's actions in dealing with covid-19 outbreaks in the direct provision system is "an abuse of human rights".

Sun, 10 May, 2020

Talk of ending pay deal is 'grotesque' and 'outrageous' say TDs

Suggestions from Fine Gael ministers that planned pay rises for public sector workers will not be paid are “outrageous” and “grotesque”, Opposition left TDs have said.

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Brid Smith: 'Impossible' for Greens to deliver on climate with FF and FG

Brid Smith is calling on the Greens to reverse their decision and thinks it will lead to the betrayal of the Climate Action movement.

Mon, 04 May, 2020

TD claims Bus Éireann staff may strike over coronavirus safety concerns

Bríd Smith acknowledged that these buses are taking "emergency workers and essential workers" to and from their jobs.

Mon, 13 Apr, 2020

Pro-choice groups call for abortion access to be protected during pandemic

A key problem caused by the current crisis for abortion services is the need for two face-to-face meetings - divided by three days - between a woman and the relevant healthcare provider.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2020

Emergency legislation debated in the Dáil described as 'Sláintecare on speed'

The Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020 introduces special measures to aid the fight against Covid-19.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2020

PBP calls for reward payment for frontline staff

Essential and front-line workers, who have continued to work throughout the Covid-19 outbreak, should be given a reward payment by government, according to people Before Profit TD, Richard Boyd Barrett

Wed, 25 Mar, 2020

Groups to protest in Dublin against government involving two main parties

Protesters will take to the streets of Dublin city today demanding to oppose a government involving Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.

Sat, 07 Mar, 2020

Varadkar declines FF coalition mandate at party gathering

Fine Gael leader, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, is prepared to “let Micheál Martin sweat” and did not seek a mandate to continue talks with Fianna Fáil from his party.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

Taoiseach: Legislation changes may be needed amid Coronavirus outbreak

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that extra legislation may be needed to strengthen employment and social laws to protect those who have to self-isolate in response to Covid-19.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

'Demented and desperate': Brid Smith hits out at Varadkar's Sinn Féin comments

"People are comparing it to Nuremberg or whatever else, it's nonsense and reeks of desperation."

Wed, 26 Feb, 2020

Disappointing election for Solidarity-People Before Profit possibly returning only three of five TDs

Solidarity-People Before Profit look set to have a disappointing election and possibly only return two or three of its five outgoing TDs.

Sun, 09 Feb, 2020

'We want to see the change advance': Bríd Smith calls on Sinn Féin to 'look left' with possible coalition

Extending free State childcare to two-year-olds with an increase to 33 hours of such care per week at a cost of €495m forms the crux of the party’s childcare policy, launched today.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2020

RTÉ to decide on McDonald's inclusion as Labour calls for seven-way debate repeat

Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar are set to go head-to-head on Prime Time on Tuesday.

Mon, 03 Feb, 2020

Never Mind The Ballots: Prospective coalition kingmakers; Martin's withering put down

We take a sideways look at the election.

Thu, 30 Jan, 2020

Boyd Barrett appeals to left to unite and offer 'genuine alternative' to FF and FG

Sinn Féin has been called on not to enter government with either of the two big parties and to instead unite in forming a grand coalition on the left.

Thu, 30 Jan, 2020

Solidarity-PBP launch 'radical' manifesto on climate action

Solidarity-People Before Profit has launched its “radical” manifesto on climate action with proposals to put large agri-corporations into public ownership and to impose a blanket pollution tax on airlines.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2020

Missing slides made no 'material difference' to CervicalCheck findings, RCOG insist

At a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on health, Solidarity-People Before Profit TD, Bríd Smith, said many of the missing slides had serious misreadings.

Wed, 18 Dec, 2019

Justice Minister confirms 10 out of 18 charged with brothel-keeping are Romanian

The Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan has confirmed that of the 18 individuals charged with brothel-keeping here over the past two and a half years, 10 are Romanian.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2019

Solidarity/PBP TDs want to expand legal action on Bill's 'money messages'

Deputies Brid Smith, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny and Paul Murphy claim a Bill seeking to link exploration licences with meeting carbon reduction targets has been “strangled” by the Ceann Comhairle.

Mon, 02 Dec, 2019

‘Serious abuse’ of Dáil procedure faces review

The Government’s “serious abuse” of Dáil procedure in blocking Opposition bills will today be the subject of a High Court judicial review.

Thu, 07 Nov, 2019

Q&A: What the hell is going on in the Dáil?

The decision of four TDs to go to the High Court to seek to overturn a decision of the Ceann Comhairle is by any yardstick the nuclear option.

Thu, 07 Nov, 2019

Four TDs launch High Court challenge against decision not to allow new bill on Dáil rules to be debated

They have mounted the legal action against the Ceann Comhairle's decision not to allow a new bill on Dáil rules to be debated.

Wed, 06 Nov, 2019

Opposition TDs to have emergency judicial review hearing this afternoon

Two Opposition TDs have gone to the High Court to see an injunction against Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail over his decision to disallow a new bill due to be debated in the Dáil today.

Wed, 06 Nov, 2019

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