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People Before Profit-Solidarity wants a State construction company to build 30,000 social homes and 5,000 affordable homes per year

What is in the People Before Profit-Solidarity manifesto?

People Before Profit-Solidarity is the latest party to publish its general election manifesto, with the left-wing party outlining its key campaign points today.

Election 24 • 14 Nov 24

People Before Profit says a State construction firm would absord the Land Development Agency

PBP calls for Apple taxes to fund State construction firm

People Before Profit has called for a State construction company to be paid for from the Apple tax windfall.

Politics • 04 Nov 24

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett will lead the party into the next election (photo: RollingNews.ie)

People Before Profit select Boyd Barrett as party leader

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has been selected as the party's leader and national spoksperson and will lead it into the next general election.

Politics • 10 Oct 24

Minister for Justice has written to the Ceann Comhairle and to the Chief Justice

Calls for appropriate steps over Smith remarks on judge

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has written to the Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil to ask him to take appropriate steps in relation to comments made in the house by People before Profit TD Bríd Smith about a High Court judge.

Politics • 25 Jun 20

Brid Smith (centre) with RISE leader Paul Murphy (left) and PBP candidate Conor Reddy (right)

Election a 'historic opportunity' for change - PBP

People Before Profit has claimed there is a "historic opportunity" in this general election to create a government without Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Campaign Daily • 30 Jan 20

People Before Profit's Bríd Smith (L) outside the Pensions Authority in Dublin today

Parties address pensions, housing and economy

On the penultimate weekend before polling day, candidates have been addressing the concerns of voters on issues that have come to the fore so far including pensions, housing, the economy and Brexit.

Election 2020 • 26 Jan 20

Paul Murphy has made it clear that he wants to continue to work closely with his former colleagues

Murphy launches socialist environmentalist grouping

Dublin South West TD Paul Murphy has established a new political grouping called RISE - Radical Internationalist Socialist Environmentalist - following his resignation from the Socialist Party last week.

Politics • 30 Sep 19

Solidarity TD Mick Barry said unions needed to make clear that workers would not be the "whipping boys" in the context of a no-deal Brexit

Brexit must not be "new austerity excuse"

Solidarity-PBP have warned that ordinary workers should not be punished for the fall-out from a possible no-deal Brexit.

Politics • 05 Sep 19

The results are based on 910 face-to-face interviews with eligible voters and the margin of error is 3.3%

FG and FF support unchanged after strike, poll suggests

The nurses' strike and the controversy over cost overruns at the National Children's Hospital appear to have had no impact on the ratings of the parties involved in the confidence and supply agreement, a new poll suggests.

Politics • 16 Feb 19

Sinn Féin drops six points in the latest Behaviour & Attitudes poll

Drop in support for Sinn Féin, opinion poll suggests

A new opinion poll suggests a drop in support for Sinn Féin and slight increases in support for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.

Politics • 22 Dec 18

Paschal Donohoe will deliver Budget 2019 tomorrow

FF 'makes progress' on housing, health ahead of Budget

Fianna Fáil finance spokesperson Michael McGrath has said that his party has made substantial progress on housing and health in talks with the Government.

Budget 2019 • 08 Oct 18

Solidarity/PBP's six TDs speaking at a meeting in Dublin

Solidarity/PBP says Sinn Féin is moving towards right

Solidarity/People Before Profit representatives have said that Sinn Féin is ruling itself out of a left wing coalition by considering propping up a Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil government.

Solidarity/PBP • 13 Sep 17

A look at the key election battles, issues and pressure points

32 Things 'Paddy Wants to Know'

A look at the key battles, issues and pressure points ahead of the General Election.

Special Reports • 23 Nov 15

Richard Boyd Barrett has said the new political alliance will challenge austerity policies

People Before Profit meet ahead of election

People Before Profit met today in Dublin to discuss the party's policy platform for the General Election.

News • 20 Sep 15

Dublin City Councillors have agreed a new printing limit of 5,000 pages per councillor per month

Council limits printing after leaflet controversy

A new printing limit of 60,000 pages per year has been set for Dublin city councillors after complaints of excessive use by two People Before Profit councillors.

News • 26 Feb 15

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