People Before Profit Solidarity (PBPS)

Articles about the political party People Before Profit Solidarity (PBPS)

‘Emphatic’ rejection super-junior ministers challenges surprises constitutional lawyers

Ruling that cabinet confidentiality applies to anyone privy to its meetings described as ‘quite significant’

Opposition TDs lose legal challenge over ‘super junior’ ministers sitting at Cabinet

Court holds Constitution does not restrict attendances at Cabinet meetings to the 15 members of Government

Dáil votes by narrow margin not to restore abortion Bill that ends three-day wait for termination

Legislation passed second stage in previous Dáil but TDs decided by 73 to 71 to reject Bill

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin oppose Bill to ban fox hunting

Réada Cronin says she will continue trying to persuade Sinn Féin ardfheis to ban ‘abhorrent, cruel, barbaric’ activity

Miriam Lord’s week: Labour still first among equals as SocDems are outvoted

Government sides with Labour in row over Leaders’ Questions pecking order

Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections

Chief Rabbi says Jewish story deserves not to be ‘whitewashed or erased’

‘Lies and snake oil’: row over Dublin council rents threatens newfound left unity

Move to raise rents supported by Labour and Greens but fiercely opposed by Sinn Féin, PBP and Soc Dems

‘It’s a crazy set-up’: residents who lost out in bus changes protest against new routes

Finglas Bus Action Group says changes have caused upset to residents and left some cut off

Left’s unity from Catherine Connolly campaign faces its first big tests

Many quote Brendan Behan and suggest the first item on the agenda for a left alliance will be the split. They said the same about the Catherine Connolly campaign

Man living in Ireland for 19 years to be deported in ‘absolutely cruel’ case, TD tells Dáil

People Before Profit leader Richard Boyd Barrett says Government bowing to groups ‘screaming for mass deportations’

Dublin Zoo strongly rejects TD’s claims of animal mistreatment, sexual harassment of staff

Paul Murphy puts forward Bill for emergency inspection of attraction and demands tougher oversight

A left alliance must come with a warning for workers

Labour, Social Democrats and the Greens have shown they don’t represent the working class

The Irish Times view on a left alliance: challenges and opportunities ahead

The last election showed voters will only respond to a credible and coherent alternative

Catherine Connolly landslide sparks hope for left-wing unity but soul-searching in FF

Joy in Sinn Féin, PBP and Social Democrats as two Coalition parties face bruising postmortems

Momentum that boosted Catherine Connolly spells trouble for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

This thoughtful woman who built a broad coalition and offered a positive message represents a new Republic

Humphreys accuses ‘far left’ of suing for ‘speaking out’ as Murphy takes defamation action

Fine Gael candidate said case does not undermine her claim she could speak diplomatically as president

Paul Murphy brings defamation case against Heather Humphreys

People Before Profit TD seeks damages over comments made by presidential candidate during RTÉ radio debate

Jim Gavin was asked ‘repeatedly’ by Fianna Fáil if he had ever had issues with tenants, says Micheál Martin

Fianna Fáil presidential candidate’s move leaves Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly in race for Áras

People Before Profit allege Garda ‘brutality’ against pro-Palestine protesters

‘Multiple head injuries and broken wrist’ among injuries suffered on Saturday, activists say

Budget 2026: Public-transport fares set to remain at reduced level next year

DPER understood to be pushing back against indefinite freeze but full reversal to highest level of fares is not likely

Sharing of counselling notes in rape trials is ‘outdated, misogynistic process’, protest hears

Hazel Behan tells TDs and senators about injustice of defendants having access to such records

The campaign teams behind the Irish presidential election candidates

Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael, Jim Gavin of Fianna Fáil and Independent Catherine Connolly have assembled experienced backroom teams

RTÉ postpones Moriarty tribunal programme because of election

Postponement of Scannal followed due diligence to comply with election guidelines, RTÉ says

If we want fairer wealth distribution in Ireland, we need to tax property properly

As families have become smaller and household wealth has risen, inherited wealth can drive growing inequality in our society

Catherine Connolly’s remarks on not trusting ‘US, UK, France’ were in ‘context of Gaza genocide’, she says

Independent TD’s bid for presidency won unanimous backing of People Before Profit party on Sunday

Irish Times poll: Support for Government parties holds steady as Sinn Féin slumps

Despite gathering economic worries and concern about multinational sector, Government parties show little movement in support since April

High Court reserves judgment in TDs’ cases taken over super-junior ministers

Cases brought by Pa Daly and Paul Murphy pointed to article 28 in Constitution limiting number of Government members to 15

Super-juniors treated ‘identically’ to senior Ministers, ex-cabinet member Shane Ross tells High Court

Former minister for transport, tourism and sport says such Ministers have ‘special influence’ over legislation

Left-wing Opposition parties to meet to consider joint candidate for presidency

Some people find idea of Mary Lou McDonald candidacy ‘very exciting’, Pearse Doherty says

Government accepts ‘super junior’ Ministers are involved in decision-making at Cabinet with no constitutional basis, court hears

Four super-junior Ministers currently attend Cabinet

Siptu spent just €15,000 from €1.3m political donations fund, accounts show

Only one candidate received the union’s financial backing for the 2024 European elections

Sinn Féin TD’s legal challenge to ‘super junior’ ministers seeks ‘unprecedented’ intervention by judiciary, AG tells court

Sinn Féin’s Pa Daly taking constitutional challenge over Government’s Cabinet

Opposition parties cooling on possibility of joint left candidate for presidential race

All parties struggling to find candidates of sufficient stature to replace President Michael D Higgins

O’Donovan has ‘no notion’ of abolishing TV licence fee or replacing it with tax on tech companies

Numbers paying licence fee dropped from 950,000 in 2022 to 790,000 in 2024, Dáil hears

‘A roof over your head is seen as a luxury’: Hundreds attend housing protest outside Dáil

Among Raise the Roof demonstrators were couple in ‘very secure jobs’ but ‘still not able to afford property in Dublin’

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy detained in Egypt by the authorities

Mr Murphy is among 50 Irish activists participating in the Global March to Gaza from Egypt

Fears over Russia being used to make ‘insincere’ argument against triple lock, Opposition group says

Left-wing and Independent politicians claim number of Oireachtas members are uncomfortable with plans to relax triple lock

People Before Profit activists quit party over possibility of Sinn Féin-led government

Dublin City Council member Madeleine Johansson is one of some 30 Red Network activists who have left People Before Profit

Opposition tables second motion to ban Central Bank role in approving Israeli bonds

The Social Democrats motion is similar to a Sinn Féin motion defeated in the Dáil at the end of May

Liam Cunningham says Government is ‘siding with warmongers’ as he endorses Irish neutrality campaign

Cunningham urges public to ‘fight tooth and nail’ to retain triple lock and accuses Government of ‘lying’

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