As the Irish Left roar and shout about the travesty that is the cost of living crisis, never forget that they, with the government, advocated for policies which directly contributed to it. @Ben_Scallan comments.
It’s no secret that Ireland, like many countries, is experiencing a serious cost of living crisis, fueled by inflation and a European energy crunch. Average families are facing a projected €1,300 increase in energy costs this year alone, and according to the CSO, inflation in Ireland rose 3.7% last year – the sharpest rise since […]
This week, People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny told the Dáil that the Covid-19 virus “did a number of positive things” – specifically citing the State commandeering private healthcare as a great benefit to the country. But far from being of benefit, this actually exposed what a disaster the State-run healthcare system is – though […]
When anti-capitalist Marxists and big corporate lobbying groups are campaigning for the same policies, you know a wire is after getting crossed in your political system. Chambers Ireland, the biggest business lobbying organisation in the country, has praised the government for giving amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, and urged more of the […]
One of these days, my friends, Ireland will find itself facing a problem to which Paul Murphy’s answer will not be “seize all private property”. But it is not this day. Here he is, popping up on RTE’s Drive Time radio programme to advocate….. seizing hotels and turning them into Government prison camps quarantine facilities […]
A Derry Councillor has slammed People Before Profit representative, Eamonn McCann for bringing “another” motion pushing abortion before the Council at a time when people are suffering during the Covid lockdown. Aontú Councillor, Emmet Doyle, said that the PBP was seeking to “continuously bring our focus to death” at a time when the people were dealing […]
If you’ve never seen it, then bear with me, but one of the most striking scenes in David Lean’s dramatization of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago is when the title character arrives back in Moscow from the war, and discovers that the local reds have taken over his home and are busily stealing everything in it. Even […]
It seems like RTE has gone all 1968 on our ass. Not only have they guilt-bombed us now for months over our white supremacy and slavery associations, but now it seems the national broadcaster thinks that abolishing the police is something they should give a “platform” to. On Tuesday, the national broadcaster posted a piece […]
Following the Black Lives Matter riots in America, People Before Profit want Ireland to raise a memorial in Galway acknowledging Irish people’s historical guilt regarding the slave trade. Is this a case of self-hating political correctness gone mad? Ben Scallan comments. #gript
Joe Loughnane, a People Before Profit election candidate in Galway and the founder of the Galway Anti-Racism Network [GARN], has been expelled from People Before Profit following a meeting of their Steering Committee. The Steering Committee said that there was no place in PBP for Joe following ‘his violent attack on a former partner’. Mr […]
People Before Profit candidate Joe Loughnane, running in Galway West, has been accused of assaulting Roisin Bowyer, a prominent Sinn Fein activist in the city. Ms Bowyer took to Twitter to post a series of photos which she said showed the aftermath of Mr Loughnane spitting on her and breaking her phone when she refused […]
A People Before Profit candidate for Election 2020 in Dublin North West previously boasted of tearing down posters advertising a meeting by a rape survivors network, and posted photos of his actions on social media. Conor Reddy, a People Before Profit candidate for Dublin North West in the election, went on “a rampage” in the […]