The rent increases, which are due to come into effect on Wednesday, could see some households pay 25% more. www.thejournal.ie/councillors-...

Dublin council blocked from impending rent hike following emergency meeting www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

If a private landlord tried to increase someone’s rent by 25% they wouldn’t be allowed, but one of the largest landlords in the country is getting away with doing exactly that right now. What’s even worse the council authorities responsible for developing the budget that contains these increases has

🗞️ Starting from next week, South Dublin County Council management is planning to increase council rents for over 20,000 households. "...resulting in a 25% increase in rent for many households and some seeing an increase of over 50%".

Council executive: rents will rise no matter what councillors vote. Link to story in comments. South Dublin County Council reluctantly caved to legal pressure and will hold a meeting about proposed council rent hikes – but its unelected chief executive has said, even if councillors vote against t

This Thursday, South Dublin County Councillors will vote on a motion to stop these rent increases. Council management even tried to stop the meeting from going ahead, but they had to back down. Now we need to make sure the motion passes. No Rent Hikes campaign People Before Profit, Sinn Féin, the S

Thanks to everyone who stopped for a chat, picked up leaflets and signed our petition. This Thursday, South Dublin County Councillors will vote on a motion to stop these rent increases. Council management even tried to stop the meeting from going ahead, but they had to back down. Now we need to ma

A great morning in Whitechurch on Sunday, talking with local residents about South Dublin County Council's proposed rent hikes and the rising cost of living. Thanks to everyone who stopped for a chat, picked up leaflets and signed our petition. This Thursday, South Dublin County Councillors will

Rent Hikes and the Rule of the Unelected. From July, South Dublin County Council plans to start reassessing the rent of more than 20,000 households, council tenants, Approved Housing Body tenants, and those on HAP and Homeless HAP. For many, the increase will run into thousands of euros a year. For

This Thursday Councillors in South Dublin will vote on a motion to stop the rent hikes. The Council officials tried to stop the meeting - but they had to back down. Now we need to make sure the motion passes. Councillors from People Before Profit, Sinn Fein, Social Democrats and some Independents

This Thursday Councillors in South Dublin will vote on a motion to stop the rent hikes. The Council officials tried to stop the meeting - but they had to back down. Now we need to make sure the motion passes. Councillors from People Before Profit, Sinn Fein, Social Democrats and some Independents

The Council management tried to prevent this meeting from going ahead. But after a threat of legal action, they have conceded this meeting will happen next Thursday. Join the protest to demand Councillors vote against massive rent hikes for 20,000 families.

This recent vote is only one step forward. Women are still being forced to travel abroad for essential healthcare, and access to abortion remains restricted when a woman’s life or health is at risk. The three-day waiting period has always been a paternalistic and unnecessary barrier to women’s righ

Finally legislation to get rid of the three day waiting period has passed, despite a majority of Fianna Fail and a lot of Fine Gael TDs voting against. This “wait” was patronising and dangerous and resulted in some women being forced to travel to Britain to access abortion.

Peter Thiel, Epstein associate, billionaire tech oligarch, and founder of Palantir, is set to host a now not so secret gathering of US political, NATO and corporate elites in Wicklow this August, according to leaked documents reported by The Ditch. Thiel and the Epstein class he represents are not

"A basic subversion of local democracy by South Dublin County Council management to avoid a vote happening." Let Councillors vote on whether there should be a rent increase for council tenants in SDCC. Council management has blocked a 'Section 140' motion and are trying to prevent a meeting taking

After the Fires: Racism, Misogyny and the Politics of Fear. (link in comments). Alexandra Day lays out the hypocrisy of the far-right's "concerns" for the safety of women and children, and argues that any concession to the far right's framing starts us off on the back foot. A young girl clutching

SpaceX and the Space Cadets. (link in comments). With the launch of Space X on the New York Stock Exchange, Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. Kieran Allen discusses his plans to colonise Mars and explains how his megalomaniacal behaviour is a symptom of deeper problems in the sys

People have to get organised to fight this, which is why there will be important meetings in the coming days. Councillors have also called an emergency Special Council meeting in SDCC on 25 June for a motion to stop the Council hiking rents for 20,000 families starting in July. Contact your Council

People have to get organised to fight this, which is why there will be 3 important meetings in the coming days (starting tonight). Councillors have also called an emergency Special Council meeting in SDCC on 25 June for a motion to stop the Council hiking rents for 20,000 families starting in July.

Save Our Sorting Office! Say NO to the Lucan move! People do not want the Edmondstown sorting office to move all the way to Lucan. Petition: Stop moving Edmondstown sorting office to Lucan. 📝 www.change.org/p/stop-movin... 📍Ballyboden Roundabout. - 13.06.2026

Important meeting tonight, 7pm Plaza Hotel. We have 12 councillors on board so far, but FF & FG have 14 likely to back the hike. There are 14 more councillors (Labour & Independents) who we don't know where they stand. Spread the word!

Over 20,000 households across South Dublin are facing council rent increases of up to 25%, with some families set to see rises of more than 50%, starting this July. Eleven councillors from People Before Profit, Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats and Independents are bringing forward a special resoluti

Save Our Sorting Office! Say NO to the Lucan move! People do not want the Edmondstown sorting office to move all the way to Lucan. Petition: Stop moving Edmondstown sorting office to Lucan. 📝 www.change.org/p/stop-movin... 📍Ballyboden Roundabout. - 13.06.2026

People have to get organised to fight this, which is why there will be important meetings in the coming days. Councillors have also called an emergency Special Council meeting in SDCC on 25 June for a motion to stop the Council hiking rents for 20,000 families starting in July. Contact your Council

Three mobilisations are taking place across Ireland this week, and we are encouraging people to turn out in solidarity with all those being indiscriminately targeted in the racist attacks we have seen across Belfast. The violence and the pogroms we are witnessing is being fuelled by British far-rig

Data centres are consuming more and more of our grid capacity, with approximately 22% of overall energy spent on data centres in 2024. This figure is constantly rising, and is expected to continue to rise.

AI is Enabling Redundancies at Covalen. Every worker should be warned about Covalen, a subsidiary of CPL Recruitment. One recent Monday morning, the company said that the jobs of 720 workers were at risk. This came via a brief video announcement, and no questions were allowed. The workers were trea

Paul Murphy Slams ‘Disgraceful’ Home Raids of Activists in Anne Devlin Community Centre in Liberties. “It is disgraceful that the Gardaí have become involved in facilitating a wealthy developer by intimidating community activists. The Minister for Justice must make a statement on the blatant attem

Starting from next month, South Dublin County Council management is planning to increase council rents for over 20,000 households. Rents will increase from 10% of household income plus €3 currently to 12.5% of incomes, resulting in a 25% increase in rent for many households and some seeing an increa

Speaking after last night's attack in Kinnaird Avenue, Gerry Carroll said: "My thoughts are with the victim of the attack last night, and we hope they recover from this horrific act which no one should ever have had to experience. It should be condemned unequivocally." "The victim's family, and tho

Government to Smash Triple Lock to Push Ireland Into EU's Militarisation and NATO. People Before Profit Deputy Paul Murphy said: “Legislation to end the triple lock is expected to be approved by the Cabinet today. If the government is successful in ending the triple lock, it will be the final blo

Moving the game is not the answer. The FAI should not play Israel, home or away. While the establishment tries to avoid protests, Palestinians continue to face genocide and apartheid. Respect the call for a sporting boycott. Don't move the game, stop it. #StopTheGame

#StopTheGame. Pressure has been building on the FAI and the Government for the match to be called off due to the opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Fifa and Uefa have applied no sanctions on Israel despite the United Nations finding them guilty of genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. This cont

“The European Commission wants households to use less energy at peak times to reduce bills and take pressure off the grid, in preparation for an explosion of power demand from artificial intelligence data centers” With upwards of €1.6 billion being added to Irish households’ bills by data centres,

No billionaire, and certainly no trillionaire, has ever earned all of their wealth. Fortunes on that scale are built through exploitation. The extreme inequality that defines our world is driving down living standards, deepening poverty, intensifying neglect in working-class communities, and concent

The ruling class does not want peace. Peace is far less profitable than war, imperialism, and colonial occupation. There can be no lasting peace or genuine liberation while imperialist powers are free to carve up the world, backed by the superprofits of arms manufacturers and the extractive corpora

“On a strictly confidential basis” a senior civil servant sent a confidential draft document to a lobbyist at the billionaire Collison brothers-funded Progress Ireland – whose board includes the civil servant’s former boss at his department. www.ontheditch.com/on-a-strictl...

A billionaire-funded think tank says they’re “dispirited” by our work. What’s really dispiriting is paying the same amount or more to rent a converted shed that once would have covered a mortgage. But thanks to successive governments putting the interests of landlords, developers and investors firs

Home Care Strike Goes to the Heart of what is Wrong with Care in Capitalism. Marnie Holborow speaks to Sonya Borwick, shop steward of the Northside Home Care Services in Coolock. They are striking for pay parity for the vital work that they do in their community. Link to full article in comments

Paul Murphy Slams Government for Abandoning Climate Targets. Full article in comments. New projections by the Environmental Protection Agency show that greenhouse gas emissions could fall by just 13 per cent by 2030, far below the 51 per cent reduction required by law. At the very best, emissions

The femicide of Masuma Sohrabi is yet another tragic example of how women continue to be failed after taking every possible measure to escape gender based violence. Migrant women and women in the asylum system face additional barriers to escaping abuse. Many experience extreme isolation from suppor

Israel is not a normal state. It is an apartheid regime carrying out atrocities against the Palestinian people, and it should not be allowed to use international sport to sportswash its actions. Rather than providing political cover, Ireland should be implementing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

Data Centres get Cheap Electricity, we get Soaring Energy Prices. Link to story in comments. Friends of the Earth launched its new ‘The Cost of Data Centres’ report. The report finds that high data centre energy demand and dependence on gas generated electricity in the Irish market is creating s

The Republic of Ireland's friendly clash with Qatar was twice halted after groups of fans threw tennis balls onto the Aviva Stadium pitch in protest against the side's Nations League meetings with Israel. Ireland's Aviva Stadium friendly with Qatar halted by protesters calling for boycott of Israel

Groups of fans threw tennis balls on the pitch Aviva Stadium and chanted support for Palestine. www.the42.ie/aviva-stadiu...

#StopTheGame Groups of fans threw tennis balls on the pitch Aviva Stadium and chanted support for Palestine. www.the42.ie/aviva-stadiu...