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80-573: A green payment to offset this, provided a farmer doesn't earn more than €100,000 a year. People Before Profit seek to create a state-owned building corporation that would be used to retrofit existing homes. People Before Profit supports the legalisation of cannabis for medical and general use. It states that it wants to "legislate for the use of medicinal cannabis for pain management of chronic conditions" and medical cannabis be "researched and made available as an evidence-based option for health care providers and patients". It also states that it wants
120-854: A campaign calling for a No vote on the Lisbon Treaty when it was put to the people. In the Republic's 2009 local elections People Before Profit ran twelve candidates, including ten in County Dublin. It secured five seats in three of Dublin's four councils. As well as ten members of the SWP, Joan Collins and Pat Dunne of the CWAG ran in Dublin, and Donnie Fell (a former Waterford Crystal worker and trade union representative) in Waterford. In
160-443: A dispute with the party leadership. Her Community and Workers Action Group joined People Before Profit in 2007, and Collins was re-elected as a local councillor under their banner in 2009. During her tenure as a Councillor, she remained employed as a post office clerk. As a Councillor, Collins came to prominence on 27 January 2011, when she confronted Bertie Ahern on camera as he was being interviewed outside Leinster House , on
200-536: A hard border, and would encourage "a movement of civil disobedience to remove border posts if they are imposed by either the UK government or the EU". The party supports free public transport . People Before Profit supports nationalising the "major Agri-corporations" and using them to finance a “ just transition ” for farmers and rural Ireland. People Before Profit also seeks to cut the national cow herd by 50% and pay farmers
240-404: A man from his home. The man was ultimately evicted two weeks later, an action which Collins strongly condemned. In December 2012, Collins named crime journalist Paul Williams and sports star Ronan O'Gara under Dáil privilege as being among those to benefit from having their penalty points cancelled by gardaí. Justice Minister Alan Shatter called Collins's action a "total disgrace" and she
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320-736: A single political party for electoral purposes. The new organisation was called the Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit . At the 2016 general election , Boyd Barrett was re-elected. He was joined by fellow People Before Profit candidates Gino Kenny and Bríd Smith . In May 2016, Carroll topped the poll in the Belfast West constituency at the 2016 Assembly Election with 8,299 votes (22.9%), almost 4,000 first-preference votes clear of his nearest challenger, Sinn Féin MLA Fra McCann (Sinn Féin
360-624: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages People Before Profit People Before Profit ( Irish : Pobal Seachas Brabús , PBP ) is a Trotskyist political party formed in October 2005. The party is active in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland . People Before Profit was established in 2005 as the People Before Profit Alliance by members of
400-475: Is opposed to NATO and support Irish neutrality . They have said that "the role of NATO expansion and the role of further potential NATO aggression" are partly to blame for the Russian invasion of Ukraine , which they consider "a conflict between two reactionary imperialist blocs", and accuse NATO of escalating the war "to the terrifying possibility that we could have a nuclear situation". PBP have condemned
440-659: Is shaped by the trade union movement." Members of Sinn Féin criticised this stance, saying that supporting Brexit, tactically or otherwise, aligned People Before Profit with British parties such as the Conservatives , UKIP , the Democratic Unionist Party and Traditional Unionist Voice and regardless of People Before Profit's intentions, this would serve the pro-Brexit agenda. In response, Richard Boyd-Barrett tried to distance PBP's position from those parties, and noted that People Before Profit opposed
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#1732773153469480-712: Is the Labour Party's bizarre code word for anyone with strong left-wing principles". The party self-claims to be an eco-socialist party. It described its 2022 AGM as a "positive step forward in building a major, pluralist eco-socialist party in Ireland" and described its party programme as eco-socialist. In the Northern Ireland Assembly, the party's assembly members sign the register as "socialist" when asked if they are " unionist " or " nationalist ", resulting in an official designation of "other" in
520-521: The 2007 general election , polling around 9,000 first preferences , with Richard Boyd Barrett —the candidate in the Dún Laoghaire constituency —missing a seat on the 10th and final count by 7,890 votes to 9,910. PBP unsuccessfully ran one candidate, Sean Mitchell, in the 2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election , polling 774 first preference votes (2.3% of the total) in the Belfast West constituency . In May 2008, People Before Profit launched
560-687: The 2014 Belfast City Council election , Carroll became the first People Before Profit councillor elected in Northern Ireland, winning 3rd place in the Black Mountain DEA , with 1,691 1st Preference votes (12.1% of the vote). Discussions were held in August 2015 with the Anti-Austerity Alliance about forming a new political grouping. On 17 September 2015, the two parties announced they had formally registered as
600-431: The 2016 EU referendum in Northern Ireland. Commenting on their pro-Brexit position, Gerry Carroll stated "We made a decision to say that the EU does not operate in the interests of working people anywhere, and the strongest example of that is Greece. What we need is a Brexit that is not shaped by Theresa May , we need one that is shaped by working-class people in Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. And one that
640-488: The 2019 United Kingdom general election , with their best performance being by Gerry Carroll in the Belfast West seat: he came second with 16%. The party retained its three TDs in the 2020 Irish general election. People Before Profit supported Debenhams Ireland workers in their 2020 industrial dispute. On 28 February 2021, RISE , a democratic socialist party that had previously split from Solidarity in 2019, merged with People Before Profit. Paul Murphy became
680-737: The Dublin South-Central constituency since the 2011 general election . A post office clerk by profession, Collins was elected to Dublin City Council at the 2004 local elections for the Crumlin - Kimmage local electoral area. She was involved in the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign . She is a former member of the Socialist Party , having left along with her partner, the former secretary of the party, due to
720-787: The East Londonderry and Foyle seats (reflecting the party's Derry base). It polled poorly in East Londonderry, with candidate Marion Baur gaining 137 first preference votes (0.4% of the total), although in Foyle Eamonn McCann gained 2,257 first preference votes (5.5% of the total). Overall, SEA got 2,394 votes in the election, 0.35% of the total. It contested the 2004 elections to the European Parliament , with Eamonn McCann as their candidate. He received 9,172 first preference votes (1.6% of
760-578: The Socialist Workers Network (SWN) to reflect "a decision to focus on building People Before Profit, and within that to win and educate as many members as possible in revolutionary socialist politics." The Socialist Environmental Alliance (SEA) was a political party which operated in Northern Ireland, based largely in the city of Derry . The SEA contested the Northern Ireland Assembly 2003 election in
800-568: The Socialist Workers Party (SWP), a Trotskyist organisation affiliated to the International Socialist Tendency (IST). The Community & Workers Action Group (CWAG) in south Dublin joined the alliance in 2007 and brought along the party's first elected representative, Joan Collins , an anti–bin tax campaigner and former member of the Socialist Party . In February 2018, the SWP renamed itself
840-588: The "non-commercialised legalisation of cannabis to be regulated by a new state body and dispensed via designated stores". In November 2022, Gino Kenny introduced a bill to legalise personal usage of cannabis, and possession of up to seven grams of cannabis. In 2023, People Before Profit published a document which said that the Irish military and police force ( Garda Siochana ) would commit a coup d'état on behalf of "wealthy elites" against any prospective left-wing government that formed in Ireland. People Before Profit
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#1732773153469880-463: The May 2014 local elections, People Before Profit won 14 seats including two seats outside Dublin on Sligo and Wexford County Councils. People Before Profit supported the successful Right2Water Ireland campaign against the introduction of water charges in Ireland, which was launched in 2014. By 2017 the scale of the campaign resulted in the suspension and ultimately the scrapping of the funding model. In
920-424: The Republic's 2011 general election , both Richard Boyd Barrett and Joan Collins were elected to Dáil Éireann as TDs (deputies), running under a joint People Before Profit and United Left Alliance banner. PBP ran four candidates in the Northern Ireland Assembly election of May 2011 , winning 5,438 first-preference votes between them but no seats in the new Assembly. Its most successful candidate in this election
960-509: The Russian imperialist invasion", but said sanctions "are hurting ordinary Russians and are only bolstering the Putin regime". Simon Coveney and Neale Richmond of Fine Gael suggested it is contradictory for PBP to support sanctions against Israel but not against Russia. Murphy responded "You have a call for [sanctions] coming from ordinary Palestinians, including Palestinians who live within
1000-405: The assembly. However the party is not neutral on constitutional matters, and are in favour of "a 32 county socialist Ireland." People Before Profit support a referendum on Irish reunification. This is in contrast to their alliance partners Solidarity who oppose the holding of a border poll. People Before Profit have supported leaving the EU and campaigned for a 'Lexit' (a left-wing Brexit) in
1040-481: The day Ahern retired from politics with a €150,000 a year pension as wages were being cut and taxes increased, with Collins asking the former Taoiseach if he had "no shame" and "How dare you?" Ahern ignored her and dismissed her as someone who had approached him "to try get themselves on television and radio", though Collins later said she had not seen the television cameras. She released a video in which she stated she had been annoyed by "the smug smile on his face and
1080-411: The five council seats they had had in the May 2023 Northern Ireland local elections , with 1.1% of the vote, down by 0.4 percentage points . On 10 October 2024, the party announced that Richard Boyd Barrett had been selected to be the leader of the party, which before had been run as a collective leadership . The party said the reason behind selecting a leader was "offering a familiar face to identify
1120-676: The invasion as " barbaric " and have supported taking in Ukrainian refugees . People Before Profit call for sanctions against Israel and support the Palestinian -led movement Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). They have called for "a comprehensive package of economic, political and cultural sanctions against Israel for war crimes, ethnic cleansing and the crime of apartheid ". People Before Profit oppose sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Paul Murphy said they stand with Ukrainians "in their struggle against
1160-433: The party with", "communicating the policies of the party in the media", and to be the spokesperson in the leaders' debates in the 2024 general election . Historical Historical People Before Profit are a Trotskyist party committed to political agitation through working-class mass action in capitalist societies. However, People Before Profit do not accept this label, with their website stating that "Trotskyist
1200-404: The party's 4th TD in the process. It maintains its media and functions as an internal organisation. On 10 May 2021, the party announced that Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown "Councillor Hugh Lewis is no longer a member of People Before Profit following an internal disciplinary procedure". People Before Profit retained their single seat in the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election . They lost three of
1240-494: The quota. She said the election should have been a referendum on the Finance Bill. In March 2011, due to the dual mandate rule, she was replaced on Dublin City Council by her party colleague Pat Dunne. Collins supported the nomination of Senator David Norris for a place on the ballot paper ahead of the 2011 presidential election . She said that the people of Ireland should be allowed to decide Norris's suitability for
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1280-420: The role. In December 2011, she described the proposed household charge being brought in as part of the 2012 Irish budget as a " Trojan Horse ". On 15 December 2011, she helped launch a nationwide campaign against the proposed household charge. In February 2012, she accompanied a collection of housing groups to Mountrath , County Laois , who successfully prevented the deputy sheriff and gardaí from evicting
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1360-468: The state of Israel and suffer apartheid". Although supporting Ukrainian resistance, PBP oppose sending weaponry or giving weapons training to the Ukrainian military. People Before Profit have only contested European elections in the Republic of Ireland. Joan Collins (politician) Joan Collins (born 4 June 1961) is an Irish Right to Change politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for
1400-545: The total votes cast). McCann then stood in the 2005 general election in the Foyle constituency , receiving 1,649 votes and winning 3.6% of the vote. McCann again stood for the organisation in Foyle in the 2007 Assembly election , receiving 2,045 votes (4.98% of the total). The group was dissolved in 2008 with most of it folding into the People Before Profit Alliance. People Before Profit contested several constituencies in
1440-535: The way he was waffling on as if he hadn't got a care in the world". A year later she said she did not regret her action against Ahern, and said that Fianna Fáil had not approached her about the incident since her election to the Dáil. Collins contested the 2011 general election for the United Left Alliance , taking 12.9% of the first preference vote. She was elected on the final count without reaching
1480-462: Was Eamonn McCann , who received 3,120 first-preference votes, or 8% of the total, in Foyle . In the June 2011 Belfast West by-election , Gerry Carroll received 1,751 votes (7.6%), coming in third place and ahead of both unionist candidates. In April 2013, Joan Collins TD and Cllr Pat Dunne left the group to form United Left , a political party with former Socialist Party TD Clare Daly . In
1520-607: Was a leading figure in the foundation of Independent Left . He criticised his former party saying: "Solidarity and People Before Profit are the closest fit to us but have a hierarchical, carefully controlled internal life that is not fit for the purpose of socialist change." The party gained four seats in the 2019 Northern Ireland Local Elections. People Before Profit won five council seats, three in Belfast City Council and two in Derry. The party stood two candidates in
1560-500: Was reported to the Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privileges. In April 2013, along with Clare Daly , she founded a new political party called United Left . As of December 2015, United Left was no longer on the register of political parties. At the 2016 and 2020 general elections , she stood as an Independents 4 Change candidate, and was elected both times. In May 2020, she left Independents 4 Change and founded
1600-487: Was running five candidates). This victory secured People Before Profit with their first elected MLA. Eamonn McCann also took a seat in the constituency of Foyle . In 2017 , Carroll retained his seat but with a much reduced vote (12.2%), while McCann lost his. In January 2019, Dublin City Councillor John Lyons resigned from the party due to disputes with the leadership. Cllr Lyons subsequently
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