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Anti-Evictions Bill – A major challenge for the government

On the day when activists from the Home Sweet Home campaign are due to meet Minister Coveney the Anti-Austerity Alliance has called on the government to take radical measures to stop people becoming homeless. The Anti-Austerity Alliance has said that the AAA-PBP Anti-Evictions Bill, which will be debated on January 17th, represents the type of [...]

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Why the hospital trolley crisis isn’t a ‘perfect storm’

Why the hospital Trolley Crisis isn't a perfect storm but an ongoing emergency Anti-Austerity Alliance spokesperson on Health,Mick Barry TD (Cork North Central), has said that the Winter Initiative launched by Minister Simon Harris has failed as 612 people are stuck on trollies in hospitals across the country. He said that Minister Simon Harris' claim [...]

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Anti-Eviction Bill moved in Dail

Today in the Dáil, Ruth Coppinger TD moved the Anti-Evictions Bill 2016 at first stage, on behalf of AAA-PBP. The Bill will be voted on in Private Members’ Time on the Dáil’s first day back on 17th January. The Bill will ban what Threshold have called ‘dubious evictions’ where landlords claim to be selling a [...]

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