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"Dangerous Dereliction: council steps in to make buildings safe when owners won't"

"Dangerous Dereliction: council steps in to make buildings safe when owners won't"

A recent report in The Journal in response to documents released under FOI has stated that 9 buildings in Limerick were listed as "dangerous" and 58 sites in the city centre were listed on the derelict sites register. Buildings listed as dangerous are a risk to people inside and outside

Derelict Limerick Walking Tour this Saturday

Derelict Limerick Walking Tour this Saturday

A free walking tour of different vacant and derelict properties in Limerick is being organised for this Saturday to highlight what the organisers say is a “serious blight on the Limerick landscape” and to push for more to be done to bring the properties back into use as public housing

Opposition to the ‘Greening of Gas and Nuclear‘

Opposition to the ‘Greening of Gas and Nuclear‘

Former Councillor Cian Prendiville, the local People Before Profit representative for Limerick, has urged local Green Party TD Brian Leddin to come out against an EU proposal to label gas and nuclear as a green energy. Deputy Leddin is the chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action but

PBP Limerick launch campaign to highlight derelict and vacant housing in Limerick

PBP Limerick launch campaign to highlight derelict and vacant housing in Limerick

People Before Profit in Limerick will be running a campaign throughout February highlighting the scale of dereliction and vacancy in the city and county called #28daysofdereliction. As part of the campaign the party will highlight a different vacant or derelict property in Limerick every day throughout the month, culminating in

4,000 vacant homes in Limerick, plus 1,209 derelict

4,000 vacant homes in Limerick, plus 1,209 derelict

Geodirectory released their Residential Buildings report last week providing an up to date analysis of housing in Ireland. There are around 4,000 vacant dwellings in Limerick city and county according to the report, 4.6% of all properties. On top of this there are also 1,209 dwellings deemed

People Before Profit welcome Oxfam report calling for wealth tax on multimillionaires

People Before Profit welcome Oxfam report calling for wealth tax on multimillionaires

Cian Prendiville, Limerick spokesperson for People Before Profit has welcomed an Oxfam report published today calling for a 1.5% wealth tax on Ireland’s multimillionaires, to raise €4 billion. The Oxfam report highlighted a staggering increase of 58% in the wealth of Ireland’s billionaires over the last two

Free FFP2 masks for teachers & other workers

Free FFP2 masks for teachers & other workers

People Before Profit launch bill for teachers & other workers to be given free FFP2 masks, like TDs already get Prof Orla Hegarty says wearing cloth & surgical masks for an airborne virus is like ‘wearing flip flops on a building site’ Limerick People Before Profit spokesperson Cian Prendiville attended the launch