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Brid slams government report on symphysiotomy in the Dáil

Posted on 26th January 2017 by

Imagine you are in labour that won’t progress. Imagine the doctor says “we won’t do a Caesarian – instead we’ll break your pelvis”. That’s what happened to hundreds of women in our hospitals, more so where a conservative Catholic ethos…

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Brid demands that Flanagan condemns Trump’s anti-Palestinian move

Posted on 25th January 2017 by

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Brid asks the Govt and Charlie Flanagan to condemn outright the threats of Trump to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; a move that is a calculated insult to Palestinians everywhere while Israel continues to illegally build settlements…

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Bad harvests show up FF & FG hypocrisy in rural communities

Posted on 19th January 2017 by

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In Dail Eireann, Bríd spoke up not only for tillage farmers but against the decades of neglect and continued undermining of rural communities – eg post office closures and transport cuts. More recently the threat posed by banks and ‘vulutre…

Posted in Council News Tagged with: Brid Smith TD, climate change, farmers, rural communities

Brid Smith TD speaking on the AAA/PBP anti-evictions bill

Posted on 18th January 2017 by

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Brid speaks in support of the Anti Evictions Bill, making the point that government policy, based as it is on the solving the housing crisis through ‘market solutions’ (ie provate developers) is fatally flawed – the ‘market’ is not the…

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Brid lashes Coveneys’ Bill as an unprecedented attack on the planning process

Posted on 15th December 2016 by

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Brid argues that Coveney’s housing bill represents an attack on the planning process, while pretending to address rent contol. She cites delaying tactics and failure to bring in adequate rent controls currently and historically, as examples of Fianna Fail, as…

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Brid speaks on rent controls in the Dail

Posted on 15th December 2016 by

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Brid addresses the need for rent controls in forthcoming legislation on housing

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Brid Smith TD champions tenants over developers in the Dail

Posted on 14th December 2016 by

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Brid challenges the Dail on why developers are favoured overed tenants in amending the Courts Bill 2016

Posted in Council News Tagged with: Courts Bill 2016, tenants rights

Brid Smith TD speaking in the Dail on pension rights

Posted on 8th December 2016 by

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Brid attacks the State for penalising pensioners, in particular female pensioners, and refers to the way in which greed trumped need in the way Independent News & Media responded to ‘their’ pensioners.

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Brid speaking to Gino’s Cannabis Bill in the Dáil

Posted on 2nd December 2016 by

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People Before Profit deputies are all very proud to speak to Gino Kenny’s Bill in the Dáil last night – well done Gino – the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Bill will make a real difference to the lives of many.

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Water commission a trick to get FF & FG off the hook

Posted on 30th November 2016 by

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Press Release- AAA-PBP 30/11/2016 Water Commission a trick to leave the door open for water charges – Attempt to let Fianna Fail off the hook Any ‘Bertie-Style stroke’ by Michael Martin to replace water charges with a new tax will…

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