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March for Choice Sept 30, 2017.

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Tens of thousands marched for a woman’s right to choose. This is a small clip of some of the People Before Profit Pro Choice group

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March for Choice 30.9.17. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

Posted on 1st October 2017 by

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A great demo of tens of thousands of mostly young people demanding a woman’ right to choose what she does with her own body. Brid was in good voice in this short clip

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Brid Smith TD: refugees and assylum seekers need and deserve our support.

Posted on 28th September 2017 by

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END THE INHUMAN TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS! We discussed refugees, assylum seekers and related issues today in the Dáil. I referred to the misery endured by migrants in Ireland and globally, forced by war, famine and poverty to leave their homes;…

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Brid Smith TD queries ongoing staff shortages at Linn Dara, Dáil 28.9.17

Posted on 28th September 2017 by

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6 SUICIDES, MOSTLY YOUNG WOMEN. That’s the shocking record over the Summer in the area served by Linn Dara mental health facility. And yet beds are closed in it. Why? Becuase they can’t get enough nurses. Why? Becuase they won’t…

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Bríd Smith TD queries the timing of Referendum on Repeal. Dáil 28.9.17

Posted on 28th September 2017 by

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It would suit the right wing agenda to have colleges closed by the time we have the Referendum on the 8th Amendment. This would desenfranchise many young people. Lets make sure the Government does not succeed in their manouevering for…

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Bríd questions Leo on redress for victims of clerical abuse in Dáil

Posted on 27th September 2017 by

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LEO AND THE CLERGY HAD A HEAVY DUTY POW WOW. He was asked in the Dáil what they talked about. I asked what about the millions still owed by the church to their victims? Was that mentioned? And what about…

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Ryanair chaos highlights Ireland’s poor standard of workers protection

Posted on 26th September 2017 by

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Press Release- Bríd Smith TD, People Before Profit . 26/09/2017 Brid Smith TD challenges Varadkar over O’Leary’s Fine Gael fundraising and states lack of protection for worker’s rights People Before Profit TD Brid Smith has said that the travel chaos inflicted…

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Brid Smith TD on Broadband Services, Dáil cmmtte 27.9.17

Posted on 26th September 2017 by

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SEXISM ALIVE AND WELL on the committee I sit on in the Dáil. I had to fight for my turn to speak today. I spoke on the fiasco BROADBAND SERVICES in this country. Why is the delivery of broadband such…

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Brid Smith TD on workers’ rights in Fishing industry – Dáil cmmtt 21.9.17

Posted on 26th September 2017 by

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I was asked to make public the queries that I put today about workers rights in the fishing industry. I sit on the Dáil Committee for Jobs, and too often the focus is on the employer or the industry, and…

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