The events listed below may be of interest to members and supporters of the People's Movement.
Budget demonstration
People's Movement
Budget Demonstration
At Dáil Éireann (Kildare Street) and
the European Parliament office (Molesworth Street)
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 1:00 p.m.
The placards carried by Merkel and Sarkozy revealed their intention to save their banks at any cost to the Irish people.
Some of the attendance at the demonstration outside Leinster House.
A press statement issued to mark the budget called for withdrawal from the euro and an end to pouring money down the drains of a failed banking system.
Dublin - 26 November 2011
Dublin Council of Trade Unions
Budget March and Rally
Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 2
Saturday, 26 November 2011, 12:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Eugene McGlone (President ICTU & Unite)
Lucia Fay (SIPTU hospital cleaner)
Cathleen O’Neill (community activist)
March behind People's Movement banners.
Dublin - 15 October 2011
Ireland Institute
Raymond Crotty Lecture 2011
'Ranchers and Banking Interests in the Modern Irish Economy'
Speaker: Dr Conor McCabe
Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse St., Dublin 2.
Saturday, 15 October 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Dublin - 7 and 8 October 2011
EU in Crisis
Conference
The prospects for regaining Ireland's sovereignty will be discussed at an important conference to be held in the Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 1, on Friday and Saturday, 7-8 October 2011. The conference programme is available here.
Dublin - 16 July 2011
Thomas Pringle TD will speak on behalf of the People’s Movement.
Dublin - 23 June 2011
The platform at the launch of a new People's Movement pamphlet entitled ‘The European Stability Mechanism – The case for an Irish Referendum’. From left to right: Thomas Pringle TD, Robert Ballagh, Patricia McKenna, Mary Crotty.
Some of those who took part in a picket outside Leinster House to demand a referendum on the European Stability Mechanism.
People's Movement
Report Launch
The People’s Movement will launch a report on:
‘The European Stability Mechanism – The case for an Irish Referendum’
Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 11:30 a.m.
Picket
The launch will be followed by a picket on the Dáil calling for a referendum, at the Kildare Street entrance from 12:30 to 1:30.
Dublin - 9 May 2011
Some of those who attended a picket by the People's Movement on the special Dáil sitting to mark 'Europe Day'.
Some of the TDs who supported the picket.
Ronan O'Connell and Mary Crotty laid a wreath to mark the death of Irish democracy and sovereignty.
People's Movement
Picket
The People's Movement will picket the Dáil to show our opposition to the planned special sitting to mark 'Europe Day'. A wreath will be laid to mark the death of Irish democracy and sovereignty. All welcome.
Leinster House, Kildare Street
Monday, 9 May 2011, 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Dublin - 24 March 2011
Dublin - 3 February 2011
Ireland Institute
Public Meeting
Challenging the consensus: Ireland in crisis
Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse St., Dublin 2.
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 8:00 p.m.
Chair: Kevin McCorry (People’s Movement)
Speakers: Anthony Coughlan (National Platform EU Research and Information Centre)
Sinéad Kennedy (English Department, NUI Maynooth)
Dublin - 29 January 2011
People's Movement
General Meeting
Offices of UNITE – the union
55-56 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Saturday, January 29th 2011, 2:00 p.m.
A general meeting of members and supporters of the People’s Movement to discuss the general election.
Dublin - 27 January 2011
People's Movement
Protest
We've been robbed: repudiate the debt!
EU Commission offices, Molesworth Street
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Dublin - 26 January 2011
Bloom Movement
Public Meeting
A Justice Response to the EU-IMF Loans: Local and Global Perspectives
Central Hotel, Exchequer Street
Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Chair: Nessa Ní Chasaide (Debt and Development Coalition Ireland)
Speakers: Michael Taft (UNITE): The Irish crisis and the EU-IMF intervention
José Antonio Gutierrez (Latin America Solidarity Centre): Lessons from Latin America
Andy Storey (Afri): Lessons from the wider world and proposals for Ireland
Siobhan O'Donoghue (Community Platform): Community alternatives
Dublin - 20 January 2011
People's Movement
Protest
Reject the EU-imposed finance bill!
Leinster House, Kildare Street
Thursday, 20 January 2011, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Maynooth - 8 December 2010
NUIM Pol/Soc
Public Meeting
European Union: friend or foe
for Ireland's economic recovery?
John Hume building, North Campus, NUIM
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Speakers:
Mick O'Reilly, Dublin Trades Council
Dr Mary Murphy, NUIM
A statement from the local branch of the People's Movement can be read here.
Dublin - 6 December 2010
Members of the People's Movement outside the offices of the European Commission.
Protesters on their way to Leinster House.
'Made in Brussels, packaged in Ireland' - our European masters present their budget.
The People’s Movement held a pre-budget protest on December 6th. Members assembled at the EU Commission offices in Molesworth Street and proceeded to the Dáil where a letter was handed in to Brian Cowen. The Movement's pre-budget press statement can be read here
Dublin - 9 November 2010
The People's Movement picket on Commissioner Rehn.
The People's Movement organised a picket in Dublin and issued a press statement on the occassion of a visit by EU Commissioner Olli Rehn to inspect the government's preparations for the forthcoming budget.
Dublin - 3 November 2010
Top: referendum posters issued by IBEC.
Bottom: People's Movement members at the IBEC conference
Members of the People's Movement held an early morning protest at the IBEC CEO Conference in the Convention Centre Dublin on 3 November 2010. Protesters carried ‘YES for jobs’ posters issued by IBEC during the Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign, and a number of large banners proclaiming ‘We want the Lisbon jobs now!'.
A press statement issued on the occasion is available here. See the leaflet here.
Dublin
Above: the platform at the Raymond Crotty memorial lecture in Dublin on 16 October 2010, when Lars Mjoset of the University of Oslo spoke on the subject 'Ireland in crisis: radical alternatives'.
Raymond Crotty Memorial Lecture
Ireland in crisis: radical alternatives
Speaker: Lars Mjoset, University of Oslo
Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 3:30 p.m.
Kilkenny
Top: Lars Mjoset, University of Oslo, speaking on the subject 'Ireland in crisis: radical alternatives' at the Raymond Crotty memorial lecture in Kilkenny on 15 October 2010.
Bottom: Joe Noonan at the same event.
Raymond Crotty Memorial Lecture
Ireland in crisis: radical alternatives
Speaker: Lars Mjoset, University of Oslo
Butler House, 16 Patrick Street
Friday, 15 October 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Dublin
Above: Some of those who took part in a poster protest at the EU Commission offices on 1 October 2010 to mark the first anniversary of the 'Lisbon 2' referendum.
People's Movement
Poster protest
First anniversary of Lisbon 2
EU Commission offices, Molesworth Street
Friday, 1 October 2010, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Press conference: Buswell's Hotel, 11:00 a.m.
Dublin
ICTU/ETUC
European Day of Action
No to austerity!
Assemble at Anglo-Irish Bank, St Stephen's Green
and proceed to Dáil Éireann
Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 12:45 p.m.
Dublin
Above: Some of those who were protesting against EU militarisation in Dublin on 16 September 2010.
People's Movement
Lunchtime Picket
To coincide with EU summit in Brussels:
No to EU militarisation!
European Parliament offices
Molesworth Street
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Read the press statement here.
Dublin
Above: the late Desmond Greaves.
Desmond Greaves School
22nd Summer School
Sessions on: 'Iceland, the Euro and the EU',
'The crisis of the Irish economy', etc.
Friday-Sunday, 10-12 September
Ireland Institute
27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
View the full programme here.
Dublin
PANA and IAWM
Conference
An independent Irish foreign policy - a future?
Friday-Saturday, 3-4 September
The Teachers Club
36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
View the full programme here.
Newbridge, Co. Kildare
Above: Some of those who were asking 'Where are the Lisbon jobs now?' in Newbridge on 14 August 2010.
People's Movement
Poster Parade
Where are the Lisbon Jobs now?
Poster parade of the political parties' 'YES' posters
Saturday, 14 August 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Assembling at the Post Office
Demand the jobs they promised us if we voted for Lisbon!
All welcome.
See also events from the July 2009-July 2010 period and events pre-July 2009.
For sovereignty, democracy and social justice.